Basic operations - page 5

The Z-OS has just one simple operation. All it does is:

  (1) invoke a series of functions,
  (2) each on various dedicated microprocessors in a network, and
  (3) passes the output of each to the input of the next.

Note also, I am not trying to create an "internet of things" here. On the IoT, a toaster or fridge are one thing. The Z-OS is designed to run on the parts that are inside those things.

For example, a fridge has multiple sub-systems. It has several pumps, valves, sensors, switches, lights, motors, and so forth. These are what the Z system is intended for.

I am looking to create a network of intelligent "parts", switches, servos, valves, sensors, motors, etc, which can be assembled into a larger object, and create an OS which facilitates their coordination and cooperation. (For more information, see "A vision of Z-devices" later on in this document.)