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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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...
