How is power consumption affected by the OS?

How is power consumption affected by the OS?

Over the past few years, there has been an increasing concern about power consumption of embedded devices. This is commonly…

Embedded code: clear or clever?

Embedded code: clear or clever?

When developing embedded code, there are various priorities. Top of the list, obviously, is delivering the required functionality and performance….

Upcoming RTOS book

Upcoming RTOS book

There is a project that I have been working on for quite some time. The idea started more than a…

DevTalks Reimagined

DevTalks Reimagined

There has been a strong trend, in recent years, towards online events that either replace or augment traditional face-to-face activities….

How good is the software?

How good is the software?

I get pleasure from good quality things. Quality is a vague term, but, to me, it is some combination of…

Embedded Online Conference

Embedded Online Conference

We are living in interesting times. The word “interesting” can have many nuances. Normally, I think of interesting stuff as…

Reinventing the wheel. Again?

Reinventing the wheel. Again?

It is long enough ago now that I can look back on when I first started writing embedded software and…

A video about dynamic memory in real-time systems

A video about dynamic memory in real-time systems

My latest video blog is now available. This time I am looking at the use of dynamic memory in real-time…

Software IP and source code

Software IP and source code

It is increasingly common to utilize existing software components in a new embedded design. These may be internally developed or…