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Simulating Embedded Systems
by Kenneth F. Greenberg
Although a simulator won't solve all of your debugging problems, sometimes it's useful to have one around. Here's what simulation will and won't do for you.

Programming for Change: How to Handle the Software Crisis
by Daniel Pettyjohn
Several notorious software project failures have been blamed on too many design change requests by the customer. Here are some guidelines for writing C code that will accommodate subsequent changes.

Development of a Real-Time Simulation System
by John Boyd and Roger Theyyunni
Off-the-shelf tools targeted for a variety of applications may not always meet the requirements of a particular type of application. Embedded system developers should develop tools accordingly, as this case study points out.

How to Comment Code
by Steve Drevik
Good code is maintainable and reusable both by the original programmer as well as by other programmers–that means it's well documented. This article presents guidelines for effective documentation.

Advanced DSO Techniques in Debugging Embedded Systems
by Eric M. Miller
Digital storage oscilloscopes are powerful debug tools. Here are some debugging techniques that use their special features, based on real-world applications.

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Embedded Puck
by Lindsey Vereen
Not only is embedded technology extending to niches you'd never expect, the likelihood that it will be based on x86 architecture is growing. Now, how long do you think it will take to embed a Pentium Pro-based system into a golf ball?

Real-Time
Clearing the Books
by Tyler Sperry
Speaking of silicon disasters, I can think of some CPU designs that have deserved to die–a few several times over.

Programmer's Toolbox
On the Average
by Jack W. Crenshaw
If you still don't understand, ask your local bookie. Gamblers know the law of averages like their own right hands.

Special Report
C and C++ Compilers
by Tyler Sperry
With every machine cycle being precious, who could afford the clumsy registershuffling of a high-level language?

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Break Points
A Modest Software Standard
by Jack G. Ganssle
Programmers at small companies are left to do their own thing, and such undisciplined activity inevitably results in chaos.

State of the Art
Subsetting
by P.J. Plauger
Subsetting way to go, enthusiasts argue. Everyone will be programming in that language sooner or later.

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