Essence of Microprocessor Engineering, The - Softcover

Katzen, Sid; Cahill, Sid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132447088 ISBN 13: 9780132447089

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 1998

Synopsis

"Essence of Microprocessor Engineering" a concise and practical introduction to the core components of embedded microprocessor engineering. Its objective is to provide the novice reader with the confidence to design, construct and program a working embedded system. The text is split up into three parts: Part I provides a foundation to digital systems and computer architecture; Part II considers the software aspects of the 68000 microprocessor, including programming; and Part III covers the hardware aspects of interfacing, testing and debugging and concludes with a mini-project based case study. The text is suitable for a first module in microprocessor/digital engineering, for reference for project students and for electronic amateur hobbyists. The self-contained nature of the book, together with the associated web site makes the text ideal for all students interested in microprocessors.

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About the Author

Sid Katzen is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ulster. He has written a number of books, including "Digital and Microprocessor Engineering", 2nd. ed. and "C for the Microprocessor Engineer"; both published by Prentice-Hall.

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Key features

* Real-world hardware and software products used to illustrate the material. * Allows the reader to design, construct, code and test a real working system. * Assumes no prior knowledge of digital systems. * A self-contained text, suitable for home study. * An associated web site giving solutions, additional examples, software etc.

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The Preface: Microprocessors and their microcontroller derivatives are a ubiquitous if rather invisible part of the infrastructure of our electronic and communications society. These are the intelligence behind singing birthday cards and talking children's books, appliance controllers and smartcards, intelligent test equipment and aircraft control systems. Of course microprocessors are better known as the engine behind the personal computer (PC). Names like the Intel Pentium are freely bandied about. But even the PC relies on a multitude of anonymous microprocessors to support its operation, for example for its disk controller and video card. Microprocessors in these dedicated control roles are often known as embedded, that is they are just another, albeit programmable, digital chip entrenched within the rest of the circuitry. For example the Nikon F5 35mm SLR camera has three 16-bit, one eight-bit and one four-bit processor (Warwick, L.; Electronics in Photography, "Electronics World", (103), no.1735, July 1997, pp.542--546.). Almost all courses in electronic engineering, and many in the physical and computing sciences, have at least one module covering this hybrid hardware/software subject. The aim of this text is to present the subject in a self-contained manner suitable for first-exposure modules in this topic. Within the limitations of a modest-sized text this is not an easy task if the outcome is not to be simply a watered-down version of a standard textbook in this area. Rather I have chosen to take an engineer's approach, dealing with the microprocessor as the embedded intelligence of a digital circuit. This will hopefully give the reader the confidence that, even at such an introductory level, he/she can design, construct and program a complete working embedded system. The text is not a book on computer architecture in the traditional sense, but in mastering the material presented here, the reader will have the confidence to proceed to topics at other levels, such as software design methods, real-time operating systems and high-level embedded coding. Given the practical aim of the book, real-world hardware and software products are used throughout to illustrate the material. In particular, the 68000 microprocessor is the target device. It is one of the more popular industrial standard 16/32-bit products, and is certainly one of the simplest microprocessors without descending back to the eight-bit devices of the 1970s. The 68000 is the base member of the microprocessor family extending up to the 68060 and the new ColdFire RISC devices. The book is split into three parts. Part I covers sufficient digital, logic and computer architecture to act as a foundation for the microprocessor engineering topics presented in the rest of the text. Inclusion of this material makes the text suitable for a stand-alone module, as it does not require a prerequisite digital systems module. Part II looks mainly at the software aspects of the 68000 microprocessor, its instruction set, how to program it at assembly and high-level C coding levels, and how the microprocessor handles subroutines and exceptions. Modular concepts are used throughout this part. Part III moves on to the hardware aspects of interfacing and interrupt handling, with the integration of the hardware and software being a constant theme throughout. A practical build and program case study integrates the previous material into a working system as well as illustrating simple testing strategies. With the exception of the first two and last chapter, all chapters have both fully worked examples and self-assessment questions. As an extension to this, an associated Web site at http://www.nibec.ulst.ac.uk/~sidk/essence has the following facilities: * Solutions to self-assessment questions. * More self-assessment questions. * Additional material. * An evaluation kit giving a limited capacity 68000-based assembler/linker and cross C compiler/simulator. * A 68HC001 data sheet. * Useful pointers to 68000-based material. * Errata. * Suggestions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132447088
• ISBN 13: 9780132447089
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240