Blogs

Things That Go Boom Al Williams Dec 24, 2014 It is easier to make a safe light bulb than to make a safe explosive.

Abstractions For Binary Search, Part 10: Putting It All Together Andrew Koenig Dec 22, 2014 After the discussions of the last few weeks, we are finally ready to build our test cases.

The Touch of a Button Al Williams Dec 19, 2014 Of course, I wasn't satisfied with the simple approach, so I added a bit of code to sense swipes much as you would find on a touchscreen phone.

Abstractions For Binary Search, Part 9: What Do We Need to Test? Andrew Koenig Dec 16, 2014 Many people confuse the idea of a test case working correctly with the idea of a program producing correct output.

Hosting USB Al Williams Dec 11, 2014 I wanted to like the Vinculum. I really did.

Ham for the Holidays Al Williams Dec 05, 2014 As I look around my lab, I see no fewer than 12 development boards of different kinds.

Abstractions For Binary Search, Part 7: Choosing Test Cases Andrew Koenig Dec 03, 2014 Binary search is a particularly instructive algorithm to figure out how to test.

Embedded Goes to Shell Al Williams Nov 27, 2014 I converted the standard Linux shell (bash) into a specialized programming language that can control a serial I/O board.