Embedded Systems Programming in a private cloud - A prototype for "Embedded Cloud Computing

Abstract

Cloud computing is an Internet based computing where resources are shared and maintained at datacenters which could be geographically lo-cated across globe. One can rent a virtual server, required memory, OS, applications or load his own softwares on it and access it from any part of
the world as per his uses. Data can be stored and are secured in these dat-acenters which can only be accessed by authorized users. It has changed the total worlds scenario from owning private computers and servers in
a private network to on-demand access network of shared computing re-sources with minimum management burden to prospective users, thus the cloud is an amalgamation of some of the best computing technologies and
processes for reliable, resilient and secure applications.
Embedded Cloud computing is the new dimension in cloud computing arising from the merging of the Embedded computing with it. Most of the small embedded systems can be linked (wired/wireless) which can communicate and perform the job. But if those systems might have an
upper hand on the cloud, then most of the processing could be shifted to the cloud server and various data centers and henceforth reducing the load of devices. Moreover, devices can be programmed by sitting from any part of the world, without much hustle. Myriad industries have numerous
control systems which can be controlled from a central checkpoint.This thesis exemplies an attempt to produce a working environment for the same. EDaS (Embedded Device as a Service) is the proposed model of the project which lies at the boundary of IaaS and PaaS.