An embedded software primer / David E. Simon.

Preface
1. A first look at embedded systems
1.1 Examples of embedded systems
1.2 Typical hardware
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2. hardware fundamentals for the software engineer
2.1 Terminology
2.2 Gates
2.3 A few other basic considerations
2.4 Timing diagrams
2.5 Memory
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3. Advanced hardware fundamentals
3.1 Microprocessors
3.2 Buses
3.3 Direct memory access
3.4 Interrupts
3.5 Other common parts
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4. Interrupts
4.1 Microprocessor architecture
4.2 Interrupt basics
4.3 The shared-data problem
4.4 Interrupt latency
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5. Survey of software architectures
5.1 Round-Robin
5.2 Round-Robin with interrupts
5.3 Function-queue-scheduling architecture
5.4 Real-time operating system architecture
5.5 Selecting an architecture
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6. Introduction to real-time operating systems
6.1 Tasks and tasks states
6.2 Tasks and data
6.3 Semaphores and shared data
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7. More operating system services
7.1 Message queues, mailboxes, and pipes
7.2 Timer functions
7.3 Events
7.4 Memory management
7.5 Interrupt routines in an RTOS environment
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8. Basic design using a real-time operating system
8.1 Overview
8.2 Principles
8.3 An example
8.4 Encapsulating semaphores and queues
8.5 Hard real-time scheduling considerations
8.6 Saving memory space
8.7 Saving power
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9. Embedded software development tools
9.1 Host and target machines
9.2 Linker/ locator for embedded software
9.3 Getting embedded software into the target system
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10. Debugging techniques
10.1 Testing on your host machine
10.2 Instruction set simulators
10.3 The assert macro
10.4 Using laboratory tools
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11. An example system
11.1 What the problem does
11.2 Environment in which the problem operates
11.3 A guide to the source code
11.4 Source code
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-408) and index.

System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Windows 95,98,NT, Macintosh, and UNIX platforms.