嵌入式系统Outlook反映了软件开发的变化

National Instruments(www.ni.com)，2月27日发布了2012年的2012年嵌入式系统展望报告，该报告分享了公司关于嵌入式系统市场方向的结论。该报告列出了影响下一代嵌入式系统的开发的技术和业务级趋势。公司可以利用这些信息，在各种要求的嵌入式控制和监控应用中，在能源，工业控制，生命科学和运输等行业中。

According to NI with insight from the report, engineers and managers can strategically implement best practices for developing and maintaining innovative embedded systems. The 2012 report discusses the following major trends:

*嵌入式平台：技术提供商通过开发将硬件与集成软件框架组合的平台更快地建立复杂嵌入式系统。

* Reconfigurable Computing: Advanced embedded control and monitoring systems are driving an increase in designs that make the most of programmable logic.

*移动设备和云：设计团队正在利用新的移动设备和云技术在下一代嵌入式系统中的扩散。

* Innovating With Smaller Teams: Smaller design teams around the world are creating a more efficient way for companies to bring disruptive innovations to market.

*未来通过软件打样：随着嵌入式系统的不断变化的要求和标准，设计团队正在采用随着时间的推移升级产品的“软件第一”心态。

Todd Dobberstein, group manager, Embedded, National Instruments, Austin, talked with Automation World to emphasize the parts of the report in which AW readers would be most interested.

关于嵌入式平台，Dobberstein反映在苹果iPhone上，占市场份额的8.7％，但占利润市场份额的75％。“Apple在同一屋顶下开发硬件和软件，以确保这些集成在一起。这是嵌入式设备的关键趋势。”

Dobberstein points to products such as from Xilinx with a combined ARM processor and an FPGA, which gives the benefit of different processing elements on one piece of silicon. NI has developed dashboards for iPad and Android platforms, because there is a big demand from customers for NI to interface its embedded control systems to mobile devices.

"One area we've seen excitement in the 'Future-Proofing Through Software' category is on the grid--electrical power and utilities. They have a lot of investment with ever-changing standards. Systems must be upgraded constantly and remotely," added Dobberstein.

To read the 2012 Embedded Systems Outlook, readers can visitwww.ni.com/eso..