What is the relationship between the Internet of Things and embedded systems?

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Everyone should know about embedded systems, but not many people should know and understand the Internet of Things. Nowadays, many universities have opened this major. Let us understand what the Internet of Things is?

From the perspective of IoT learning, IoT is the traditional training model or learning path of embedded systems, with some interconnection, wireless transmission (ZigBee, BLE, Wi-Fi, etc.), sensors, and radio frequency identification (RFID in various frequency bands). For example, the very popular NB-IOT/LoRA is a typical network technology of IoT.　　

What is the relationship between the Internet of Things and embedded systems?

It is worth affirming that the Internet of Things and embedded systems are inseparable. Although the Internet of Things has sensors, wireless networks, and radio frequency identification, the control operations and data processing operations of the Internet of Things system are all implemented through embedded technology. In short, the Internet of Things is the networking (networking) of embedded products (things).

Therefore, among the engineers engaged in the development of IoT projects, some focus on sensor and wireless network development, some focus on embedded development of processors/operating systems, and of course some focus on IoT hardware development and other directions.

1. The Internet of Things is an important part of the new generation of information technology and is the integration of the Internet and embedded systems at an advanced stage. 2. As an important component of the Internet of Things, the embedded system perspective helps to deeply and comprehensively understand the essence of the Internet of Things.

3. Both general-purpose computers and embedded systems can be traced back to semiconductor integrated circuits. The birth of microprocessors provides a standardized intellectual core for human tools.

4. General-purpose microprocessors and embedded processors based on microprocessors have formed the two major branches of the modern computer knowledge revolution, namely the independent development era of general-purpose computers and embedded systems.

5. General-purpose computers have experienced an independent development path from smart platforms to the Internet; embedded systems have experienced an independent development path from smart Internet of Things to local smart Internet of Things.

6. The Internet of Things is the product of the advanced stage integration of the Internet of general-purpose computers and single-machine or local Internet of Things of embedded systems.

7. In the Internet of Things, the infinite diffusion of microprocessors in the form of "smart cells" gives the Internet of Things the intellectual characteristics of a "smart earth".

Jacktang

The Internet of Things and embedded systems cannot be simply defined as a relationship between who hosts whom.

xinjitmzy

Embedded technology is a secret book that anyone can practice, and the Internet of Things is the ideal ambition you want to achieve after you have mastered the skills.

binfeng

Isn’t the Internet of Things the application of embedded systems in specific scenarios?

freebsder

In addition to the underlying objects, the Internet of Things also has networks and data support. Embedded systems account for about 1/3 of the Internet of Things.

gzwangyu

Embedded systems complete the Internet of Things