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With RIoT Sponsorship, Cardinal Peak Strengthens Commitment to IoT Market Connected Devices and IoT By Jay Lent As an engineering firm that has successfully helped bring dozens of IoT products to market, establishing a presence in the technology hotbed of North Carolina’s Research Triangle makes good business sense. That is why we are extremely proud to sponsor RIoT… Details

What the Iowa Caucus Debacle Can Teach Us About the Importance of Software Testing Quality Assurance By Pablo Maurin The stunning failure of the Iowa caucus smartphone app demonstrates valuable lessons about the importance of software testing. Details

Community Networking With Cardinal Peak and Plexus Cardinal Peak Culture By Cardinal Peak Staff Last month, more than 35 former Plexus Boulder Design Center employees convened at Cardinal Peak’s Lafayette headquarters to participate in a networking event aimed at both filling open positions and inspiring hope among a group of recently laid-off tech employees. Details

Cardinal Peak Team Member Honored With Technology & Engineering Emmy Award Audio By Cardinal Peak Staff Earlier this year, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the recipients of the 71st Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards, with Cardinal Peak consultant Kevin Gross earning recognition for his efforts that ultimately produced the AES67 standard in 2013. Details

Using Dbus in Embedded Linux Software Development By Dan Christian Do you need dbus? There are command line programs for most system management functions. However, these traditional interfaces now talk dbus to get the job done. For example, the shutdown command actually uses dbus to tell … Details

WeWork Doesn’t Lead to Deep Work Outsourced Engineering By Howdy Pierce Great engineers need to have an environment optimized around performing deep work. Details

Bridging the Gap: Native Modules and React Native Product Definition By Randall Furino Cross-platform development languages such as React Native are truly changing the game. From developers and designers to scripters, folks in QA and product owners, everyone wants a one-to-many relationship from codebase to platform. Details

RAII in C Software Development By Joe Linhoff In my last post, I talked about resource management, and how RAII, Resource Acquisition is Initialization, is important in C++ because of the guarantees it provides. In this post, I’ll show how we can make the same guarantees in C. In C++, RAII provides a solution to resource management and the issues arising with exceptions…. View Article Details

Banksy Had Inside Help Connected Devices and IoT By Howdy Pierce Today’s discussion at Cardinal Peak involved Banksy’s latest stunt. In case you missed the news, a print of one of Banksy’s most famous street murals, “Girl With Balloon,” appeared to destroy itself only seconds after it was auctioned by Sotheby’s for a record sum of $1.4M. Shortly after the destruction, Banksy posted an Instagram video… View Article Details

RAII Introduction Software Development By Joe Linhoff Explore RAII: a powerful C++ programming idiom for resource management. Learn how it ensures exception safety, prevents leaks, and can be applied in C. Details

IoT Temperature Monitoring Connected Devices and IoT By Howdy Pierce Empower your organization with IoT temperature monitoring solutions. Cardinal Peak’s innovative approach ensures compliance and efficiency for critical environments. Details

Three Keys to Embedded Software Success Software Development By Stefanie Diesi Discover how smart design choices can ease embedded software development. Learn layered architecture, modular implementation, and effective testing for smoother projects! Details

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