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Digital Camera. Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Calculator. Digital Watch. Security Camera. Washing Machine. Microwave Oven. Smart Phone

The document discusses embedded systems. It provides examples of devices that use embedded systems like cameras, ATMs, calculators, watches, security cameras, washing machines, microwaves, and smartphones. It describes how embedded systems typically control physical operations within a machine and are optimized for specific tasks to reduce size, cost and increase reliability. Embedded systems can be found in many devices ranging from small portable devices to large industrial systems.

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Digital Camera. Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Calculator. Digital Watch. Security Camera. Washing Machine. Microwave Oven. Smart Phone

The document discusses embedded systems. It provides examples of devices that use embedded systems like cameras, ATMs, calculators, watches, security cameras, washing machines, microwaves, and smartphones. It describes how embedded systems typically control physical operations within a machine and are optimized for specific tasks to reduce size, cost and increase reliability. Embedded systems can be found in many devices ranging from small portable devices to large industrial systems.

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 Digital Camera.

 Automated Teller Machine(ATM)
 Calculator.
 Digital Watch.
 Security Camera.
 Washing Machine.
 Microwave Oven.
 Smart Phone.

Think of an embedded computer as an appliance. In most homes you have a washer, dryer,
refrigerator, microwave, etc. You use each of these appliances for a specific purpose. For
instance, a washer is used for washing clothes, a dryer for drying them, a refrigerator for
storing chilled food and drink, a microwave for heating\cooking food.

Now let’s take this same concept of an appliance and apply it to embedded computers. You
can use embedded computers to automate your home, control the lights in your house,
take temp and humidity readings, etc. You can use an embedded computer as an
entertainment pc to stream audio and video to a tv or computer monitor. Industrial uses
would be for monitoring environmental conditions, like temperature, humidity, air quality,
the presence of gases and the concentration of those gasses, etc. In most cases, embedded
computers are used for doing often repeated tasks or tasks that need to be automated.

Examples of boards you can use for embedded computers: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Chip,
BeagleBone, Galileo, Gizmo, and Odroid to name a few.

Because an embedded system typically controls physical operations of the machine that
it is embedded within, it often has real-time computing constraints.
Modern embedded systems are often based on microcontrollers (i.e. microprocessors
with integrated memory and peripheral interfaces), but ordinary microprocessors (using
external chips for memory and peripheral interface circuits) are also common, especially
in more complex systems. In either case, the processor(s) used may be types ranging
from general purpose to those specialized in a certain class of computations, or even
custom designed for the application at hand. A common standard class of dedicated
processors is the digital signal processor (DSP).
Since the embedded system is dedicated to specific tasks, design engineers can
optimize it to reduce the size and cost of the product and increase the reliability and
performance. Some embedded systems are mass-produced, benefiting from economies
of scale.
Embedded systems range from portable devices such as digital watches and MP3
players, to large stationary installations like traffic light controllers, programmable logic
controllers, and large complex systems like hybrid vehicles, medical imaging systems,
and avionics. Complexity varies from low, with a single microcontroller chip, to very high
with multiple units, peripherals and networks mounted inside a large equipment rack.

Embedded systems are everywhere around us,


they are made up from combining hardware
and software embedded in it as a
significant component, embedded systems are
either fixed in capability or programmable,
that does a specified function. Cars,
mobile phones, washing machines,etc.. all
are examples of embedded systems.

What Does embedded systems


consist of?
There are three important components that
made the embedded system up to us which are
: hardware, software, and time operating
system. Hardwares consist of processors,
system application specific circuits,
timers, and memory. Softwares must do a
specific tasks in a series, so it has a
software that keeps in view three
constrains which are : availability of
system memory, availability of processor
speed, and the need to limit the power
dissipation. Moving on to the last
component, time operating system, it
organizes the system and provides a
technique that lets the processor run as
per scheduling and then switches from one
processor to the other.

What are the important


characteristics of embedded
systems?
-speed: (high speed)
-Power: (low power dissioation)
-size: and weight (smallest and lowest
weight and sizes.)
-accuracy: Must be (100%) accurate
-Adaptibilty : (Hight adaptibility and
accessibility).
-reliability : Must be reliable over a long
period of time.

Embedded systems are classified


according to their practical and
performance into four
categories:
1 - Stand Alone Embedded systems :
It is a system that works by itself, and
does not need a host system like a
computer. It takes digital or analogs as
inputs, and do some proccessing to them and
outputs the data as it is attached to the
output service.
2 - Real-Time system :
It gives the output in a specific time, so
it basically follows deadlines to complete
the tasks. The following two systems are
the types of Real Time system
A - Hard Real-Time system :
Those systems interact usually with
physical hadwares instead of interacting
with a humanbeing. Violating time will
effect on it so that it will cause damage
or calamity.
B - Soft Real-Time system :
It is fine if it misses some deadlines, but
it will weaken this system after several
deadlines missed, so it might get worse if
the number of deadlines missed increased.
3 - Networked Embedded systems :
It is related to network interfaces, so
that it can be either in a local area
(LAN), or the internet, or a wide
area(WAN). It can be connected by wires or
wireless.
4 - Mobile Embedded systems :
The basic outline of mobile embedded
systems is the memory limitation and other
resources. Some examples of mobile embedded
systems are most of the portable devices
such as mobiles, digital cameras.

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