Embedded System Design
Vahid, Frank (University of California, Riverside, CA) / Givargis, Tony D. (University of California, Riverside, CA)
This book introduces a modern approach to embedded system design, presenting software design and hardware design in a unified manner. It covers trends and challenges, introduces the design and use of single-purpose processors ("hardware") and general-purpose processors ("software"), describes memories and buses, illustrates hardware/software tradeoffs using a digital camera example, and discusses advanced computation models, controls systems, ...