About the Author xxxiii

Foreword xxxv

Preface xlix

Acknowledgment lix

About the Companion Website lxi

Part 1 Hardware and Software Infrastructure

1 The Hardware Side - Part 1: An Introduction 1

2 The Hardware Side - Part 2: Combinational Logic - A Practical View 55

3 The Hardware Side - Part 3: Storage Elements and Finite-State Machines - A Practical View 111

4 Memories and the Memory Subsystem 165

5 An Introduction to Software Modeling 215

6 The Software Side - Part 1: The C Program 243

7 The Software Side - Part 2: Pointers and Functions 279

Part 2 Developing the Foundation

8 Safety, Security, Reliability, and Robust Design 331

9 Embedded Systems Design and Development - Hardware- Software Co-Design 403

10 Hardware Test and Debug 507

Part 3 Doing the Work

11 Real-Time Kernels and Operating Systems 541

12 Tasks and Task Management 573

13 Deadlocks 625

14 Performance Analysis and Optimization 645

Part 4 Developing the Foundation

15 Working Outside of the Processor I: A Model of Interprocess Communication 715

16 Working Outside of the Processor I: Refining the Model of Interprocess Communication 733

17 Working Outside of the Processor II: Interfacing to Local Devices 789

18 Working Outside of the Processor III: Interfacing to Remote Devices 837

19 Programmable Logic Devices 869

20 Practical Considerations Signal Behavior in the Real World - Part 1 - Noise and Crosstalk 893

21 Practical Considerations Signal Behavior in the Real World - Part 2 - High-Speed Signaling 909

A Verilog Overview: The Verilog Hardware Description Language 949

About the Author

JAMES K. PECKOL, PHD is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington Seattle, USA, where he has been named Teacher of the Year three times and Outstanding Faculty twice. He is also the founder of Oxford Consulting, Ltd., a product design and development consulting firm, is a member of Who's Who in the World, and has been presented with the Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award.

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