Is embedded on the cheap possible?

On Jul 27, 9:50 pm, speedplane <michael.san...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I find that a lot of posts on this embedded group revolve around
> finding cheap or free tools to build embedded devices. However, in my
> experience, I've found that productizing real embedded products is
> anything but cheap. It takes many thousands of dollars to build good
> hardware, program that hardware, and debug it. You need all sorts of
> gear from power supplies and logic analyzers to probes and pricey
> software.
>
> My question is, has anyone successfully deployed an embedded system
> which was built cheaply? Is it possible to take GCC, linux, and a
> hundred dollar wiggler to build and deploy an embedded system?
>
> Thanks!

only if the embedded product is in an emerging market