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of time, this product, like everything else in this world, reaches the end of its useful life,
and then it retires and dies, and then the manufacturer has the option to launch a better
product of the same line. us, a lifecycle starts from an ‘idea’ and ends with retirement/
death and possible rebirth. We will study a few popular models also, of EDLC.
17.1 | Hardware Software Co-design
Considering all the previous chapters as diff erent but related aspects of embedded
systems, it should now be very clear that the design of an embedded system involves both
‘hardware and software’. ey are two essential parts of the design and in the current
scenario, both of them are equally important because in embedded system design ...