Understanding firmware total ownership development costs
Innovation can be an exciting endeavor and on occasion management and developer decisions will optimistically estimate the cost implications for…
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The Firmware Conundrum: Build or Buy
Every development team needs to make the decision as to whether they will design and build their software from scratch…
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Creating an SWD Adapter for STM32 Development Boards (Part 2)
In the last post, we started to look at how we could design a simple programming adapter for STM32 development…
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Creating an SWD Adapter for STM32 Development Boards (Part 1)
Nearly every development board comes with a built-in programing tool. Depending on the vendor, it may be PE Micro, SEGGER…
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7 Tips for engineering students
With college classes now back in session, I thought it would be a good idea to provide a few engineering…
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Where oh Where are My Test Points!
For the umpteenth time in my career, I am debugging a prototype board that has exactly zero test points. I…
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Writing a Multi-Port ITM Function to Improve Debugging
In “Improve Debug Efficiency with the ITM”, I discussed how the ITM on the Arm® Cortex-M processors can be used…
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Getting Started with Amazon FreeRTOS
As many readers have probably heard, back in 2017, Amazon announced a “new” RTOS, Amazon FreeRTOS, which is based on…
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Tools – Real-time Application Visualization Using Tracealyzer 4.2
It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to debugging embedded software,…
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Webinar – Secure Bootloader Design Techniques for MCU’s
The webinar recording can be accessed at the link below: Watch Recording Download the Slides Webinar Description: A major challenge…
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5 Embedded System Tools to Decrease Costs and Time to Market
Embedded systems are complex devices and getting them to work the way that they are supposed to can be a…
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5 Tips for standing out in an engineering interview
The interview process can be challenging and awkward for engineers especially if the engineer is straight from the university or…
