All Debug & Optimization Development Articles
Finding best practices in software and hardware testing, debugging, optimization, and emulation.
All Debug & Optimization Development Articles
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The millennium bug revisited
3 comments 29 January 2013
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Colin Walls considers the possibility of a repeat of the “millennium bug” (aka Y2K) panic, when it... Read More
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DO-254: Increasing verification coverage by test
17 January 2013
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Verification coverage by test is essential to satisfying both the objectives of DO-254 and... Read More
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Reducing tester-based silicon debug effort & time: Part 2 – A check-list of best practices
08 January 2013
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A detailed check list of must-do practices to follow during the verification for testing (VFT). Read More
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Reducing tester-based silicon debug effort & time: Part 1 – Testing modes
07 January 2013
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The pros and cons of the silicon test and debug phases an SoC must go through and the techniques and ... Read More
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Mastering stack and heap for system reliability: Part 3 - Avoiding heap errors
14 October 2012
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In the last of a three part series, the authors deal with broad guidelines for proper heap design,... Read More
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Software performance engineering for embedded systems Part 3 – Collecting data and using it effectively
09 October 2012
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In the final part in a series of three articless excerpted from his soon-to-be published “Software... Read More
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Efficient I2C Bus debug using Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes
2 comments 07 October 2012
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Dave Pereles provides some helpful guidelines on how to replace traditional manual methods for... Read More
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Mastering stack and heap for system reliability: Part 2 - Properly allocating stacks
02 October 2012
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In the second in a three part series on techniques for allocating memory stack and heap in embedded... Read More
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Using RTOS-aware debugging and Serial Wire Viewer to debug Cortex-M3/M4 designs
07 September 2012
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Mark Moran of Atollic Inc. explains how to use a combination of RTOS or kernel aware (KA) debugging, ... Read More
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Verifying embedded software functionality: Combining formal verification with testing
29 August 2012
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In the final part in a four-part series, Abhik Roychoudhury, author of "Embedded Systems and... Read More
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Verifying embedded software functionality: fault localization, metrics and directed testing
26 August 2012
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In the third in a four part series Abhik Roychoudhury, author of “Embedded Systems and software... Read More
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Mastering stack and heap for system reliability: Part 1 – Calculating stack size
15 August 2012
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In this three part series, Anders Lundgren and Lotta Frimanson take you step by step through the... Read More
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Verifying embedded software functionality: The power of dynamic slicing
3 comments 07 August 2012
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In the second in a four part series, Abhik Roychoudhury, author of "Embedded Systems and Software... Read More
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Verifying embedded software functionality: Why it’s necessary
4 comments 05 August 2012
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In this four-part series, Abhik Roychoudhury, author of Embedded Systems and software validation,... Read More
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Automated tools streamline software test and certification
1 comments 08 July 2012
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In this Product How-To Jared Fry and Shan Bhattacharya of LDRA describe how the company’s tool suite ... Read More
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Troubleshoot and verify 8b/10b encoded signals with a real-time oscilloscope
01 July 2012
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An update on the latest techniques for using a real-time oscilloscope to troubleshoot and verify the ... Read More
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Using formal methods for sophisticated static code analysis
3 comments 06 June 2012
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In this Product How-To design article, Jay Abraham of Mathworks uses the company’s Polyspace code... Read More
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Using emulation to debug software and hardware at the same time
30 May 2012
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For developers involved in creating an SoC for their embedded designs where it’s essential to run... Read More
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Troubleshooting real-time software issues using a logic analyzer
4 comments 27 February 2012
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This logic analyzer technique is a power-tool for the embedded software engineer's toolbox. Read More
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Making late-night debugging an exception rather than the norm
10 comments 28 October 2011
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Static analysis finds the bugs, even if you're working under an Agile development process. Here's... Read More
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