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10 unusual facts about embedded system


AskoziaPBX

The project focus was to demonstrate the feasibility of building an embedded telephone system firmware upon Open Source software while providing a consumer usability experience.

Classes of computers

Embedded computers are computers that are a part of a machine or device.

Collectd

collectd uses a modular design: The daemon itself only implements infrastructure for filtering and relaying data as well as auxiliary functions and requires very few resources, it even runs on OpenWrt-powered embedded devices.

CppCMS

It may also be used for embedded web applications for consumer devices (such as administration consoles for routers, smart devices, etc.

Hakim Sanaullah Cancer Centre

On June 29, 2009, Dr Shuaib Zaidi a surgical oncologist, assisted by Dr Yusuf Tak, an anaesthetist, implanted a Chemoport Device, which is an embedded device within the layers of the skin, to act as a port for the administration of chemotherapeutic drugs for cancer.

InterVideo

InterVideo HandHeld Business Unit developed multimedia software solutions in the mobile and embedded multimedia market.

IsaacRobot

Isaac, besides, offers many solutions oriented to automation industry, embedded computer science, and Real Time software development.

Option N.V.

Currently, the product line-up consists of connect cards (for example, the GlobeTrotter HSDPA "7.2 Ready" data card), embedded wireless modules (for laptops and/or smartphones), fixed mobile devices (for example, a USB stick providing wireless broadband access via HSPA and UMTS networks) and software.

SQL Server Express

It comprises a database specifically targeted for embedded and smaller-scale applications.

Xynth

Xynth is an embedded windowing system, released under LGPL, developed for systems with low resources, is an alternative for X Window System.


BeIA

BeIA, or BeOS for Internet Appliances, was a minimized version of Be Inc.'s BeOS operating system for embedded systems.

Freescale ColdFire

The Freescale ColdFire is a microprocessor that derives from the Motorola 68000 family architecture, manufactured for embedded systems development by Freescale Semiconductor (formerly the semiconductor division of Motorola).

Macintosh IIfx

These I/O chips featured a pair of embedded 6502 CPUs, meaning that this Mac also had the core of two Apple II machines inside it (albeit at 10 MHz rather than the 1 MHz of the Apple II).

Netfilter

In August 2003 Harald Welte was made chairman of the coreteam, and in April 2004, following a crack-down by the project on those distributing the project's software embedded in routers without complying with the GPL, Welte was granted a historic injunction by a German court against Sitecom Germany, who refused to follow the GPL's terms (see GPL-related disputes).