By
Jack Ganssle, Founder and Principal Consultant, The Ganssle Group, Baltimore,MD, USA;
Technical editor and columnist for
Embedded Systems Programming magazine
Description
This handbook provides a comprehensive reference for firmware developers looking to increase their skills and productivity. It addresses
each critical step of the development process in detail, including how to optimize hardware design for better firmware. Topics covered
include real-time issues, interrupts and ISRs, memory management (including Flash memory), handling both digital and analog peripherals,
communications interfacing, math subroutines, error handling, design tools, and troubleshooting and debugging. The companion CD-ROM includes
all the code used in the design examples and a searchable ebook version of the text.
This book is not for the beginner, but rather
is an in-depth, comprehensive one-volume reference that addresses all the major issues in firmware design and development, including
the pertinent hardware issues.
Audience:
Embedded systems developers, programmers and designers, electronics engineers and technicians.