Embedded systems are ubiquitous and used in many safety and mission critical roles.
Despite this, most year 2000 effort seems to be focussed on large data processing systems and PCs. This may well be because, due to the wide variety of embedded systems in use, there exists no simple, widely applicable method or tool for detection and remediation of year 2000 problems in these systems. This document attempts to summarise the current thinking on year 2000 issues with embedded systems, and may offer useful guidance on how to proceed. However, it should not be considered to provide complete or comprehensive coverage. If you have or suspect you may have safety or mission critical embedded systems the Intstitute of Electrical Engineer's extensive advice should be considered essential additional reading.