Programming for Embedded Systems: Cracking the Code [Paperback]

Dreamtech Software Team (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 5, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0764549545 | ISBN-13: 978-0764549540

* Presents a variety of complete embedded applications with design specifications, flow diagrams and source code with line-by-line explanation.
* Includes discussion of the challenges of embedded development such as timing, processor clocks and virtual environment development.
* The target platforms for embedded software are covered: microcontrollers (16 bit and 32 bit) as well as Digital Signal processors. After discussing the basic architecture of these processors, the specifics of archtecture are covered with special reference to 8051, ADSP 2181 and ARM processors.
* An overview of the Operating systems (embedded, real time and moble Operating Systems)will be given with discussion on APIs for development of embedded software. The function calls in C/++ and Java will be illustrated with examples.
* Line by line detailed analysis of the source code behind cutting-edge embedded applications including GPS, security systems, networked information appliances, cellular phones, embedded databases and wireless network devices.
* Applications built on a variety of popular embedded operating systems including NT, LINUX and Java (J2ME).
ABOUT THE CD-ROM
CD ROM includes fully functioning IM systems built in the book, along with complete source code and additional 3rd party development tools.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Create Tomorrow's Embedded Systems Today

In this unique guide, a crack team of software engineers delivers the programming solutions and source code you need to jump-start a wide range of embedded systems projects. Using flow charts and line-by-line analysis of 23 professional-quality applications, they show you how to solve typical embedded Systems programming challenges-and create your own applications using a wide range of programming languages, operating systems, development platforms, and processors.

Take an In-Depth Look at 23 Embedded Systems Applications
* Navigation system using a GPS receiver
* Communications systems for protocol conversion and VoIP
* Mobile data applications using BREW-MP3 player and salary survey
* Real-time systems using RTLinux-printing, messaging and more
* Windows CE database applications -salary survey and energy meter reading
* Networked information appliances using the HP Chai Appliance Platform-CRM, location-based services and more
* Mobile Java appliances-electronic city guide, Jini appliance control, ACRemote application
* Windows XP embedded applications -air conditioner remote control, audio player remote control, typing speed indicator, database application, electronic voting

The CD-ROM features:
* Professional-quality embedded systems applications, with over 7,800 lines of source code
* Java 2 Software Development Kit, Standard Edition version 1.4 for Windows; Forte for Java, release 3.0, Community Edition; and Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition, Wireless Toolkit 1.0.3

All software tested at the Dreamtech Software Research Lab

About the Author

DreamTech Software India, Inc., is a leading provider of corporate software solutions. Based in New Delhi, India, the Dreamtech Software Team has more than 50 years of combined software engineering experience.

Product Details

• Paperback: 572 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (July 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764549545
• ISBN-13: 978-0764549540
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,660,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars useless, September 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming for Embedded Systems: Cracking the Code (Paperback)

I bought this book a week ago and from the time i have opened it and read it till now (a week after) it did not give me anything useful at all! The book is full of source code lines which are actually useless because they do not compile in the first place. Second, the code is commented very very badly.
I would not suggest to anyone to buy this book. It IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!
There are other much much better books out there for embedded programming.

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very good technical book, July 6, 2009

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This review is from: Programming for Embedded Systems: Cracking the Code (Paperback)

This is a very specific Book to programmers. This book isn't for Begginers, it's necessary to have bases to understand this book.