As I mentioned in Part 1 of this two-part mini-series, odd ideas are popping in and out of my head all the time, and every now and then I share my ponderings with the readers of Programmable Logic ...

Every software program is written in a programming language, and there are several languages for every major CPU series; typically an assembly language and a number of high-level languages. Assembly ...

Assembly language is one of the most basic forms of digitised instruction a processor is capable of, sitting just above 'machine code' and 'shouting ones and zeroes at the motherboard' in the grand ...