"An embedded system is a computer system designed for specific control functions within a larger system, often with real-time computing constraints." Michael Barr. "Embedded Systems Glossary". Neutrino Technical Library. Retrieved 2007-04-21, copied from Wikipedia.
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Migration to embedded systems
My company has so far been developing a medical device, which is connected via USB to a desktop system (running x64 Windows 7) to run the image analysis and do everything GUI related.
I am familiar ...
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Embedded Software developer job vs application developer/tester (.NET) [closed]
I have 2 job offers and I'm not sure which one should I choose:
The first job is Embedded Software developer job (C/C++ and Matlab/Simulink) . I'll work in an automobile company , developing ...
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Web application framework for embedded systems?
I'm currently developing the software for a measurement and control system. In addition to the usual SCPI interface I'd also give it a nice HTTP frontend.
Now I don't want to reinvent the wheel all ...
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Polling and control devices
I am in the early stages of planning for an input device which will consist of some as-yet-to-be determined number pf physical controls. From previous experience with such devices I have found that it ...
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MIPS has been used a multiprocessor architecture in the past. Is anyone using it in a multicore SoC? [closed]
I have been reading about the MIPS architecture and learned that it has been used a multiprocessor architecture in the past. Is anyone presently using it in a multicore SoC?
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Design patterns frequently seen in embedded systems programming
I don't have any question related to coding. My concerns are about embedded systems programming independent of any particular programming language.
Because I am new in the realm of embedded ...
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What does “general purpose system” mean for Java SE Embedded?
The Oracle website says this about Java SE Embedded license:
development is free, but royalties are required upon deployment on
anything other than general purpose systems
What does "general ...
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A good interpreted language for a small embedded project
I have an mbed which has a small ARM Cortex M3 on it. Basically, my effective resources for the project are ~25Kb of RAM and ~400Kb of Flash. For I/O I'll have a PS/2 keyboard, a VGA framebuffer(with ...
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What are the advantages of programming to under an OS as opposed to bare metal executive?
Assume you are presented with an embedded system application to program, in C, on a multi-core environment (think a Cavium or Tilera) and need to choose between two environments:
Code the application ...
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How to start embedded development for developing a handheld game console?
I work as a iPhone app developer now, so I know a bit of c, c++ and objective c. Also have fiddled with Java and many other. All of them have been just high level application/games development.
My ...
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Career in Embedded Systems For CS Major
I'm entering my last few semesters of a CS degree and looking to start a career in Embedded Systems. From talking to a lot of people it seems like I might have been better off with a Computer ...
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How to obtain an affordable electronic paper programmable kit or similar? [closed]
I'm really interested in playing around with the electronic paper technology, but I don't really want to program any commercial device (kindle or whatever).
I have some ideas and I want to start. How ...
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distribution of programming languages in embedded systems
I am looking for statistics concerning the distribution of programming languages in the embedded sector. Do you know any good websites, articles or books?
I found this as a first reference but am ...
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Good unit test examples for embedded C developers
I'm going to be giving a talk to my department next week about unit testing and test-driven development. As part of this, I'm going to show some real-world examples from some code I've written ...
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Which languages are used today for low-level programming?
When I hear low-level programming, such as for drivers, embedded systems, operating systems, etc., I immediately think about C and perhaps C++. But mainly C.
But what other languages are also used ...
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What proportion of programming is done for embedded systems?
What proportion of programming is done for embedded systems? More generally, please share any interesting statistics on programmers by domain, e.g. real-time/business/UI/gaming/…
How you define the ...
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Learning embedded systems development without supervision [closed]
I have graduated this year and got my first job involved with C programming, Linux administration and embedded systems development. I feel quite content with my job, but I'm afraid I won't become a ...
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Embedded Linux vs Windows Embedded Standard 7
Ok looking for some really subjective answers. My company has traditionally been a Linux shop, we manufacture and sell purpose built boxes for video security. We recently decided to build an ...
