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Simulating the Real World

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 5: Get a Job

Effective use of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation tool requires at least a working knowledge of fluid dynamics itself....

Embedded Software

5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 x 0 = ?

I quite like puzzles and “brain teasers”. Although I would never describe myself as a mathematician, I do like playing...

Embedded Software

Curiously embedded

As I talked about last week, the news lately has been dominated by the Olympics, but NASA managed to grab...

Embedded Software

Infected by Olympic fever

If you had asked me about the Olympics two weeks ago, I would have dismissed the discussion with “I don’t...

Simulating the Real World

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 4: Premature Simulation

One thing the Mechanical Analysis Division is not guilty of is vendor hubris. Despite the passion we have about our...

Embedded Software

RTOS memory footprint

Most of the time, I subscribe to the view that “the only stupid question is the one you did not...

Embedded Software

Are you happy?

I recently wrote about the concept of having fun. At the time, I commented that happiness is easier to identify,...

Simulating the Real World

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 3: 13% Better

Conventional wisdom has it that the best place to put a radiator in a room is under the window. However,...

Electronic Systems Design

Are You Sure Your Manufacturing Outputs Are Good?

I’ve been presenting at a bunch of seminars throughout the world over the past few months.  One of the presentations...