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I think the thing you're missing here is that "Internet of Things" usually means machines way beefier than "embedded." IoT is roughly equivalent to a Raspberry
by fwip 2y ago
I think the thing you're missing here is that "Internet of Things" usually means machines way beefier than "embedded."
IoT is roughly equivalent to a Raspberry Pi - the thing will usually have an operating system that you're running on top of, and most of your existing knowledge about computers will port over.
Embedded is the chip in a happy meal toy, or your microwave in 1995. There is no "operating system." Your code is the only code running on the machine.
- buescher 2y agoThat kind of embedded work, like connect-the-dots pcb layout work, went overseas 15-20 years ago. The typical new embedded project in the US today has minimally a not-particularly-resource-constrained 8-bit processor with gobs of fancy peripherals, something like the PIC Q10 series or the ST equivalent. The median would be a 32-bit ARM Cortex M. Typical IoT SoCs are a step up from that but it’s not huge. The ESP32 is pretty representative but there are significant other options - see what Amazon supports in FreeRTOS as a starter. It’s a big leap from small IoT SoCs to SBCs like the Pi.