Conferences in perspective

Conferences in perspective

My busy two week conference period is now behind me and, having had a bit of R&R in the meantime,…

ECS & IP-SoC

ECS & IP-SoC

    As I mentioned previously, I am in the midst of a busy time for conferences. This week, I…

Embedded file systems

Embedded file systems

On desktop computers, data that you are working on right now, in an open application, is most likely just stored…

Measuring scheduling latency

Measuring scheduling latency

A topic, that seems to interest many embedded developers, is the performance of an RTOS and how that might be…

Munich conferences

Munich conferences

I attend quite a few conferences, taking any opportunity to speak about embedded software matters. Although such events take place…

Using an SMTP client

Using an SMTP client

I always find it satisfying to see simple solutions to apparently complex problems and the world of embedded software certainly…

What is an FPGA?

What is an FPGA?

In the early days of embedded systems, software engineers typically had some understanding of hardware design. Indeed, in many cases,…

Embedded World 2013

Embedded World 2013

This week I am on my annual pilgrimage to Nuremberg, Germany to attend Embedded World. This is the first major…

Reentrant write-only ports

Reentrant write-only ports

Recently I posted about the challenges of using a write only port. Then I followed that up with another posting…