Back in the year 1998, the FIRST Robotics Competition gave me the opportunity to be involved in my first major engineering project. As a member...
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RTOS design has become critical to many embedded applications. RTOSes are used in more than 50% of embedded applications and with so many devices becoming...
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There are two big problems facing technology companies in the United States today; microprocessor supply chains and engineering talent shortages. If you are experiencing one...
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As an embedded software engineer, it’s really easy to think that all the software for the product is reliant upon the hardware. Most embedded developers...
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