Книга: Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems
1.1.3 Embedded Systems in Leisure Activities
1.1.3 Embedded Systems in Leisure Activities
At home, at work, even at play, embedded systems are flourishing. A child’s toy unexpectedly springs to life with unabashed liveliness. Automobiles equipped with in-car navigation systems transport people to destinations safely and efficiently. Listening to favorite tunes with anytime-anywhere freedom is readily achievable, thanks to embedded systems buried deep within sophisticated portable music players, as shown in Figure 1.3.
Figure 1.3: Navigation system and portable music player.
Even the portable computing device, called a web tablet, shown in Figure 1.4, is an embedded system.
Figure 1.4: A web tablet.
Embedded systems also have teamed with other technologies to deliver benefits to the traditionally low-tech world. GPS technology, for example, uses satellites to pinpoint locations to centimeter-level accuracy, which allows hikers, cyclists, and other outdoor enthusiasts to use GPS handheld devices to enjoy vast spaces without getting lost. Even fishermen use GPS devices to store the locations of their favorite fishing holes.
Embedded systems also have taken traditional radio-controlled airplanes, racecars, and boats to new heights…and speeds. As complex embedded systems in disguise, these devices take command inputs from joysticks and pass them wirelessly to the device’s receiver, enabling the model airplane, racecar, or boat to engage in speedy and complex maneuvers. In fact, the introduction of embedded technology has rendered these sports safer and more enjoyable for model owners by virtually eliminating the once-common threat of crashing due to signal interference.
Оглавление книги
- 1.1.1 Embedded Systems in the Home Environment
- 1.1.2 Embedded Systems in the Work Environment
- 1.1.3 Embedded Systems in Leisure Activities
- 1.1.4 Defining the Embedded System
- 1.1.5 Embedded Processor and Application Awareness
- 1.1.6 Hardware and Software Co-Design Model
- 1.1.7 Cross-Platform Development
- 1.1.8 Software Storage and Upgradeability
- 1.1.1 Embedded Systems in the Home Environment
- 1.1.2 Embedded Systems in the Work Environment
- Using Double Quotes to Resolve Variables in Strings with Embedded Spaces
- 14.5.1. Open Systems Interconnection
- 5.3. TRENDS IN DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS
- 1. Basic microprocessor systems
- Setting Up Guest Operating Systems
- Network and Disk File Systems
- Viewing Your System's File Systems
- Verifying File Integrity in ext3 File Systems with the fsck Utility
- Other File Systems Available to Fedora
- JFS and XFS File Systems