Synthesis Lectures on Digital Circuits and Systems Ser.: Introduction to Embe...

INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDED SYSTEMS: USING ANSI C AND THE ARDUINO DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT (SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS) 1ST EDITION  INSIDE OF THE BOOK IS EXCELLENT - THE COVER HAS MINIMAL WEAR -  ISBN 978-1-60845-498-3 SERIES ISSN 1932-3166  Many electrical and computer engineering projects involve some kind of embedded system in which a microcontroller sits at the center as the primary source of control.  The recently-developed Arduino development platform includes an inexpensive hardware development board hosting an eight-bit ATMEL ATmega-family processor and a Java-based software-development environment. These features allow an embedded systems beginner the ability to focus their attention on learning how to write embedded software instead of wasting time overcoming the engineering CAD tools learning curve. The goal of this text is to introduce fundamental methods for creating embedded software in general, with a focus on ANSI C. The Arduino development platform provides a great means for accomplishing this task. As such, this work presents embedded software development using 100% ANSI C for the Arduino's ATmega328P processor.