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Jack G. Ganssle is a lecturer and consultant on embedded development issues. He conducts seminars on embedded systems and helps companies with their embedded challenges. Contact him at jack@ganssle.com. His website is www.ganssle.com.

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- - 02.05.2013
  - The well-engineered µCurrent
  A $60 tool makes measuring low levels of current consumption easy.
- - 01.28.2013
  - Analog Parts Kit
  Here's a cool kit of parts for folks who want to experiment with analog circuits.
- - 01.22.2013
  - Benchmarking with Coremark
  Benchmarking is like statistics; it's easy to fiddle with the results. CoreMark strives to be more quantitative.
- - 01.14.2013
  - Ada 2012 redux
  My Ada article generated lots of discussion. Here are some answers to your questions.
- - 01.08.2013
  - A new RTOS trace tool
  It's tough to see what's going on when in an RTOS. A new tool helps.
- - 12.31.2012
  - Informal observations
  Farewell, 2012! Here are my observations about the industry this year.
- - 12.19.2012
  - Top ten milestones in embedded 2012
  Jack Ganssle gives us his top ten list of 2012's noteworthy news items for the embedded systems industry.
- - 12.10.2012
  - An RTOS from TI. Why?
  Texas Instruments has a new RTOS. It's free. Is it a good choice?
- - 12.03.2012
  - The low-pin count LPC800
  Low-pin count, low-cost MCUs always interest me. Now NXP has 32 bit parts in this category.
- - 11.26.2012
  - Not enough, or too many, engineers?
  Are you old and in the way? Or does experience count?
- - 01.22.2013
  - Benchmarking with Coremark
  Yes, Marcus tells me their ISP is having trouble this week. I know he and his people are working furiously to get it back up.
- - 12.12.2011
  - Anti-human apps
  I walked into the house today and my wife told me her sister-in-law had called from the car, but suddenly, while talking, sideswiped a car, on a high bridge over a river. 5 minutes later she called again: now she was still on the bridge, still driving, following the other car and a cop to a safe spot!
- - 11.30.2011
  - Microprocessors change the world
  Whoops - I screwed up. The TSI Speech+ calculator was based on the TMS1000, not the HP-35. Jack
- - 09.06.2011
  - Heathkit returns!
  For some reason I remember Goldwater's callsign - K7UGA. When he ran for president my dad had a bumpersticker that read AuH20.
- - 07.25.2011
  - The first rule of UI design
  Dan - I'll pass this on to Susan.
- - 01.31.2011
  - Power management, 2011
  Alex - you're right! Thanks. Jack
- - 01.24.2011
  - 555 Contest
  I just learned that the 8X300 was used in more than 30% of fixed disk controllers for a while. So it did have some decent market share. Thanks for the correction, Eric.
- - 03.29.2010
  - A Half Century of TIROS
  UPDATE: A reader sent me this link (http://www.infoage.org/html/tiros1-2.html ). A group of volunteers are maintaining and improving the 60 foot dish antenna that received TIROS's signals. Fascinating site, and a worthy place to support.
- - 12.01.2009
  - The lawyers are coming!
  Patrick, Good point. But I disagree about English. It's notoriously imprecise. It's like C - a tiny change greatly alters the meaning. Consider: Eats, shoots, and leaves. Vs Eats shoots and leaves. (Think panda bears) One reason we have so many problems with software is the code is derived from an imprecise English-language specification. I suppose the alternative is formal methods, but they probably won't make many inroads in the near future. Jack
- - 11.23.2009
  - ESC: Time or Money?
  Well, Ken, let's make that happen in April!