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Letters
Boomin' Systems
Ed's making a lot of noise this month, as he uses his column as a sounding board.
State of the Machine
State machines are mechanisms that sit around in one of several distinct conditions, waiting for something to happen. And they're Ed's focus this month.
Letters
Only Stone Endures
A trip along the Erie Canal gives Ed the opportunity to ponder about the permanence of embedded projects.
Simulator Sickness
You've probably gotten that queasy feeling when problems arise in thoroughly tested and debugged systems. Ed wonders if a field call concerning one of your products turns your stomach completely over?
All Your Drop Are Belong to Us
Ed goes inside his inkjet printer to find out what's going on in this kind of embedded system.
Reality Checks
Robots are finding their way into disaster recovery.
Embedded Space: Chemical Attraction
It's all a matter of chemistry. In this case, battery chemistry.Let's see what happens when always-on collides with portable, a pair of attributes that encompass an increasing number of embedded systems. We'll find out why the quest for thinner, lighter, smaller, and more usable gizmos poses such interesting problems.And if you software folks think you can ignore all this chemical stuff, listen up you're in the solution, too.
Takin' Care of Business
Despite the firm opinions of some now-departed companies, you can't earn a living by giving away free software. You must actually sell something of value to customers while giving away the software, otherwise your business won't clear the gantry. Ed Nisley examines some business models that embrace this reality. - Web Development