Component-based software development is becoming mainstream for conventional applications. However, components can be difficult
to deploy in embedded systems because of non-functional requirements. Pecos is a collaborative project between industrial and research partners that seeks to enable component-based technology for a
class of embedded systems known as “field devices”. In this paper we introduce a component model for field devices that captures
a range of non-functional properties and constraints.
An extended version of this paper is available from: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/. Visiting SCG.