A modern implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) contains a specialized microcontroller that continuously monitors cardiac rhythms and delivers a therapeutic electrical shock if arrhythmia is detected.
Explain why this control unit is classified as an embedded system.
76 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Hardware, covering Von Neumann architecture and FDE cycle, Secondary storage devices, and Embedded systems. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.