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News Release from: CMP Books | Subject: Embedded systems firmware demystified
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Embedded systems firmware demystified
New from CMP Books, "Embedded systems firmware demystified" by Ed Sutter claims to help convert a competent C programmer into an embedded whiz.
New from CMP Books, "Embedded systems firmware demystified" by Ed Sutter claims to help convert a competent C programmer into an embedded whiz The book and companion CD-ROM are priced at US $49.95
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The EmbestUniversity is a teaching platform focused on embedded system development.
This reader-friendly guide demonstrates how to build a network-bootable embedded system application from start to finish.
Readers get hands-on experience with the fundamentals of starting an embedded system - including the basic boot in assembly language, exception handling, Flash drivers and a flash file system, and serial and Ethernet connections.
Author Ed Sutter explains basic hardware concepts and differentiates between PC-based "native compilation" and embedded systems-based "crosscompilation" environments.
Sutter introduces a simple schematic, and readers learn how instructions are fetched from memory, as well as appreciate the implications of Flash versus EPROM, SRAM versus DRAM, microcontroller versus microprocessor, and data bus versus address bus.
The CD-ROM contains a complete user manual for the boot monitor and related components used in the book; source code for the entire monitor package; and a full, unrestricted GPL copy of Microcross GNU X-Tools.
This distribution includes crosscompilers, crossassemblers, simulators, board support libraries and other embedded development tools for 21 target processors.
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