Oliver H. Bailey, president of Timelines Industries, holds a a BSME and BSEE from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. He has written several books and has won awards for his software products and hardware designs. Email address: ohbailey@time-lines.com
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March 13, 2009
[POV: Point Of View] The Value Of Good Corporate Citizenship
Recent events have brought attention to the behavior of corporate management and the entitlements that American corporations believe they have. But well run, responsible corporations maintain their value through good times and bad. A well-run company will stay the course in bad times knowing it is doing things right and maintaining value for customers, employees, and stockholders.
July 29, 2008
[Web Exclusive] Visual Embedded Design Tools + ANSI C = New Challenges
Recently, I encountered a real gotcha while updating a visual design tool. The update included support for a new compiler vendor who was, in fact, becoming the new default compiler. So I updated the tool, loaded a project that worked five minutes earlier, rebuilt the project with no errors and no warnings, and then programmed the part. I applied power, and nothing happened! Not one line of code had changed, and no errors or warnings were generated. What was the problem?
April 10, 2008[Design View / Design Solution] Mixed-Signal Processors Can Aid Visual Robotic Development
A recent project for one of the exhibitors at the RoboDevelopment Conference and Expo 2007, held last October in San Jose, Calif., required our company to quickly develop a motion-control system for a tracked robot. This isn’t complicated by any means, using many development tools currently available. In this case, though, the design was implemented using a visual design tool that required no manual coding at all. The goal was simple, and only three...
