Google’s Container Engine, the system through which developers can easily create and manage clusters of software containers, is now generally available. Software containers are isolated environments ...

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are no longer a niche technical concern; they are fundamental building blocks of modern business. From streamlining business processes and enabling external ...

Issues with proprietary RTOS APIs. How does the POSIX pthread API stack up against proprietary APIs? Thread creation in POSIX. However, each proprietary API impedes embedded development by requiring ...

Robot programming has come a long way. Today, there are various approaches, from simple hand-guiding all the way to leading-edge platforms that achieve next-level usability by eliminating programming ...

Low-level Modbus commands are hidden from normal use. Features of the MAQ20 Python API include system communication — to MAQ20 systems from a host PC over Ethernet; configuration — auto-read and local ...