New Embedded System Development Book by O'Reilly

This new book “Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software” has been written by Elicia White, the founder of Logical Elegance, an embedded systems consulting company based in San Jose and an expert who’s created embedded systems ranging from urban surveillance and DNA scanners to children’s toys.

O’Reilly says this book is ideal for intermediate and experienced C programmers and will show you how to:

Optimize your system to reduce cost and increase performance.
Develop an architecture that makes your software robust in resource-constrained environments.
Explore sensors, motors, and other I/O devices.
Do more with less: reduce RAM consumption, code space, processor cycles, and power consumption.
Update embedded code directly in the processor.
Implement complex mathematics on small processors.
Understand what interviewers look for when you apply for an embedded systems job.

This 328-page book has 10 chapters:

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Creating a System Architecture
Chapter 3 Getting Your Hands on the Hardware
Chapter 4 Outputs, Inputs, and Timers
Chapter 5 Managing the Flow of Activity
Chapter 6 Communicating with Peripherals
Chapter 7 Updating Code
Chapter 8 Doing More with Less
Chapter 9 Math
Chapter 10 Reducing Power Consumption

I’ve gone thru the preview on Amazon and it seems this book does not deal with embedded Linux, but rather focuses on smaller systems that do not support Linux (or any operating system) such programs you would write for 8-bit/16-bit or Cortex M micro-controllers.

The book will be available on the 16th of November for $31.57 (Paperback) or you can already purchase the e-book (Kindle) for $19.59 on Amazon.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.