An autonomous deep-sea research probe is deployed to monitor hydrothermal vent activity. The probe contains an embedded system that regulates buoyancy, records thermal data, and manages battery usage.
State two hardware or operational characteristics of this embedded system that distinguish it from a general-purpose computer system, such as a desktop computer used on a support vessel.
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.