If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed: Technical Mysteries for Engineers

by LisaK.SimoneCaptain (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $48.09

  This new book manages the unthinkable- it conveys crucial technical information to engineers without boring them to tears! In this unique reference, expert embedded designer Lisa Simone provides the solutions to typical embedded software debugging problems from a fresh new perspective. She introduces a team of engineers who readers will recognize from their own workplaces, and then confronts them with real-world debugging scenarios of progressive complexity, drawing the reader into the mysteries with their new fictional colleagues, and guiding them step-by-step toward successful solutions. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: The Case of the Irate Customer: Debugging Other People's Code, Fast Chapter 2: The Newest Employee: Learning the Embedded Ropes Through Code Inheritance Chapter 3: It Compiles with No Errors; It Must Work! Integrating Changes in a Larger System Chapter 4: The Case of Thermal Runaway: Rare Transient Bugs are Still Bugs Chapter 5: The Case of the Creeping Slider Carriage and the Case of the Hesitating Clock: Alternate Methods of Understanding System Performance Chapter 6: If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire? Chapter 7: The Case of the Rapid Heartbeat: Meeting the Spirit of the Requirement Chapter 8: What Kind of Error Message is lume Fault ? When all of the Symptoms Seem Impossible Chapter 9: When It's Not Hardware, It's Software. And Vice Versa. Blurring the Interface. Chapter 10: Li Mei's List of Debugging Secrets Unique format casts the reader as technical detective by presenting a new mystery in every chapter Not another dry technical book! Conversational tone and intriguing quandaries draw the reader into the action, while teaching crucial debugging skills The final chapter, a summary of the smart debugging techniques introduced throughout the book, is a quick reference to help solve future problems