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This book takes a unique "processor-agnostic" approach to teaching the core course on microcontrollers or embedded systems, taught at most schools of electrical and computer engineering. Most books for this course teach students using only one specific microcontroller in the class. Cady,however, studies the common ground between microcontrollers in one volume. As there is no other book available to serve this purpose in the classroom, readership is broadened to anyone who accepts its pedagogical value, not simply those courses that use the same... MORE

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Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Computers, Microprocessors, Microcomputers, Microcontrollers	p. 1
Moore's Law	p. 4
Microcontrollers	p. 5
Some Basic Definitions	p. 6
Notation	p. 8
Study Plan	p. 8
General Principles of Microcontrollers	p. 9
Introduction	p. 9
A Typical Microcontroller	p. 9
The Picocontroller	p. 11
The Microcontroller's Memory	p. 21
The Central Processor Unit	p. 26
Timing	p. 30
The I/O Interface	p. 35
The Address, Data, and Control Buses	p. 36
Some More Instructions	p. 36
The Final Picocontroller Design	p. 38
Software/Firmware Development	p. 38
The Software Development Tool Set	p. 40
Remaining Questions	p. 44
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 44
Problems	p. 45
Structured Program Design	p. 48
The Need for Software Design	p. 48
The Software Development Process	p. 49
Top-Down Design	p. 49
Design Partitioning	p. 53
Bottom-Up Design	p. 53
The Real-World Approach	p. 54
Types of Design Activity	p. 54
Design Tools	p. 55
Top-Down Debugging and Testing	p. 62
Structured Programming in Assembly Language	p. 63
Program Comments	p. 63
Software Documentation	p. 68
A Top-Down Design Example	p. 69
Chapter Summary Points	p. 73
Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 75
Problems	p. 75
Introduction to the CPU: Registers and Condition Codes	p. 78
Introduction	p. 78
CPU Registers	p. 78
Register Transfers	p. 79
The Condition Code Register	p. 80
The Programmer's Model	p. 88
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 88
Problems	p. 88
Memory Addressing Modes	p. 91
Introduction	p. 91
Addressing Terminology	p. 91
Memory Types	p. 92
Computer Types and Memory Maps	p. 92
Memory Architectures	p. 95
Addressing Modes	p. 98
Stack Addressing	p. 105
Chapter Conclusion and Summary Points	p. 107
Problems	p. 108
Assembly Language Programming	p. 110
Assembly Language Programming Style	p. 110
Structured Assembly Language Programming	p. 119
Interprocess Communication	p. 125
Assembly Language Tricks of the Trade	p. 132
Making It Look Pretty	p. 133
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 133
Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 134
Problems	p. 134
C Programming for Embedded Systems	p. 141
Introduction	p. 141
Major Differences Between C for Embedded and Desktop Applications	p. 141
Architecture of a C Program	p. 144
Assembly Language Interface	p. 146
Bits and Bytes: Accessing I/O Registers	p. 149
Interrupts	p. 155
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 156
Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 156
Problems	p. 157
Debugging Microcontroller Software and Hardware	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
Program Debugging	p. 159
Debugging Your Code	p. 161
Debugging Tools	p. 170
Typical Assembly Language Program Bugs	p. 174
Debugging and Testing C Programs	p. 182
Other Debugging Techniques	p. 184
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 186
Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 187
Problems	p. 187
Computer Buses and Parallel I/O	p. 189
Introduction	p. 189
The Computer Bus	p. 191
I/O Addressing	p. 197
More Bus Ideas	p. 206
Microcontroller I/O	p. 209
More I/O Ideas	p. 211
I/O Software	p. 211
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 219
Problems	p. 219
Interrupts and Real-Time Events	p. 222
Introduction	p. 222
The Interrupt Process	p. 226
Multiple Sources of Interrupts	p. 231
Simultaneous Interrupts: Priorities	p. 232
Nested Interrupts	p. 234
Other Interrupts	p. 236
The Interrupt Service Routine or Interrupt Handler	p. 237
An Interrupt Program Template	p. 238
Advanced Interrupts	p. 240
Watchdog Timer or Computer Operating Properly (COP)	p. 241
Real-Time Interrupt	p. 242
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 242
Problems	p. 244
Memory	p. 246
Introduction	p. 246
A Short History of Random Access Memory	p. 246
Semiconductor Memory	p. 248
Memory Timing Requirements	p. 254
Chapter Conclusion and Summary Points	p. 258
Problems	p. 258
Serial I/O	p. 260
Introduction	p. 260
The Asynchronous Serial Communication System	p. 260
Standards for the Asynchronous Serial I/O Interface	p. 264
Asynchronous Serial Hardware Interfaces	p. 267
ASCII Data and Control Codes	p. 273
Asynchronous Data Flow Control	p. 276
Debugging and Trouble Shooting	p. 276
Asynchronous Serial I/O Software	p. 277
Synchronous Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)	p. 278
SPI Interface Examples	p. 283
Inter-Integrated Circuit (IIC or I2C)	p. 293
The Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus	p. 298
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 305
Problems	p. 306
Analog Input and Output	p. 309
Introduction	p. 309
Data Acquisition and Conversion	p. 310
Shannon's Sampling Theorem and Aliasing	p. 313
A/D Errors	p. 316
Choosing the A/D Converter	p. 320
The Analog-to-Digital Converter Interface	p. 323
Analog-to-Digital Converter Types	p. 324
Digital-to-Analog Conversion	p. 328
Other Analog I/O Methods	p. 332
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 332
Problems	p. 334
Counters and Timers	p. 336
Introduction	p. 336
The Timer/Counter	p. 336
Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Waveforms	p. 343
"Real" Real-Time Clock: Clock Time	p. 344
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 344
Problems	p. 346
Single-Chip Microcontroller Interfacing Techniques	p. 348
Microcontroller Chip I/O	p. 348
Simple Input Devices	p. 351
Simple Display Devices	p. 365
Parallel I/O Expansion	p. 368
Parallel I/O Electronics	p. 372
Temperature Measurements	p. 376
Motor Control	p. 377
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 396
Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 397
Problems	p. 397
Real-Time Operating Systems	p. 399
Introduction	p. 399
The Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)	p. 400
Conclusion and Chapter Summary Points	p. 415
Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 416
Problems	p. 416
Appendix Binary Codes	p. 419
Binary Codes Review	p. 419
Problems	p. 432
Solutions to Selected Problems	p. 435
Index	p. 459
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Fredrick M. Cady is Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Montana State University. He has been honored with several teaching awards, including MSU Bozeman Mortar Board Professor of the Month, MSU Alumni-Chamber of Commerce Award for Excellence, and the Phi Kappa Phi Anna Krueger Fridley Award for Distinguished Teaching.

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