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Real-time applications cover a wide range, but many real-time systems are embedded. An embedded system is a computer built into a system and not acknowledged by the user as being a computer. Embedded systems are also typically dedicated systems. In other words, systems that are designed to perform a dedicated function. The following list shows just a few examples of embedded systems:
Aerospace Flight• Flight management systems • Jet engine controls • Weapons systems Audio MP3• MP3 players • Amplifiers and tuners Automotive Antilock• Antilock braking systems • Climate control • Engine controls • Navigation systems (GPS) | Communications Routers• Routers • Switches • Cell phones Computger peripherals Printers• Printers • Scanners Domestic Air• Air conditioning units • Thermostats • White goods | Office automation FAX• FAX machines / copiers Process control Chemical• Chemical plants • Factory automation • Food processing Robots Video Broadcasting• Broadcasting equipment • HD Televisions And many more |
Real-time systems are typically more complicated to design, debug, and deploy than non-real-time systems.