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Embedded Software

Floating point

August 28, 2012

Nowadays, most embedded systems are built using 32-bit CPUs. These devices give plenty of scope for performing the arithmetical processing...

Embedded Software

Left to right

August 23, 2012

I recently wrote a blog post about a number puzzle, which provoked a few interesting comments. One of them, in...

Embedded Software

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...