This article looks into what software design is and its significant methods in software engineering. It will help beginners with the basic understanding. Quite often, software development projects run ...

Here on Hackaday, we’re generally designers of hacks that live in the real world. Nevertheless, I’m convinced that some of the most interesting feats are at the mercy of what’s possible in software, ...

The importance of ergonomics in hardware design is easy to grasp, if not always simple to carry out. The end goal is to make a device as easy and comfortable to use as possible, both physically and ...

The value of design thinking has been well documented in the past. This value can range from increased adoption to more revenue. With some minor modifications to already common software development ...

Design patterns constitute a fundamental component in the architecture of software systems, providing standardised and reusable solutions to recurring design challenges. Originating from seminal works ...

The core concepts in hardware-software co-design are getting another look, nearly two decades after this approach was first introduced and failed to catch on. What’s different this time around is the ...

A five-member team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) took home the winner’s cup in the second annual hardware/software co-design contest sponsored by the ACM-IEEE International ...

Hardware/software co-design is when the software and hardware are developed simultaneously, bringing the software and hardware teams together to optimize a design. The initial idea behind co-design ...