Embedded Microcomputer Systems: Real Time Interfacing

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This book provides an in-depth discussion of the design, implementation and testing of embedded microcomputer systems. The book covers the hardware aspects of interfacing, advanced software topics (including interrupts), and a systems approach to typical embedded applications. This book stands out from other microcomputer systems books because of its balanced, in-depth treatment of both hardware and software issues important in real time embedded systems design. The book features a wealth of detailed case studies that demonstrate basic concepts in the context of actual working examples of systems. It also features a unique simulation software package on the bound-in CD-ROM (called Test Execute and Simulate, or TexaS, for short) -- that provides a self-contained software environment for designing, writing, implementing, and testing both the hardware and software components of embedded systems.

Customer Reviews:

Ghost written by a monkey with a typewriter.......2002-10-04

This book is the single worst book I have every read on a subject relating to engineering of any kind. The examples in the book, especially code examples, are so cryptic and unexplained that you would be better off searching for tutorials on google than wasting your time trying to read this garbage. I wish there was a rating below 1 star, this book deserves it.

A good software with a not-so-good book.......2002-03-15

The 4 stars that I have used is a sort of average of 5 stars for the software accompanying the book, and 2 stars for the book itself. If you are new to the world of embedded systems and yet to work on a real project, then the simulator provided with this book is simply superb. It lets you simulate external I/O devices like LED, switches, CRT, Motors in a pretty realistic way. It also allows input captures. Also, it has an excellent online help. Indeed, if you find the main text of the book rather disconnected and cryptic, then better read the online help of the software. It is MUCH more than a mere online help. It provides lots of examples, detailed explanations and suggested modes of actions all in a hypertext environment, much more lucid than the main book. However, this is a software for LEARNING, and is by no means comprehensive a program development/debugging utility. There are quite a few such utilities out there on the web, but they usually require the user to know a lot. Also, the software is still undergoing upgrading, it seems, the upgrade patches being freely available on the author's webpage (URL in the book). I personally used Peter Spasov's book "Microcontroller Technology" as the main text to supplement the software.

Valvano's book is somewhat rambling in nature, and he skips certain details in a way that is confusing to a beginner. Also he is always trying to explain 4 microcontrollers simultaneously which puts strain on a novice reader.

If you can somehow grab a copy of the software, I would never recommend that you buy the book.

real-time interfacing.......2000-12-06

this book is an exceptionally good book for both new comers to real-time interfacing and experienced programmers. It treats both the engineering and hands-on design of embedded systems using the Motorola microcontroller units. It comes with a simulator that is simple to use and lets you know how your design would work in these units. what it misses though as a suggestion is a chapter that would guide users to specific portions of the book for the various actuators it provides as an example.

Bad Data Sheet Book at Very High Price.......2000-10-10

You can get all information from Motorla data sheet free. Save your money and buy a kit from any SemiHouse and you would learn a lot more aobut interfacing. Its CD-ROM is almost useless.

Very Bad Data Sheet book at very high price.......2000-10-10

You can get all information from Motorla data sheet that is free on webpage and the software is almost useless for serious works. I would not recommend this book at all.

PIC Microcontroller: An Introduction to Software & Hardware Interfacing

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A very thorough overview of the PIC microcontroller
A bit difficult to read, but very detailed.
The best PIC18 book available.
it's not an introduction in fact it's advanced Software & Hardware Interfacing

PIC Microcontroller: An Introduction to Software & Hardware Interfacing
Han-Way Huang
Manufacturer: Cengage Delmar Learning
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ASIN: 1401839673

Book Description

This book presents a thorough introduction to the Microchip PIC® microcontroller family, including all of the PIC programming and interfacing for all the peripheral functions. A step-by-step approach to PIC assembly language programming is presented, with tutorials that demonstrate how to use such inherent development tools such as the Integrated Development Environment MPLAB, PIC18 C compiler, the ICD2 in-circuit debugger, and several demo boards. Comprehensive coverage spans the topics of interrupts, timer functions, parallel I/O ports, various serial communications such as USART, SPI, I2C, CAN, A/D converters, and external memory expansion.

Customer Reviews:

A very thorough overview of the PIC microcontroller.......2007-03-12

Having a background in software development (C/C++), having written a lot of assembly language in the distant past, and being familiar with processor architecture, I found the book to be straightforward and useful to me. I was able to make rapid progress through the text, sometimes skipping ahead to sections to find just what I needed. Plenty of useful source code in both asm and C as well. The professor who wrote this put together what seems like a very clean, easy to understand text (where "easy" may depend on your background - I found it easy). It is true that you can probably find much of the information in the processor specification PDF file available from Microchip or in other online sources, yet I found it very convenient to have it all available in one organized textbook. I do recommend the book for others wishing to learn more about the PIC18.

A bit difficult to read, but very detailed........2005-09-26

This book goes from basics to advanced topics, and includes sections on both assembly and C programming. It contains everything I needed to know except how to control stepper motors. This is strange because in his companion book on the MC68HC12 16 bit microcontroller he gives a very good section on stepper motors.

If you use the Allegro 3967 you don't need to use the microcontroller to drive them, just to provide on/off, speed and direction information. The 3967 does all the difficult work.

The style is a bit academic, as though it is being submitted for peer review, so he tends to overwrite things. It does not make for easy reading. I found I had to read some parts 3 times over.

I suppose any fact-filled book is not going to be an easy read.

It is worth sticking at it. He really knows his stuff, John Kirby

The best PIC18 book available........2005-09-02

I have virtually all of the major PIC books available and this
one is, by far, the best PIC18 book on the market. That may be
because it is written as a textbook by an obviously experienced
academic as well a microprocessor engineer. Each chapter follows
a natural progression from the basics of instruction set, tool
use such as MPLAB, assembly, C programming, and
on to the details of the PIC18 architecture.
Its clear organization makes it equally useful as a reference
and may be dipped into for solutions to many PIC issues such as
I2C, timer and A/D use and interfacing details for many applications.
For the earlier PIC16, the best reference is "The Quintessential PIC Microcontroller"
by Sid Katzen for many of the same reasons.
Buy these two books and you have both the PIC16 and PIC18 covered.

it's not an introduction in fact it's advanced Software & Hardware Interfacing.......2005-07-20

the name of this book is not matching with it's contents unfortunatley i found it very complecated and confusing and very hard to understand,it seems to me the only way to understand it is to read some other books related to the PIC microcontroller

the name of this book is missleading

Motorola MC68332 Microcontroller: Product Design, Assembly Language Programming and Interfacing

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Good guide.
Worth Getting Before Starting a 68332 Design

Motorola MC68332 Microcontroller: Product Design, Assembly Language Programming and Interfacing
Thomas Harman
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
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Good guide........2001-07-25

I am involved in the design of a VME CPU card based on this microcontroller.

The basics of the microcontroller and software aspects are well discussed.

Surely a must for those working with this microcontroller.

Worth Getting Before Starting a 68332 Design.......1999-01-26

This book gives a different look at the 68332. Most of the information is available in Motorola's documents but this is a good cross reference and introduces additional ways of looking at the complicated microprocessor. The book covers the "A" mask and not the "G" Mask as it was written in 1991 maybe before the "G" Mask was available.

Some of the sections give insights into the operation that are not clearly discussed in the Motorola documentation. For this alone I think it is worth purchasing.

Book Description

This book is a fully updated and revised compendium of PIC programming information. Comprehensive coverage of the PICMicros' hardware architecture and software schemes will complement the host of experiments and projects making this a true, "Learn as you go" tutorial. New sections on basic electronics and basic programming have been added for less sophisticated users along with 10 new projects and 20 new experiments. New pedagogical features have also been added such as "Programmers Tips" and "Hardware Fast FAQs".

Key Features:
* Printed Circuit Board for a PICMicro programmer included with the book! This programmer will have the capability to program all the PICMicros used by the application.
* Twice as many projects including a PICMicro based Webserver
* Twenty new "Experiments" to help the user better understand how the PICMicro works.
* An introduction to Electronics and Programming in the Appendices along with engineering formulas and PICMicro web references.

Customer Reviews:

Do NOT Buy (I'm one of the victims!).......2007-10-18

I bought this book without hesitation because I'd had contact with the author in the past, had other books by him, etc.,, The book depends on the CD, but the CD is not there, and can't even be downloaded as far as I can tell.

Myke says he's proud that they've included the PCB - why? Does anybody really want to gather up the parts to build this thing? The parts kits is not that great a deal either, if you can find it. Give me the **** CD which I need, not some stupid PCB I don't need - I can easily come up with a programmer, but I have no way to create the CD! In all the years I have been buying technical books, this is the stupidest move I've ever seen.

This book is a complete waste of money. Run away and boycott the publisher until they correct this rip-off.

From Myke Predko's web site:
(so where is it?)

"The CD-ROM that comes with this book is designed to be an integral part of the book. In the introduction I suggest that the reader load the CD-ROM into their computer before starting to read through the text as there is some unique information as well as code that is not present in the book due to space concerns. Along with the source (and executable) code for all the applications presented in the book, the CD-ROM also contains:

* HTML Interface to the contents of the CD-ROM including a page for each experiment and application
* HTML "appendices" for code "snippets" along with 16 Bit arithmetic and interfacing code examples and macros that can be "cut and "pasted" into your own applications.
* Two pdf appendices, "Introduction to Electronics" and "Introduction to Programming" for new developers
* Microchip MPLAB version 5.11, UMPS demonstration version 1.76 and gpsim/gpasm to give people different options in developing their own PICmicro MCU applications
* pdf data sheets for all the PICmicro MCU parts used in the book

The two pdf appendices, "Introduction to Electronics" and "Introduction to Programming" were written to help someone new to microcontrollers gain the background necessary to understand the concepts presented in the book. These appendices (which total over 250 pages) are virtually a stand-alone book on their own and provide reference information that experienced developers will probably find useful. "Introduction to Electronics" starts with basic electrical theory and explain the concepts behind digital logic, Analog to Digital Conversion, low-current power supplies, prototyping and basic test equipment. "Introduction to Programming" explains basic programming concepts and goes on to discuss structured programming and provides references to the "BASIC" (including PICmicro MCU varients) and "C" languages. "

Impossible to use. Don't waste your money........2007-07-20

This book is by far the most confusing, rambling, badly-written, and unedited programming manual I have ever seen. The information is just thrown together haphazardly and without logic. The author jumps randomly between subjects and there are no readable threads. Finding anything in this book is impossible. I took forty minutes trying to find out how to declare a variable, and finally threw the book in the trash. Don't waste money on it, period!

Very informative!.......2007-06-08

Lots of basic information as well as advanced techniques. If you are just getting into PIC's, this is a great text to start with. If you are already PIC fluent, it makes a great desk reference. The free PCB is a bonus!

Learning Tools.......2007-05-20

This book is a very strong learning tool. An in depth study of Picmicro microcontrollers and how to program them. This is a must have book for anyone who wants to understand what goes on under the hood.

1184+ PAGES OF WORTHLESS B.S.!.......2007-05-08

The best I can say about the book is that the paper has about the same consistency as the Sears-Roebuck catalog of years past.

Parallel Port Complete: Programming, Interfacing & Using the PC'S Parallel Printer Port

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The Title says it All
Most certainly worth the money i paid for it
e-book version is not worth buying
This is a must for every hardware and software hacker!
Doing Project work? -Just buy this book..It's Excellent

Parallel Port Complete: Programming, Interfacing & Using the PC'S Parallel Printer Port
Jan Axelson
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A guide to programming, interfacing, and using the personal computer's parallel printer port. Includes circuit designs and Visual-Basic code examples, plus tips on how to get the most out of the port, including the enhanced (EPP) and extended-capabilities (ECP) ports found on most new systems. Includes disk.

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This detailed guide for programmers, developers, and computer enthusiasts shows how to get the most from parallel port in any application or project. The Visual-Basic code and circuit designs include examples that use the new enhanced (EPP) and expanded (EPC) modes.

Customer Reviews:

The Title says it All.......2004-06-07

I cannot recommend this book highly enough for the home gageteer. The author Jan Axelson is a rare example of someone that knows her stuff, explains it well to novices, and provides excellent generic examples of code. The examples provided cover situations such as; exporting data bits out thru the parallel port, reading info from the data port, searching for data ports and addresses, and using the parallel port to communicate pc to pc. Seldom do you find a "can-do" person that provides excellent instruction at a beginner's level. The fascination of this book is that as home computers become more powerful, they are still limited in their effect on the external environment, except through dedicated peripherals, such as printers, scanners, etc. With this book, a pc port relay kit (purchased off the internet), and maybe a semester of Visual Basic instruction and " you da man ". Once you can open and close a relay connected to your parallel port from a visual basic program you are off and running. Most electrical devices in you home become fair game. This book needs an update, except for a Tour-de Force in the beginning chapters of code segments in Pascal, Assembler And Quick-Basic, the remainder of the book is in Visual basic 4.0. This reader had no problem importing the examples provided on the enclosed floppy disk into Visual Basic 5.0 . This author has also written a sister book "The Complete Serial Port ", and it is on my "must read " list.

Most certainly worth the money i paid for it.......2004-03-19

i found this book to be of great use. it is fairly well written, comes with software and lots of sample circuit schematics for building things.

there dont appear to be that many books on this subject available (last time i looked on amazon i got 6 results) and i was pleased to find that this book provided me with the information i required to complete certain projects. household automation and a security system being among them.

i have to admit that the visual basic code is a bit long winded, and am left asking the question, why not just use assembly language (3 lines of code required to write to or read from a port, as opposed to dozens of lines of code to do it with visual basic). though i guess most people dont have time to go and learn how to program in assembler before hand. but if your reading this and have considered maybe learning assembly language, i urge you to do so. its not neally as hard as people say, just takes some getting used to and some patience. a good beginner assembly language book is Kip R. Irvine's "assembly language for intel based computers". and a more advanced one which i hold in high regard is "The 80x86 IBM PC and Compatible Computers (Volumes I & II) Assembly Language, Design, and Interfacing". NOTE: assembly language is really the only way to go for real time control.

overall im very happy i bought this book and would recommend it to anyone wanting this information, unless they were intending to do something with an nt based operating system, in which case this book is useless to them, beyond explaining how the parallel port works, and for the example circuits.

e-book version is not worth buying.......2003-09-17

Do not purchase the e-book version of this book.
The e-book version is over protected, Over priced and almost completely usless.
You Cannot print or copy and past the example code for use in your own programs. You do not get the Code disk with this either.
Neither can you copy the e-book to another computer or, as I was wanting, to a PDA. (The e-book is encripted)
Do Not waste your money on the e-book version of this book!
You will be better off with the Hard copy + Code disk.

This is a must for every hardware and software hacker!.......2003-04-04

Jan really created a masterpiece here. This book is a must for every hacker's library. Every Visual Basic user needs the information in this book if they plan to use the PP for I/O. In addition, it is full of very helpful information. No fluf pages here, all solid meat!

Doing Project work? -Just buy this book..It's Excellent.......2003-03-23

Excellent book. Technical issues discussed with great clarity and thourough understanding.A painstacking effort. Equally useful for hobyyists and professionals. Provides great insight into the working of parallel port and how best we can make use of this feature for interfacing the PC with external world.Several practical circuits given along with the VB programs.

-Strongly Recommended.

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This comprehensive book from Delmar uses assembly language and the C language to provide readers with a refreshingly straightforward introduction to applications of the Motorola 16-bit microcontroller 68HC12. Using a methodical, step-by-step approach proven to facilitate learning, each of its thirteen chapters introduces a basic concept and proceeds gradually into more detail to guide readers to new programming skills while strengthening their understanding of 68HC12 architecture. The book begins by acquainting readers with 68HC12 CPU registers, addressing modes, Assembler directives, plus simple programs for arithmetic and program loops. Subsequent chapters feature detailed examples and tutorials that clearly demonstrate applications of parallel ports, timer functions, analog to digital (A/D) converters, serial communication interface, controller area network, plus on-chip and external memory expansion. Extraordinarily readable and easy to learn from, MC68HC12 An Introduction: Software and Hardware Interfacing - with its accompanying CD-ROM - serves as an excellent introductory book for students enrolled in electrical engineering, electronic engineering technology, and computer engineering technology. Clear and concise explanations, a glossary, and helpful appendices - including ICC12 library functions, SPI-compatible chips, plus a listing of 68HC12 development tool vendors, and more - also make this book ideal for any professional who wants to gain an understanding of Motorola 68HC12 hardware, software and interfacing.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent for college junior/senior level!.......2007-06-02

I use this book to teach a junior/senior-level microcontroller class. Actually, there's enough material for a two-semester course, and the coverage of the HC12 is the most complete I have seen. It includes useful code for interfacing with many peripherals, from simple LEDs to CAN networks, but it also covers more theoretical problems, like multiprecision operations.
The instructions are presented grouped by category (addition, subtraction, data manipulation, branch etc.), with nice summary tables, so with a few bookmarks it turns into a great reference.
One cannot get the real benefit of this book without an assembler and simulator - I use the free assembler AsmIDE by Eric Engler and the free simulator SIMHC12 by Tom Almy, both available from the web. Ideally, one would also want a project board, to run programs on a real HC12. A few boards are described in Ch.3 (but they are not free - my own choice would be the CME-12B32 by Axiom, costs $200).

Not for beginners but good reference ..........2002-11-30

This book is not for those just starting out in assembly language programming. This was basically my first time programming in assembly and this book was not a big help. It only skimmed the surface giving a general description of all the components of the 68HC12 microcontroller with no concrete examples to help visualize what was going on.

The chapters on interrutps, timers, parallel IO, and serial IO were not very clear and could use some more clear and simple examples to follow.

Customer Reviews:

not enough info to be usefull.......2006-02-10

the book does not contain enough information to be usefull. I would recommend other books such as "building Embedded Linux Systems"

Great Reference, Odd Story format.......2005-10-16

This book is clearly the best reference I have for embedded projects under linux; future and present inclusive. The author covers USB device integration quite well, and gives a well worded approach to mounting and setting up your own usb-devfs.
Along with clear examples, the author mainly tries to format the text from an on-lookers prospective to an "embedded ski lift monitor" project- i.e. "My data from working along-side the team" Great effort there-
Another pro to this book is that there are many code samples (all but one I got working, first try) that keep the flow of the book geared towards a beginning hardware-level programmer, with teach by example in mind.
The biggest down side to the text is the beginning material about setting up the workspace environment. A friend tried the same book, and had much trouble simply because they didn't know what pitfalls to expect when installing Debian. Although, the setup does allow for multiple-processor compilations of source code. A Great plus, and another reason for me using the book as a reference.

Out of all the good and bad, this book earned the 4 star rating and with honors. If you want a place to begin embedded systems, and aren't weary of installing a fresh copy of an older model of Debian, have at this book!
Hope this helps-

Slightly Out of Date but still well worth the purchase.......2004-04-19

As of 4/2004, the book relies on a free distribution of Hard Hat linux that is no longer available on Montavista's site (as they charge $25K for a single seat, I guess they felt they were giving too much away ;-) HOWEVER: Hollanaugh has copies of them with all of his scripts on his site, so look for them there. His scripts are also now modified to point to the new locations. Though even this distribution is somewhat out of date, this book does a pretty reasonable job of getting you through it all. I found finding free (useful, current) distributions of embedded linux very hard to find but eventually did.. Check out www.denx.de and store.yahoo.com/snapgear/snemlidi.html for current multiplatform distributions. The denx distribution ELDK appears to have morphed from the original Hard Hat distibution as many of the utilities still exist, I used this and was able to "generally" follow along. It's a more recent distribution and supports more platforms (at least for the PPC). I would definately repurchase this book again..
His site is:
http://www.embeddedlinuxinterfacing.com/overview.shtml

Most Excellent Introduction and Objective Methodology.......2003-08-21

Dr. Hollabaugh has certainly shed useful light on the concept of embedded linux. He intelligently sets the stage and walk you through real steps for deploying a fully embedded linux control and monitoring system. The diagram, table, and code examples will leave you with a very clear understanding of the subject matter (providing you have some background with linux development). Personally, I was totally captivated and found myself extremely happy that I have chosen this book to help thrust foward my own intelligence of embedded linux. This book and website....has become a primary reference for future embedded linux application.

Great book.......2003-07-24

Hey embedded Linux developers,

This book is great. The simple examples clearly illustrate how to get a development system up and running, then how to develop simple device drivers to exercise hardware. I learned from these examples and put them to work on my project immediately. I read the other reviews below and don't know why they didn't like this book, did they even read it?

Its a great book, buy it now (its the best [money]spent on embedded Linux available).

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This reader-friendly guide shows you how to take charge of the newest, most versatile microcontrollers around, Atmel's AVR RISC chip family. Inside, Electronics World writer and astronomy instrumentation developer Dhananjay V. Gadre walks you from first meeting these exciting new computers-on-a-chip all the way through design and ready-to-launch products.

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How to take charge of the newest, most versatile microcontrollers around, Atmel's AVR RISC chip family.

Customer Reviews:

Not for intermediate to advanced... .......2007-09-22

I am not even sure I would recommend this for beginners... it is in essence a rehash of the data sheet for 1/2 the book... then simple projects (all but one, as far as I can tell, written in ASM)... I went through the book in 15 minutes. Nothing new, nothing original.

AVR programming information.......2007-02-25

Ok I originally bought this book from a friends advice. I wanted to learn more on a newbie level how to code AVR chips, using the C language. Unfortunately, most books in this area cost upwards of $65 into the hundreds. Not the type of money I was looking to spend, and definately can not afford! As easy as it is to search the internet for free tutorials? No way! Anyway, about this book. Its a good reference manual to explain all the status registers, pins, features, and lookup terms that normally confuse starters and newbies (like me). Learn how to code? No way! DONT GET CONFUSED! This is a decenet reference / lookup guide at best. Very few program and code examples, and if you dont know how to program or getting started, then this book leaves you little help. Its definately useful as a guide or reference - like me, I often forget what does what, and this book easily allows you to learn the ports and settings needed to drive you through online tutorials.

A fair book, but not really worth the money.......2006-09-11

This book is not worth the money, in my opinion. The Author rehashes data sheet information, and lists the instruction set, but all that can be gotten for free from Atmel's website.

The projects that he lists are scant on details.

I didn't come away from reading it with any real insights into the AVR that I didn't get from reading freely available information. Given the price of the book, I would recommend you pass on this one.

Alot of fluff in this book wish I spent more time in the book store and looked over it more! .......2005-09-06

This book is REALLY fluff.. No real substance. I really wished I spent a little bit more time looking over this book at the bookstore. I just spent 1.5 hrs and skimmed through the whole entire book. The author glosses over a lot of things that I would think would be important. In particular I was hopeing for more information on USB and CAN interfaces. Two things that are a major part of the newer AVR devices. Very disapointed.

read this book at the bookstore! Don't buy it because you can probably read through it in a matter of 1hr or so. This book maybe ok for a complete beginner but if you have had any microprocessor programing experience (I got some PIC) its very limited. Like other posters have stated you can get more info from AVRfreaks.com or Amtel datasheets.

Feeling stupid for buying.......2005-08-30

Please, I read the reviews and decided that this book couldn't be as bad as people said it was so I bought it anyway, don't make the same mistake, this book is seriously bad, McGraw-Hill should be ashamed. For instance, the LCD controller part of the book involves the construction of a home-made seven segment numeric display! That isn't even an LCD! This book probably would be good for high schoolers wanting to mess around with the AVR system but if you graduated from HS please buy better book than this one.

The 8051/8052 Microcontroller: Architecture, Assembly Language, And Hardware Interfacing

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Down and Dirty Detail
8051/52 Computers
comprehensive, complete, accurate, concise, well written
Clear, Concise, and Useful
A *MUST-HAVE* for ANYBODY interested in 8051/8052 or Assembly Language in general...

The 8051/8052 Microcontroller: Architecture, Assembly Language, And Hardware Interfacing
Craig Steiner
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This book was written with the novice or intermediate 8052 developer in mind. Assuming no prior knowledge of the 8052, it takes the reader step-by-step through the architecture including discussions and explanations of concepts such as internal RAM, external RAM, Special Function Registers (SFRs), addressing modes, timers, serial I/O, and interrupts. This is followed by an in-depth section on assembly language which explains each instruction in the 8052 instruction set as well as related concepts such as assembly language syntax, expressions, assembly language directives, and how to implement 16-bit mathematical functions. The book continues with a thorough explanation of the 8052 hardware itself, reviewing the function of each pin on the microcontroller and follows this with the design and explanation of a fully functional single board computer—every section of the schematic design is explained in detail to provide the reader with a full understanding of how everything is connected, and why. The book closes with a section on hardware interfacing and software examples in which the reader will learn about the SBCMON monitor program for use on the single board computer, interfacing with a 4x4 keypad, communicating with a 16x2 LCD in direct-connect as well as memory-mapped fashion, utilizing an external serial EEPROM via the SPI protocol, and using the I2C communication standard to access an external real time clock.

The book takes the reader with absolutely no knowledge of the 8052 and provides him with the information necessary to understand the architecture, design and build a functioning circuit based on the 8052, and write software to operate the 8052 in assembly language.

Customer Reviews:

Down and Dirty Detail .......2007-08-25

This book is a very nice example of how to write a technical book on a reasonably complex subject without making any assumptions that the reader knows anything. I had never touched an 8051/8052 prior to this and haven't written any assembly since college. To give a point of reference, I have desigend a few reaonably simple applications on PIC processors (1 8bit and 1 16 bit) prior to being assigned a project on an 8051. After reading this book I realized a whole new level of understanding of things I was fumbling around and getting done, but never really quite grasped the down and dirty detail. I'd been designing my applications in c because I was convinced ASM is too dry and too hard.

Craig leads you down the garden path and before you know it, you actually feel like you should be doing certain things in assy rather than in C. Also, I've gotten a little vision of how things work in the background quite a bit better than before.

Good job! I'll recommend it to others transitioning to this device.

I thouroughly enjoyed this read.

8051/52 Computers.......2007-07-13

I have found this book to be very interesting as it was written by someone who learned the 8051/52 by doing in both hardware and software. Get this book!

comprehensive, complete, accurate, concise, well written.......2007-03-29

Well written and complete technical books are hard to come by; this is one of them.
After reading this book one will have no troubles programming and applying the 8051/8052 MCU. I found no other books were necessary.

Clear, Concise, and Useful.......2006-06-29

Overview
Mr. Steiner's writing is very clear--opening complex topics that I previously struggled to grasp. His prose is plain and easy to digest. This is a great tutorial and reference all in one.

Introduction
"The 8051/8052 Microcontroller" is broken into several sections including Architecture, Assembly Language, Hardware & Single Board Computer, Development Tools, Hardware Interface and Software Examples, and Reference & Appendixes. Each section covers the topic well with the strongest sections being Architecturee and Assembly Language. These sections provide an excellent method for "wading in" to gradually understand the concepts including special function registers (SFRs), memory--internal and external, timers, serial IO, and interrupts as well as helping raeders to understand and use assembly language in their projects.

What's Good
The book is targeted toward people who have some programming experience and understand basic logical constructs and it hits its target well. As a seasoned Windows programmer, it was simply a matter of reading through the text for me to understand most of the concepts on the first reading. I was riveted because I was understanding so much of it. Craig does a great job of not assuming you have certain foundational knowledge. I found myself at certain points in the text asking the question in my mind "yes, but what about...", only to moments later realize the text is explaining exactly what I was wondering about. Very well done.

For years I have struggled to learn assembly language for the sake of gaining a better understanding of computer architecture. This is the first time that it "clicked" for me. I get it and can now write code using Assembly. Now, I will be using C for my projects for the most part because it asbtracts certain aspects of writing the code that are arduous when done in Assembly, however, understanding Assembly has really helped me to see exactly what is going on.

What's Bad
There is really nothing bad about this book. It is not only a good text for deepening in your understanding of the 8051/8052 architecture, but is an excellent reference to keep on your shelf when you need to recall some specific details.

That being said, I would have liked to see a section dedicated to building and/or simply using a pre-built chip programmer. This is really not a criticism because the book is really comprehensive. For me to understand at a practical level, though, it would be helpful to learn how to take the most basic elements (the MCU, crystal, capacitors, etc.) and place them on a circuit board and see them work with code that I've just downloaded to the MCU.

The section on the SBC is really good, but it feels to me like it abstracts an important part of embedded system development--assembling the parts. I want to see how things work outside of the context of a development board. Maybe Craig will add a chapter dedicated to building a basic system from parts and a programmer in the next edition.

Conclusion
"The 8051/8052 Microcontroller" is an excellent book to use to get started as well as a great reference. I have several other 8051 books including "Programming and Customizing 8051 Microcontroller" by Predko, "C and the 8051" by Schultz, and "Embedded C" by Pont. They all have their good points, however, Steiner's book brings things together in a way and doesn't assume much about the reader's base knowledge and gave me many "aha" moments I hadn't experienced with the others. If you want to learn the 8051/8052 microcontroller, buy this book!

A *MUST-HAVE* for ANYBODY interested in 8051/8052 or Assembly Language in general..........2006-06-15

This guy REALLY knows his stuff, and the book is so easy to follow. I have NEVER done assembly programming, and didn't know ANY of the syntax. After a couple of chapters, I was programming in it like I had been doing it for years. The way the author lays things out makes it a breeze to learn how to open up the world of 8051/8052. I *loved* the book, and I use it as a reference ALL THE TIME.

Thanks Craig!!!!!!!

Josh

Embedded Systems Design using the Rabbit 3000 Microprocessor: Interfacing, Networking, and Application Development (Embedded Technology)

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Embedded Systems Design using the Rabbit 3000 Microprocessor: Interfacing, Networking, and Application Development (Embedded Technology)
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The Rabbit 3000 is a popular high-performance microprocessor specifically designed for embedded control, communications, and Ethernet connectivity. This new technical reference book will help designers get the most out of the Rabbit's powerful feature set. The first book on the market to focus exclusively on the Rabbit 3000, it provides detailed coverage of: Rabbit architecture and development environment, interfacing to the external world, networking, Rabbit assembly language, multitasking, debugging, Dynamic C and much more!

Authors Kamal Hyder and Bob Perrin are embedded engineers with years of experience and they offer a wealth of design details and "insider" tips and techniques. Extensive embedded design examples are supported by fully tested source code. Whether you're already working with the Rabbit or considering it for a future design, this is one reference you can't be without!

* Let the experts teach you how to design embedded systems that efficiently hook up to the Internet using networked core modules

* Provides a number of projects and source code using RabbitCore, which will make it easy for the system designer and programmer to get hands-on experience developing networked devices

* Accompanying CD-ROM contains useful tools and software for embedded network design

Customer Reviews:

Truly - A Stunning Book .......2005-05-26

It's extremely rare for me to find a technical book that is as captivating as this one. I'm truly shocked at how well written it is and how inspiring the words are. I literally can't put this book down. Strongly recommended.

Excellent Book!.......2005-05-03

The book has been written by people with a lot of experience in the industry.... in various sections, it goes beyond just building hardware or writing code and offers practical advice that one gains only after a couple of decades in the industry.

Although the title may lead the reader to think the book is focused only on the Rabbit microprocessor, there is useful and practical advice in there for just about any embedded systems designer.

Great for beginners.......2005-05-03

As a relative beginner to the world of embedded systems I was very pleased with the readability and accessibility of this book. From coding examples provided in so many languages, anyone with coding experience can find one they identify with, to real world usage examples that make sense. This book is a great place to start for anyone looking for information on how to use, integrate, or program for, the Rabbit processor. It's also a great place to start for anyone looking for information about how embedded processors can be used.

EXCELLENT BOOK! .......2005-04-26

I have been using Rabbit microprocessors for years. I started out with the Rabbit 2000 and now use the Rabbit 3000. This book addresses a lot of the problems I came across while developing software and integrating hardware for the Rabbit. I truly appreciate the authors taking the time to put together such a great book. The CD that came with the book includes all of their project's sample code and compiles the first time (unlike other publishers which require modification to compile and run properly). This book is also a great reference and will not collect dust on my bookshelf!

FYI: My last robot was powered by a Rabbit 2000:

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Have fun developing for the Rabbit 3000!

Ingo Cyliax, Contributing Editor, Circuit Celllar Magazine.......2005-04-13

Excellent reference on all there is to know about the Rabbit 3000. I found the chapters on interrupts and interfacing to the external world especially usefull resources. Overall, the book is well researched and written and enjoyable to read. I wish all technical books were this good.

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