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 ...

Imperas Software has announced that Razorcat Developments, a provider of software testing tools for the embedded systems market, has integrated the Imperas fast processor reference models into the ...

When it comes to embedded engineering, toolchains are the worst. Getting a new toolchain up and running correctly is often hard, and often prone to breaking when the IDE or other software is upgraded.

Code coverage measurement and fault injection testing are two very important activities to increase the quality of tests. However, the application of both activities during the embedded software ...

In the world of embedded systems, it isn’t just the technology that continues to develop and evolve. The tools and the methods used to develop that technology are maturing and improving in tandem. In ...

Here is a collection of content on unit testing in embedded systems. Unit testing is the method of breaking software code into its basic units and testing the units separately to see that they each ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

The modern automobile is a maze of interactive electromechanical systems. Many of them, such as brakes, steering, airbags, powertrain, and adaptive driver assistance systems, are critical to human ...

Teams developing firmware and embedded software often develop their software on-target. While there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with using a development board to understand the processor, ...

Developing safety- or business-critical software just takes a little more knowledge and effort to ensure that tools and techniques are employed in a way that doesn’t sacrifice quality. Any attempt at ...