Yorkshire institute looks to Fraunhofer model A nascent research institute financed by local government and the European Union has decided to model itself on the German institute Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (FhG) in a bid to attract contracts for R&D; from technology companies.
Notes are not enough Analogue designers need to make greater use of constraints management to avoid making mistakes as they deal with higher-complexity systems.
Data overload Hardware debug on today’s embedded platforms means dealing with huge quantities of raw data and complex architectures. Modelling and transaction-level techniques can make sense of it all.
Look deep for dependability It is difficult to avoid using commercial off-the-shelf hardware in military systems. You need to have plans in place to make sure the components will suit long lifetimes and high-reliability environments.
Other features and articles can be found in the December/January edition of Electronic Systems & Software, the Institution's magazine for your industry.
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