Drive for innovation boosts demand for software-defined equipment.
OTA/DFU is a process where the firmware of an embedded system can be replaced wirelessly and remotely.
This feature provides a powerful tool to redefine the use of versatile hardware by simply replacing the firmware (or embedded software).
A possible embodiment of a software defined apparatus is a hardware "black box" with multiple inputs and outputs, whose functionality can be adapted to very different tasks just by replacing the software or firmware without any modification to the hardware.
Advanced capabilities enable the transition from one configuration to another without downtime as mentioned before, by automatically calculating the set of state changes between one configuration and another and an automated transition step between each step, thus achieving the complete change in functionality via software.