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November 2006
Common Problems Modern Engineers Face
While per-transistor failure rates may be down, overall reliability hasn't declined as much as people sometimes assume, and modern systems are often much harder to repair than older ones. Following up on a previous article, Lewin Edwards reviews more of the problems modern engineers face.
October 2006
Don’t be a Victim of the Pox on Modern Engineering
Between IP litigation and ever greater demands for "baseline" functionality that requires licensing, developing new products has become a treacherous minefield. In this article, Lewin Edwards outlines the dangers making it harder for engineers to get out there and build something.
September 2006
Five More Engineering Hints You’ll Rarely Hear
In this article, I cast before you another five pearls of wisdom, focusing more on smaller companies without the overhead, or support structures, of a larger organization. For more less commonly stated yet invaluable hints check out the previous installment in the Don't let these disasters happen to you series, targeted at embedded engineers in larger corporations.
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August 2006
The Top 5 Engineering Hints You Rarely Hear
Don’t let disaster happen to you. Lewin Edwards presents five engineering tips that are crucially important to successful product engineering, but which are rarely brought up in discussions of engineering practices. He will cover the absurd, the annoying, and the physically dangerous, and give you hints for avoiding all sorts of these situations.
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