Are things beginning to look up? That's the question that Jack Ganssle is asking in Embedded Pulse. See how optimistic other Embedded.com readers are.

For those of you with more time on your hands than you'd like, or if you just want to brush up your skills, or if you're a newbie just entering — or thinking of entering — the field of embedded systems development, you might be interested in looking at the new edition of Beginner's Corner entitled “Introduction to Digital Filters.” If you find it useful, you might want browse through the Beginner's Corner archive for articles about interrupt handling, counter/timers, closed-loop control, and a host of other topics fundamental to embedded systems development.

Take a look at the Embedded Soapbox , and read what one brave correspondent says about how free Linux really is.

And, as always, there is more. Much more.