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Computers as Components,

Edition 4 Principles of Embedded Computing System Design

Editors: By Marilyn Wolf, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Publication Date: 29 Sep 2016

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Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, Fourth Edition, continues to focus on foundational content in embedded systems technology and design while introducing new content on security and safety, the design of Internet-of-Things devices and systems, and wireless communications standards like Bluetooth® and ZigBee®.

Key Features

Uses real processors to demonstrate both technology and techniques
Shows readers how to apply principles to actual design practice
Stresses necessary fundamentals that can be applied to evolving technologies and helps readers gain facility to design large, complex embedded systems
Covers the design of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and systems, including applications, devices, and communication systems and databases
Introduces concepts of safety and security in embedded systems
Includes new chapter on Automotive and Aerospace Systems
Describes wireless communication standards such as Bluetooth® and ZigBee®

About the author

By Marilyn Wolf, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA

Dedication
Foreword to the First Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Chapter 1. Embedded Computing
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Complex systems and microprocessors
- 1.3. The embedded system design process
- 1.4. Design example: model train controller
- 1.5. A guided tour of this book
- 1.6. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Chapter 2. Instruction Sets
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Preliminaries
- 2.3. ARM processor
- 2.4. PICmicro midrange family
- 2.5. TI C55x DSP
- 2.6. TI C64x
- 2.7. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Chapter 3. CPUs
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Programming input and output
- 3.3. Supervisor mode, exceptions, and traps
- 3.4. Coprocessors
- 3.5. Memory system mechanisms
- 3.6. CPU performance
- 3.7. CPU power consumption
- 3.8. Safety and security
- 3.9. Design example: data compressor
- 3.10. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Chapter 4. Computing Platforms
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Basic computing platforms
- 4.3. The CPU bus
- 4.4. Memory devices and systems
- 4.5. Designing with computing platforms
- 4.6. Consumer electronics architecture
- 4.7. Platform-level performance analysis
- 4.8. Platform-level power management
- 4.9. Design example: alarm clock
- 4.10. Design example: audio player
- 4.11. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Chapter 5. Program Design and Analysis
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Components for embedded programs
- 5.3. Models of programs
- 5.4. Assembly, linking, and loading
- 5.5. Compilation techniques
- 5.6. Program-level performance analysis
- 5.7. Software performance optimization
- 5.8. Program-level energy and power analysis and optimization
- 5.9. Analysis and optimization of program size
- 5.10. Program validation and testing
- 5.11. Safety and security
- 5.12. Design example: software modem
- 5.13. Design example: digital still camera
- 5.14. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Chapter 6. Processes and Operating Systems
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Multiple tasks and multiple processes
- 6.3. Multirate systems
- 6.4. Preemptive real-time operating systems
- 6.5. Priority-based scheduling
- 6.6. Interprocess communication mechanisms
- 6.7. Evaluating operating system performance
- 6.8. Example real-time operating systems
- 6.9. Design example: telephone answering machine
- 6.10. Design example: engine control unit
- 6.11. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Chapter 7. System Design Techniques
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Design methodologies
- 7.3. Requirements analysis
- 7.4. Specifications
- 7.5. System analysis and architecture design
- 7.6. Dependability, safety, and security
- 7.7. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Chapter 8. Internet-of-Things Systems
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. IoT system applications
- 8.3. IoT system architectures
- 8.4. Networks for IoT
- 8.5. Databases and timewheels
- 8.6. Example: smart home
- 8.7. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Chapter 9. Automotive and Aerospace Systems
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Networked control systems in cars and airplanes
- 9.3. Vehicular networks
- 9.4. Safety and security
- 9.5. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Chapter 10. Embedded Multiprocessors
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Why multiprocessors?
- 10.3. Categories of multiprocessors
- 10.4. MPSOCs and shared memory multiprocessors
- 10.5. Design example: video accelerator
- 10.6. Application example: optical disk
- 10.7. Summary
- What we learned
- Further reading
Glossary
References
Index

ISBN: 9780128053874

Page Count: 568

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