“Building quality into embedded software doesn’t happen by accident.” Jacob Beningo - March 7th 2016 I like most developers enjoy getting my hands on the keyboard and solving problems. Problem i [...]
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10/03/2016It's a high - tech laboratory. The nurse opens the door not with her hands, but her voice, saying "Open door". The MCU takes a second to register the sound, approves it, and opens the door [...]
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08/03/2016Embedded technology is most commonly used in real-world environments. What this means is that performance in real-time is of much importance. Imagine a pilot steering an airplane, if one of the [...]
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03/03/2016Sometimes the need arises to re-use existing code in other platforms or other compilers. To do this you need to "port" existing code to work with the platform you are using. Most times it b [...]
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17/02/2016Embedded systems doesn't necessarily mean that your small energy-efficient MCU can only perform one task. You do however, need some careful planning to insure that your tasks do not run at the [...]
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10/02/2016The purpose of having coding standards is to provide a guiding format for code development. This facilitates the ease of construction when multiple programmers are developing separate or even [...]
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03/02/2016A new and upcoming project is emerging and it has fangs. Ever wanted an easy to use, high level, multi-threaded language on their micro-controller? Well it is now a reality thanks to the good p [...]
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