1.10 (10 pts) For each of the following examples, determine whether this is an e
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1.10 (10 pts) For each of the following examples, determine whether this is an embedded system, explaining why or why not. if not give explaination
A kiosk in the UH library with a Dell computer they borrow from the student center that they dedicate to running one program each semester for 3 weeks – it lets you sign up for student clubs.
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Your iPod mini that plays MP3 files has an ARM microprocessor. Is it embedded?
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Your iPhone has the same ARM microprocessor and you can run Apple Music on it and play the same music. Is it embedded?
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My poor flooded Honda CR-Z two-seater manual transmission hybrid vehicle flooded in Hurricane Harvey has a (had a) navigation system. Is it embedded?
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The processor in the Coca-Cola vending machine outside our classroom that processes payments. Embedded?
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The processor in your dad’s TI calculator.
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The processor in an XBOX video game.
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A Kindle reader sold by Amazon.
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The processor in a WiFi network interface card in your laptop
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An Apple tablet at your favorite restaurant that you use to order electronically?
Explanation / Answer
A kiosk in the UH library with a Dell computer they borrow from the student center that they dedicate to running one program each semester for 3 weeks – it lets you sign up for student clubs.
No it is not an embedded system as the program that runs each semester runs a software, and no hardware orchestration is there via the program, it is just a software to register student to clubs. Here the role of the hardware is less it only runs the computer, but the actual process is driven by the software.
Your iPod mini that plays MP3 files has an ARM microprocessor. Is it embedded?
Yes it is not an embedded system, as it involves performing a certain specific tasks like storage, retrieval and playing of songs via the software, but the software is responsible to orchestrate the hardwares like the processor, memory display etc. Equal Combination of hardware and software makes its working possible.
Your iPhone has the same ARM microprocessor and you can run Apple Music on it and play the same music. Is it embedded?
Yes it is not an embedded system, IPhone are the combination of complex hardware and software. The IOS software is responsible to orchestrate the hardware’s like CPU, cache, RAM, HDD various sensors etc. to perform certain specific tasks. Equal Combination of hardware and software makes its working possible.
My poor flooded Honda CR-Z two-seater manual transmission hybrid vehicle flooded in Hurricane Harvey has a (had a) navigation system. Is it embedded?
Yes it is not an embedded system, because navigation systems gives the desired output with the help of complex GPS, sensors hardware to show you where you are. It is a combination of More hardware and less software which makes its functioning possible.
The processor in the Coca-Cola vending machine outside our classroom that processes payments. Embedded?
Yes, it is not an embedded system, as the processor is only responsible for one task only that is to orchestrate the various vending machine hardware’s as required to vend out the commodities. The processor has a small memory to store the information about each commodity and the process to vend it out. In this case, the role of the processor is less than the role of the hardware’s in the vending machine system.
The processor in your dad’s TI calculator.
Yes, it is not an embedded system, because it is low power consuming, small in size, limited operational ranges. The calculator processor has limited processing resources. It has a processor with is actually a microcontroller, which uses machine level instructions to process a calculation.
The processor in an XBOX video game.
Yes, it is not an embedded system; the processor is responsible to use hardware’s like cache and RAM to render the game. The processor also performs certain complex tasks to process the game.
A Kindle reader sold by Amazon.
Yes, it is not an embedded system; Kindle has a memory device that stores the books information. The job of the software is only to fetch the information from the memory and display it. It a combination of hardware and a limited functionality software to run the system.
The processor in a Wi-Fi network interface card in your laptop
Yes, it is not an embedded system; the WIFI system processor is a limited software that has some memory to store routing information and its job is mainly to route packets to proper channel. It uses some microcontrollers to do so.
An Apple tablet at your favorite restaurant that you use to order electronically?
Yes, it is not an embedded system; it is similar to apple phone a combination of hardware like CPU,RAM, HDD display unit battery etc. and software which drives these hardware to perform certain tasks.
Most of the embedded system software’s are a fixed software is which cannot be modified.
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