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For a number of years I’ve been getting questions regarding Protothreads and comparisons to state machines. Here is what I think. Protothreads are an attempt
Recently I’ve been involved in a discussion on the LinkedIn Real-Time Embedded Engineering group, which I started with the question “Is an RTOS really the
Arduino (see arduino.cc) is an open-source electronics prototyping platform, designed to make digital electronics more accessible to non-specialists in multidisciplinary projects. Arduino has gained popularity,
The traditional fully 2-dimensional structure of UML state diagrams is too much rope to hang yourself with. There is no standard drawing order or pattern; some designers
I realize that I stalled a little my series about RTOSes, event-driven programming, state machines and frameworks for embedded systems. I certainly will come back
In my previous post, “I hate RTOSes”, I have identified blocking as the main cause of the particular brittleness and inflexibility of the programs based
I have to confess that I’ve been experiencing a severe writer’s block lately. It’s not that I’m short of subjects to talk about, but I’m
In my previous post “A Heap of Problems” I have compiled a list of problems the free store (heap) can cause in real-time embedded (RTE)
Some design problems never seem to go away. You think that anybody who has been in the embedded software development business for a while must
If I were to search my soul, I’d have to admit that the use of assertions has helped me more than any other single technique,
For a long time I’ve been looking for a good cross platform development environment that would allow fast exploration and navigation of C/C++ source code,
The recent Jack Ganssle’s “Breakpoints” blog on Embedded.com makes an excellent point that the same forces (the Moore’s law), which drive down the prices of
As hundreds of commercial and other RTOS offerings can attest, the greatest demand for third-party software in the embedded systems community is for the RTOS.
I’m constantly amazed how many developers shoot themselves in the foot by defeating the benefits of side-by-side source code differencing, which is perhaps the most
Embedded developers abandon C++ in droves. According to the 2007 survey published in the ESD magazine, the C++ use declined by one-third compared to year
“Many years ago there was an Emperor so exceedingly fond of new clothes… …one day came two swindlers. They let it be known they were
I’ve been listening to the recent webcast “Solving the Embedded Software Crisis” (see also Rich Nass’ column “The need for more programmers” in the May
Silicon Valley finally seems to be taking a serious look at “agile development” as a competitive advantage. Articles like “Reinventing the Software Development Strategy” by
I still remember the “Triumph of the Nerds” PBS special, where Steve Jobs recalled his early days at Apple and how the young Apple team
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