Embedded Microprocessor Systems, Second Edition: Real World Design (Newnes) [Paperback]

Stuart Ball (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 075067234X | ISBN-13: 978-0750672344 | Publication Date: June 22, 2000 | Edition: 2

Embedded Microprocessor Systems is an introduction to the design of embedded microprocessor systems, from the initial concept through debugging the final result. Unlike many books on the market, Embedded Microprocessor Systems is not limited to describing any specific processor family, but covers the operation of and interfaces to several types of processors with an emphasis on cost and design tradeoffs.

Included throughout the book are numerous examples, tips, and pitfalls you can only learn from an experienced designer. Not only will you find out how to implement faster and better design processes, but also how to avoid time-consuming and expensive mistakes. The author's many years of experience in industry have given him an extremely practical approach to design realities and problems. He describes the entire process of designing circuits and the software that controls them, assessing the system requirements, as well as testing and debugging systems. The less-experienced engineer will be able to apply Ball's advice to everyday projects and challenges immediately with amazing results. As an added bonus to this new edition, the author has included a chapter on advanced concepts and appendices of interest to students and beginners.

Embedded Microprocessor Systems is an introduction to the design of embedded microprocessor systems, from the initial concept through debugging the final result. Unlike many books on the market, Embedded Microprocessor Systems is not limited to describing any specific processor family, but covers the operation of and interfaces to several types of processors with an emphasis on cost and design tradeoffs.

Included throughout the book are numerous examples, tips, and pitfalls you can only learn from an experienced designer. Not only will you find out how to implement faster and better design processes, but also how to avoid time-consuming and expensive mistakes. The author's many years of experience in industry have given him an extremely practical approach to design realities and problems. He describes the entire process of designing circuits and the software that controls them, assessing the system requirements, as well as testing and debugging systems. The less-experienced engineer will be able to apply Ball's advice to everyday projects and challenges immediately with amazing results. As an added bonus to this new edition, the author has included a chapter on advanced concepts and appendices of interest to students and beginners.

Revised and expanded by the original author
Covers both hardware and software for a variety of embedded systems
A clear, comprehensive introduction to the subject with real-world examples

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I'm very impressed...[Embedded Microprocessor Systems] covers many aspects of developing embedded systems that engineers new to the field may not consider."
-Ken Davidson, Editor-in-Chief of Circuit Cellar INK, about the previous edition

This book will provide an excellent introduction for someone new to the art of embedding microprocessors into systems. The pace is easy and the book is packed full of helpful tips.
Dr. Alistair Armitage, Measurement & Control

So can I recomment this book? Yes, very much. It is up-to-date, clear, and full of helpful tips.
-Dr. Alistair Armitage, Measurement & Control

It is labelled as an introduction to the design of embedded microprocessor systems, and I think it achieves this better than any other book I have seen.
-Dr. Alistair Armitage, Measurement & Control

Students and engineers new to embedded work looking for a general introduction to embedded system design will benefit from this book. It is suitable for engineers coming from the software or the hardware side. Highly Recommended.
-Chris Hills, CVu

From the Publisher

Included throughout the book are numerous examples, tips, and pitfalls you can only learn from an experienced designer. Not only will you find out how to implement faster and better design processes, but also how to avoid time-consuming and expensive mistakes. The author's many years of experience in industry have given him an extremely practical approach to design realities and problems. He describes the entire process of designing circuits and the software that controls them, assessing the system requirements, as well as testing and debugging systems. The less-experienced engineer will be able to apply Ball's advice to everyday projects and challenges immediately with amazing results. As an added bonus to this new edition, the author has included a chapter on advanced concepts and appendices of interest to students and beginners.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Newnes; 2 edition (June 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075067234X
• ISBN-13: 978-0750672344
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,216,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars review, January 24, 2011

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This review is from: Embedded Microprocessor Systems: Real World Design (Paperback)

This edition is great if you want to know something quickly and you don't need alot of explanation. This is not a very long book but it does have alot of terms that are important for the engineering career.
The later editions are an exact copy of this book except there is more explanation for the terms.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars longstanding ideas, October 5, 2005

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This review is from: Embedded Microprocessor Systems, Third Edition: Real World Design (Paperback)

Ball presents a relatively nontechnical introduction to using microprocessors in an embedded system. Possibly, the text is aimed at an electrical engineering undergraduate who is having her first course on this subject. The book describes hardware and software issues. Both must be learnt, because your system will consist of a microprocessor and various other chips for memory, clock, I/O ... So, for example, an input pin on your microprocessor might be for a Non-Maskable Interrupt. This could be hooked to the output of a watchdog timer chip. Then, in the assembler, you need to write logic that is run when the NMI is called.

I first dealt with such ideas in 1981-3. An interesting aspect of this book is that it discusses many ideas prevalent then. Though obviously with faster CPUs and more spacious memories nowadays. But the ideas remain true. Which should reassure you as well. What you learn here is largely independent of a given microprocessor family and technology. You can take these ideas going forward for many years.

4 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars presents good surroundings about real-embedded system, August 20, 2001

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This review is from: Embedded Microprocessor Systems, Second Edition: Real World Design (Newnes) (Paperback)

This book has wide contents about embedded system but brief. Readers will take many basic concepts of real system and embedded design. This book is appropriate to the beginner of embedded design.