An operating system (OS) is an optional part of an embedded device’s system software stack, meaning that not all embedded systems have one. OSs can be used on any processor (Instruction Set ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

All embedded systems eventually connect to hardware such as external sensors and actuators or internal functional blocks and peripherals for input/output, data storage and communication. Each bit of ...

In these days of aggressive cost-cutting and bean-counting, documentation is often the last thing that companies think about, despite the fact that is a critical element in any complex software or ...

Developing embedded-systems software is extremely challenging and often the domain of the most experienced members of a product development team. So, what makes embedded-systems design so painful?

Multicore processors enable a server’s software stack to be replicated in an embedded system, bringing virtualization benefits to process automation. Though a lot has been written about the benefits ...

Analytics-driven embedded systems bring analytics to embedded applications, moving many of the functions found in cloud-based, big-data analytics to the source of data. This allows for more efficient ...

This online computer science specialization is ideal for learners looking to gain an understanding of interface design approaches and architectures for creating solid user experiences in embedded ...

For many years, the 8-bit microcontroller has been the workhorse of embedded systems. Design teams favor the size and power benefits that a tightly coupled processor, such as the 8051 microcontroller, ...

NÜRNBERG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Argosim, the first software company to provide tools that validate real-time systems requirements, introduces STIMULUS, a modeling and simulation environment to ...