Rugged Embedded Systems: Computing in Harsh Environments describes how to design reliable
embedded systems for harsh environments including architectural approaches cross-stack
hardware software techniques and emerging challenges and opportunities. A harsh environment
presents inherent characteristics such as extreme temperature and radiation levels very low
power and energy budgets strict fault tolerance and security constraints etc. that challenge
the computer system in its design and operation. To guarantee proper execution (correct safe
and low-power) in such scenarios this contributed work discusses multiple layers that involve
firmware operating systems and applications as well as power management units and
communication interfaces. This book also incorporates use cases in the domains of unmanned
vehicles (advanced cars and micro aerial robots) and space exploration as examples of computing
designs for harsh environments.
