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EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

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1.1 DEFINITION Embedded system is in almost every electronic device that are designed today. There is software hidden away inside our watches, microwaves, VCRs, cellular Telephones, and pagers; the military uses embedded software to guide smart Missiles and detect enemy aircraft; communications satellites, space probes, and Modern medicine would be nearly impossible without it. Of course, someone has to write all that software, and there are thousands of computer scientists, embedded Engineers and other professionals who actually do. Microprocessors and Microcontrollers are widely used in such embedded system products. Embedded systems are extremely important branch of modern digital Technology. Each embedded system is unique and highly customized to the application at hand. In General, Embedded system can be defined as a system that has software embedded into hardware. As a result, embedded systems programming is a widely varying field that can take years to master. The main basics th