Protect Your Tools when the Hardware Bites Back
I recently had an exciting experience where I was working with a client who was having I2C issues with a…
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The Hardware Abstraction Layer Design Process
Using a HAL is a great way to develop software that can be easily reused and ported from one application…
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Defining the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Consistently developing a quality embedded system within budgetary and timing constraints is a challenging endeavor for many teams. The reasons…
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The 3 Transformative Technologies in Food Services Automation
From the Blackberry’s release in 1998, to the iPhone in 2007, to the vast array of connected and powerful home…
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10 Tricks for Documenting Embedded Software
There are few things more challenging in software development than acquiring a code base with little to no documentation and…
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The 5 Biggest Challenges Facing Embedded Software Developers in IoT
Developing embedded software is not as “simple” as it used to be. Creating a stand-alone device was and still often…
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5 Benefits to replacing analog components with DSP software
The IoT is unleashing an unimaginable number of connected devices, many of which are sensor systems that are designed to…
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5 Technologies Embedded System Engineers Should Master in 2019
Happy New Year! Another year is here and with it are many opportunities for embedded systems developers. As the new…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Creating an SWD Adapter for STM32 Development Boards (Part 3)
My adapter boards have arrived! As we discussed in the first two parts, the on-board debugger that comes with most…
