New book addresses embedded systems design

"Embedded systems design: an introduction to processes, tools, and techniques" by Arnold S Berger is available now from CMP Books.

"Embedded systems design: an introduction to processes, tools, and techniques" by Arnold S Berger is available now from CMP Books.

This comprehensive guide gives software developers a clear understanding of the embedded systems design life cycle and the specialised aspects of writing and testing software in this environment.

Author Arnold Berger explains key design considerations unique to embedded systems, including processor selection, code placement, dedicated debugging circuitry and tool requirements in detail.

He also covers each phase of the development process: specification, partition, design, integration, validation, and maintenance and upgrade, with attention to the methods and technologies used in each phase.

Dr Arnold S.

Berger holds a PhD in materials science from Cornell University.

During his years at Hewlett-Packard, he served as project manager for the HP64700 family of PC-based emulators and worked on the Teramac, an FPGA-based reconfigurable hardware accelerator.

He subsequently managed third-party tool support for AMD's 29K line of embedded microprocessors and served as director of research and development at toolmaker Applied Microsystems Corporation.

Most recently, he has assumed a full-time teaching role at University of Washington at Bothell, where he is helping to define and establish an embedded systems curriculum.

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