A video has been posted with the content from part 6 of our Embedded System Design Library. The topic is Defensive Programming. To be the best programmer you can be, you have to defend against bad code and bad practices. This video shares many tips for defensive programming.

For our younger programmers out there, here’s some advice on how to proceed from amateur to seasoned professional. All in one article, just for you. Read it on your phone, tweet it to your classmates. For real. Like, you know.

A video has been posted with the content from part 5 of our Embedded System Design Library. The topic is Threading. Threads are way cool, but misused by many programmers. This video discusses when to use and not use threading.

A video has been posted with the content from part 4 of our Embedded System Design Library. The topic is Myths. How many times have you read about some new paradigm, synergy, or methodology, and how it was going to leverage success, foster code reuse, and so forth? This video addresses some of those myths. […]

A video has been posted with the content from part 3 of our Embedded System Design Library. The topic is programmer Productivity.

A video has been posted with the content from part 2 of our Embedded System Design Library. The topic is Selecting Features for our products and systems.

Interested in our electronic product and system development services? Then check out a new video we posted. It outlines how we work with your company and team to build successful, profitable products.

A video has been posted with the content from part 1 of our Embedded System Design Library. The topic is Universal Concepts, the ideas that over arch our work designing electronic products and systems. See the video here!

As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows, so do the reports of vulnerabilities. The Nest thermostat disaster is a smallish example, all the way up to the vehicles we drive, which have shown to be hackable with hideous results. The government is aware of the problem, and is doing what government does best, throwing other […]

Our industry is a slave to buzzwords. Remember 4GL? CASE? Bluetooth everywhere? I suppose the first step toward seeing if any product or standard has legs is to throw around some buzzwords and watch the stock ticker. As designers, you and I know that most of them make it no farther than a few banner […]