Modern Embedded Computing

Foreword

While I am not sure where I first heard it, I have increasingly grown fond of this quote: “Architecture is art in structure.” It inspires an arc one can follow that is characterized by a fascinating combination of creativity (art) and engineering discipline (structure). The latter creates bounds, the former looks for ways to fly away from it. One focuses on the function, the other is interested in creating a differentiating form. Just when one wonders if the focus on usability or function may enforce a break-no-rule regime, desire to achieve a distinguishing form opens the door for the innovation to step right in! Achieving the right balance between the seemingly contradictory tendencies of form and function requires the imagination ...