By
Tammy Noergaard, Chief Specialist, Embedded Systems, Terma, Denmark.
Description
This comprehensive textbook provides a broad and in-depth overview of embedded systems architecture for engineering students and embedded
systems professionals. The book is well suited for undergraduate embedded systems courses in electronics/electrical engineering and engineering
technology (EET) departments in universities and colleges, as well as for corporate training of employees.
The book is a readable
and practical guide covering embedded hardware, firmware, and applications. It clarifies all concepts with references to current embedded
technology as it exists in the industry today, including many diagrams and applicable computer code. Among the topics covered in detail
are:
· hardware components, including processors, memory, buses, and I/O
· system software, including device drivers and operating
systems
· use of assembly language and high-level languages such as C and Java
· interfacing and networking
· case studies of
real-world embedded designs
· applicable standards grouped by system application
Audience:
Embedded Systems Firmware Demystified (With CD-ROM); Ed Sutter; 366 pages; CMP Books; 2002; ISBN: 1578200997; $49.95
Embedded Systems Design, Second Edition; Steve Heath; 430 pages ; Butterworth-Heinemann; 2002; ISBN: 0750655461; $49.99