WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Three Purdue University researchers and their teammates at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have received a ...

Embedded systems are ubiquitous in our daily lives, from medical devices to automotive systems to smart homes, yet the most popular embedded programming language poses significant safety and security ...

There is often pressure on embedded software developers to develop “good software” or “good code.” The problem is the idea of good code is often subjective. What I consider to be good code might be ...

At CES 2024, a French startup is presenting the notion of frugal code in embedded software by identifying and quantifying the optimization potential of the code. WedoLow, a spinoff from three research ...

Security issues go beyond buffer overflows. How standards help with commonly exploited weaknesses. Improving code quality and safety with code-analysis tools. On the other hand, as Code Red caused ...

DigiKey and Microchip are hosting a free webinar on embedded systems and software vs. hardware logic on April 30 at 10 a.m.

Code coverage is one of the most widely used quality metrics in embedded software development. Nearly every team I start working with tells me they aim to reach 80%+ code coverage. In fact, many ...

FreeRTOS, the open-source operating system that powers most of the small microprocessors and microcontrollers in smart homes and critical infrastructure systems has 13 vulnerabilities, a third of them ...

The problem here is not necessarily an input validation problem. Thesystem call's function is to execute a command specified in a string.The problem, in this case, is the context of the call. The ...

UPPSALA, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IAR Systems®, the world leader in software and services for embedded development, has just announced the full support of their latest release of IAR Embedded ...

Embedded systems are increasingly prevalent in nearly every aspect of human life. Innovations made possible by embedded systems are making our lives healthier, safer, cleaner, and more stimulating.