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by Jack G. Ganssle
Software debugging tools are improving all the time, which is fortunate since increasing software content in products means more code to understand and manage and more bugs to exterminate. Here are some tips on arthropod elimination.
Embedding with GNU: GNU Debugger
by Bill Gatliff
Are GNUtools ready for prime-time embedded development? The author points out the strengths and weaknesses and then explains how
to use the GNU debugger to debug firmware running on an embedded system.
Sizing Throughput Requirements on Real-Time Systems
by Don Bruyère
The complexities of some of today’s advanced processor architectures have made it difficult at best to measure throughput requirements for real-time embedded applications. This article offers a model for predicting the impact of interrupts on embedded systems.
In Praise of the
#error
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by Nigel Jones
The #error directive may not be a widely used preprocessor directive, but according to the author, it can make your life easier. Here’s his case.
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Co-Verification Tools: A Market Focus
by Daya Nadamuni
Though not for everyone, co-verification tools may help accelerate development of highly integrated systems.
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
by Michael Barr
The next era in computing will be based on the interconnectedness of our systems, and the Internet will play a big part.
Architecting Embedded Systems for Add-on Software Modules
by Michael Barr
Bug fixes, patches, and third-party
application programs are all possible in today's powerful embedded systems, but you ned to plan for them at design time. This article shows you how.
A Driver-Based Approach to Protocol Stack Design
by Curt Schwaderer
Driver-based protocol stacks offer an attractive alternative to the traditional method that relies on tasks.
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