Results from Byte Paradigm’s 2009 and 2010 surveys show that embedded systems engineers widely recognize prototyping as an efficient methodology to speed up embedded system debug, no matter the type of embedded system or its maximum speed.
In the constant quest to achieve shrinking time-to-market, reducing the time spent on a prominent task such as debugging is undoubtedly of great value. Prototyping does help shorten the overall design cycle time and boost the engineer’s productivity.

Innovative, flexible and powerful digital pattern generators are one of the key elements to speed up embedded system debug on prototype. innovation in PC instrumentation can lead to boosting the designer’s productivity and help design better and faster.

The embedded system engineer tends to complement its set of tools and instruments in order to overcome the challenges posed by more complex and faster technologies. In particular, the digital pattern generator — while still not being broadly adopted yet — seems to become an essential piece of equipment for the generation of digital stimulus above 100 MHz. Survey results show that engineers having an experience of digital pattern generators are more eager than other ones to use a hardware prototype to speed up debug and test on embedded systems.