Engineering notes
Practical thinking for long-lived technical systems.
Articles about the decisions behind dependable embedded software, device integration, verification and modernisation.
Seven questions to answer before rewriting an embedded system
A rewrite can remove old constraints—or erase years of operational knowledge. Start by understanding why the current system survived.
Read the articleDiagnostics are part of product design
If a device can fail in the field, the ability to understand that failure is a product capability, not merely a support concern.
Read the articleWhy publish
Technical judgement should be inspectable.
A technology list says what somebody has touched. Clear technical writing shows how they reason about constraints, risk and operation. These notes make Scorpex’s engineering approach easier to evaluate before a project begins.
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