An introduction to the design of small-scale embedded systems / Tim Wilmshurst.

Include index.

Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Introducing Embedded Systems and the Microcontroller -- From Humble Beginnings: Towards the Minimum System -- Preliminary Programming -- Memory Matters -- Analog Affairs -- Strictly Serial -- Systematic Software -- Dealing with Time -- Interfacing to External Devices -- Supplying and Using Power, in a Power-Conscious World -- Dealing with Numbers -- Designing and Commissioning the System -- Answers to Selected Numerical Questions -- Appendix 1 Binary, Hexadecimal and BCD -- Appendix 2 The 16F84 Instruction Set -- Appendix 3 A Versatile Microcontroller Based Digital Panel Meter -- Appendix 4 Addressing Modes Address Decoding and the Memory Map -- Index.