Intelligent seonsors are revolutionizing the world of system design in everything from sports cars to assembly lines. These new sensors have abilities that leave their predecessors in the dust! They not only measure parameters efficiently and precisely, but they also have the ability to enhance and interupt those measurements, thereby transformng raw data into truly useful information.

Unlike many embedded systems books that confine themselves strictly to firmware and software, this book also delves into the supporting electronic hardware, providing the reader with a complete understanding of the issues involved when interfacing to specific types of sensor and offering insight into the real-world problems designers will face. Meaningful software examples are implemented in both C and assembly language, and the source code is included on the accompanying CD (not included in this post). The examples provide a complete, easily extensible code framework for sensor-based applications as well as basic support routines that are often ignored or treated superficially. The goal throughout is to make readers truly productive as quickly as possible while providing the thorough understanding necessary to design robust systems.

Readers will gain in-depth, real-world design information that will help them be more productive and get up to speed on sensor design skills more quickly. The book provides designers and students a leg up in a relatively new design area, imparting knowledge about a new microcontroller that offers some of the functionality of a DSP chip.

* Quickly teaches the reader to design the new wave in sensor technology, "intelligent" sensors

* In-depth design techniques, real-world examples, detailed figures and usable code

* Application chapters thoroughly exploring temperature, pressure and load, and flow sensors

* A FREE CD (not included in this post) that provides a toolkit of software models in both C and assembly language

Review
"Although Huddleston specifically covers the dsPIC in this book, it is general enough to be used as an introduction on digital sensors for any DSP or DSC platform. Huddleston does get into dsPIC specifics, though he assumes a general understanding of Microchips DSC platform. Huddleston does cover some of the non-signal processing aspects of the dsPIC like communication support...If you plan on using the dsPIC, youll likely be pulling this one off the shelf for reference." - William Wong, Electronic Design


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Description

Publisher: Springer; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 1402060661
Paperback: 157 pages
Data: July 11, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: The market is flooded with numbers of good books on designed especially with the most popular MCS51 family. These books are traditional in nature i.e. they start with the routine of 8051, description of registers, ports, interrupts etc. Most of these things are already covered in the device data sheet and application notes. In this book all such routine things are skipped. The focus is on programming to be specific MCS-51 family in C using Keil IDE. The book presents seventeen live case studies apart from the many basic programs organized around every on-chip resource like port, time/counter, interrupt , serial I/O etc. Rather than introducing the underpinning theory or reproducing lengthy data sheets, our approach is "learning-through-doing" and one that appeals to busy electronics designers. The C codes given are well supported by easy to understand comments wherever required. Mastering the basic modules and hands on working with the projects will enable to grasp the for most 8051 programs. Whether you are a student using the MCS-51 family of microcontrollers for your project work or an embedded systems programmer, this is a book that will give you a kick-start in using and understanding the most popular microcontroller.

Authors through their interaction with the undergraduate, postgraduate students as well as industry professionals have found that such a book is a need of the microcontroller community interested in C programming. The book will bridge the gap between the microcontroller hardware experts and the C programmers.



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"This book is essential for anyone working with the Rabbit series of processors, boards, or core modules. .The book covers firmware from soup to nuts, from assembly language to C, including real time OSes and even modern networking." --Jack Ganssle Systems Design using the Rabbit 3000 Microprocessor, by Kamal Hyder and Bob Perrin, (ISBN: 0750678720) is a complete introduction to programming with this popular microprocessor. Rabbit Semiconductor sells a popular range of 8 bit microprocessors that offer quite high-end performance.

My son and I just finished a project for his high school with one, and I've used them for a number of other applications. The R3000 is sort of like a Z80 on steroids, with many new instructions, wider address bus and a wealth of on-board peripherals. Like any modern high-integration CPU the Rabbit offers so much it's sometimes hard to get a handle on managing all of the I/O. This book will get you started, and is a must-read for developers using the part. The first few chapters describe the CPU in general and the development environment provided by Rabbit (Dynamic C). Chapter 5, though, is a description of interfacing to the real world, using all sorts of devices. It's aimed at engineers, not raw newbies, but, for an engineer at least, is an easy and descriptive read. The chapter on interrupts is one of the best I've seen in any book. It covers the hard stuff, like writing ISRs in C and assembly, with real-world examples. If you're using the R3000 just cut and paste the code into your application.

It seems today that if there's a transistor in a product then it needs an Internet connection. Rabbit has several development kits that include everything needed to connect to the 'net. The authors devote considerable space to networking, but thankfully with only a cursory explanation of protocols. Rather, they give step-by-step instructions on implementing a working network, and conclude with a complete web server for monitoring water sprinklers. The final chapter covers an alternative toolchain from Softools. Dynamic C is a single-module compile-it-all paradigm that's highly interactive. Softools sells a well-supported, reasonably-priced conventional C compiler, assembler and IDE. I only recommend products I've used and like, and the Softools products are first-rate. Systems Design using the Rabbit 3000 Microprocessor is required reading for users of the R3000, and a pretty darn good introduction to the entire realm of embedded systems development as well. - Jack Ganssle





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Publisher: Newnes
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2006-01-27
Sales Rank: 948598
ISBN / ASIN: 0750679182
EAN: 9780750679183
Binding: Paperback
Manufacturer: Newnes
Studio: Newnes
Average Rating: 2.5

In an embedded system, firmware is the software that directly interfaces with the microcontroller, controlling the systems function. The major forces driving the embedded firmware development process today are reduced development times, increased complexity, and the need to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. These forces translate into strenuous design requirements for embedded engineers and programmers. Many low-level embedded microcontroller designs have insufficient memory and/or architectural limitations that make the use of a impractical. The techniques presented in this book allow the design of robust multitasking firmware through the use of interleaved state machines. This book presents a complete overview of multitasking terminology and basic concepts. Practical criteria for task selection and state machine design are also discussed.
Designing multitasking firmware is arduous, complex and fraught with potential for errors, and there is no one, standard way to do it. This book will present a complete and well-organized design approach with examples and sample source code that designers can follow.

* Covers every aspect of design from the system level to the component level, including system timing, communicating with the hardware, integration and testing.
* Accompanying CD-ROM contains the source code for the text examples and other useful design tools.

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Embedded Hardware System Design

The term "embedded system" refers to the incorporation of microcontrollers and microprocessors in equipment, appliances, toys, and other devices that provide a certain degree of computer control. This introduction to the design of embedded systems provides for hardware and software engineers the methodology, base of knowledge, and common problems in the field of embedded design. Included are discussions of device architecture, memory, I/O, and development techniques. Hardware design topics and information regarding specific, commercially available devices are addressed. This book also explores processor interfacing, buses, user programmable logic devices, system timing, and design verification. Includes CD-ROM

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Embedded C shows how to write C code for embedded processors based on the 8051 family of microcontrollers.

Embedded C is a good introductory book to using Keil's C51 C-compiler. Written for programmers with desktop experience in C, C++ or Java, the book describes the control of port pins, the reading of switches, and the creation of embedded operating systems, and concludes with an example alarm system application. The CD-ROM contains evaluation versions of Keil's C compiler and a hardware simulator

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