Designing Embedded Hardware - Softcover

Catsoulis, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0596003625 ISBN 13: 9780596003623

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2003

Synopsis

Intelligent readers who want to build their own embedded computer systems-- installed in everything from cell phones to cars to handheld organizers to refrigerators-- will find this book to be the most in-depth, practical, and up-to-date guide on the market. Designing Embedded Hardware carefully steers between the practical and philosophical aspects, so developers can both create their own devices and gadgets and customize and extend off-the-shelf systems.

There are hundreds of books to choose from if you need to learn programming, but only a few are available if you want to learn to create hardware. Designing Embedded Hardware provides software and hardware engineers with no prior experience in embedded systems with the necessary conceptual and design building blocks to understand the architectures of embedded systems.

Written to provide the depth of coverage and real-world examples developers need, Designing Embedded Hardware also provides a road-map to the pitfalls and traps to avoid in designing embedded systems.

Designing Embedded Hardware covers such essential topics as:

• The principles of developing computer hardware
• Core hardware designs
• Assembly language concepts
• Parallel I/O
• Analog-digital conversion
• Timers (internal and external)
• UART
• Serial Peripheral Interface
• Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus
• Controller Area Network (CAN)
• Data Converter Interface (DCI)
• Low-power operation

This invaluable and eminently useful book gives you the practical tools and skills to develop, build, and program your own application-specific computers.

About this title

About the Author

John Catsoulis is an electronics engineer, programmer and physicist who specializes in advanced computer architectures. He is responsible for the design of over 25 embedded computer systems, and since 1996 has been Managing Director of Embedded Pty Ltd., a company that designs computers for industry, government, military and scientific agencies.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0596003625
• ISBN 13: 9780596003623
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Orwant Jon