USB 3.1 – my wishes granted: the Type C connector!

USB 3.1 – my wishes granted: the Type C connector!

Nowadays, all computer users just take USB for granted. Plug a device in and it just works. Those of us…

Real time operating systems: black box or open source?

Real time operating systems: black box or open source?

Most of the software that most of us use most of the time is obtained as a binary executable. The…

The most ubiquitous software on the planet

The most ubiquitous software on the planet

Software is an interesting kind of product. The most complex artifacts that humankind has ever made are items of software….

Embedded articles: RTOS performance, dev tools, memory utilization, debugging

Embedded articles: RTOS performance, dev tools, memory utilization, debugging

I have finally caught up and this is the last aggregation of recent articles. From now on, all being well,…

At ECS Syd – talking about memory fragmentation, power management and self-test

At ECS Syd – talking about memory fragmentation, power management and self-test

Each Fall, just before the weather becomes too horrible, I get to attend ECS [Embedded Conference Scandinavia] in Stockholm, Sweden….

Embedded World next week: hear me on RTOS performance and self-testing

Embedded World next week: hear me on RTOS performance and self-testing

The largest event in the world of embedded systems takes place in Nuremberg, Germany on Tuesday-Thursday next week. Embedded World…

Let’s hear it for industrial automation!

Let’s hear it for industrial automation!

Although I doubt that many engineers habitually view things this way, marketing folks like to divide the world into sectors….

More embedded articles: shared code, low level device access, selecting an OS, and using non-volatile memory

More embedded articles: shared code, low level device access, selecting an OS, and using non-volatile memory

I have almost completed the job of cataloging my articles that have been published at embedded.com Here are another four,…

Yet more embedded articles – power, MMUs, the static keyword, and multicore

Yet more embedded articles – power, MMUs, the static keyword, and multicore

I am continuing my catch-up process of cataloging embedded software articles that I have had published on embedded.com This time…