Re: Newbie

From: Michael R. Kesti (mkesti_at_gv.net)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:00:40 -0700

Sohail wrote:

>Yello,
>
>Can someone suggest a place for me to start in making my own embedded
>system? Like hardware requirements and stuff? I'm used to Linux so I'd
>probably use that as an operating system.

Not all embedded systems require or even warrant operating systems.

>I'm a total noob with embedded stuff but I have fairly good knowledge of
>operating systems from an implementation standpoint.
>
>I know my request is vague so any comments would be appreciated :)

I am reminded of a Dilbert in which Dilbert is in a conference room with
the marketing guy. Dilbert asks the marketing guy to provide a rough
idea of the product and its requirements. The marketing guy says no,
that he'd rather Dilbert tell him everything of which Dilbert is capable
and that he'll choose some of them.

>In addition, I'd probably also like to hook up some sensors to the system.

OK. What would you like these sensors to sense? In what way would you like
the system to use to the data it gathers from these sensors? Will this
data or any other data need to be communicated to other systems? Are there
any other outputs the system needs to provide? 

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