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

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