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Knowledge, experience, inspiration: MicroConsult at the ESE Congress 2017
The 10th ESE Congress represents 10 years of well over 1000 lectures and seminars, the intensive exchange of knowledge and experience, and the forging of valuable contacts across industry boundaries. The embedded software community has been meeting at the end of the year since 2008 in...
How well prepared are you for the Internet of Things?
The Internet of Things has already transformed products, industries, and economies in many areas. It influences the relationship between customers and suppliers and the availability of goods and services. It impacts social systems and ecosystems—indeed, almost everything we consider essential...
Safety & Security: Relying on known and proven methods
The operational reliability of software-intensive embedded systems is closely linked to protection against unauthorized access or targeted attacks. The necessary measures pose significant challenges for both software and hardware developers. Embedded systems are therefore...
Object-oriented testing of embedded software
Introducing C++ into an embedded project is a major challenge for most teams. Underestimating the effort involved can potentially delay the entire development process. And now the C++ software is supposed to undergo additional complex security testing?...
Successfully filling agile roles in embedded projects
Agile development has become the dominant methodology for manufacturing technical products and product components in a wide range of industries in recent years. However, filling the necessary agile roles is one of the biggest hurdles when changing this development methodology.
Here's how to integrate the Surface Dial into your own application
The Surface Dial is a new input device from Microsoft designed to simplify working with graphic and technical applications. It combines the functionality of a rotary dial with that of the Enter key. It was first introduced in the fall of 2016 and is now available in our region. With...
More important than ever: Think in systems and architectures
Looking at the present and the future clearly shows that the embedded world and the IT world are intertwined and will become increasingly so. Embedded systems are becoming part of the Internet of Things, which is evolving into the Internet of Everything and is a breeding ground...
Multicore Microcontrollers Part 2: Which safety and security requirements are important when choosing an MCU?
The first part of this series on selecting the right multicore processor focused on determining the computing power requirements and evaluating them for the project. As a second step, we will now consider the requirements regarding functional safety and data security. When considering...