Establishing the safety and security of medical device software is critical to protect patients. The IEC 62304 standard provides a…
If testing and protecting your device from known issues, is equivalent to closing a treasure vault’s door, by that analogy,…
More than ever, embedded devices of today are leaning on open source solutions like Linux. The ease, versatility, and flexibility…
I recently wrote a posting about designing a CPU for low power by creating an instruction set where common sequences…
I have always been interested in technology and innovation. I do not think of myself as a “gadget freak”, though…
I recently wrote about write-only ports and discussed how they worked and the challenges presented to software developers who need…
Meeting that Special Someone in this day and age is tough. The workplace is fraught with difficulties and, if you…
First up, please remember that I am a software guy, not a chip designer. Please read this posting with that…
This is an old story – almost definitely an urban myth. But I think that it makes some good points,…
I often joke that my job puts me in a difficult position, as I am a software guy and a…
In 1888, 125 years ago, George Eastman coined the slogan, “you press the button, we do the rest”; and the…
I have always characterized the difference between desktop systems and embedded along the lines of “desktops are all the same;…
