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Eclipse, IoT, Embedded

How to Integrate Arduino with Eclipse Mita

Developing embedded devices, especially for IoT applications, can be a very complex task and requires a lot of knowledge. In the last blog post of my colleague Thomas Kutz we introduced Eclipse Mita, a new programming language designed for developing embedded IoT ...

by Robin Herrmann

7 min. reading time
Eclipse, IoT, Embedded

Eclipse Mita – Bringing software development for the IoT to a higher level

Software development for embedded IoT systems is not an easy task. In most cases, you’ll have to write C or C++ code; both coming with a higher learning curve than modern programming languages like Go and Rust. And in most cases, you’ll have to write a fair amount ...

by Thomas Kutz

5 min. reading time
Software Development, Embedded

Tailoring Enterprise Architect with Add-ins

This is the second of three articles in which I would like to discuss common issues (and our solutions) that occur when Enterprise Architect, EA for short, is used to create models that are processed further by other tools.

by Martin Hentschel

10 min. reading time
Software Development, Embedded

Tailoring Enterprise Architect with MDG Technologies

Enterprise Architect, EA for short, is a widely used integrated modeling platform with an impressive amount of supported languages including UML, SysML or BPMN. But even with this large collection of languages, you may have found yourself in a situation where none ...

by Martin Hentschel

13 min. reading time
Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability, Embedded, Scrum

Managing unrealistic expectations in embedded software development

According to a number of different studies somewhere between 30 % and 70 % of embedded software projects are unsuccessful. Success can, of course, be measured in a number of different ways, which is probably where the large range in the statistics comes from. ...

by David Akehurst

4 min. reading time
itemis products, itemis CREATE, Embedded

YAKINDU Statechart Tools March release – new and noteworthy

Information: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Is Now itemis CREATE We released YAKINDU Statechart Tools (now itemis CREATE) Standard and Professional Edition version 3.3.0 today! In the last three months, our team closed 126 issues in total. Here are the new and ...

by Andreas Mülder

5 min. reading time
itemis products, Feature of the month, Embedded, Traceability

Traceability – A generic way to link requirements and test cases

Information: YAKINDU Traceability Is Now itemis ANALYZE Do you want to establish (requirements) traceability to your custom scripts, text files and tools, e.g. link requirements residing in DOORS or Polarion to test cases defined in tools such as VectorCAST or ...

by Boris Holzer

5 min. reading time
Cyber security, IoT, Embedded

A Tool-Based Security Analysis – Part 2: Damage Classes And Potentials

In Part 1 of this blog series, we have seen how the attack potential of an attacking agent can be modeled. For our system, we also want to model the parts and aspects that we want to protect and the damage that can be done by an attacker. So as a next step, we ...

by Andreas Graf

3 min. reading time
Cyber security, IoT, Embedded

A Tool-Based Security Analysis – Part 1: Required Attack Potential

As Dirk Leopold pointed out in his post, security is one of the most strategically important concerns in the automotive industry in the future. We will be introducing the concepts of security analysis and how they are adressed in a tool, that we have been ...

by Andreas Graf

4 min. reading time
itemis products, Embedded, Traceability

Weaving Testing into the Web of Traceability

Information: YAKINDU Traceability Is Now itemis ANALYZE In the development of safety-critical systems it is essential to prove that the developed product fullfills all requirements (including system requirements, safety requirements and security requirements) to ...

by Andreas Graf

3 min. reading time

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