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



Ch1: 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



Ch2: 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



Ch3: 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



Ch4: 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



Ch5: 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



Ch6: 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



Ch7: 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



Ch8: 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



Ch9: 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



Ch10: 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



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