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RFID - Embed with another menace?
Embedded systems developers are like spies at the great barbecue party that is modern commerce. All sorts of useful, neat, or just ornery devices enter the world, but how they are made doesn't interest the typical barbecue goer. People ask what you do for a living; when you say 'develop embedded systems,' the topic moves on to other matters.
This notion will change, sensor guru Kevin Ashton said in a keynote at this week's Embedded System Conference in Boston. That is because, he said, RFID will drive a type of embedded systems ubiquity not seen before. READ THE REST OF THE STORY.
The conference was intriguing, as embedded software and hardware folks wrestle with same problems as everyone else, but with a different perspective. Power consumption is a big one. So is design abstraction. Enjoyed hearing Jack Ganssle on really really realtime; a Loring Wierbel session on emedded network security isues; Fred Heurtebize and the PolySpace Technologies fellows who use and Abstract Interprettin model tocheck runtime errors and get around test case writing; and Dan Saks on C; and just generally seeing some of what I would call the old gang. Embdedded and non-embedded developers could learn a lot from each other. The whole system is the thing [well once things are working, anyway.] |
Noted news bits
Theme park takes visitors to RFID-land - cnet, Sept 14, 2004
Taking the Xeroxing out of Xerox - The Inquirer, Sept 14, 2004
The death of microprocessors -ESP, Sept 4, 2004
Mentor's Accelerated Tech group releases Eclipse IDE for embedded dev - mentor.com, Sept 4, 2004
This just in - Mellor's Executable UML firm in Mentor camp - Mar 4, 2004 |
