The Firmware Handbook (Embedded Technology)

Baltimore: Elsevier, 2004. - 384 p. Welcome to The Firmware Handbook! This book fills a critical gap in the embedded literature. There’s a crying need for a compendium of ideas and concepts, a handbook, a volume that lives on engineers’ desks, one they consult for solutions to problems and for insight into forgotten areas. Though the main topic is firmware, the gritty reality of the embedded world is that the code and hardware are codependent. Neither exists in isolation; in no other field of software is there such a deep coupling of the real and the virtual. Analog designers tout the fun of their profession. Sure, it’s a gas to slew an op amp. But those poor souls know nothing of the excitement of making things move, lights blink, gas flow. We embedded developers sequence motors, pump blood, actuate vehicles’ brakes, control the horizontal and vertical on TV sets and eject CDs. Who can beat the fuzzy line between firmware and the real world for fun? This handbook provides a comprehensive reference for firmware developers looking to increase their skills and productivity. It addresses each critical step of the development process in detail, including how to optimize hardware design for better firmware. Topics covered include real-time issues, interrupts and ISRs, memory management (including Flash memory), handling both digital and analog peripherals, communications interfacing, math subroutines, error handling, design tools, and troubleshooting and debugging. The companion CD-ROM includes all the code used in the design examples and a searchable ebook version of the text.

This book is not for the beginner, but rather is an in-depth, comprehensive one-volume reference that addresses all the major issues in firmware design and development, including the pertinent hardware issues.

* Included CD-Rom contains all the source code used in the design examples, so engineers can easily use it in their own designs The Firmware Handbook provides a comprehensive reference for firmware developers looking to increase their skills and productivity. It addresses each critical step of the development process in detail, including how to optimize hardware design for better firmware. Topics covered include real-time issues, interrupts and ISRs, memory management (including Flash memory), handling both digital and analog peripherals, communications interfacing, math subroutines, error handling, design tools, and troubleshooting and debugging. This book is not for the beginner, but rather is an in-depth, comprehensive one-volume reference that addresses all the major issues in firmware design and development, including the pertinent hardware issues. Master the complex world of firmware programming and troubleshooting with this comprehensive, practical reference written by the leader in the field!