Technical trends with embedded systems for industrial, transportation, and medical applications – Interview with Manfred Schmitz, MEN Mikro Elektronik

  • The major requirements for the industrial, transportation, and medical applications are quite similar: ruggedized, resistant to shock and vibration, extended temperature range.
  • For safety critical applications architectural requirements must be considered, like redundancy and conductive cooling. 
  • Technical trends are portability, networking and serial interfaces like USB, SATA, and the convergence from cPCI to CPCI Serial. 
  • Industrial computers communicate increasingly via Internet.