If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed -- Ch

If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed -- Ch


As a registered member of SearchSoftwareQuality.com, you're entitled to a complimentary copy of Chapter 1 of If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed written by Lisa Simone and published by Morgan Kaufman, a division of Elsevier. "The Case of the Irate Customer: Debugging Other People's Code, Fast" follows a fictional team as they tackle a difficult bug. As the team solves the "mystery" of the bug, readers are party to the thoughts, code and working processes of the characters. The fictional bug in this chapter actually mirrors a high-profile bug that plagued researchers in real life.


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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

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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

    • >> Read Chapter 1: The Case of the Irate Customer: Debugging Other People's Code, Fast.

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    Printed with permission from Morgan Kaufmann, a division of Elsevier. Copyright 2007. "If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed" by Lisa Simone. For more information about this book, please visit www.mkp.com.

    This was first published in October 2007

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