Embedded Computing Design February 2010 : Page 4On the cover w w w. e m b e d d e d - c o m p u t i n g . c o m February 2010 | Volume 8 • Number 1 5 Left to My Own Devices Out of the shadows By Don Dingee 22 Got a Sec… 2D barcodes Silicon Microcontrollers: Breaking 8-, 16-, 32-bit boundaries Editor’s Choice The Parrot AR.Drone “quadricopter” turned heads during its debut at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. With Wi-Fi-enabled control via an iPhone and two onboard cameras, the drone was just one of many gadgets at CES that showcased embedded technologies, demonstrating how embedded is now driving consumer electronic designs. Photo courtesy of CES, www.cesweb.org. 22 21 Quick Guide Software Compilers, code analysis, modeling, debug, trace, profiling technology Strategies Android, Eclipse, LabVIEW, Symbian, and community-driven platforms Atmel Optimizing microcontroller power El Silicon: Upping PSoC from 8 to 32 Q&A with Ata Khan, Cypress Semiconductor, and Ian Ferguson, ARM What’s next for microcontrollers? By Jacob Borgeson, Texas Instruments Software: How model-based testing can generate code-based testing results By Martin Bakal, IBM Rational Integrating static analysis with a compiler and a database By Tucker Taft, SofCheck 8 v efficiency for ultra-low-power designs By Jukka Eskelinen and Kim Meyer LDRA Static analysis aids code portability By Chris Tapp 14 v CoWare Debugging the Android platform on ARM-based designs 18 v By Achim Nohl embedded-computing.com/eletter Strategies: The LabVIEW community: Coding collaboratively Q&A with Deirdre Walsh, National Instruments 2010 OpenSystems Media ® © 2010 Embedded Computing Design All registered brands and trademarks in Embedded Computing Design are property of their respective owners. ISSN: Print 1542-6408, Online 1542-6459 4 \ February 2010 Embedded Computing Design www.embedded-computing.com Publication List |
