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

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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 -- Review

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

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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 (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,166,893 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars longstanding ideas, October 6, 2005

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Cheol Hea Koo (R. of Korea) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

5 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real concepts of real system design, May 3, 2000

By	pankaj tyagi (India) - See all my reviews

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

The book help a lot for embedde system design. It covers some complex problems that a system designer can face during development. If anyone having some interest in such area SHOULD read this book at least once.

With Best Wishes

pankaj