| Can I use MINERVA in an embedded system?
Yes. Just like any other Java program.
For measurement devices, robotics and similar, you can
even use a thin HTTP server that only supports the delivery
of a MINERVA applet from its possibly ROMed file system.
The computing load for the user interface and application
logic is delegated to the client PCs.
More flexible is a thin Java Servlet server for the
I/O on the embedded device. An example for
a small servlet server e.g. for automotive devices is
TINI by Dallas Semiconductor
http://www.ibutton.com/TINI which also supports
CAN (Controllor Area Network) and IPv6 Ethernet.
A discussion of embedded multi-client, multi-server systems
with Java, Prolog, and XML is beyond the scope of the MINERVA
documentation. If you need such a solution, please send
an email with details of your request.
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