Happy New Year! Another year is here and with it are many opportunities for embedded systems developers. As the new year starts, there are many interesting technologies that are going … Continue reading 5 Technologies Embedded System Engineers Should Master in 2019
Year: 2018
7 Tips for using assertions in C
One of the greatest bug squashing tools available to embedded software developers is the assert macro. Despite the power of assert, I rarely see it implemented and in the cases … Continue reading 7 Tips for using assertions in C
The Biggest Embedded Software Issue Is …
There are many different problems and challenges that embedded software developers are facing today. One of the biggest, and least spoken about issues that I have encountered is that developers … Continue reading The Biggest Embedded Software Issue Is …
5 Tips for Accelerating Embedded System Design
If there is one constant through-out the embedded system industry, it’s that our delivery timelines are yesterday. The demand for advances in embedded systems and for the latest and greatest … Continue reading 5 Tips for Accelerating Embedded System Design
CEC – Jump Starting Code Development to Minimize Defects
Embedded software engineers on average spend 40% of their time removing bugs from their software. This amounts to nearly 5 months each year performing failure work, that is, work that … Continue reading CEC – Jump Starting Code Development to Minimize Defects
CEC – Securing IoT Devices using arm TrustZone
One of the greatest challenges facing developers creating connected systems is securing their devices. In the good old disconnected days, developers only had to concern themselves with physical tampering but … Continue reading CEC – Securing IoT Devices using arm TrustZone
Tools – SWD Adapters every Developer should have
Even though SWD and JTAG have well defined standards, there are still several different size connectors and footprints that developers need to be able to support. It often feels like … Continue reading Tools – SWD Adapters every Developer should have
7 Tips for Getting Started with TrustZone for MCU’s
The new Armv8-M architecture from arm® with its Cortex®-M23 and Cortex®-M33 processors is quickly gaining steam in the industry. The Armv8-M architecture includes a new security extension known as TrustZone … Continue reading 7 Tips for Getting Started with TrustZone for MCU’s
7 Tips for Getting Started with Amazon FreeRTOS
Nearly every company at this moment is rushing to connect their products to the internet. The IoT has become the modern-day gold rush only the gold is data. Companies are … Continue reading 7 Tips for Getting Started with Amazon FreeRTOS
5 Tips for maintaining effective design processes
As strange as it sounds, whenever I hear the word process, I cringe. Not because processes are bad, they are absolutely critical, but because so many teams that I encounter … Continue reading 5 Tips for maintaining effective design processes