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Embedded Software

Three degrees of freedom

Developing embedded software used to be easy. Actually, that is not true. It has never been easy, but certain matters...

Verification Horizons

Part 4: The 2012 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Reuse Trends This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs that present the highlights from the 2012 Wilson...

By Harry Foster

Simulating the Real World

Why Not Just Shove a Heatsink on Top of it? Part 3: Pads, Vias and Undersinking

An appreciation of heat flow paths is a pre-requisite for good thermal design. If you attempt to augment heat flow...

By Robin Bornoff

Embedded Software

Water

Almost exactly six years ago, in the UK, we had a period of severe flooding. This was around the time...

Embedded Software

How long is a piece of string?

Answering questions is something that I am often expected to do. Maybe I am presenting at a conference, doing an...

Verification Horizons

Part 3: The 2012 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Clocking and Power Trends In Part 2 of this series of blogs, I continued the discussion focused on design trends...

By Harry Foster

Embedded Software

QR codes

You see them everywhere – these distinctive square graphics, that look a bit like bar-codes, but different. They are QR...

Verification Horizons

Part 2: The 2012 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Design Trends (Continued) In Part 1 of this series of blogs, I focused on design trends (click here) as identified...

By Harry Foster

Embedded Software

Which embedded programming language?

I am doing some work on a future project for which I need some information about languages used by embedded...