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Embedded Software

Overloading or obfuscation?

February 01, 2010

What is the key objective when you write some code? The obvious answer is that you want to impart some...

Verification Horizons

Three Perfect 10’s

January 31, 2010

No, this is not an early Olympics update. But none the less, these three organizations have all earned 10’s. Thursday,...

By Dennis Brophy

Simulating the Real World

How much do 'U-Value' good thermal insulation? Part I

January 29, 2010

I never trust a quoted value without having at least a little understanding as to what the value truly represents...

By Robin Bornoff

Embedded Software

Indefinite

January 28, 2010

I have a boundless interest in language and communication and have written on the topic before [here and here, for...

Simulating the Real World

Keeping the caveman warm - HVAC blog

January 27, 2010

We knapped our first flints about 2,000,000 years ago and started to shelter from the elements in caves and simple...

By Robin Bornoff

Simulating the Real World

FloVIZ, the free FloTHERM/FloVENT CFD results viewer, try it, it's free

January 27, 2010

Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD, is a simulation technology that provides 3D predictions of fluid flow and heat transfer for a...

By Robin Bornoff

Verification Horizons

OVM 1.0 Register Package Released

January 26, 2010

After months of field testing and several beta releases the past few years, Mentor Graphics has released the OVM 1.0...

By Dennis Brophy

Embedded Software

Product quality: belief or proof?

January 25, 2010

There are two aspects of any product that give me great pleasure: good design and quality of manufacture. This applies...

Embedded Software

Vacation for the PC repair man

January 21, 2010

I have used PCs for many years. The first one, way back in 1986 was a “genuine” IBM PC XT...