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?