This article shows how, starting today, you can use model- driven software development (MDSD) with Eclipse to improve design methods and tools continuously. MDSD focuses on the systematic use of models throughout the whole engineering life-cycle, as...
Computing firmware change is coming to the embedded industry in the form of a new open standard interface replacing the proprietary lock between hardware and the operating system. The unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) is a long-overdue re...
The use of Linux in embedded systems does not necessarily mean that this operating system must be used on the host computer. If the requirements and a few special considerations are kept in mind, kernel drivers for embedded Linux can also be develop...
This article considers how to design a state machine from a general problem description. The starting point is a classical textbook example. There is usually more than one way of designing a state machine to solve a specific problem.
An increasingly wide range of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are posing unique design and development requirements particularly regarding the data link. Many defense application developers have turned to the open data distribution service (DDS) standa...
Non-aerospace industries are increasingly obliged to undertake safety-critical and safety-related analysis and testing. Companies in these industries are consequently tending to look outside their own market sector for best-practice approaches, tech...
The new platform management service added by the Service Availability Forum provides the software with easy access to relevant state changes of hardware entities. This article explains its functioning with reference to a typical AdvancedTCA shelf wi...
This white paper discusses the benefits of incorporating an embedded database into applications for embedded, intelligent, and mobile devices.
Üroprietary RTOSes offering robust arrays of services that are comparable to those in Linux have gained attention for safety-critical systems and large-scale telecommunications networks.
Industries producing and using ICs need to know how they behave under radiated electromagnetic emissions. Manual measurements according to the Direct RF Power Injection method (DPI) are however extremely time-consuming. This article describes automa...
How do you combine different software modules in a single control unit without jeopardizing the safety of the overall system? The real-time operating system PXROS-HR uses the memory protection unit of the TriCore architecture to realize hardwarebase...
Industry has reached a turning- point in its approach to software quality. Debugging is increasingly being seen as a waste of time and effort, whilst coding standard enforcement with CSE tools is accepted as a significantly more efficient use of res...
The Internet's get it for free culture has worked its way into mainstream society and is now penetrating electronic engineering, fuelled by Linux and other free and open source packages. Whilst free software has helped device manufacturers to sell ...
LONMARK International has experienced a significant increase in activity in the last few months. We have been diligently working towards greater market awareness and acceptance of open LON systems. Our efforts have been met with support from both o...
This article describes hardware- based safety technology with a Memory Protection Unit using the Infineon TriCore architecture and the PXROS-HR RTOS, preventing integrated third party software from unauthorised access to an application.
This article describes an open specifications-based high-availability middleware implementation with a permissive licence allowing anyone to download, compile, and use the middleware in a commercial system. It is supported by leading telecom and IT ...
This article shows how virtualization technology enables to produce an embedded virtual machine management capable of supporting the demands of an RTOS while simultaneously hosting a general-purpose operating system, like Windows.
Sample code is not only a fine educational tool for software developers just getting started, but also a good reference for those already familiar with embedded application programming. One of the biggest benefits is that programmers can quickly gra...
Model-based development, enabled and supported by sophisticated tools, relieves engineers from many cumbersome routine tasks and frequent error search. They can focus on development and enjoy enhanced transparency of the system being developed.
As military and avionics systems become increasingly complex and interconnected, POSIX offers developers of such applications a flexible, rich API. The ability to migrate from one OS to another capitalizes on powerful hardware configurations, yet re...
Increased demand for real-time operating systems, Interview with Michael Gaudlitz, Wind River Systems. [View now]
Tailored operating systems for embedded applications – Interview with Julia Huber, Microsoft. [View now]
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Medical applications require increased computing power - Interview with Claudia Bestler, Kontron. [View now]
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