Comments on: What embedded device/tool/technology are you thankful for?

By: H. @ LI

H. @ LI — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:29:24 +0000

The Salaea tiny low cost logic analyser has proven absolutely great for my microcontroller projects ! Hook it up to some free I/O lines and set/clear them in your code to get trace information in real time, or analyse your serial comms, or real time timing analyses, PWM outputs etc. Just great !!!

By: R. @ LI

R. @ LI — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:50:43 +0000

Logic analyzer cores for FPGA, and not just for hardware design. Snooping on a bus has proven invaluable in debugging code as well, especially for low level systems like DMA.

By: S. @ LI

S. @ LI — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:50:15 +0000

ARM Architecture, Higher languages than assembly, Free and open-source friendly minds and most of all the people sharing information on internet.

By: S. @ LI

S. @ LI — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:43:48 +0000

ICE, GCC, Linux

By: N. @ LI

N. @ LI — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:14:57 +0000

ANSI C, RISC micro, Lauterbach tools

By: E. @ LI

E. @ LI — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:13:19 +0000

For me it is the low cost JTAG programmer, debugger/trace tools which removes the need for expensive hardware based emulators dedicated to each processor type.

By: M. @ LI

M. @ LI — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:01:52 +0000

For me is CANAlyzer, and MicroC RTOS

By: T. @ LI

T. @ LI — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:01:33 +0000

Back in the 1980′s I was privileged to use a plug-in for a Tek scope that allowed me to trace code on an 8049 processor. Trace mechanisms since have built on that…

By: P. @ LI

P. @ LI — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:58:05 +0000

To me Flash memory and Emulator as well as C language helped a big step forward.
I would also add the constant increase of power of microprocessors

By: S. @ LI

S. @ LI — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:45:58 +0000

Source level debuggers, Flash memory, JTAG, open source, www, scopes, 32 bit CPUs, FPGAs. There is so much to be thankful for!