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I wouldn't say it's totally unsuitable for embedded. Plenty of people are using them for vending machines, kiosks, digital signage etc...
by learc83 9y ago
I wouldn't say it's totally unsuitable for embedded. Plenty of people are using them for vending machines, kiosks, digital signage etc...
- rbanffy 9y agoIO on them is like IO on any modern PC - a baklava of protocols many inches deep. But fair enough - it's not completely unsuitable for embedded. It's just that everything else must also be a small computer.
- catdog 9y agoThe real problem here is that embedded is a too broad term most of the time as it defines a specific way of using a computer, not its capabilities, size or power constraints, etc. You can put a desktop tower into a vending machine and still call it embedded (and if its a big machine it may actually be an OK solution).
- learc83 9y agoI chose embedded systems as my specialization during my CS degree. We spent a week in one class just trying to define what exactly an embedded computer is. Your definition is pretty much what we came up with--they're defined in terms of use. But at the end of the day it's one of those "I know it when I see it" things.