Category: Embedded Software & IoT

  • Software versus Hardware

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    Electronics Hardware The idea for this post came from an interesting article by Bryan Murdoch who also writes a blog on technology topics. In the article he looked at why some developers can be Averse To Change and made some interesting observations about why that is so. One of those conclusions I agree with very…

  • Dennis Ritchie

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    Dennis Ritchie: farewell and thank you With the recent passing of Steve Jobs, the world has had a reason to reflect on the significant impact some people have. Someone who made everything Steve Jobs did possible also passed away recently. On the 12 October 2011, Dennis Ritchie, the father of The C Programming Language, died…

  • Embedded Software Testing

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    Software Testing I recently met with an Australian Software Development company, PepperStack, and we got onto the subject of Software Testing. As someone who began their career as an Electronics Hardware Engineer, one of the things I learnt was that you have to test thoroughly to be sure everything is working as it should be.…

  • The Internet Turns 40 – Happy Birthday

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    There are a lot of news feeds running this story. Here is one:   Timeline ABC News   And when the Internet first began, no-one knew what we would be doing with it today.   This has happened to a lot of other technologies. Low Cost Electronics and Low Power Design that can be Battery…