Not even the best carpenter will be able to just “think” a nail into the wood, without a hammer the nail isn’t going anywhere.
Different from software engineers that work on things like web, office, or mobile applications, an embedded software engineer needs some more tools than just a text editor.
Most projects run on hardware that is to small to run things like GDB or Visual Studio on the actual hardware, so an external debugger is needed.
[Read More]To better handle the power supply needs (3.3V, 5V, 12V, 24V, etc.) of the diverse hardware I work with I replaced my old 3 channel Hameg power supply with a new Rohde&Schwarz HMP4040.
Since almost every project I did the last decades all use something like I2C, SPI, CAN, RS458, etc. I replaced my old Tek scope with a new Rohde&Schwarz RTM3004 that can do decoding of those protocols, so I don’t have to manually count bits anymore.
Since I have several projects for public transportation information systems, where the use of 110VDC is common, I added a BK Precision 150VDC power supply to my lineup of equipment.
To be able to better measure things like ADC inputs, DAC outputs, I extended my equipment lineup with a Rigol DM3068 bench multimeter.