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YAKINDU, Statecharts, Software Development, Embedded

YAKINDU Statechart Tools 4.0 – State machines made easy

It was already some time ago when we realized that YAKINDU Statechart Tools need a fundamental overhaul to facilitate the development of further features our users have been asking for. But as every software developer knows, huge refactorings are never easy and ...

by Thomas Kutz

4 min. reading time
YAKINDU, Model Viewer, Embedded

The new YAKINDU Model Viewer 1.7.0 supports IP protection of Simulink models

We are happy to announce the 1.7.0 release of YAKINDU Model Viewer. Simply browse Simulink models.

by Axel Terfloth

2 min. reading time
YAKINDU, Embedded, Traceability

How to ensure functional safety, according to ISO 26262

In modern cars, driver assistance systems more and more increase both convenience and safety. Many of these systems reduce the possibility of human errors, which still are the main cause of accidents1. Recently, self-driving cars can in most situations even ...

by Christian Brenner

17 min. reading time
Software Development, Automotive, Embedded

Configuring Robocar Software with Json for modern c++

In the previous article “Developing Robocar software with Docker” in our series on robocar software development, we explained how to develop and run your embedded software in a Docker container. One of the key concepts was the introduction of different software ...

by Andreas Graf

8 min. reading time
YAKINDU, Statecharts, Embedded

Embedded testing and debugging with state machines

The challenge of embedded testing: When developing embedded systems, the source of failures is often difficult to find. Embedded systems seldom have an easily accessible interface to the outside world. This makes debugging the software difficult, and failures ...

by René Beckmann

9 min. reading time
YAKINDU, Statecharts, State Machine, YAKINDU Labs, IoT, Embedded

Embedded system development with YAKINDU Statechart Tools and RKH

Developing complex, event-driven systems for embedded devices can be a very hard and painful challenge. State machines can help to describe the dynamic behavior of reactive systems on a higher abstraction level. In addition, there is a framework available called ...

by Robin Herrmann

7 min. reading time
YAKINDU, Embedded, Traceability

5 reasons why a requirements traceability matrix is not enough

In order to satisfy a project’s quality management, many organizations require to have traceability measures in place. Whether you have already come across this approach in your projects or are planning to get started on this: The most popular approach for many ...

by Felix Lerche

7 min. reading time
Statecharts, State Machine, Embedded

State machine origami

State machines can be used to graphically describe the behavior of components and generate efficient code in C or C++. The interaction of statecharts with their environment is described using concepts such as events and formal interfaces.

by Dr. Klaus Birken and Axel Terfloth

11 min. reading time
Cyber security, IoT, Embedded

Secure Firmware-Over-the-Air Updates for ESP8266-based IoT devices?

IoT devices without a build-in firmware update capability make hardly sense. However, the implementation of the same on small devices can be quite challenging, and often is done at the expense of security. This article gives an insight into this problematic taking ...

by Stephan Eberle

4 min. reading time
Automotive, Embedded

Developing Robocar Software with Docker

In the recent blog post by Andre Stolpp, we explained the hard- and software architecture of our itemis Robocar project. For setting up Robocar, development was done directly on Raspberry PI. Although it is very comfortable to work on that device, it also has a ...

by Andreas Graf

8 min. reading time

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