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As seen in: EE Times, NewsBreak, Magzter Inc., EDN: Voice of the Engineer, Design News, Embedded, Circuit Cellar, EE Times India, EDN Asia, EDN Taiwan
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Embedded TDD: Testing Firmware Without the Hardware

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By Jacob Beningo
| Design News
Non-hardware code can be tested at your desk, today, without a board, if the logic is separated from the silicon. Emilija Manevska/Moment via Getty Images Let's not beat around the bush. Most embedded engineers believe they can't test their firmware until the hardware shows up. The board is on backorder, the bring-up team is still fighting the power rails, and so the application code sits there, untested, waiting. Everyone shrugs. That's just how embedded works. Except it isn't.
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How to Organize a Modern Firmware Project

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By Jacob Beningo
| Design News
There should be clear boundaries between firmware, application logic, hardware dependencies, drivers, and so on. Fauzi Muda/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images How you organize your firmware project might seem like a minor detail. It isn't. It's one of the highest-leverage decisions on the entire project. A poorly organized project can't scale, can't be reused, and can't be ported easily.
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The Productivity Myth: What AI Coding Assistants Actually Deliver for Firmware Engineers

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By Jacob Beningo
| Design News
If used properly, AI coding assistants can help engineers develop faster, more robust firmware.da-kuk/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images You've heard that AI coding assistants will 10x your firmware productivity. They won't. If they did, embedded projects wouldn’t still be late. That number is marketing fluff, not measurement. Any engineer who has pointed one of these tools at a vendor SDK or a timing-critical ISR already knows it.
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