The complexity associated with the development of embedded systems is increasing rapidly. For instance, it is estimated that the average complexity of software projects in the automotive industry has ...

Across industries such as aerospace, automotive, medical technology, and industrial automation, embedded systems are becoming ...

The incredible pressures of time-to-market at “Web speed” have caused a new philosophy of successful new embedded device product/market development to emerge called “rapid prototyping.” When executed ...

I remember the excitement of my first microprocessor design when, halfway through the project, Motorola announced a breakthrough doubling of its microprocessor's clock frequency – to a full 1 MHz – ...

The C/C++ programming languages have long dominated the embedded systems industry, with very few other languages being able to find a foothold. While languages such as Java and Ada have certainly ...

When I first started writing embedded software, the environments that I found to be the most efficient and easiest to use were only available on Microsoft Windows. In fact, it wasn’t uncommon for ...

The idea of unit testing has been around for many years. "Test early, test often" is a mantra that concerns unit testing as well. However, in practice, not many software projects have the luxury of ...

As part of a broader $75 million global R&D investment in Europe by the Windows Embedded Business this fiscal year, Microsoft Corporation has announced the launch of its first Microsoft Embedded ...