What is an

Embedded System
and where it is used?
• Cellular telephones and switches

• Home automation products

• Medical equipment

• Handheld computers

• Video game consoles

• Flight control hardware/software

• Engine controllers and anti lock

brake controllers for automobiles
Evolution of Embedded Systems
• Manual Operations

• Mechanical controls

• Electromechanical Devices

•Logic Devices

•Digital Control circuits

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•Intelligent Control Systems
Why is it different than other electronics?

• Implanted

• Hardware and software are

specific to each other

• Different response to different

inputs

• Decision making ability

• Interaction with I/O devices

Large Logical operations uses

• FPGA
(Field Programmable gate array)

• CPLD
(Complex Programmable Logic Devices)
Characteristics
• Large Operations

• Program
 Modifiable
 Remembered

•Memory

•Ability to interface with a number of hardware

•Ease of use / operate

Hardware Components
 Micro-controller/ processor
 Clock
 I/O interface
 Parallel
 Serial

 USB

 CAN

 Memory
 Interrupts
 Power supply
Software
Programmed control and decision making
Putting life
Self identification
Booting on power up
Waking up the hardware
OS
Platform for other software modules
RTOS
Block diagram of an Embedded System
A Sample Real Time System
RTOS Kernel Functions
Embedded system Lifecycle
Applications

HYCON – Automotive
application domain
Applications

GE/Marquette Solar 9500

Real-time Patient Monitor
 Future with Embedded Technology

• Interactive professor

• Robotics

• Automatic control systems

• Auto driven self

navigation car