Embedded World next week: hear me on RTOS performance and self-testing
The largest event in the world of embedded systems takes place in Nuremberg, Germany on Tuesday-Thursday next week. Embedded World is an annual trade show with a highly-regarded technical conference....
View ArticleAt ECS Syd – talking about memory fragmentation, power management and self-test
Each Fall, just before the weather becomes too horrible, I get to attend ECS [Embedded Conference Scandinavia] in Stockholm, Sweden. It has become a good event for embedded developers in that area and...
View ArticleEmbedded articles: RTOS performance, dev tools, memory utilization, debugging
I have finally caught up and this is the last aggregation of recent articles. From now on, all being well, I’ll post to alert readers of new material being available. This time the articles cover...
View ArticleThe most ubiquitous software on the planet
Software is an interesting kind of product. The most complex artifacts that humankind has ever made are items of software. Mechanical machines do not even come close. The most complex machine ever...
View ArticleReal time operating systems: black box or open source?
Most of the software that most of us use most of the time is obtained as a binary executable. The program may be run and does what it does, but the user has no knowledge of its inner workings and no...
View ArticleDeveloping certified embedded applications
In a number of different fields – notably medical, military, avionics, industrial and automotive – there is an increasing focus on safety and security, which results in a higher demand for...
View ArticleMedical embedded applications – big challenges and opportunities
This past week, medical systems have been on my mind. It is not because I am sick – at the time of writing I am nursing a heavy cold, but that does not need medical intervention. It was my annual visit...
View ArticleTesting RTOS API code
A while ago, I concluded that it might be useful to highlight the publication of online articles, that I had written, here. So, I made a series of postings to catch up, listing articles that have...
View ArticleIoT keynote, software support and more …
The Internet of Things – IoT – continues to be a subject that sparks conversation, publication and numerous activities in the world of embedded software. Recently, I was at ESC Boston and IoT featured...
View ArticleIPv6 – some guidance to the uninitiated
My contributions to embedded.com continue apace and I endeavour to cover a wide spread of subjects. My latest piece, which I co-authored with my colleague Tammy Leino, covers a topic which has been...
View ArticleBrillo – a brilliant OS or a scouring pad?
Computers have had operating systems almost since the beginning – 60 years or so anyway. Embedded systems are a bit newer, of course, and it was the early 1980s when the first OS products appeared....
View ArticleUsing an embedded Web server
I have another article published over at embedded.com. This time I am looking at an interesting adaptation of technology, where investment in one context is yielding benefits in another. It can be a...
View ArticleMedical embedded applications – big challenges and opportunities
This past week, medical systems have been on my mind. It is not because I am sick – at the time of writing I am nursing a heavy cold, but that does not need medical intervention. It was my annual visit...
View ArticleTesting RTOS API code
A while ago, I concluded that it might be useful to highlight the publication of online articles, that I had written, here. So, I made a series of postings to catch up, listing articles that have...
View ArticleIoT keynote, software support and more …
The Internet of Things – IoT – continues to be a subject that sparks conversation, publication and numerous activities in the world of embedded software. Recently, I was at ESC Boston and IoT featured...
View ArticleIPv6 – some guidance to the uninitiated
My contributions to embedded.com continue apace and I endeavour to cover a wide spread of subjects. My latest piece, which I co-authored with my colleague Tammy Leino, covers a topic which has been...
View ArticleBrillo – a brilliant OS or a scouring pad?
Computers have had operating systems almost since the beginning – 60 years or so anyway. Embedded systems are a bit newer, of course, and it was the early 1980s when the first OS products appeared....
View ArticleUsing an embedded Web server
I have another article published over at embedded.com. This time I am looking at an interesting adaptation of technology, where investment in one context is yielding benefits in another. It can be a...
View ArticleVideo blog – using software IP
I recently wrote about my plans for a series of video blogs on embedded software topics. The first one, in which I talk about the issues around using software IP [intellectual property] can be accessed...
View ArticleArticles about power management and RTOS memory utilization
I have had two articles published on embedded.com recently that address power management in embedded software and how memory is utilized with a real time operating system … Power management in embedded...
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