Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

A large collection of articles about embedded systems

This is the list for ‘D’, theres another 25 letters:

“Data Compression – Transmission bandwidth is always limited (hey… if you’re reading this over a 28.8kb link, you get the picture!). Data compression can help a lot.
Dear Abbey – Abbey talks to developers about building embedded systems.
Debuggable designs – Tips for improving hardware designs
Debugging ISRs – Part 1 – This is part 1 of a two part series on debugging interrupt service routines.
Debugging ISRs – Part 2 – This is part 2 of a two part series on debugging interrupt service routines.
Deconstructing XP – eXtreme Programming has some fabulous ideas. And some really dumb ones. This is a review of two XP books.
Depot Repair – Thoughts on our throwaway economy, and our role in it.
Design For Performance – Make the system as fast as it needs to be!
Digital Engineering is More Fun – Core memory was all we had years ago. It’s interesting stuff.
Disaster – A description of some embedded disasters, and what we can learn from them.
DMA – Too many of us don’t really understand DMA. Read on…
Do You Need An Agree – Is a degree needed? Useful?
Drawing Systems – Most small companies never organize their drawings in a logical fashion, and instead all-too-often rely on memory when building production units. Here’s an easy system that will get your drawings in order.
DSP – An introduction to Digital Signal Processing.”


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