Episode 37: Better Built By Burkhard
Consequences of Choosing the Wrong HMI Terminal
System Architecture
System architecture answers the difficult questions with big impact early in product development. Which SoM comes with a CRA-compliant Linux? Which components should manufacturers develop themselves, which outsource and which buy off the shelf? Which team structure leads to an architecture for the system that is upgradable for the next 10-15 years? How can manufacturers save costs by reducing the number of embedded systems in their machines?
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Parking at Munich Airport: An Awful Experience
The parking experience at Munich Airport is awful. It is too easy to do something wrong, which can only be remedied by calling support. The bad user experience is caused by a bad system architecture. The pieces for a better
Visualising the Architecture of Qt Embedded Systems: Context and Container Diagrams
I never got the hang of UML: overly complicated, hard to understand, too close to code. Hence, I was skeptical about C4 diagrams when I first heard about them. When I saw Simon Brown using them in his talk Modular
Episode 28: Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems
Welcome to Episode 28 of My Newsletter on Qt Embedded Systems This will be the last episode of my newsletter. From now on, I'll do all my writing on my blog. So, you won't have to
Visualising Module Dependencies with CMake and Graphviz
CMake uses Graphviz to generate dependency graphs between the targets of a CMake project like libraries and executables. The graphs help us get an idea of the software architecture and identify the dependency hot spots. Generating Dependency Graphs My running
My Talk "Hexagonal Architecture: The Standard for Qt Embedded Applications" at Meeting Embedded 2021
I gave a talk at Meeting Embedded 2021 on 4 November 2021. First, I introduced the hexagonal architecture (a.k.a. ports-and-adapters architecture) in general. Then, I showed a walking skeleton of the architecture for a harvester terminal. Here is
My Talk "A Successful Architecture for Qt Embedded Systems" at Qt Day Italy 2021
Creating an architecture means answering many questions about the ecosystem, in which the Qt embedded system operates. While the questions are very similar for all Qt embedded systems, the answers and their priorities differ. So, you should be able to
Architecture of Qt Embedded Systems: Single vs. Multiple GUI Applications
Our quest for a successful architecture of a harvester terminal continues. In this episode, we discuss when a system with a single application is good enough and when a system with multiple applications and a window manager is the better
Architecture of Qt Embedded Systems: Operating Conditions
Operator conditions like light, temperature, water, dust and vibration are a rich source for constraints and qualities of a system architecture. They affect the SoC, display and connector selection, the touch gesture recognition, the communication between system components, the cabling,