COTS Custom or Something in Between Balancing Cost Time to Market and Value Add — a WINSights article from the WINSYSTEMS engineering team.
Choosing the right embedded platform means balancing performance, power, temperature range, I/O and life cycle. In this article our application engineers look at the questions design teams ask most often on this topic and the trade-offs to weigh before committing to a design.
Key takeaways
- Start from environmental and life-cycle requirements, not just processor benchmarks.
- Standards-based form factors reduce risk and speed future upgrades.
- Validate thermal behavior across the full operating temperature range.
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