Category: Software

Software

  • Isn’t Sensor Fusion CPU-Agnostic?

    Sensor fusion is algorithms. And these algorithms are typically executed as software. So that should be simple, right? Just get your sensor fusion libraries from…

  • Stable Video, Easier Development

    There are times when a shaky video can be just the thing. Imagine: where would the Blair Witch Project have been without it? What would…

  • An Anti-Security Tool for Gray Hats

    We all know that if we want to be able to… well… transgress someone else’s private computer and internet stuffs, there’s a subterranean culture with…

  • A Software View of Hardware

    One of the defining characteristics of an embedded system is that you should have no expectations about what it’s made of or how it’s arranged.…

  • Sensor Driver? Sensor Fusion?

    Not long ago, coincident with Sensors Expo, Freescale announced their new Intelligent Sensing Framework, or ISF. From the initial descriptions I saw, I was frankly…

  • Software Development is Failing

    I wanted to share this, which I found on the System Safety Mailing list: https://lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/mailman/listinfo/systemsafety Martyn Thomas has enormous experience in implementing computer systems and…

  • Extreme Compilers for Extreme Architectures

    ACE calls them “extreme architectures.” These are the processors that your mother told you to avoid because they’re just too darn hard to support. You…

  • Sensor Fusion: DIY or Turnkey?

    Sensor fusion was the name of the game this year at Sensors Expo (especially the MIG pre-conference event). But at least two of the visible…

  • Imperas Gen 2

    Imperas has launched their second-generation virtual platform technology. In so doing, they’re adding more capability as well as restructuring their product offering. We’ve been following…

  • Embedded in the Cloud

    This is a special one that’s going out to my home boy Jim Turley, who has a special relationship with Cloud Computing. He has a…