I recently picked up a copy of “If I Only Changed the Software, Why Is the Phone on Fire?” by Lisa Simone. What a fun title! I was looking for books on debugging methodologies for us embedded engineers. I know, 30 years into my career and I finally get a book on how to do … More Why Is the Phone on Fire?

I received a Binho (Portuguese name, deminutive of Reuben) USB Host adapter the other day.  It’s a compact, USB to I2C, SPI, SWI, 1 wire or GPIO adapter.  It looks like a candidate to replace my old Total Phase Aardvark, which I have used to drive GPIO, but mostly use with I2C and SPI devices when … More Binho – first impressions

Never tell them what to do and how to do it, give them a script. … More Never tell them what to do!

A welcome to my view of embedded engineering. … More The Journey Begins

I know there’s nothing exciting here yet, but I am pleased to unleash the first pages of my new website on the world. I have been tracking tools and tips on company wikis for the last 10 years, and everytime I move job I leave all that information behind. It’s time I documented it for … More Up and running