Fast and Effective Embedded Systems Design: Applying the ARM mbed

Description
This book is an introduction to embedded systems design, using the ARM mbed and C programming language as development tools

The mbed provides a compact, self-contained and low-cost hardware core, and the on-line compiler requires no download or installation, being accessible wherever an internet link exists. The book further combines these with a simple "breadboard" approach, whereby simple circuits are built up around the mbed, with no soldering or pcb assembly required.

The book adopts a "learning through doing" approach. Each chapter is based around a major topic in embedded systems. The chapter proceeds as a series of practical experiments; the reader sets up a simple hardware system, develops and downloads a simple program, and immediately observes and tests the outcomes. The book then reflects on the experimental results, evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the technology or technique introduced, explores how precise the link is between theory and practice, and considers applications and the wider context.

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
1 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, MICROCONTROLLERS and ARM
2 INTRODUCING the MBED
3. DIGITAL INPUT and OUTPUT
4. ANALOG OUTPUT
5. ANALOG INPUT
6 FURTHER PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
7. STARTING with SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS
8. LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS
9. INTERRUPTS, TIMERS and TASKS
10 MEMORY and DATA MANAGEMENT
11 An INTRODUCTION to DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
12 ADVANCED SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS
13 An INTRODUCTION to CONTROL SYSTEMS
14 LETTING GO of the MBED LIBRARIES
15 EXTENSION PROJECTS
APPENDIX A: SOME NUMBER SYSTEMS
APPENDIX B: SOME C ESSENTIALS
APPENDIX C: MBED TECHNICAL DATA
APPENDIX D: PARTS LIST
APPENDIX E: The TERA TERM TERMINAL EMULATOR