Colin Walls

I have over thirty years experience in the electronics industry, largely dedicated to embedded software. A frequent presenter at conferences and seminars and author of numerous technical articles and two books on embedded software, I am a member of the marketing team of the Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division, and am based in the UK. Away from work, I have a wide range of interests including photography and trying to point my two daughters in the right direction in life. Learn more about Colin, including his go-to karaoke song and the best parts of being British: http://go.mentor.com/3_acv

Undefined behavior and other delights of (bad) C programming

Undefined behavior and other delights of (bad) C programming

August 4, 2014

I started a couple of weeks ago, when I received an email from Sandeep Vasant from Ahmedabad University in India….

By Colin Walls
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Deafness, sign language and babies

Deafness, sign language and babies

July 31, 2014

Most of us are blessed with five fully functional senses, but I guess the two that most people consider critical…

By Colin Walls
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Quick and dirty code checking and execution

Quick and dirty code checking and execution

July 28, 2014

I often need to do a bit of programming – normally C or C++. I am not generally writing a…

By Colin Walls
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Words on tap – are streaming books next?

Words on tap – are streaming books next?

July 24, 2014

Some time ago, I wrote about my view on the future of music. In a nutshell, I was saying that…

By Colin Walls
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Multicore systems: heterogenous architectures – untangling the technology and terminology

Multicore systems: heterogenous architectures – untangling the technology and terminology

July 21, 2014

Multicore continues to be a hot topic, as an ever-increasing number of embedded systems are designed with multiple CPUs –…

By Colin Walls
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Words – new, old and odd

Words – new, old and odd

July 16, 2014

Words matter to all of us, as it is arguably our ability to communicate that enabled the human race to…

By Colin Walls
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Another programming language survey – what are you using?

Another programming language survey – what are you using?

July 14, 2014

As I have talked about before, I am particularly interested in programming languages, with a strong focus on embedded, of…

By Colin Walls
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What to do with all those pictures

What to do with all those pictures

July 10, 2014

I recall reading somewhere [please do not ask me where!] that, every day, more photographs are taken than were shot…

By Colin Walls
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Uniqueness of C++ methods and class member variables

Uniqueness of C++ methods and class member variables

July 7, 2014

I have made a number of recent postings focused on C++ issues, responding to a number of questions. I have…

By Colin Walls
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