In accordance with an advantageous embodiment, the embedded device is configured to execute a real-time application. The real-time capability of the embedded device is in particular necessary for the control of time-critical industrial processes to enable an interplay of different components in such industrial processes. The embedded device is therefore in particular not a “conventional” personal computer (PC).
A fieldbus connector is preferably provided at the embedded device and the embedded device is preferably operable at a voltage of 24 V. The embedded device can thus be easily integrated into the conventional infrastructure of automation processes. The fieldbus connector can e.g. in this respect be a connector for the CAN bus.
In another respect, the statements made with respect to the method in accordance with the invention apply to the embedded device in accordance with the invention.
The invention will be described in the following purely by way of example with reference to the drawings. There are shown: