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Are there any helpful frameworks or tools for unit testing firmware projects written in C? I'd really love to know what you guys are doing!
I am also interested in what ESA is using... I have used VectorCAST to generate MC/DC coverage reports for C programs. The interface is a pain to deal with and it crashed regularly, but it did the job.
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Yes, to test mobility (locomotion and navigation) we have a prototype model that we operate in an environment as close to the Mars surface as possible (representative sand, slopes and rocks etc.)
The yard in the middle of the Atlas Building on the Harwell Campus? We've been adapting some of the work that the RAL Space team did on the ExoMars Rover for use in farming. We're in London (based in Makerversity atm) if you fancy a chat :)
Started an open source project Miranda IM. Even though I didn't work on it long, it's cool to see the project is still active 18 years later. I continued to use it for a long time, but I no longer use any instant messaging which is kind of sad in itself.
Not quite startup or hobby project material, but some of the most gratifying work is making non-critical, easy to implement changes in your business's workflow! Sometimes users will have minor (or major) issues with the way a tool works - database takes 30 seconds to retrieve a certain type of information, there's no clear path from point A to point B in a frequently used business tool, certain jobs take 2x as long a…
Very much so this. There was a strong request for a better solution for the company's database system and I finagled some off-the-shelf solutions but I knew it wasn't great and there was a lot of clunkiness. The users figured this was as good as it gets just had to deal. I wanted to change that. The workflow was pretty unique and there wasn't much out there that could tackle it in the right manner with price constrai…
Hard question to answer since I've enjoyed all my jobs... at some point anyway :-) I spent 15+ years in the Medical Device industry and that's probably been the most fulfilling job. Why? Medical Device software is extremely process-heavy, progress is slow and methodical and it can be absolutely soul-crushing if you look at it the wrong way. But: Sometimes you hear from an ex-patient how you saved her life. Sometimes…
Im a new grad with a couple years of experience via internships/co-op jobs. If i was interested in applying to programming jobs in the medical device industry where would i start looking?
Look at their websites and see what types of positions are available and what type of work seems interesting.
You could also call recruiters working in that area and see what open positions they know of. Aerotek is in that field and I always liked working with them.
Hard question to answer since I've enjoyed all my jobs... at some point anyway :-) I spent 15+ years in the Medical Device industry and that's probably been the most fulfilling job. Why? Medical Device software is extremely process-heavy, progress is slow and methodical and it can be absolutely soul-crushing if you look at it the wrong way. But: Sometimes you hear from an ex-patient how you saved her life. Sometimes…
Im a new grad with a couple years of experience via internships/co-op jobs. If i was interested in applying to programming jobs in the medical device industry where would i start looking?
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It's inspiring to see how a fairly simple solution can have such an impact. That is why it's so exciting to work as a developer, but on the other hand, lack of real human interactions can also be really devastating after a while. Anyhow, really inspiring story and great job!
Absolutely true. What it really drives home for me though is how we are not following through with the promise of the personal computer revolution and empowering everyone to be able to write code. I remember trying to raise money years ago to try and put an Apple ][ in every classroom, and for years many school students learned bit of Logo, BASIC, and even Pascal. There was nothing complicated in what I did, but ther…
It was a heavily graphical development tool and runtime with a very approachable scripting language. At one point, Apple included it with new Macs. At another point, they tried to charge money for it, which I think pretty much ruined it.
Nothing I've seen since really filled the role it did. There were, of course significant limits, but it was universal (if you had a Mac at a certain point in time) and had an amazingly low barrier to entry.
I am a bit concerned that this post is run by a russian/chinese agency that wants to capture project confessions. This would be an ideal intelligence gathering post. Maybe I should tone down on the paranoia ?