The Embedded Systems Show takes place next week so I thought it might be worth giving my own personal take on what to see there.

• I’ll be visiting the ARTiSAN Software stand to get an update on ARTiSAN Studio. This is a model-driven development toolset aimed at avionics development. We carried an interview on the Code Generation Network earlier this year with Fabrizio Pugnetti a Senior Consultant at ARTiSAN’s Italian office. Lots of other model-driven tool providers will be at the exhibition if you’re in the market for said type of tool but I know ARTiSAN best.
• No Magic will also be at ESS. I’ve heard good things about their Magic Draw generator toolset so feel I should see a demo if nothing more. Perhaps I can persuade them to write an article for the Code Generation Network.
• I’ve blogged before about Proven Software Solutions - it looks like they’re continuing to grow so their reusable software for embedded development brokerage seems to be working despite my initial scepticism.
• The model-driven design for software track of the associated conference could be interesting with Juha-Pekka Tolvanen speaking on Domain-Specific Modelling for full code generation. Juha-Pekka was a speaker at Code Generation 2007 and comes highly recommended.
• One thing I think is new for ESS is a set of free design workshops covering topics such as Model-Based testing, Graphical C programming and static analysis for embedded systems. I’d be interested to hear from anyone who attends these to find out what they’re like.

Finally, if you are planning on attending then do say hello. Me and Danilo Beuche of pure-systems will be demonstrating the pure::variants variant management toolset and it’s associated add-ons for DOORS, Simulink, ClearQuest and CaliberRM on stand 532.