Break Points
Jack Ganssle explores the agony and ecstasy of developing embedded systems.
Jack Ganssle (jack@ganssle.com) is a lecturer and consultant specializing in embedded systems development issues. He has been a columnist with Embedded Systems Design and Embedded.com for over 24 years. Return to Embedded.com home page.
Jack Ganssle
5/21/2012 12:51 PM EDT
Heathkit was coming back. Now it appears they’re folding.
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Duane Benson
www.adafruit.com sells a number of kits and does a pretty good job with tutorials. There is an ...
Jack Ganssle
5/13/2012 3:05 PM EDT
RTOSes are dying, Linux is in. Or is it?
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robert.berger
Hi Jack, As you know I'm quite a bit into Linux and also into small real-time systems and as far I ...
Autonomous vehicles - Be Afraid
Jack Ganssle
5/7/2012 3:30 PM EDT
Self-driving vehicles are coming. Will they be engineered as well as commercial aircraft?
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K1200LT Rider
To take away the human drivers means that a massive addition to the existing roadway infrastructure ...
Jack Ganssle
5/2/2012 10:45 AM EDT
Jack Ganssle, the MVP of ESD and Embedded.com, reflects on how a good concept 24 years ago touched his life and those of other developers.
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KRicheson
Jack, Love the ending quote "ESD is dead, long live Embedded.com". It helped end that last article ...
Jack Ganssle
4/23/2012 3:28 PM EDT
Our hobbies often define our careers.
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floppy to usb
It’s truly impressive how many people in this country so passionately pursue their avocations. While ...
Jack Ganssle
4/16/2012 4:59 PM EDT
ASICs win in high-volume, low cost applications. For now.
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vampailleur
I think that using Zynq devices is kind of risky. You need to select the CPU and the FPGA at the ...
Jack Ganssle
4/9/2012 2:38 PM EDT
The truth can be unpleasant or even job-threatening. What is one to do?
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kalpak
Dear Mr Manning, Pl do elaborate on your comment about Mr. Boisjoly "atitude". Or else your ...
Jack Ganssle
4/2/2012 8:05 PM EDT
Ham radio, and the ESC, are now both paths into engineering.
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UCCS1993
Sorry but during an emergency is not the right time "to dust off the old gear and see if it still ...
Jack Ganssle
3/25/2012 6:21 PM EDT
Jack tests several probes to see how different probes change the results.
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sharps_eng
Well done for a useful article. But how many people are having problems at 50MHz? That is so ...
Jack Ganssle
3/20/2012 1:59 AM EDT
One of the old bibles of electronics is still available.
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ghibli
I have a copy of the HP optocoupler book on my shelves. I thought (and still do) that it was truly a ...
