Matthew Eshleman, Author at Cove Mountain Software

Unit Testing of Active Objects and State Machines

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon April 17, 2020April 27, 2020in Best Practices, Favorite Code Tricks, state charts, TDD, unit testingLeave a comment

How do we unit test an active object or state machine? This post explores techniques for successful unit testing of modules driven by state machines.

The Matthew Test: 15 Steps to Better Embedded Software (and Firmware)

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon March 23, 2020March 23, 2020in Best Practices, Commentary4 Comments

15 quick yes/no questions and associated recommendations for creating better embedded software and firmware.

UML Statechart tips: Handling errors when entering a state

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon March 8, 2020March 14, 2020in Best Practices1 Comment

My second post with tips for designing with UML startcharts is now available over at embeddedrelated.com. Hope it is useful! The first post, discussing exit-state behavior, may be found here.

UML Statechart tip: Be wary of exit-state behavior

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon February 19, 2020March 17, 2020in Best Practices, Commentary, Favorite Code Tricks3 Comments

Be wary of exit-state driven behavior when designing for UML statecharts.

Community + Business == Heartwarming Story

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon January 11, 2020January 18, 2020in Business, CommentaryLeave a comment

I grew up in the great state of Arkansas. My parents and grandparents were always in-touch with the local and national news and encouraged us to keep up with current events. The Arkansas Gazette and later the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper…