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Embedded Systems – A Pragmatic Approach
Designing and writing software for embedded systems poses a different set of challenges than traditional high-level software development.
This chapter provides an overview of these challenges and introduces the basic components and the platform that will be used as a reference in this book.
In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:
- Domain definition
- General-purpose input/output (GPIO)
- Interfaces and peripherals
- Connected systems
- Introduction to isolation mechanisms
- The reference platform
Domain definition
Embedded systems are computing devices that perform specific, dedicated tasks with no direct or continued user interaction. Due to the variety of markets and technologies, these objects ...
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