
1.2 Example Applications 5
■ Networks are used to create distributed real-time control systems for vehi-
cles and many other applications, as well as to create Internet-enabled
appliances.
■ Security and reliability are an increasingly important aspect of embedded
system design. VLSI components are becoming less reliable at extremely
fine geometries while reliability requirements become more stringent.
Security threats once restricted to general-purpose systems now loom over
embedded systems as well.
Some knowledge of the applications that will run on an embedded system is of
great help to system designers. This section looks at several basic concept ...