Interactive Embedded Systems Lesson

Benchmark 1.4.2.4 — Sense → Process → Actuate

Animated Embedded System Model

SENSE
➜
PROCESS
➜
ACTUATE

Click the simulation button below to watch data move through an embedded system.

Interactive Smart Street Light Simulation

Sensor

Light Sensor detects darkness.

Processor

Microcontroller makes a decision.

Waiting...

Actuator

Street Lamp

Sensor Processor Actuator

Class Discussion

  • What information is sensed?
  • What decision is processed?
  • What action is actuated?
  • How would the system behave during daytime?