Application of Object Oriented Programming Paradigm in Embedded Systems Development

This paper is to review the application of object oriented programming paradigm in embedded system development. An embedded system is a computer hardware system with program that is composed of microprocessor/microcontroller, designed to perform dedicated functions, either as a standalone system or as a part of a large system. The paper first reviewed the various sub-systems that make up the embedded systems and explained the classes of embedded systems. The sub-systems include microprocessor or microcontroller, ROM, RAM and program. Also the paper reviewed the trend in programs, starting from low level language (Assembly Language) to high level language which has been integrated with embedded system as it evolved from the early stage to the current stage. The paper went further to review the benefits of object oriented programming languages and its application to embedded system