Various System Lifecycles DoD ISO
Posted inSystems & Sensors

Systems Engineering & Project Planning

Systems engineering is the part of project management that deals with defining and developing a system (as opposed to contracts and resource allocation). Systems engineering provides the background and definitions so that the next step of project execution can occur. Often there is a cyclical process of looking at requirement definitions from the systems engineer and the execution lead (or…
pc104 computer
Posted inComputing & Networking

Convert Linux into an Embedded System

Hi all Running Linux on your embedded system can be great for giving you a stable base, lots of tools, and you can often solve problems with a quick google search. I define embedded as any custom-built computer system, not only tiny devices. In many cases you can develop on the computer itself for ease of development, however in other…
software flow in a robot
Posted inSoftware & Algorithms Systems & Sensors

Software that Forms a Robot

Hi all While many people find it boring, one thing that has always interested me is the software infrastructure of a robot. By infrastructure I mean the code that all robots have and that binds everything else together. This includes the things like the interprocess communication (IPC) method, the system executive, the health monitor and the user interface. I will…