2022 FIRST Robotics Competition – Team 7769
Back in the year 1998, the FIRST Robotics Competition gave me the opportunity to be involved in my first major…
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5 Tips for Rapid Prototyping with the Raspberry Pi Pico
Over the last several years, Raspberry Pi’s have proliferated into all sorts of applications. As a microcontroller-focused embedded software consultant,…
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The Ternary Operator Revisited
Several years ago, I wrote a blog post entitled Ternary Operator vs. if/else, which was supposed to be an interesting…
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5 C++ Tricks for C Programmers
Over the past several years, C++ has become a more popular language to use in embedded systems than C. Don’t…
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Solutions to the 7 Silent Project Killers
Several years ago, I wrote an article entitled “The 7 Silent Project Killers”. Over the years, I’ve had several people…
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3 Strategies for Embedded Software Error Handling
Embedded software error handling is something that teams often struggle with. It’s very tempting to assume that a system will…
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5 Tips for Selecting the Right Embedded Programming Language
Over the past few years, the number of programming languages used for embedded development has started to balloon. Developers have…
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Getting Started with Cpputest for Embedded Applications
Unit testing application code in embedded applications is a fundamental need that embedded developers often overlook. At first, glance, getting…
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5 RTOS Design Best Practices
RTOS design has become critical to many embedded applications. RTOSes are used in more than 50% of embedded applications and…
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5 Tips to Successfully Manage Engineering Talent Shortages
There are two big problems facing technology companies in the United States today; microprocessor supply chains and engineering talent shortages….
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Design Cycle | Testing | Tools
Embedded Software Development using Gitlab
One of my favorite tools for managing embedded DevOps is Gitlab. Embedded software teams across the globe are starting to…
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3 Tips for Successfully Simulating Embedded Software
As an embedded software engineer, it’s really easy to think that all the software for the product is reliant upon…
