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Embedded Software

Who needs OS source code?

It is an interesting question: when do you need the source code in order to reuse some software and when...

Embedded Software

By royal appointment

Like many people, I have become very interested in my family background and have begun to do some genealogy. I...

Simulating the Real World

“All models are wrong, but some are useful” Part II

So, all models are wrong, to some extent, due to various reasons. For electronic thermal simulation the main suspect is...

By Robin Bornoff

Embedded Software

Assembly language is always smallest/fastest - not!

It would seem intuitive that writing in assembly language is the best possible option if you want the most optimal...

Embedded Software

Exhibitionism

When my mind is not on embedded software, I have various other interests and one, which has given me a...

Embedded Software

Would you buy a TCP/IP stack from me?

I will be straight with you. I am not a networking specialist. I look at the long list of protocols...

Embedded Software

Linux in the embedded world

It used to be simple. There were desktop operating systems – like Windows and UNIX – and real time operating...

Embedded Software

How much of a geek am I?

A couple of weeks ago I had a bit of a disaster. I was hiking with some friends on Dartmoor...

Embedded Software

Why medical systems need WiFi

We have a great many customers who are in the business of making medical equipment and instrumentation. Given the enormous...