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ESE Kongress, Sindelfingen

ESE Kongress, Sindelfingen

The embedded conference season continues and, next week, I will be in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart in Germany for the ESE…

Plus ça change …

Plus ça change …

Not so much of a long, profound blog story today – more of a Thought for the Day. There is…

Embedded Conference Scandinavia

Embedded Conference Scandinavia

Next week is the Embedded Conference Scandinavia [ECS], which takes place in Kista – a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. This…

Parking ticket machines – who designed them?

Parking ticket machines – who designed them?

Like most people, I have a car. I do not mind driving and try to do so in a legal,…

Embedded software article: RTOS Revealed #2

Embedded software article: RTOS Revealed #2

My latest article on embedded.com has been published. This piece is the second installment of a new series, called RTOS…

Six of the best: fiction books

Six of the best: fiction books

Continuing my occasional “Six of the best” series, I want to turn my attention to books – specifically works of…

DDoS, the IoT and Nucleus

DDoS, the IoT and Nucleus

First off, I lay no claim to be an Internet security expert. Maybe because of this, I was quite shocked…

The road to …

The road to …

I always try to do The Right Thing. I endeavor to be honest and to be considerate and to generally…

20 years in embedded software!

20 years in embedded software!

Working at Mentor Graphics, as a specialist in embedded software, has always been interesting, but I am often surprised when…