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ESD magazine is closing. Here's why it’s a good thing for you.
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KRicheson
Uggh, speaking of editorial filtering...
That would be "heed the advice..."
RTOSes are dying, Linux is in. Or is it?
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t.alex
Zoran, this is quite a good approach. What is the OS used for the 2 smaller MIPS? RTOS?
As the magazine that catered to embedded systems programmers closes, the future lies in less hands-on programming and more auto-generated code.
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Luis Sanchez
So Ada is used?! C++ in embedded systems?!
Reading the comments is a delight. It's great to read ...
Take a trip through the life's work of one engineer who was involved in embedded systems from Day 1 (courtesy of Rambling Jack).
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antiquus
Your description of the 1960's computer room left out the smell of machine oil and printer ink.
Dan Saks crunches over 12 years of data on programming-language preferences from reader studies and finds some surprises about C/C++.
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Brad.Peeters
I *wish* I could use C++ on more of my embedded projects, but the manufacturers don't provide it. ...
Embedded systems are evolving in exciting ways but our design methods are out of date.
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Niall looks at the changes in user-interface technology over the past few years and makes a few predictions about application upgrade and cloud connectivity.
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Embedded developers are taking a close look at using the Linux-based Android mobile device platform in real-time deterministic apps. But is it realistic? If so, what will it take? Or is this just another tantalizing but impractical dream?
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sandy7874
with a billion dollar support from google, I see a future . Android is powerful not becuase of linux ...
Commentary
We all pay abject lip service to China. The business community and the media are equally in thrall to the world’s second largest – and fastest growing economy.
But China’s also a handy device for fear mongering.
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phoenixdave
Congratulations Junko!
It's sounds like a very exciting new assignment and journey is ahead for ...
In the short term, vehicles will be able to take over many driving functions—but full autonomy may be farther down the road.
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mdesm
No they don't. There must be a driver, with a driver's license, behind the wheel of these ...
This fall, EE Times will kick off a yearlong celebration of its 40th anniversary year. Through coverage and various activities online, in a special digital edition and at events, we plan to honor 40 visionaries, technologies and disruptions that have rewritten the rules—of technology, of the industry, sometimes of society—over the last four decades.
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RFPowerMaster
I suggest the co-inventors of the high-efficiency switching-mode Class-E RF power amplifier: Nathan ...
Using social media, firmware engineers come together to design a firmware curriculum for embedded systems engineering students.
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USA Firmware
Thanks for the comments. Perhaps a half year of C++ but I would stand by a full year of C, it's too ...
Lab-in-a-box is not only giving students more flexibility in engineering classes, it's changing the very nature of the classes themselves
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stucbrown
Excellent idea, but can't we get the same affect by using pspice or a cheaper (student) version of ...
Willow Garage, a robotics research lab and technology incubator, announced the formation of The Open Source Robotics Foundation
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EREBUS
I like it. Sign me up.
It's all sensed switches and touch screens due to their benefits; but they have downsides as well.
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MarvA
David,
Thanks for including that link to Bill's earlier column. I must have missed the original. ...
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