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Embedded Software

Everyday rhetoric

Although I am essentially a monoglot, I am interested in languages, which I have written about before. As I travel...

Simulating the Real World

Why Not Just Shove a Heatsink on Top of it? Part 2: Heat Flow Budgets

Two different package styles, two very different thermal responses when a extruded plate fin heatsink is placed on each. At...

By Robin Bornoff

Embedded Software

Embedded education

I am often asked – typically by young engineers and college students – how to learn about doing embedded software....

Simulating the Real World

Why Not Just Shove a Heatsink on Top of it? Part 1

A common enough question. Heatsinks are often perceived to be the magic answer to all electronics cooling challenges. They should...

By Robin Bornoff

Embedded Software

Gone flying

As I was lamenting last week, I spend a lot of time on aircraft as a result of the need...

Verification Horizons

Part 1: The 2012 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Design Trends In my previous blog, I introduced the 2012 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study (click here). The objective of...

By Harry Foster

Embedded Software

Hardware and software development in synch

It has always seemed obvious to me that a particular characteristic that makes embedded software different from desktop programming is...

Verification Horizons

What's the deal with those wire’s and reg’s in Verilog

A unique concept most beginners have trouble grasping about the Verilog, and now the SystemVerilog, Hardware Description Language (HDL) is...

Embedded Software

Why is traveling so hard?

Over the years, I have done a lot of business travel. This is not a complaint, just a fact. Sometimes...