General purpose input-output (GPIO) pins are the simplest peripherals. The link to an object under control (OUC) may become inadvertently unreliable due to many reasons: a loss of contact, short ...

Today’s huge, deep submicron system on chip (SoC) designs present many challenges at every stage of development, from architectural exploration to volume production. This post addresses the specific ...

In-field testing is essential for quickly detecting emerging defects throughout a device's operational lifespan.

In the first installment of this series we had a brief look at the steps needed to get a bare-metal application running on an STM32 microcontroller. While this allowed us to quickly get to the juicy ...

BELGIUM – October 21, 2025 – Sofics BV, a world leading solution provider specializing in physical layout and design, with a focus on the built-in robustness of integrated circuits that demand ...