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Title: An Embedded Software Primer by David E. Simon ISBN: 0-201-61569-X Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 05 August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The title says, "Embedded Software Primer"
Comment: For someone starting up into embedded systems this book is excellent. For an experienced developer this book makes for a nice bedtime read. The hardware overview is something that all software developers should understand but many don't take the time. Who needs an RTOS ? In todays fragmented embedded world, where we have 8051's at one end, and StrongArms or Power PC's at the other end of the spectrum, David Simon does a good job of presenting the available options. Table 5-1, "Characteristics of Various Software Architectures" is worth the price of the book. My only real complaint is that on the cover of the book the word 'kernel' has been spelled as 'kernal'.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for beginners and undergraduate level students
Comment: I started working on an embedded platform 1 year ago. Although now I have a good understanding of a lot of the aspects of the system, I never get the big picture.
This book provides exactly what I needed.
If you are a working software engineer and have spent years doing high level programming, the first few chapters will give you a good review of low-level-close-to-the-machine things that you need to know, which is also very useful for students as these are very important concepts that they need to understand to have a solid foundation to conquer higher level, more abstract CS subjects.
In embedded system, bugs in task code can bring down the device. Author has done a very good job explaining how to protect shared data using mechanism provided by a RTOS. The communication between interrupt/task and among tasks are also discussed thoroughly.
Unlike the other reviewer, I found the use of the C!! language in this book a very clever way to abstract away the hardware dependent code from the point being discussed. Consider it pseudo comment if you will.
BTW, the excellent typesetting and use of fonts also makes it a very pleasant experience reading this book.
Looking forward to see a more advanced text on embedded system from this author in the future.
Rating: 2
Summary: Way to basic!
Comment: It's just what it say "a primer". This book seems like it would be great for someone who has never programmed for embedded systems. However, if you have even a few months experiance under your belt, this book is a big waste of time. I purchased this book to use a quick refresh after being away from embedded programming for a few years. Sent it back after reading about 25% and skimming the rest.
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Title: Programming Embedded Systems in C and C ++ by Michael Barr ISBN: 1565923545 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Embedded Systems Design: An Introduction to Processes, Tools and Techniques by Arnold S. Berger ISBN: 1578200733 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems by Qing Li, Caroline Yao ISBN: 1578201241 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Designing Embedded Hardware by John Catsoulis ISBN: 0596003625 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: MicroC OS II: The Real Time Kernel (With CD-ROM) by Jean J. Labrosse ISBN: 1578201039 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $74.95 |
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