Configuration Management: Why Developers are Avert to
A few reasons why developers have aversion towards "Software Configuration Management Systems"
(1) They do not understand the importance of configuration management. - It is a common and logical reason. But, it is also a very dangerous sign for any organization. If their developers do not understand the importance of configuration management; then it is highly likely that developers even do not understand the other fundamentals of software development. The situation becomes worst...
Embedded Space & Software Development Practices
Kunal Singh describes how embedded development has moved from tiny assembly routines to full applications running on operating systems with threads and libraries. He warns the era of "simple" firmware is ending, and urges embedded engineers to adopt fundamentals like maintainability, reusability, testability, low coupling, and clean interfaces. He recommends Agile Software Development and Code Complete as practical starting points.
Designing Embedded System with FPGA - 1
Getting an embedded system running on an FPGA is much simpler than it sounds when you use Xilinx EDK and a soft processor. Pragnesh Patel walks through a beginner-friendly approach using the MicroBlaze CPU, drag-and-drop IP cores, and a Spartan-3E starter kit so you can assemble peripherals without deep VHDL knowledge. The post focuses on the EDK base system builder and first setup steps to generate a working design.
Thumb Rules for Effective Meetings
Too many meetings waste engineers' time while too few kill communication, and Kunal Singh proposes seven practical thumb rules to fix both extremes. He outlines how to identify meeting types, publish and stick to an agenda, clarify roles, eliminate ambiguity, conclude items or mark them open, and circulate minutes. These simple practices help make meetings concise, accountable, and decision-oriented.
Building Linux Kernel for Desktops
Kernel building for desktop Linux is less daunting than it used to be. In this short primer Kunal Singh introduces the distribution-specific tools and procedures that simplify compiling a desktop kernel, with focused pointers for Fedora, Ubuntu, and SUSE. Engineers will get a quick overview of where to start and which tools each distribution provides to streamline a custom kernel build.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world
It is useful, in embedded software, to be able to specify values in binary. The C language lacks this facility. In this blog we look at how to fix that.
Embedded Software Creation I - Methodologies
Maykel Alonso lays out the principal methodologies used to build embedded software, from cascade and incremental to iterative and spiral. The post walks through common stages, including requirements, analysis, design, implementation, integration, testing and maintenance, and highlights when each model fits firmware projects. Read this for a practical lens on picking a development approach that matches hardware constraints and regulatory demands.
Kind of Buggy! The state machine fantastic//
Richard Dorfner shows a compact way to debug an intermittent homing failure in a Pan/Tilt camera by logging the last 30 state transitions in a circular buffer. He tags each entry with a function identifier and uses breakpoints to walk the recorded sequence backwards. That reveals a timing interaction between a 100 ms periodic flag and the homing code that stopped the motor state machine. The method is low-overhead and ideal for single-threaded embedded systems.
Software is free and can right any wrong
Software changes are so much easier than hardware modifications, so the temptation is always to take this approach to fixing bugs. This may not always be a good idea.
Embedded Systems Co-design for Object Recognition: A Synergistic Approach
Embedded systems co-design for object recognition is essential for real-time image analysis and environmental sensing across various sectors. This methodology harmonizes hardware and software to optimize efficiency and performance. It relies on hardware accelerators, customized neural network architectures, memory hierarchy optimization, and power management to achieve benefits like enhanced performance, lower latency, energy efficiency, real-time responsiveness, and resource optimization. While challenges exist, co-designed systems find applications in consumer electronics, smart cameras, industrial automation, healthcare, and autonomous vehicles, revolutionizing these industries. As technology advances, co-design will continue to shape the future of intelligent embedded systems, making the world safer and more efficient.
Configuration Management: Why Developers are Avert to
A few reasons why developers have aversion towards "Software Configuration Management Systems"
(1) They do not understand the importance of configuration management. - It is a common and logical reason. But, it is also a very dangerous sign for any organization. If their developers do not understand the importance of configuration management; then it is highly likely that developers even do not understand the other fundamentals of software development. The situation becomes worst...
Can an RTOS be really real-time?
Real-Time Operating Systems are meant for real-time applications. But with conventional shared-state concurrency and blocking, can you honestly know the worst-case execution time of an RTOS thread?
