RFID Means "Smart Stores"
Jan Vink, IT director at Dutch bookseller Selexyz, describes how RFID is used to build "smart stores" and happy customers. (MP3, 4:46 mins.)
May 30, 2006
Escape the software development paradigm trap
It's not a given that the quality of software will always be poor. The essential complexity of software is not some immutable universal law. Writing from inside the development trenches, this author redefines the problem and points to other industries that can offer solutions.
May 29, 2006
UML Statecharts at $10.99
UML-style state machines can help you produce efficient, maintainable, testable systems--and you don't need big UML tools to use them.
May 24, 2006
Design your own memory using ABEL
Some circuits are harder to design than others. Often it's the tools that are the problem; using the wrong tool can make life harder than it needs to be. This article shows you how to design an SRAM using a schematics and ABEL hardware-description language.
May 22, 2006
On Engineering
Licensing, quantitative software engineering, and the demise of his antediluvian printer are on Ed's mind.
May 16, 2006
OpenGL & Mobile Devices
OpenGL is the de facto standard for cross-platform real-time 3D graphics. OpenGL ES extends these capabilities to mobile devices.
May 16, 2006
Right-brained programming
Rotating pixels, finding a square root, picking the length of a timeout on a watchdog timer--what do all these typical computing problems have in common? They're all likely to get you stuck in a rut, using the same boring algorithms. Knowing how to think creatively helps you solve all sorts of puzzles. Time to take a fresh look at some old problems.
May 8, 2006
Designers stretched in ASIC, FPGA tug-of-war
Like well-matched rivals in a tug-of-war, FPGAs and ASICs exert an unmistakable and often contradictory pull on a design. At certain points, the field-programmable gate array lineup is perceived to have more strengths than the ASIC approach; at others, the application-specific-IC lineup seems to have the edge. In some cases, the conflict may be a draw, with the design initially using one or more FPGAs and eventually replacing some or all of them with an ASIC to lower cost and reduce system power. The final system may contain both ASICs and FPGAs to leverage the best aspects of each technology.
May 1, 2006
Diversity protects embedded systems
If all embedded systems were created equal crackers would quickly exploit their shared vulnerabilities. Just as locks aren't secure if everyone uses the same key, embedded systems aren't secure if they have the same DNA. Here's the argument for diversity.
May 1, 2006
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