Difference between IoT devices and normal embedded systems
After decades of development, embedded technology has been applied to all aspects of our lives, but embedded technology always has niche and strong professional attributes, which makes many students in non-embedded fields feel discouraged. With the development of the past ten years, the Internet of Things has covered more and more fields, including home, business, industry, agriculture and other fields, attracting not only the original embedded students, but also many non-embedded students. Enter the Internet of Things.
The Internet focuses on the interconnection and sharing of information, and solves the problem of information exchange between people; the Internet of Things solves the problems of information intelligent management and decision control through the connection between people, people and things, and things and things. The Internet of Things is more complex than the Internet technology BR301, has a wider industrial radiation range, a wider application range, and has a stronger driving force and influence on economic and social development. Although embedded systems have a history of more than 30 years, embedded systems have been hidden behind the Internet of Things since it became a national strategy.
The first category of developers needs to understand the technologies that need to be used across the IoT landscape. With the development of IoT technology, these developers have very high demands. These developers need to understand the full link technology from the device side to the cloud and find their place. If we do not systematically understand IoT technology from the perspective of cloud integration, but follow the traditional embedded way of thinking, it will gradually become obsolete as the technology continues to develop. An important purpose of such developers developing IoT platforms is to attract more and more second-class developers to jointly prosper the IoT ecosystem.
The Internet of Things represents an effort to maximize the utilization of a large number of different embedded devices through large-scale network communication. The difference between IoT devices and more general embedded systems is the communication path between each device and one or more central nodes. These nodes collect data from a sea of devices and allow authorized users to issue commands to individual devices and sets of devices in many cases.
Compared to the first type of developers, the second type of developers face huge challenges. There are two main sources of such developers, one is traditional embedded developers and the other is Internet developers. These developers need to learn more to better develop on IoT platforms. Traditional embedded developers need to learn more about multimedia, cloud, artificial intelligence and other technologies. Internet developers need to understand the various limitations of embedded devices and better implement technologies such as cloud, multimedia, artificial intelligence, etc. in IoT scenarios.
IoT enables all items with computer intelligence, but not in the form of computers, and connects these items with the network, which requires the support of embedded technology. Embedded is a low-key field, but it's everywhere. It is powerful and has a wide range. Embedded systems are used in all devices with digital interfaces such as watches, cars, etc. With the development of the market, the application of embedded systems in the Internet of Things can be said to be more and more extensive. Programming is not only widely used in the IT industry, but also in contemporary society, it is not uncommon for all walks of life to influence and penetrate each other, and embedded systems also play an important role in all walks of life.
With the rapid development of my country's Internet of Things industry enterprises, the research and development, standard development, industrial cultivation and industrial application of Internet of Things technology have initially had a certain foundation. However, the key core technologies of IoT enterprises need to make breakthroughs and cannot grasp the initiative of enterprise development. With the development of the Internet of Things industry, there are not only third-party independent design companies and industry solution providers for embedded systems, but also fully cooperate with Internet of Things industry enterprises and research institutions, learn from each other, fully grasp the scientific development law of the Internet of Things, and promote the Internet of Things. application and healthy development of the industry.
Embedded system is an important technical foundation of the Internet of Things. When people put forward the concept of the Internet of Things, the embedded system crystallization products of embedded system technology wisdom must work hard in the application of the Internet of Things industry. Develop business cooperation that creates value!