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Posted by aamer on May 7th, 2008


Dear friends,

Can anyone give a clear explanation about the role of firmware engineer i
embedded field.

Thanks and regards

Posted by Lanarcam on May 7th, 2008


aamer wrote:
You could start by asking what firmware is and what
engineer is. Perhaps you already know half of the
answer.

Posted by Vladimir Vassilevsky on May 7th, 2008




aamer wrote:

The firmware engineer is the one who is screwed.


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Posted by larwe on May 7th, 2008


On May 7, 5:18*pm, Vladimir Vassilevsky <antispam_bo...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

not only


Posted by CBFalconer on May 8th, 2008


aamer wrote:
Sure. The firmware engineer designs the hardware and software of
an embedded application.

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Posted by Grant Edwards on May 8th, 2008


On 2008-05-07, aamer <raqeebhyd@yahoo.com> wrote:

Firmware engineers design, implement and test firmware.

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Posted by Neil on May 8th, 2008


CBFalconer wrote:

I would say the firmware engineer designs the software of an embedded
application. Then has to debug the hardware.

Posted by Paul Carpenter on May 8th, 2008


"aamer" <raqeebhyd@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:sfGdnconIN_Oir_VnZ2dnUVZ_sCtnZ2d@giganews.com ...
That is such a loosely defined question that I will give you one possible
solution

The engineer designs, tests and then hands over the manufacturing package
for items that keep 'wares' 'firm', these are usually 'embedded'.

In other other words he designs bras.

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Posted by hectorhg on May 8th, 2008


Hi,

I would compare it with human body, imaging HW are its bones and muscle
and firmware is its brain. Firmware engineer it what makes its brain wor
properly and efficiently ^^.

Posted by Chris H on May 8th, 2008


In message <RO6dnYIX6Yd7W7_VnZ2dnUVZ_ternZ2d@giganews.com>, hectorhg
<hectorhg@sidsa.es> writes
Hence most embedded engineers requiring psychiatric help? :-)

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Posted by Lanarcam on May 8th, 2008


hectorhg wrote:
Following your idea, I would say that neurones and synapses
are the hardware and that thoughts are the software.

Thoughts could be compared to programs or to logical equations,
neurones to logic gates.

General purpose software would be conscious thoughts born
in the neo-cortex, embedded software would be primitive
emotions or instinctive behaviour stemming from the
inner brain.

But who would be the engineer?


Posted by Vladimir Vassilevsky on May 9th, 2008




Lanarcam wrote:
An arse, perhaps?

VLV