CH.2.

CHARACTERISTICS & QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

INTRODUCTION
y EMBEDDED SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO DO SOME

SPECIFIC TASK,RATHER THAN BE A GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTER FOR MULTIPLE TASKS . y THE QUALITY ATTRIBUTES ARE A NON FUNCTIONAL FEATURE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN EMBEDDED SYSTEM.

CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

y APPLICATION SPECIFIC y LESS POWER CONSUMPTION y REDUCED SIZE y REAL TIME OPERATION y DISTRIBUTED

APPLICATION SPECIFIC
y FOR EXAMPLE PRINTER IS AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM

WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR PRINTING THE DATA RECEIVED AT ITS INPUT AND IT CANNOT BE USED TO TAKE PHOTOCOPY OF AND PRE PRINTED MATERIAL.

LESS POWER CONSUMPTION

y IT IS DESIGNED IN SUCH WAY TO CONSUME LESS

POWER , SO THAT THE SYSTEM CAN BE HANDY AND MOBILE. y NOW ULTRA LOW POWER COMPONENTS ARE USED IN THESE SYSTEMS TO MINIMIZE THE POWER REQUIREMENT OF THE SYSTEM.

REDUCED SIZE
y THESE SYSTEMS ARE SMALL IN SIZE SO THAT CAN BE

USED IN REAL LIFE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. y FOR EXAMPLE :CELL PHONE

REAL TIME OPERATION

y FOR EXAMPLE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLERS y IT SUES THE SENSORS WHICH FIRST SENSES THE

TEMPERATURE AND THEN ACCORDINGLY CONTROLS THE TEMPERATURE y SUPPOSE WE ARE USING A TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER WHERE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE RANGE BETWEEN 150 TO 160 . y THE CONTROLLER SENSES THE TEMPERATURE IF IT FALLS DOWN TO 150 THEN STARTS HEATING DEVICES TO INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE. y IF THE TEMPERATURE GOES MORE THAN 160 IT STOPS THE HEATING DEVICES AND MAINTAINS THE TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 150 TO 160 .

DISTRIBUTED
y FOR EXAMPLE ATM WHICH USES A CARD READER

WHICH READS THE CARD INFORMATION THIS INFORMATION IS VERIFIED FIRST y IF THE CARD IS AUTHENICATED THEN WILL PROCEED FOR THE NEXT STEP THAT IS TO ASK USER TO ENTER AMOUNT y ACCORDINGLY ANOTHER EMBEDDED PART COUNTS THE CURRENCY AND IS AVAILABLE TO USER.