Hardware/Software Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction
Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software ... - EET
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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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