Research Catalog

Title

Embedded systems : a contemporary design tool / James K. Peckol.

Author

Peckol, James K.

Publication

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, c2008.

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Description

xlvi, 810 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

"From operating our cars, to controlling the elevators we ride, to doing our laundry or cooking our dinner, the special computers we call embedded systems are quietly and unobtrusively doing their jobs. Embedded systems give us the ability to put increasingly large amounts of capability into ever-smaller devices. Embedded Systems: A Contemporary Design Tool introduces you to the theoretical hardware and software foundations of these systems and shows you how to apply embedded systems concepts to design practical applications that solve real-world challenges."--Jacket.

Subject

• Embedded computer systems
• Object-oriented methods (Computer science)
• Computer Systems

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 786-792) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword: Introduction to Embedded Systems -- pt. 1. Hardware and Software Infrastructure -- 1. Hardware Side -- pt. 1: An Introduction -- 2. Hardware Side -- pt. 2: Combinational Logic -- A Practical View -- 3. Hardware Side -- pt. 3: Storage Elements and Finite-State Machines -- A Practical View -- 4. Memories and the Memory Subsystem -- 5. Introduction to Software Modeling -- 6. Software Side -- pt. 1: The C Program -- 7. Software Side -- pt. 2: Pointers and Functions -- pt. 2. Developing the foundation -- 8. Safety, Reliability, and Robust Design -- 9. Embedded Systems Design and Development -- 10. Hardware Test and Debug -- pt. 3. Doing the Work -- 11. Real-Time Kernels and Operating Systems -- 12. Tasks and Task Management -- 13. Deadlocks -- 14. Performance Analysis and Optimization -- pt. 4. Interacting with the Physical World -- 15. Working Outside of the Processor I: A Model of Interprocess Communication -- 16. Working Outside of the Processor I: Refining the Model of Interprocess Communication -- 17. Working Outside of the Processor II: Interfacing to Local Devices -- 18. Working Outside of the Processor III: Interfacing to Remote Devices -- 19. Programmable Logic Devices -- App. A. Verilog Overview: The Verilog Hardware Description Language -- App. B. Laboratory Projects.

ISBN

• 9780471721802 (cloth)
• 0471721808 (cloth)

LCCN

^^2007017870

OCLC

123955153

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library