Embedded system design : a unified hardware/software introduction

This book introduces a modern approach to embedded system design, presenting software design and hardware design in a unified manner.

It covers trends and challenges, introduces the design and use of single--purpose processors ("hardware") and general--purpose processors ("software"), describes memories and buses, illustrates hardware/software tradeoffs using a digital camera example, and discusses advanced computation models, controls systems, chip technologies, and modern design tools.

For courses found in EE, CS and other engineering departments.