80% of all embedded systems are delivered late, often hopelessly bug-ridden. Is this the best we can do?

My name is Jack Ganssle (bio) and I'm on a mission to help embedded developers produce better embedded products faster. My monthly column in Embedded Systems Design Magazine, weekly rant on embedded.com, articles, books, seminars and web publications are all to help you find better ways to build embedded systems... while maximizing the fun of creating new products!

This site is your source for hundreds of practical articles, tips, papers and resources about developing embedded systems.

Free Newsletter - The Embedded Muse

Free biweekly embedded systems newsletter, now in its 14th year, with over 200 issues released. No hype, just down to earth embedded talk, hints, tricks and ideas about better ways to build embedded systems. The latest issue (#225, dated May 7, 2012) contains more about the demise of print and responses to How hard are you working, plus a contest. Check out the back issues of The Embedded Muse.

Firmware Seminars

Who wouldn't want to double your team's productivity? Reduce bugs? Meet deadlines? Take Jack's one day Better Firmware Faster seminar. Over 5000 of your colleagues are now better developers as a result of this course. You'll learn how to estimate a schedule accurately, thwart schedule-killing bugs, manage reuse, build predictable real-time code, better ways to deal with uniquely embedded problems like reentrancy, heaps, stacks and hardware drivers, and much, much more. It's fast-paced, packed with information you can use today, and a lot of fun. Bring Jack into your facility to get training about embedded systems that will optimize your development efforts.

Embedded Books

This site has my reviews of many books about embedded systems. And I've written a few books as well.

Articles

Over the years I've cranked out hundreds of articles about the unique and fascinating subject of embedded systems. Looking for something in particular? Use the search feature.

Cool Tools

Vendors make all sorts of claims about their tools, but real-world experience is much more important. Developers have contributed their opinions about a huge number of embedded systems tools. Submit your own thoughts on tools you like.

Special Reports

From salary surveys to tech articles on debouncing, consulting, floating point approximations, testing RAM, watchdog timers and much, much more - check out these free special reports about embedded issues.

Random Rants

Since 2001 I've been writing a weekly column on embedded.com which covers a vast range of embedded subjects. They called it the "Pulse" column, now it is named "Breakpoints," but to me Random Rants is more appropriate. And, the rants are searchable.

 

 

Last updated 07-May-2012