Embedded Microcontroller Interfacing for M-COR ® Systems (Engineering) - Hardcover

Lipovski, G. Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 012451832X ISBN 13: 9780124518322

Publisher: Academic Press, 2000

Synopsis

The "M·CORE" family of microprocessors is the latest 32-bit integrated circuit from Motorola designed to be a multi-purpose "micro-controller." The processor architecture has been designed for high performance and cost-sensitive embedded control applications with particular emphasis on reduced power consumption. This is the first book on the programming of the new language instruction set using the M·CORE chip.Embedded Microcontroller Interfacing for M·CORE Systems is the third of a trio of books by G. Jack Lipovski from the University of Texas. The first two books are on assembly language programming for the new Motorola 6812 16-bit microcontroller, and were written to be textbooks and professional references. This book was written at the request of the Motorola design team for the professional users of its new and very successful M·CORE chip microcontrollers. Written with the complete cooperation and input of the M·CORE design engineers at their headquarters in Austin, Texas, this book covers all aspects of the programming software and hardware of the M·CORE chip.

• First introductory level book on the Motorola MoCORE
• Teaches engineers how a computer executes instructions
• Shows how a high-level programming language converts to assembler language
• Teaches the reader how a microcontroller is interfaced to the outside world
• Hundreds of examples are used throughout the text
• Over 200 homework problems give the reader in-depth practice
• A CD-ROM with HIWARE's C++ compiler is included with the book
• A complete summary chapter on other available microcontrollers

About this title

About the Author

G. Jack Lipovski has taught electrical engineering and computer science for 30 years. He is a computer architect internationally recognized for his design of the pioneering database computer, CASSM, and the parallel computer, TRAC. He is an expert in microcomputers and is a past director of Euromicro and former editor of IEEE Micro. Dr. Lipovski is the author of nine books, more than 70 technical papers, and holds eight patents in the areas of logic-in-memory integrated circuits. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Golden Core Member of the IEEE Computer Society.

From the Back Cover

The embedded microcontroller industry is moving toward inexpensive microcontrollers with significant amounts of ROM, RAM, and user-designed hardware that is put on a single microcontroller chip. In these microcontrollers the majority of the design cost is incurred in the writing of the software that will be used. The memory available in such microcontrollers permits the use of real-time operating systems. Additionally, C++ compilers permit the use of classes to encapsulate the function members, their data members, and their hardware in an object. Both of theses techniques reduce design costs. This book provides the principles as well as concrete examples of design, and especially the software design of the Motorola MMC2001, which is a particular MoCORE embedded system.@introbul:Key Features:@bul:* First introductory level book on the Motorola MoCORE* Teaches engineers how a computer executes instructions* Shows how a high-level programming language converts to assembler language* Teaches the reader how a microcontroller is interfaced to the outside world* Hundreds of examples are used throughout the text* Over 200 homework problems give the reader in-depth practice* A CD-ROM with HIWARE's C++ compiler is included with the book* A complete summary chapter on other available microcontrollersThis book is ideal for professional engineers as well as students in university courses in microprocessors/microcontrollers in departments of electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science. It is also appropriate for advanced technical school courses. The book will also be a valuable professional reference for electrical engineers and mechanical engineers in industry working with the design of electronic and electromechanical devices and systems.

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Preface:

The embedded microcontroller industry is moving towards inexpensive microcontrollers with significant amounts of ROM and RAM, and some user-designed hardware that is put on a single microcontroller chip. In these microcontrollers, the majority of the design cost is incurred in the writing of software that will be used in them. The memory available in such microcontrollers permits the use of real-time operating systems. Further, C+ + compilers permit the use of classes to encapsulate the function members, their data members, and their hardware, in an object. Both of these techniques reduce software design cost. This book aims to give the principles of and concrete examples of design, especially software design, of the Motorola MMC2001, a particular M-CORE embedded microcontroller.

The first four chapters of the book provide background. The first chapter is aimed at the high-level programmer who will need to acquire a reading knowledge of assembler language to be able to debug his or her high-level language programs. The second chapter is aimed at the hardware designer, who will need to know enough C and C+ + programming to be able to write the programs in an embedded microcontroller. The third chapter introduces the real-time operating system, including the use of device drivers. The fourth chapter provides information for programmers who need to understand the issues involved in hardware design, including the design of ASIC modules that are implemented in an M-CORE chip. While many readers will be familiar with one or more of these topics, the designer of embedded microcontrollers needs to be familiar with all of them. These chapters bring the reader to an adequate level of background needed for embedded microcontroller design.

The next three chapters are the core of this book. The fifth chapter discusses the alternatives to the parallel port, and ways to program interfaces to control them. The sixth chapter describes alternatives to interrupts, and ways to program interrupt and other synchronization interfaces. The seventh chapter highlights the techniques for and problems with time slice operation of embedded microcontrollers. A simple multithreaded time sharing system is introduced, followed by an object-oriented time sharing system. The use of real-time operating systems multitasking is then discussed.

Chapter 8 shows how to design additional hardware to be added into the MMC2001 chip. It gives an ASIC design example, and describes a processor architecture that is suitable for special-purpose designs. The last two chapters provide some examples of system design. Chapter 9 discusses communication techniques and shows several programming approaches to the MMC2001 UART device. The tenth chapter shows the programming of display and storage systems.

This book provides a concrete understanding of hardware-software tradeoffs, high-level languages, and embedded microcontroller operating systems. Because these very practical areas should be understood by many if not all computer engineering graduate students, this book is written as a textbook for a graduate level course. However, it will also be very useful to practitioners, especially those who will work with the Motorola M-CORE embedded microcontroller. It is therefore also written for engineers who need to understand and use these microcontrollers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 012451832X
• ISBN 13: 9780124518322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 438