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Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software

by Elecia White

Designing software around the hardware

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Designing software around the hardware

Elecia White’s second edition treats embedded programming as a discipline shaped by limited resources and physical devices, not simply as software moved onto a small processor. It brings classic design patterns together with approaches specific to embedded work, covering system architecture, hardware challenges, changing designs, and manufacturing considerations. Practical topics include interpreting schematics and datasheets, working with sensors and other I/O, and managing memory, power, code size, and processor cycles. New material extends the guide to IoT and networked sensors, motors, debugging, and data handling; it also addresses complex mathematics and machine learning on small processors. The breadth makes the book a bridge between software design decisions and the constraints of building real devices.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Intermediate or experienced programmers developing embedded systems
  • Engineers working with processors, sensors, motors, or other hardware interfaces
  • Readers seeking guidance on resource constraints, device architecture, or embedded IoT

Themes

Embedded software design patternsResource-constrained architectureHardware and I/O integrationDebugging and data handlingIoT and networked sensors

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Book overview

Interested in developing embedded systems? Since they don't tolerate inefficiency, these systems require a disciplined approach to programming. This easy-to-read guide helps you cultivate good development practices based on classic software design patterns and new patterns unique to embedded programming. You'll learn how to build system architecture for processors, not for operating systems, and you'll discover techniques for dealing with hardware difficulties, changing designs, and manufacturing requirements.

Written by an expert who has created systems ranging from DNA scanners to children's toys, this book is ideal for intermediate and experienced programmers, no matter what platform you use. This expanded second edition includes new chapters on IoT and networked sensors, motors and movement, debugging, data handling strategies, and more.

  • Optimize your system to reduce cost and increase performance
  • Develop an architecture that makes your software robust in resource-constrained environments
  • Explore sensors, displays, motors, and other I/O devices
  • Reduce RAM and power consumption, code space, and processor cycles
  • Learn how to interpret schematics, datasheets, and power requirements
  • Discover how to implement complex mathematics and machine learning on small processors
  • Design effective embedded systems for IoT and networked sensors
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