The aim of the subject is to introduce the audience to the design of embedded systems. The architecture of embedded systems will be analyzed based on a special application. The building blocks of the architecture will be investigated, and design considerations will be explained. Specialties of ambient systems will also be investigated. Students successfully fulfilling the course will be able to - select components of the embedded systems for specific task, - select processing units, - select appropriate communication methods and protocols, - integrate the components, - process information in distributed systems.