The book provides a comprehensive coverage on design and development of embedded hardware, firmware, their integration, and management of embedded system development process. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to cover all the latest developments in the fast changing fields. The book elucidates the concepts from elementary to advanced levels in simple language and supported with self-assessments questions and lab assignments.

New to the Edition:

• Addition of latest innovation in embedded domain- Wearable Devices – Smartwatch and its interfacing smartphone application
• Updated USB 3.0, latest Bluetooth standards, latest Wi-Fi standards, 4G/LTE
• Updated tool usage and screenshots with the latest version of the tool
• Updated reference to Windows XP with Windows 10 OS
• Updated tool usage and screenshots with the latest version of the Micro vision IDE
• Addition of a section on Arduino and Beagle Bone based development systems
• New and updated industry trends: Development Platform (integrated hardware platform) Trends – Arduino, BeagleBone, Sharks Cove, Minnow Board MAX, RASPBERRY PI, Intel Galileo Gen 2,
• Cloud (Internet of Things) and Embedded Systems – The Next Big Thing
• Case study on ARM processor: updated as per latest technology upgradation
• Micro C/OS II version updated as per the latest Micro C/OS III version
• Case Study on Heart beat monitoring system hosted through QR code in the book

Additional reading material on Embedded Programming Language C++/Java given through QR

Contents :
Part-1: Embedded Systems: Understanding the Basic Concepts
1. Introduction to Embedded Systems
2. The Typical Embedded System
3. Characteristics and Quality Attributes of Embedded Systems
4. Embedded Systems—Application- and Domain-Specific
5. Designing Embedded Systems with 8bit Microcontrollers—8051
6. Programming the 8051 Microcontroller
7. Hardware Software Co-Design and Program Modelling
8. Embedded Hardware Design and Development

Part-2: Design and Development of Embedded Product
9. Embedded Firmware Design and Development
10. Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) based Embedded System Design
11. An Introduction to Embedded System Design with VxWorks and MicroC/OS-II RTOS
12. Integration and Testing of Embedded Hardware and Firmware
13. The Embedded System Development Environment
14. Product Enclosure Design and Development
15. The Embedded Product Development Life Cycle (EDLC)
16. Trends in the Embedded Industry