Chapter 2. Your First Embedded Experience

In this chapter

• Embedded or Not? page 10

• Anatomy of an Embedded System page 12

• Storage Considerations page 19

• Embedded Linux Distributions page 32

• Chapter Summary page 34

Often the best path to understanding a given task is to have a good grasp of the big picture. Many fundamental concepts can present challenges to the newcomer to embedded systems development. This chapter takes you on a tour of a typical embedded system and the development environment, with specific emphasis on the concepts and components that make developing these systems unique and often challenging.