Embedded Microprocessor Systems: Real World Design [Paperback]

Stuart Ball (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 6, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0750697911 | ISBN-13: 978-0750697910

Embedded Microprocessor Systems is a revised and expanded new edition by the original author which covers both hardware and software for a variety of embedded systems. This book provides a clear, comprehensive introduction to embedded systems design with real-world examples.

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.

Covers many microprocessor families.
Includes numerous practical tips & pitfalls to avoid.
Breaks topics down into logical, easy to understand segments.

Editorial Reviews

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'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, Circuit Cellar INK

"The text includes many practical examples and tips, and points out potential pitfalls - which can help prevent time-consuming and expensive mistakes." - Electronics Now

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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. In this new edition, the author has expanded the section on debug to include avoiding common hardware, software and interrupt problems. Other new features include an expanded section on system integration and debug to address the capabilities of more recent emulators and debuggers, a section about combination micro-controller/PLD devices, and expanded information on industry standard embedded platforms. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Newnes (November 6, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750697911
• ISBN-13: 978-0750697910
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,213,151 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.