Intended for beginners familiar with C syntax, this guide explains how to read a schematic for a circuit board, write software for execution on an embedded system, test memory devices, interface with peripherals, and deal with interrupts. The second edition adds closing chapters on the eCos real-time operating system, the embedded Linux operating system, and optimization techniques. Annotation �2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

� propos de l?auteur

Michael Barr is a leading authority on the design of embedded computer systems. He has provided expert testimony in court, appeared on the PBS show "American Business Review", and been quoted in newspaper articles. Barr is also the author of more than forty technical articles, co-author of the "Embedded Systems Dictionary", and founder of Embedipedia.net. For three and a half years he served as editor-in-chief of Embedded Systems Programming magazine. Mr. Barr is CTO of the Netrino Consultants Network, which he founded in 1996. Netrino consultants have designed and developed software that runs millions of systems worldwide, from consumer electronics to medical devices. Anthony Massa has been developing embedded software since 1994 and wrote "Embedded Software Development with eCos" (Prentice Hall PTR).

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