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Practical knowledge from 35+ years of embedded development — and study tips for aspiring IT professionals.

Methodology May 10, 2026 12 min read

Project Management for Embedded Projects — Why the Hardest Work Lies Before the First Schematic

Requirements capture, requirements specification, functional specification, trace matrix, FMEA, status reports. With a lesson from spaceflight — how an interface definition between pound-seconds and newton-seconds caused a Mars mission to fail.

Digital Logic April 28, 2026 10 min read

From Boolean to Flip-Flop — Digital Logic Fundamentals for Software Developers

Every if-statement, every bit operation, every int ultimately runs on circuits whose blueprint is surprisingly close to what developers already know from their code. A bridge from the familiar Boolean to the flip-flop, the smallest memory element of hardware.

Functional Safety April 17, 2026 10 min read

ISO 26262 in practice — what ASIL-B really means for embedded C code

MISRA-C, static analysis, test coverage, and tool qualification are the keywords. What's actually behind it when an OEM writes "ASIL-B" on an ECU spec? A look into practice from 35 years of automotive development.

Career April 7, 2026 8 min read

From corporate to freelance — my path to embedded self-employment

For more than 20 years I have been working as a self-employed embedded developer. Before that, I spent 12 years at a major German automotive manufacturer. What I learned along the way — and what I would do differently today.

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