I’m a big believer that having the right tools for the job not only can speed up the job, but can also improve the quality...
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Tools – The Otii Arc, a Smart Power Supply for Optimizing Embedded Systems
The ability to optimize an embedded system for how much energy it uses can have...
Read More >>>Designing and Debugging RTOS based IoT Applications
The webinar recording can be accessed at the link below: Webinar Recording Webinar Description: Embedded devices are being connected to the internet at a dizzying...
Read More >>>Tools – Connecting to the IoT with the Electric Imp
Developing embedded software for the internet can be a nightmare. Ethernet chips and peripheral are very complex and require an extraordinary amount of effort and...
Read More >>>Tools – 10 Engineering Notebook Best Practices
In the article, “Transitioning to a Modern Day Engineering Notebook“, I discussed the basic features and capabilities a modern electronic notebook would need to meet...
Read More >>>Tools – Getting a grip on Semi-hosting
Semi-hosting is a debugging capability supported by ARM processors that allows the embedded target to access i/o capabilities on a host PC through the debugging...
Read More >>>Tools – A First Encounter with the SEGGER J-Trace
Finally! I have a J-Trace in hand and I am ready to wreak havoc on those pesky software bugs that always toy with me! A...
Read More >>>5 Revision Control Best Practices
Every embedded software developer should be using a revision control system. I cannot even begin to quantify how much time I’ve saved using such systems...
Read More >>>Tools – TortoiseHg
There are several different revision control systems that developers have available to them in order to control changes to their code base. These include: SVN Git Mercurial I still see many teams using SVN and...
Read More >>>Tools – The RTOS Selection KT Marix
Selecting the right RTOS for a project can be tricky business. Engineers often come to the table with predisposed opinions that can cloud their judgment...
Read More >>>Tools – 5 Justifications for Purchasing a New Software Tool
Let’s face it, every embedded software developer knows that management is more likely to approve...
Read More >>>Tools – Renesas Synergy(TM) Configurator
The tools that embedded software developers use are extremely important to maximize development efficiency and minimize costs, time-to-market and perhaps most importantly, developer headaches. There...
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