COVER STORY
Scheduling a
Real-Time Program
By R. C. Lacovara
If you’re doing manual scheduling of a mission-critical real-time program, you need a good way to obtain information from the system during run time. Here’s a methodology that requires few system resources and little effort to set up.
Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation
By Jim A. Ledin
Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation is a technique for performing system-level testing of embedded systems in a comprehensive,
cost-effective, and repeatable manner. This article provides an overview of the techniques of HIL simulation, along with hardware and software requirements, implementation methods, algorithms, and rules of thumb.
SPECIAL REPORT
Eight-Bit Processors All Over the Map
By Rick Grehan
Eight-bit MCUs are advancing on all frontiers, some getting smaller and some bigger. They run at clock speeds from 32KHz to 100MHz. Some are new and some are very old. Why is there
so much diversity?
COLUMNS
Programming Pointers
const T vs. T const
by Dan Saks
Programmer's Toolbox
Language Translation
by Jack W. Crenshaw
Spectra
TMS320C62x/C67x DSPs
by Don Morgan
Break Points
Embedded Y2K
by Jack G. Ganssle
State of the Art
Lose That Code
by P.J.
Plauger
DEPARTMENTS
#include
Pseudo-Intellectual Property
by Lindsey Vereen
News Vectors
VME Leads Computer Board Market; Debut of Open-Standards IDE
New Products
CodeWarrior for QNX; SHARC development tools; PIC16HV540 8-bit OTP MCU; more
Recruitment
Marketplace
Advertiser Index
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Illustration by Rupert Adley
