It is now possible to put together sophisticated and powerful embedded and control systems that are mostly composed of pre-existing working software. One of the
Read moreSingle core cell phone solution and marketing vs engineering
FSMLabs is finally able to discuss the single core cell phone handset solution we developed with Infineon Technologies last year. This system is cool technology
Read moreGreenHills, foreigners, and the gummi bear threat
When GreenHills launched their anti-Linux offensive, they crossed a line – and I doubt they even knew it. To cast doubt on the value of
Read moreAbove all, the SUSPENSE: Wind River’s DSO with Robert Mitchum and hippies! (updated)
I’ve been meaning to write about DSO – WindRiver’s attempt to define synthetic “standards” (see the linuxdevices article for technical detail and a more serious
Read moreAuragen computers remembered
In the early 1980s, I worked for a start-up called Auragen Computers based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. We were making a 68K based fault
Read moreThe long haul in the embedded software business.
Chris Lanfear from VDC systems asks FSMLabs has the product line, but lacks the market presence and awareness that other companies have invested in with
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PowerPoint and RocketScience II
In a previous note I objected to venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki’s requests (demands) for shallow and glib sales pitches in PowerPoint, but Professor Edward Tufte
Read morePower Point, Rocket Science and dangers of compelling stories
In American English, you can say that something is not too difficult by saying “it’s not rocket science.” We don’t have a good idiom for
Read moreWhy programs fail and get hacked
“People’s distrust of the high-pressure engines was confirmed when the boiler of a stationary engine exploded at Greenwich on 8 September 1803. It was the
Read moreThe romance of trade and fuzzy slippers
Commerce used to be more fashionable. The French historian Fernand Braudel writes that in the 1630s “ten ships a year from the Indian ocean, from
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