Function pointers can be used for a wide variety of applications including the implementation of state machines. Just like any tool, it may not always be appropriate to use function pointers for a ...

Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens. They’re ok, but state machines are absolutely on our short list of favorite things. There are probably as many ways to implement a state machine as there ...

Heat shock 70 kDa proteins (HSP70s) are ubiquitous molecular chaperone machines, with the core consisting of an HSP70, a J protein and a nucleotide exchange factor (NEF). These machines function in a ...

Festo’s Eric Rice explains two commonly used concepts “(software-defined automation” and “function integration”) in simple terms before contextualizing how Festo applies these concepts. The goal of ...