This book offers a comprehensive and balanced introduction to the design of small embedded systems. Important topics covered include microcontroller architectures, memory technologies, data conversion, serial protocols, program design, low power design, and design for the real time environment. The final chapter ingeniously applies systematic engineering design principles to embedded system design. While the Microchip PIC 16F84 is used extensively to illustrate the early material, examples elsewhere are drawn from a range of microcontroller families, leading to a broad view of device capabilities.
Progresses from introductory level up to professional practice
Combines all essential aspects of hardware and software
Contains pragmatic balance of theoretical and practical
Applies systematic design principles in novel way
Over 00 illustrations
6 Numerous worked and student examples
Tim Wilmshurst
analog design embedded systems material microcontroller programming software system design