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It is a term coined by the Air Force Research Laboratory, as an umbrella term for industrial control systems, robotics, avionics, and generally any system that
by saithound 3y ago
It is a term coined by the Air Force Research Laboratory, as an umbrella term for industrial control systems, robotics, avionics, and generally any system that primarily consists of software and the heavy machinery it operates.
The term is favored by DARPA over any of its alternatives; seL4 received DARPA funding, and was adopted by DARPA projects, so it's not surprising that they'd use the associated term. It's no worse than other terms in the embedded systems world, and communicates the intended use cases to the most likely users.
Basically, if TrendMicro builds you a bunch of infrastructure to optimize the power grid, it will be described as consisting of Intelligent Electronic Devices. If Collins Aerospace builds the exact same infrastructure, it will be described as consisting of Cyber Physical Systems.