EMBEDDED

SYSTEMS

CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
HARDWARE IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
PROCESSORS IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
WORLD EMBEDDED SYSTEMS REVENUE
APPLICATIONS OF EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION

What are those

important
features which
we see when we
buy a MOBILE?

MOBILE
Operating
System

Camera

Memory

Games

Music Player

Radio

Screen
Display

It is clear that mobile phone is a complex device housing a

number of functions.
The variation of these functionalities can only be achieved by a
very flexible device.

This flexible device is known as EMBEDDED PROCESSOR and

the MOBILE PHONE housing the functions is known as
EMBEDDED SYSTEM.

What is an EMBEDDED SYSTEM?

A combination of hardware and software which together form a

component of a larger machine.

An embedded system performs pre-defined tasks, usually with
very specific requirements.
Since the system is dedicated to a specific task, design
engineers can optimize it, reducing the size and cost of the
product.

A Software programmer writes code that

utilize hardware and Hardware engineer
design hardware to assist programmer .
Hence, both the software and the hardware
components are co-designed.

SOFTWARE
PROGRAM

REAL TIME SYSTEMS

An operation within a larger dynamic system is called a real-time

operation if the combined reaction- and operation-time of a task is no
longer than the maximum delay allowed.
Embedded systems working on this concept are called
TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS.
Not all embedded systems work on this concept.

REAL

Hardware of an Embedded
System

PROCESSORS IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Processor is the heart of an embedded system.
CLASSIFICATIO
N

MICROPROCESSOR (P)
They use separate integrated
circuits for memory and
peripherals of the system.

MICROCONTROLLER (C)
They have many more peripherals
on chip, reducing power
consumption, size and cost.

 Numerous microcontrollers have been developed for

embedded systems use. General-purpose microprocessors are
also used in embedded systems, but generally require more
support circuitry than microcontrollers.
The first microprocessor INTEL 4004, was designed for
calculators and other small systems but still required many
external memory and support chips.
By the mid-1980s, most of the common previously external
system components had been integrated into the same chip as
the processor which formed the microcontroller and it allowed
even more widespread use of embedded systems in various
fields.

The embedded systems application took a wide increase in the many

fields and also added to the economical growth of the nations

INDUSTRIAL

MOBILES

MILITARY

MEDICAL

APPLICATIONS

AEROPLANE

AUTOMOBILE

WATCHES
COMPUTERS

REFERENCES
nptel.iitm.ac.in

www.shutterstock.com
www.authorstream.com

www.slideshare.net

www.wikipedia.org

web.media.mit.edu/~jackylee/cups.htm

BY
D.ANIL KUMAR
2nd ECE B
2210411203