Why Is Embedded Software Development Still so Hard?
With all the advancements in tech and tooling, you would be forgiven for thinking that embedded software development was easy, or at least easier. Sadly, this is not the case. What is happening in the world of embedded development and how can we simplify things for OEMs? Fortunately for you, Witekio CEO Samir Bounab sat […]
The Cyber Resilience Act and Device Makers
In an era marked by the rise of IoT devices, device makers face an escalating challenge in safeguarding their products against cyber threats. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), emerges as a regulatory game changer, fortifying cybersecurity across the European Union. But what exactly are the ramifications of the CRA for device makers, and how does […]
Navigating the chip shortage using embedded software
During this year’s Engineering Design Show, a panel of Witekio experts took to the stage to discuss practical chip shortage workarounds with embedded software. You can see the highlights of the team at EDS, below: As the topic is something we’re helping our clients with more and more, we decided to condense the hour-long workshop […]
Beyond the Tech Hype – 20 years of Witekio
Witekio management discusses anniversary celebrations, the realisation of the living product, equipment-as-a-service and much more. Witekio, an Avnet company, has celebrated its twenty-year anniversary this month with a range of events across its office locations in Paris, Lyon, Bristol, and Seattle. The events, which were attended by employees, former employees, clients, customers, and industry thought […]
Will TinyML supercharge Edge AI on MCU?
Deep learning networks are getting smaller, write Pete Warden and Daniel Situnayake. The Google Assistant team, they explain, can detect words with a model just 14 kilobytes in size, and that’s small enough to run on a microcontroller. This new world of machine learning on the edge is known as TinyML, and it is one […]
3 Technical Tips for your medical IoT Device Project
The market for the internet of things in the medical field is growing rapidly, with innovative applications ranging from remote medical data monitoring to medical adherence. Medical IoT devices represent the next generation of smart connected medical solutions. IoT (Internet of Things) is everywhere. Everything is IoT. Gartner predicts that, in 2020, IoT technology will […]
COVID-19 and the IoT Industry
COVID-19 and the IoT Industry: Analysis, Impacts, and Short-Term Actions to Compensate The impact of COVID-19 on the world is marked and the IoT industry has not been immune. The economic impacts are perhaps the most obvious but there are impacts on organizational behavior, workforce availability and hiring, working arrangements, social interactions, and corporate positioning […]
Does embedded software fit with remote work?
Home offices installed for 140 people in less than 24 hours, software deliveries progressing (almost) as planned, development activity that continues unabated, and customers who are playing along. What if this extraordinary time were to ultimately shake a few assumptions about R&D activities in embedded software? What seemed impossible or far-fetched a few years ago […]
How Will 5G Impact IoT Devices?
The capacity to download a HD feature film in three seconds, mobile data streaming speeds that surpass home internet speeds, and a farewell to data limits on cell phone plans. If you’re like me then you’ve read a lot about 5G technology and the promise for consumers seems clear, but how will 5G technology impact […]
Which Over the air (OTA) update solutions for your embedded system ? The Ultimate Guide
Find your path in the jungle of OTA update solutions Welcome to the jungle of solutions for OTA update (over the air update) of IoT devices and connected systems. You might wonder why the jungle? Because there are several options available to update an IoT device. All have pros and cons and you will quickly […]
May Embedded Linux Platforms help you to optimize R&D Efforts ?
Why reuse code for your Linux embedded projects ? Embedded market pace has been notably affected by end-user expectations and high level market competition. In that context all tech makers want to launch better products on the market, at a faster pace and at a lower cost. The one who can offer that will please […]
Why Edge AI matters on your technology roadmap?
Coming back after Christmas Day, I got home and said, “Okay Google, switch on the lights”, as usual. And then I heard something along “Sorry, I’m not connected to the internet!”. Wait, what? Not that losing internet again surprised me, but *Why* should I stay in the dark when I have no internet connection? Well, […]
Blockchain Applied to IoT, Food For Thoughts
Blockchain is a bit of a buzzword right now. It’s showing up everywhere. One only need to look at the number of publications using this word in their titles. And if you’re looking for a new name for your business, don’t forget to include “blockchain” in it. For example, The Long Corporation has changed its name to Long Blockchain Corporation. Their […]
Security vulnerability: Spectre in the spotlight
Since Spectre security hack caught the public eye beginning of this year, a lot of noise has been made about it. It raises a lot of questions about the security vulnerability. All major Silicon Vendors have made announcements either about how their processors were not impacted or about why this flaw was so specific that […]
Containers on Embedded Systems – Webinar
Containers are a trendy topic and have been a game changer in the datacenter world in recent years. October 26th 2017, I presented through a webinar how containers technology is breaking into the embedded world, what its benefits are and what it can bring to Linux-based systems. After looking at an example illustrating how this technology […]
Software Factory #2: What makes infrastructure crucial
Welcome to this second post about Software Factory. We will be speaking here about infrastructure, automation and a little about DevOps and NoOps culture. This article will be speaking a lot about tools, if you haven’t read the first article of this serie, you probably should and please do not forget that we are in […]
Software testing: TDD and BDD are in a boat …
Welcome in this third post about Software Factory. I started by introducing the notion in the first post, then I gave you my views about crucial infrastructure questions and also some “hype” keywords like DevOps and NoOps. In this new post, the idea is to cover software testing and testing methodologies. And again, as I […]
Software Factory #1: Why it matters ?
Software is everywhere. You probably have heard about it. Many organizations are disturbed in their original business by the arrival of software. Changes in culture, tools and processes are needed. This is the first article of a series that will give you some ideas on the state of the art of a modern organization, as […]
Software Factory: Continuous Integration, Delivery & Deployment are keys.
The 3 main steps of a Software Factory, Continuous Integration, Delivery & Deployment Developing and releasing software is quite often a complicated process. Some challenges companies are faced with, are either related to Field, development within multi-sites teams (inside a multinational company) and reduction of time to market. To face these challenges while still […]
