CHAPTER 1 Embedded System and Software

DOI: 10.1201/9781003390923-2

Embedded system is an application-centered and computer-based special computer system that can adapt to the requirements of different applications on functions, reliability, cost, volume, and power consumption, and it integrates configurable and scalable software and hardware. Embeddedness, specificity, and computer system are the three basic core elements of an embedded system. This chapter summarizes the embedded system and software, so that readers will have a more comprehensive understanding of it.

1.1 Overview of Embedded System

1.1.1 Embedded Systems and Real-Time Systems

As one of the greatest inventions of human society in the 20th century, the emergence of computers ...

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