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The 2038 Problem

The 2038 Problem

Anyone over the age of, say, 40 will remember the “Y2K problem”. For several years coming up to 2000, we…

COVID-19: the upsides

COVID-19: the upsides

Somebody said to me a couple of days ago: “There is nothing happening in the world except COVID-19 – that…

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…

More of what I learned

More of what I learned

I recently wrote about a project that my wife and I started last year. The idea was to think about…

Video about selecting an embedded CPU

Video about selecting an embedded CPU

My latest video blog is now available. This time I am looking at how to select a processor for embedded…

AIPF

AIPF

My principal hobby is photography and has been for many years. Despite my unwillingness to be an expert in anything,…

Am I going Rusty?

Am I going Rusty?

When I go to trade shows and conferences, like Embedded World last week, I do my best to find things…

Becoming an expert

Becoming an expert

As I wrote recently, I like to learn things. I have always had a penchant for “useless” [= rather random]…

Accounting, AI and floating point

Accounting, AI and floating point

Most people, when they think about numbers, mathematics or science, are thinking about precision – getting exact answers. However, I…