High-fidelity simulations of dynamic embedded systems can be invaluable. This follow-up to “Modeling Dynamic Systems” (August 2000) presents some techniques and algorithms you might find useful. In a ...

Virtualization has revolutionized IT by providing flexibility, convenience, and increased robustness of IT infrastructures. Virtualization has also helped software developers designing for standard ...

Decoupling application logic from hardware lets engineers test firmware on host machines instead of waiting for dev boards.

As embedded systems hardware is becoming more powerful, the demand for high quality, sophisticated and compelling applications is increasing. In addition to that, due to fierce competition in the ...

Micrium, a leading provider of high quality embedded software components, today introduced an upgraded version of its award winning uC/Probe, a unique new tool for embedded developers to monitor all ...

The basic ideas behind continuous testing and integration include: provide faster feedback to developers; build and test the system piece by piece to avoid big-bang integration and big failure; assess ...

Firmware engineers are always blamed for late deliveries. It’s almost tradition. The hardware’s ready, management is anxious, and the software team is “still debugging.” But let’s be honest. Firmware ...

With a complex embedded system, work needs to start on the software long before the hardware is available. Indeed, it may be necessary to begin even before the hardware design is finalized. Because ...

Energy-driven computing is an emerging paradigm that aims to fuel the proliferation of tiny and low-cost IoT sensing and monitoring devices. Energy-driven computers are generally powered by energy ...

Across industries such as aerospace, automotive, medical technology, and industrial automation, embedded systems are becoming ...