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  • Embedded Software: Know It All

    • 1st Edition
    • September 14, 2007
    • Jean J. Labrosse + 9 more
    • English
    The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!Embedded software is present everywhere – from a garage door opener to implanted medical devices to multicore computer systems. This book covers the development and testing of embedded software from many different angles and using different programming languages. Optimization of code, and the testing of that code, are detailed to enable readers to create the best solutions on-time and on-budget. Bringing together the work of leading experts in the field, this a comprehensive reference that every embedded developer will need!

  • Embedded Hardware: Know It All

    • 1st Edition
    • September 14, 2007
    • Jack Ganssle + 8 more
    • English
    The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!Circuit design using microcontrollers is both a science and an art. This book covers it all. It details all of the essential theory and facts to help an engineer design a robust embedded system. Processors, memory, and the hot topic of interconnects (I/O) are completely covered. Our authors bring a wealth of experience and ideas; this is a must-own book for any embedded designer.

  • The RF in RFID

    Passive UHF RFID in Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • September 13, 2007
    • Daniel Dobkin + 1 more
    • English
    This book includes a survey of all RFID fundamentals and practices in the first part of the book while the second part focuses on UHF passive technology. This coverage of UHF technology and its components including tags, readers, and antennas is essential to commercial implementation in supply chain logistics and security. Readers of this book should have an electrical engineering background but have not yet dealt with RFID. To this end, Dr. Dobkin is very careful to illustrate all concepts and detail his explanations meticulously. In this way he brings the reader along organically showing him/her what to expect, develop, and use while implementing an RFID system.

  • Practical Embedded Security

    Building Secure Resource-Constrained Systems
    • 1st Edition
    • August 31, 2007
    • Timothy Stapko
    • English
    The great strides made over the past decade in the complexity and network functionality of embedded systems have significantly enhanced their attractiveness for use in critical applications such as medical devices and military communications. However, this expansion into critical areas has presented embedded engineers with a serious new problem: their designs are now being targeted by the same malicious attackers whose predations have plagued traditional systems for years. Rising concerns about data security in embedded devices are leading engineers to pay more attention to security assurance in their designs than ever before. This is particularly challenging due to embedded devices’ inherent resource constraints such as limited power and memory. Therefore, traditional security solutions must be customized to fit their profile, and entirely new security concepts must be explored. However, there are few resources available to help engineers understand how to implement security measures within the unique embedded context. This new book from embedded security expert Timothy Stapko is the first to provide engineers with a comprehensive guide to this pivotal topic. From a brief review of basic security concepts, through clear explanations of complex issues such as choosing the best cryptographic algorithms for embedded utilization, the reader is provided with all the information needed to successfully produce safe, secure embedded devices.

  • Troubleshooting Switching Power Converters

    A Hands-on Guide
    • 1st Edition
    • August 31, 2007
    • Sanjaya Maniktala
    • English
    Power Supply design is all about detail. And a large part of that detail lies in the practical domain, largely because of the typically small number of microseconds of switching periods involved, and the even smaller tens of nanoseconds of switch transition times --- all these, in effect accentuating various "second-order" effects, that eventually end up playing prime havoc with "normal" expectations of how the circuit should behave. So not unsurprisingly, even after reading several books, most readers still find themselves no closer to the ultimate goal of designing an actual power supply. Sooner or later, all engineers start realizing the hard fact that designing a switching power supply isn't the trivial task it once seemed to be. But even after years of successfully mastering the underlying theory, the ultimate goal of creating a cost-effective, reliable and commercially viable power supply may still remain a distant dream, since success ultimately hinges on experience. That is, in fact, what clearly differentiates a senior and seasoned power supply engineer from the others --- the ability to navigate and surmount a veritable minefield of tricky issues that can only be learned the hard way, by actual hands-on experience on the job. This book presents practical knowledge the author acquired rather painfully, while working "in the trenches" for several years in major engineering companies scattered across several continents. This is intended to be the mythical senior engineer's "bag of tricks," finally made available in the form of an easy-to-read book on your shelf. This book will make life for the ambitious power supply engineer much simpler --- besides reducing significantly, the rigorous requirement of having to be a senior engineer's protégé for years on end, just to gain a small measure of real success in this field.

  • The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3

    • 1st Edition
    • August 21, 2007
    • Joseph Yiu
    • English
    This user's guide does far more than simply outline the ARM Cortex-M3 CPU features; it explains step-by-step how to program and implement the processor in real-world designs. It teaches readers how to utilize the complete and thumb instruction sets in order to obtain the best functionality, efficiency, and reuseability. The author, an ARM engineer who helped develop the core, provides many examples and diagrams that aid understanding. Quick reference appendices make locating specific details a snap! Whole chapters are dedicated to: Debugging using the new CoreSight technologyMigrating effectively from the ARM7 The Memory Protection Unit Interfaces, Exceptions,Interrupt... ...and much more!

  • Understanding Fabless IC Technology

    • 1st Edition
    • August 14, 2007
    • Jeorge S. Hurtarte + 2 more
    • English
    Fabless (no fabrication) IC (integrated circuit) techniques are growing rapidly and promise to become the standard method of IC manufacturing in the near future, this book will provide readers with what will soon be required knowledge of the subject. Other books on IC fabrication deal with the strictly physical process aspects of the topic and assume all factors in IC fabrication are under the control of the IC designing company. By contrast, this title recognizing that fabless IC design is often as much about managing business relationships as it is about physical processes. “Fabless” ICs are those designed and marketed by one company but actually manufactured by another.

  • Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology

    The Guide for the Digital Age - from HDTV, DVD and flat-screen technologies to Multimedia Broadcasting, Mobile TV and Blu Ray
    • 4th Edition
    • August 9, 2007
    • K. F. Ibrahim
    • English
    Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology provides a full and comprehensive coverage of video and television technology including the latest developments in display equipment, HDTV and DVD. Starting with TV fundamentals, the bulk of the book covers the many new technologies that are bringing growth to the TV and video market, such as plasma and LCD, DLP (digital light processing), DVD, Blu ray technology, Digital television, High Definition television (HDTV) and video projection systems. For each technology, a full explanation is provided of its operation and practical application, supported by over 300 diagrams including schematic diagrams of commercially available consumer equipment. Where relevant, testing and fault finding procedures are outlined together with typical fault symptoms supported by photographs. The new edition has a number of useful appendices on microcomputer/microc... systems, test instruments, serial buses (I2C and RS 232), teletext and error correction techniques. The book is intended for students of electronics and practicing engineers. In particular, it will useful for students on vocational courses and service engineers as well as enthusiasts.

  • Robot Builder's Cookbook

    Build and Design Your Own Robots
    • 1st Edition
    • August 7, 2007
    • Owen Bishop
    • English
    Owen Bishop introduces, through hands-on project work, the mechanics, electronics and programming involved in practical robot design-and-build. The use of the PIC microcontroller throughout provides a painless introduction to programming whilst harnessing the power of a highly popular microcontroller used by students and design engineers worldwide.This is a book for first-time robot builders, advanced builders wanting to know more about programming robots and students in Further and Higher Education tackling microcontroller-base... practical work. They will all find this book a unique and exciting source of projects, ideas and techniques, to be combined into a wide range of fascinating robots.

  • PIC Microcontrollers: Know It All

    • 1st Edition
    • July 30, 2007
    • Lucio Di Jasio + 7 more
    • English
    The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written over the past few years and creates a one-stop reference for engineers involved in markets from communications to embedded systems and everywhere in between. PIC design and development a natural fit for this reference series as it is one of the most popular microcontrollers in the world and we have several superbly authored books on the subject. This material ranges from the basics to more advanced topics. There is also a very strong project basis to this learning. The average embedded engineer working with this microcontroller will be able to have any question answered by this compilation. He/she will also be able to work through real-life problems via the projects contained in the book. The Newnes Know It All Series presentation of theory, hard fact, and project-based direction will be a continual aid in helping the engineer to innovate in the workplace.Section I. An Introduction to PIC MicrocontrollersChap... 1. The PIC Microcontroller FamilyChapter 2. Introducing the PIC 16 Series and the 16F84AChapter 3. Parallel Ports, Power Supply and the Clock OscillatorSection II. Programming PIC Microcontrollers using Assembly LanguageChapter 4. Starting to Program—An Introduction to AssemblerChapter 5. Building Assembler ProgramsChapter 6. Further Programming TechniquesChapter 7. Prototype HardwareChapter 8. More PIC Applications and DevicesChapter 9. The PIC 1250x Series (8-pin PIC microcontrollers)Cha... 10. Intermediate Operations using the PIC 12F675Chapter 11. Using InputsChapter 12. Keypad ScanningChapter 13. Program ExamplesSection III. Programming PIC Microcontrollers using PicBasicChapter 14. PicBasic and PicBasic Pro Programming Chapter 15. Simple PIC ProjectsChapter 16. Moving On with the 16F876Chapter 17. CommunicationSection IV. Programming PIC Microcontrollers using MBasicChapter 18. MBasic Compiler and Development BoardsChapter 19. The Basics—OutputChapter 20. The Basics—Digital InputChapter 21. Introductory Stepper MotorsChapter 22. Digital Temperature Sensors and Real-Time ClocksChapter 23. Infrared Remote ControlsSection V. Programming PIC Microcontrollers using CChapter 24. Getting StartedChapter 25. Programming LoopsChapter 26. More LoopsChapter 27. NUMB3RSChapter 28. InterruptsChapter 29. Taking a Look under the Hood

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