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Evaluation boards

August 20, 2012

Just about all the embedded CPU manufacturers produce evaluation boards employing their devices with a suitable selection of peripherals.These boards...

Simulating the Real World

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 5: Get a Job

August 16, 2012

Effective use of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation tool requires at least a working knowledge of fluid dynamics itself....

By Robin Bornoff

Embedded Software

5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 x 0 = ?

August 15, 2012

I quite like puzzles and “brain teasers”. Although I would never describe myself as a mathematician, I do like playing...

Embedded Software

Curiously embedded

August 13, 2012

As I talked about last week, the news lately has been dominated by the Olympics, but NASA managed to grab...

Embedded Software

Infected by Olympic fever

August 09, 2012

If you had asked me about the Olympics two weeks ago, I would have dismissed the discussion with “I don’t...

Simulating the Real World

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 4: Premature Simulation

August 09, 2012

One thing the Mechanical Analysis Division is not guilty of is vendor hubris. Despite the passion we have about our...

By Robin Bornoff

Embedded Software

RTOS memory footprint

August 06, 2012

Most of the time, I subscribe to the view that “the only stupid question is the one you did not...

Embedded Software

Are you happy?

August 02, 2012

I recently wrote about the concept of having fun. At the time, I commented that happiness is easier to identify,...

Simulating the Real World

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 3: 13% Better

Conventional wisdom has it that the best place to put a radiator in a room is under the window. However,...

By Robin Bornoff