If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed: Technical Mysteries for Engineers

by Lisa K. Simone

Overview

If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed manages the unthinkable- it conveys crucial technical information to engineers without boring them to tears! In this unique reference, expert embedded designer Lisa Simone provides the solutions to typical embedded software debugging problems from a fresh new perspective. She introduces a team of engineers who readers will recognize from their own workplaces, and then confronts them with real-world debugging scenarios of progressive complexity, drawing the reader into the “mysteries” with their new fictional colleagues, and guiding them step-by-step toward successful solutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750682183
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/22/2007
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1: The Case of the Irate Customer: Debugging Other People's Code, Fast2: The Newest Employee: Learning the Embedded Ropes Through Code Inheritance 3: It Compiles with No Errors; It Must Work! Integrating Changes in a Larger System 4: The Case of Thermal Runaway: Rare Transient Bugs are Still Bugs 5: The Case of the Creeping Slider Carriage and the Case of the Hesitating Clock: Alternate Methods of Understanding System Performance 6: If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire? 7: The Case of the Rapid Heartbeat: Meeting the Spirit of the Requirement 8: What Kind of Error Message is "lume Fault"? When all of the Symptoms Seem Impossible9: When It's Not Hardware, It's Software. And Vice Versa. Blurring the Interface. 10: Li Mei’s List of Debugging Secrets

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CSI for software engineers!

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"Great title and a good read too, especially if you like stories from the trenches. Simone does more than just revive old ghosts. She brings out the debugging techniques in context." —William Wong, Electronic Design

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