➡ Embedded Firmware
Embedded firmware is the flash memory chip that stores specialized software running in a chip in an embedded device to control its functions.
• Embedded firmware refers to the control algorithm (Program Instructions) and the configuration settings that an embedded system developer dumps into the code(program) memory of the embedded system.
• Responsible for controlling the various peripherals of the first embedded hardware.
• Firmware is considered as the master brain of the embedded system.
• In case of firmware corruption the firmware should be reloaded to bring back the embedded product to normal functioning.
