Embedded Computer Systems

Shared by Abena Mensah • computer science, cpu, memory • 2015

he book starts out with a top-level discussion of the structure and organization of embedded computers as computers, the fetch-execute cycle, memory, Input/output. We focus on classical cpu architectures, while also looking at Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and System on Chip (SoC) approaches. This leads us to the discussion of software for embedded. There are several differences between embedded software and software in general. Most embedded systems are resource-constrained, but this is becoming less of an issue. Embedded systems generally require real-time response, and operate in a w