Author: Ray Keefe

  • Visualisation: Part 1

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    Positioning As an Engineer, I have been educated to think in Engineering Concepts. One of the old jokes about education is that it narrows the number of people you can have an intelligent conversation with.   Today’s blog post image was provided courtesy of Dr Marc Dussault, The Exponential Growth Strategist who is always on…

  • Casey Business Awards 2012 Finalist

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    Casey Business and Professional Services This is the category we won in 2010 when we also took out Casey Business of the Year. This is for our Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development services where we create the electronics product designs needed by Australian Electronics Manufacturers to be able to compete both locally and internationally.…

  • Software Documentation

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    Software Documentation This is an area of Software Development that has always been a challenge. The documentation falls into six general categories:   Software Design Documentation Software Testing and Test Results Software Implementation Details Software Change Management User Documentation Coding Standards   Each of these has its own specific issues.   There are formal documentation…

  • Space Goes Private

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    SpaceX Dragon Docks with ISS It has been a while in the making, but the the SpaceX Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station and the beginning of a new era is upon us. Private enterprise is now making deliveries into space.   At 6:56AM on 25 May 2012 the International Space Station…

  • Software Reuse: Software Design

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    Software Design This continues on from my posts on Software Architecture and Operating Systems. The basis of Software Design for Embedded Systems is ensuring that you implement the required features within the available hardware. A lot of people forget that second point. I have found there are many more opinions on what you “Should Do”…