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Hardware/Software Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction

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Some common characteristics of embedded<br />

systems<br />

• Single-functioned<br />

– Executes a single program, repeatedly<br />

• Tightly-constrained<br />

– Low cost, low power, small, fast, etc.<br />

• Reactive and real-time<br />

– Continually reacts to changes in the system’s environment<br />

– Must compute certain results in real-time without delay<br />

Embedded Systems Design: A Unified<br />

<strong>Hardware</strong>/<strong>Software</strong> <strong>Introduction</strong>, (c) 2000 Vahid/Givargis<br />

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