May 15th, 2022
Category: embedded systems
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Posted by: Team TA
Summary:
Since the inception of embedded systems in 1961, it has come a long way; indeed playing a critical role in various sectors. To gain a competitive edge, many industries consider embedded systems development which offers smart, connected and intuitive products that enable innovation. As living abreast with the latest technologies and smart devices has become a convenient and comfortable practice for all of us, embedded systems have accentuated technology’s growth by manifold and have completely revolutionized the way we live, work and communicate.
As we mentioned, the big buzz topic embedded software development has much importance these days because embedded systems today have a ubiquitous presence in our lives. From home automation to consumer electronics and medical systems to other commercial areas, we are actually surrounded by lots of embedded systems – such as Wi-Fi routers, calculators, MP3 players, DSLR cameras, digital wristwatches, home appliances (such as microwave ovens, washing machines and so on), printers, scanners, equipments that measures our body temperature, blood pressure, and so on. Moreover, if you look around carefully, you’ll find at least a hundred embedded devices in your home itself.
Today in this blog, we’ll explore some of the industries which are in need of embedded systems development:
- Consumer Electronics
Being a massive industry that employs embedded systems, consumer electronics – generally known as Home electronics – provide electronic devices that are meant for personal rather than commercial use. As the world has moved from analog to digital, almost all consumer devices evolved into smart electronic devices with the help of embedded technology. Some examples include smartphones, home entertainment systems (television and gaming), home appliances (washing machine, refrigerators and microwave oven). In fact, people these days go behind SMART home automation, which is built around embedded system development. Described as an intelligence device or Single-on Chip (SoC) embedded technology located within the residence, SMART home automation provides comfortable living, amenities, security and power efficiency to the people in the environment.
According to MarketWatch, the global smart home market is expected to be around USD 135.3 billion by 2031, at a CAGR of 11.6% during the forecast period (2022-2031). As the implementation of intelligence devices for home/office environments improves everyone’s lifestyle, especially, disabled and elderly people that need convenience and comfort, the development of an embedded system based IoTs for home automation, control and monitoring also got more attention in recent times.
The industry for consumer electronics is enormous and diverse, representing numerous opportunities for innovative embedded engineers who will likely develop embedded systems using new sensors and software.
- Aerospace
As of today, aerospace industry – an industry landmark for the acquisition of embedded engineers – have multiple functionalities in the aerospace applications embedded systems, and the list is consistently getting longer. Few prominent applications of Embedded Systems in Aerospace in full flight management include air traffic control, flight control system components, avionics, collision-avoidance systems, black box, weather system, aircraft management system, radar and so on.
The technologies within an aircraft are continuously being tested, built, and developed as the industry consistently demands state of the art solutions in an integrated environment to achieve automation and a comfortable customer experience. So to meet the optimal performance reliability, safety, and predictability in aerospace applications, we can expect lots of innovative and new embedded systems.
- Healthcare
Apart from the advancements made from Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics, another technology that contributes to a major shift in healthcare is embedded systems development. The integration of embedded systems in healthcare has empowered doctors and patients alike. For instance, with the help of embedded systems, doctors can diagnose their patient’s health problems without having to perform exploratory surgery, track treatment progress and can save time and energy by prioritizing between their patients who are in need.
Whereas, patients can use embedded systems to manage their conditions at home. For instance, using glucose monitor, an embedded system that helps people with diabetes to monitor their glucose level and can reduce the number of finger pricks they have to perform while constantly being aware of their blood sugar levels.
Other few embedded systems available in healthcare include defibrillators, digital flow sensor, fetal monitor electronic, external monitoring, internal monitoring, pacemaker, oximeter and so on.
Over the next decades, we will be able to witness impressive advancements in healthcare embedded technology — combined with the IoT, because the future of embedded systems in healthcare looks brighter than ever. Especially after the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the demand for embedded technologies contributed to its market growth. Moreover, embedded development services provided by reliable companies will likely bring a lot of positive disruptions to the healthcare industry.
- Automotive and Transportation:
Through multiple technologies, the automotive and transportation industry is innovating like never before. One such important technology that is and will bring drastic transitions in the history of the Automotive and Transportation industry is embedded systems. From navigation to system performance and operational functions, embedded systems play a major role in automotive and transportation applications.
Few existing automotive and transportation embedded applications include airbag control systems, GPS, anti-locking brake system, fuel injection controller devices, and so on. Embedded development services would offer several innovative ideas such as engineering graphics displays, pollution controllers, transportation signage, or a new mode of transportation altogether in this industry. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is one such embedded system platform that is developed in order to improve and enhance road use efficiency, safety and the comfort of the passengers.
This new platform also allows for more sophisticated software applications to be implemented – which includes model-based process control, artificial intelligence, and ubiquitous computing. Along with roadside sensors and data collectors, this platform will also make use of the rising Internet of Vehicles (IoV) – a constantly moving network made up of the Internet of Things-enabled (IoT) cars. The IoV will deliver inter-vehicle connectivity, integrate information to maintain traffic flow, enable more effective fleet management and, importantly, provide accident avoidance.
Organizations such as Google, Audi and Toyota are into R&D of intelligent transport systems and are in the plans of releasing them for commercial purposes in near future, as it can increase the safety and comfort of drivers and pedestrians.
One of the primary fields that require assistance of robust, powerful embedded systems is agriculture. This system makes an important contribution to advancing automation in the agricultural industry to increase harvest yields, improve environmental compatibility and sustainability. Moreover, with the rapid growth of population, the conventional farming methods are becoming unable to cope with the growth with satisfaction. Hence farmers are in need of advanced farming methods, and they take help of big data and embedded systems to undertake precision farming.
With the help of embedded systems, precision or smart farming automates monotonous work using networked tractors, digital crop production, agricultural robots and so on. It also takes over important control functions in all areas and optimizes the whole farm management by maximizing the output while keeping the input minimum.
- Agriculture
One of the primary fields that require assistance of robust, powerful embedded systems is agriculture. This system makes an important contribution to advancing automation in the agricultural industry to increase harvest yields, improve environmental compatibility and sustainability. Moreover, with the rapid growth of population, the conventional farming methods are becoming unable to cope with the growth with satisfaction. Hence farmers are in need of advanced farming methods, and they take help of big data and embedded systems to undertake precision farming.
With the help of embedded systems, precision or smart farming automates monotonous work using networked tractors, digital crop production, agricultural robots and so on. It also takes over important control functions in all areas and optimizes the whole farm management by maximizing the output while keeping the input minimum.
- Fire Safety Systems
The fire and smoke detection devices that we see around are embedded systems that are equipped with microcontrollers and sensors – that trigger the alarms whenever they detect instances of fire and smoke. Other fire safety systems such as sprinklers, carbon monoxide detection and smoke control systems are also equipped with embedded technology. As designing fire safety systems – for both residential and commercial buildings – is a pretty daunting task and quite a large responsibility, embedded systems development tools have made it easier. These innovative embedded fire safety systems will allow fire safety engineers to automate fire systems to a great extent and would be connected to the Internet of Things (IoT), as it is part of a larger trend across industries, including smart homes and smart buildings automated by a mixture of sensor data and artificial intelligence (AI).
With proper and careful selection of the right components and implementation, embedded fire safety systems provide an effective solution to protect remote or unmanned assets, thereby reducing costs to the client and improving safety and efficiency of the asset. For instance: cloud-based solutions are making an entry to the fire industry. The remote connectivity allows you to access your fire safety systems whenever you want and from any device. It increases transparency on sites’ status while maximizing safety and optimizing maintenance.
- Railways
One of the most dynamic segments of embedded computing design, railway systems keep getting more advanced on both the control side and passenger entertainment side. Railway computers and systems need robust, sophisticated networking, data collection and real-time control. By incorporating embedded technology to these systems, we can expect that it would provide assistance in managing railroad signals and heavy railroad traffic – ultimately reducing the chances of mishap – which will in turn provide safer and secured travel. So, to keep pace, the embedded computing vendors continue to evolve their purpose-built, box-level systems to meet the demands of today’s advanced railroad system implementations, both for on-board trains and for the infrastructure surrounding railroads.
Apart from these 7 industries, there are more that are in need for embedded systems. What you have to keep in mind is that the future of embedded systems is related to our need for modern technology – that is, as long as we want the latest technology, embedded systems will continue to flourish and play an important role in our coming lives. That is, to improve productivity and customer satisfaction, and to manufacture more intelligent products, large scale and complex industries are adopting the use of embedded systems. Moreover, it is expected that expanding IoT applications, such as wearables, drones, smart homes, smart buildings, video surveillance, 3D printers and smart transportation, would fuel embedded system growth. So, do you want to integrate embedded systems in your smart business development? Why to wait?
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