The “Embedded Systems Programming” magazine (the predecessor of this Embedded.com website) used to publish several articles about state machines every year. The most popular such articles described ...

In the so-called “hard real-time systems,” a computation is useful from the triggering event to the deadline. After the deadline, the usefulness of the computation becomes negative, which means that a ...

Examples of embedded systems stretch far and wide, from digital watches to vending machines and airplanes. With this in mind, choosing the best major for a career in this field might seem like a ...

CHAPTER 9. Embedded Operating Systems. 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 ...

Most of us will casually encounter dozens of embedded systems by mid-morning each day throughout our residences, roadways and workplaces. Fundamentally, an embedded system is some combination of ...