The Art of Programming Embedded Systems

Embedded systems are products such as microwave ovens, cars, and toys that rely on an internal microprocessor. This book is oriented toward the design engineer or programmer who writes the computer code for such a system. There are a number of problems specific to the embedded systems designer, and this book addresses them and offers practical solutions. Key Features * Offers cookbook routines, algorithms, and design techniques * Includes tips for handling debugging management and testing * Explores the philosophy of tightly coupling software and hardware in programming and developing an embedded system * Provides one of the few coherent references on this subject

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
On the Algorithm Collection	p. 4
Corporate Knowledge	p. 7
Basic Assumptions	p. 8
Initial Considerations	p. 9
Business Issues	p. 9
Picking the Processor	p. 11
Estimating Memory Requirements	p. 17
Selecting I/O Devices	p. 20
Languages: The HLL Dilemma	p. 22
Transitioning to ROM	p. 29
Elegant Structures	p. 36
Designs with One CPU	p. 39
State Machines	p. 40
Distributed Processing	p. 45
Watchdogs	p. 51
The Software Engineering Methodology	p. 53
Design for Debugging	p. 63
Introduction	p. 63
Debugging Tools	p. 66
Adding Debugging Code	p. 86
Common Debugging Problems	p. 98
Common Sense	p. 100
Design for Test	p. 101
Internal Diagnostics	p. 102
External Diagnostics	p. 118
Memory Management	p. 121
How Memory Mappers Work	p. 123
Memory Management Units	p. 126
Practical Memory Management	p. 134
Tips and Techniques	p. 139
Language Support	p. 140
Approximations	p. 151
Errors	p. 152
Square Roots	p. 153
Higher Order Roots	p. 159
Logarithms	p. 160
Exponentials	p. 163
Cosine, Sine, and Tangent	p. 166
Inverse Trig Functions	p. 170
Interrupt Management	p. 174
Interrupts	p. 174
Interrupt Service	p. 178
Nonmaskable Interrupts	p. 180
Queue Handling	p. 183
Problem Areas	p. 186
Real-Time Operating Systems	p. 194
Tasking and Scheduling	p. 195
Using an RTOS	p. 201
Commercial Operating Systems	p. 202
A Poor Man's RTOS	p. 203
Signal Sampling and Smoothing	p. 223
Averaging	p. 225
Convolutions	p. 228
Differentiation	p. 233
Linear Calibrations	p. 234
Nonlinear Calibrations	p. 237
Standards	p. 244
Conclusion	p. 246
A Final Perspective	p. 247
Schedule Panics	p. 247
Make Yourself More Valuable	p. 250
The Future of Embedded Systems	p. 252
Magazines	p. 255
File Format	p. 257
Intel Hex Format	p. 257
Motorola S-Records	p. 259
Serial Communications	p. 261
ASCII	p. 261
RS-232 Data Transmission	p. 262
Bit Banging	p. 264
Autobauding	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 271
Index	p. 275
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