Chapter 1

Demystifying Middleware in Embedded Systems

Publisher Summary

This chapter provides an introduction of middleware in reference to the embedded systems model. It outlines why the understanding middleware is important and identifies the common types of middleware in the embedded space. With the increase in the types and profitability of complex, distributed embedded systems, an approach common in the industry is designing and customizing these types of embedded systems in some manner that is independent of the underlying low-level system software and hardware components. To successfully achieve desired results within cost, schedule, and complexity goals, many engineering teams base their approach on architecting various higher-level

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