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\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa software integrado?<\/span><\/h2>\n

El software integrado es una pieza de software que est\u00e1 incrustada en hardware o en dispositivos que no son PC.<\/strong> Est\u00e1 escrito espec\u00edficamente para el hardware concreto en el que se ejecuta y suele tener restricciones de procesamiento y memoria debido a las limitadas capacidades inform\u00e1ticas del dispositivo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ejemplos de software integrado son los que se encuentran en dispositivos GPS dedicados, robots de f\u00e1brica, algunas calculadoras e incluso los modernos smartwatches.<\/p>\n

Definici\u00f3n de software integrado<\/span><\/h2>\n

El software integrado es similar al firmware<\/a>, ya que suelen tener la misma funci\u00f3n.<\/strong> Este \u00faltimo, sin embargo, es un tipo especial de software embebido que se escribe en memoria no vol\u00e1til (como ROM o EPROM), que no se puede modificar f\u00e1cilmente -de ah\u00ed el nombre de \u00abfirme\u00bb- y se utiliza principalmente para ejecutar o arrancar el dispositivo. En cambio, el software integrado se utiliza para el funcionamiento general del dispositivo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

El software integrado puede ser muy sencillo, como el que se utiliza para controlar la iluminaci\u00f3n en los hogares, y puede ejecutarse en un microcontrolador de 8 bits con s\u00f3lo unos pocos kilobytes de memoria, o puede ser bastante complejo, como el software que ejecuta todos los componentes electr\u00f3nicos de un coche inteligente moderno, completo con controles de climatizaci\u00f3n, crucero autom\u00e1tico y detecci\u00f3n de colisiones, as\u00ed como navegaciones de control.<\/p>\n

Tambi\u00e9n se puede encontrar software integrado complejo en los sistemas de avi\u00f3nica de los aviones<\/strong>, en los sistemas fly-by-wire muy complejos que se utilizan en los aviones de combate e incluso en los sistemas de guiado de misiles.<\/p>\n

La principal diferencia entre el software integrado y el software de aplicaci\u00f3n<\/a> es que el primero suele estar vinculado a un dispositivo espec\u00edfico, que act\u00faa como el propio SO, con restricciones ligadas a las especificaciones de ese dispositivo, por lo que las actualizaciones y adiciones est\u00e1n estrictamente controladas, mientras que el software de aplicaci\u00f3n proporciona la funcionalidad en un ordenador<\/a> y se ejecuta sobre un SO real completo, por lo que tiene menos restricciones en cuanto a recursos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa software integrado? El software integrado es una pieza de software que est\u00e1 incrustada en hardware o en dispositivos que no son PC. Est\u00e1 escrito espec\u00edficamente para el hardware concreto en el que se ejecuta y suele tener restricciones de procesamiento y memoria debido a las limitadas capacidades inform\u00e1ticas del dispositivo. 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