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Let’s hear it for industrial automation!

Let’s hear it for industrial automation!

Although I doubt that many engineers habitually view things this way, marketing folks like to divide the world into sectors….

The Game of Life

The Game of Life

As I have written about before, I have always been interested in numbers and mathematics. Although my formal studies of…

Are you an embedded software engineer?

Are you an embedded software engineer?

My friend and colleague Richard Vlamynck has proposed another guest posting and I am more than happy to accommodate him….

Isaac Asimov’s crystal ball

Isaac Asimov’s crystal ball

When I was in my early teens, I was an avid science fiction reader – I still dabble in the…

More embedded articles: shared code, low level device access, selecting an OS, and using non-volatile memory

More embedded articles: shared code, low level device access, selecting an OS, and using non-volatile memory

I have almost completed the job of cataloging my articles that have been published at embedded.com Here are another four,…

Six of the best: Windows software

Six of the best: Windows software

Like most people nowadays, I use a computer for lots of purposes. Using a computer is all about using software….

Video blogging for embedded software: should you use it?

Video blogging for embedded software: should you use it?

I am not a great fan of video, as a medium. If I want to learn something, I am more…

Most popular Web sites

Most popular Web sites

I am sure that you, like me, make extensive use of the Web [otherwise you probably would not be reading…

Microcontrollers: On A Slippery Slope … Uphill?

Microcontrollers: On A Slippery Slope … Uphill?

I always welcome contributions – guest blog posts – from my colleagues and associates. After all, that reduces the amount…