The tools that we use as developers can make a dramatic difference in the speed, quality, and overall cost of the software we develop. Here are five tools that I’ve found to be very helpful. Some of ...

Choosing embedded software tools, such as assemblers, compilers, and linkers, can be quite daunting. Sometimes the decision is made for you; for instance, when there's only one tool-chain available, ...

As system complexities rise and management and market pressures drive tight schedules, engineers find that meeting schedules and budgets are constantly top concerns. The innate, driving, subconscious ...

At the 2012 DefCon security conference in Las Vegas, Ang Cui, an embedded device security researcher, previewed a tool for analyzing firmware, the foundational software that underpins any computer and ...

Nowadays, the major part of innovations in modern cars are introduced by Electrical/Electronic (E/E) architectures and the applications implemented upon them. Although notable developments and new ...

DevicesGUIX™, the new graphical user interface (GUI) development framework from Express Logic, is a small-footprint, low-overhead runtime engine and development tool featuring automatic code ...

Ask embedded programmers what tools they use, and you'll usually find a common thread: C/C++, an integrated development environment (IDE) or their favorite editor/debugger, and a standard library or ...

Understand the challenges and solutions of AI-enabled embedded systems in ensuring timely response in critical applications.

Embedded software, once a challenge to write, update, and optimize, is following the route of other types of software. It is abstracted, simpler to use, and much faster to write. But in some cases, it ...

When I first started to develop embedded software more than 15 years ago, embedded software engineers had a very specific skillset. They were often electrical engineers who not only understood how the ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics are quickly becoming key technologies in the embedded systems field. AI and Machine Learning (ML) enable devices to learn and adapt to their environments, ...