2007

February 28, 2007

Published by Gary Stringham at February 28, 2007

Built-in Debugging Support

After a presentation I gave at a conference, one of the attendees came up and told me about his ASIC design team that consisted of young engineers. They had completed their design and told him that they were done. He then asked the question, “Six months from now when you […]

January 31, 2007

Published by Gary Stringham at January 31, 2007

Accommodating Product Changes

Late in the development of a new printer, a third-party print engine that interfaced with a block on the ASIC changed its interface behavior. The print engine would quit sending pulses before the block was done with its job, causing the block to hang waiting for more pulses. This behavior […]