1st Edition

Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems

By Qing Li, Caroline Yao Copyright 2003
306 Pages
by CRC Press

306 Pages
by CRC Press

366 Pages
by CRC Press

Master the fundamental concepts of real-time embedded system programming and jumpstart your embedded projects with effective design and implementation practices. This book bridges the gap between higher­ level abstract modeling concepts and the lower-level programming aspects of embedded systems development. You gain a solid understanding of real-time embedded systems with detailed practical... Read more
FOREWORD, PREFACE, CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 2: BASICS OF DEVELOPING FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, CHAPTER 3: EMBEDDED SYSTEM INITIALIZATION, CHAPTER 4: INTRODUCTION TO REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEMS, CHAPTER 5: TASKS, CHAPTER 6: SEMAPHORES, CHAPTER 7: MESSAGE QUEUES, CHAPTER 8: OTHER KERNEL OBJECTS, CHAPTER 9: OTHER RTOS SERVICES, CHAPTER 10: EXCEPTIONS AND INTERRUPTS, CHAPTER 11: TIMER AND TIMER SERVICES, CHAPTER 12: I/O SUBSYSTEM, CHAPTER 13: MEMORY MANAGEMENT, CHAPTER 14: MODELARIZING AN APPLICATION FOR CONCURRENCY, CHAPTER 15: SYNCHRONIZATION AND COMMUNICATION, CHAPTER 16: COMMON DESIGN PROBLEMS, APPENDIX A: REFERENCES, ABOUT THE AUTHORS, Index

Biography

Qing Li is a senior architect at Blue Coat Systems, Inc. leading the design and development efforts of the next-generation IPv6 enabled secure proxy appliances. Qing holds multiple US patents. Qing is a contributing author of the book titled Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems published in June 2005. He is the author of the embedded systems development book titled Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems published in April 2003.

Caroline Yao has more than 15 years of high tech experience ranging from development, project and product management, product marketing, business development, and strategic alliances. She is co-inventor of a pending patent and recently served as the director of partner solutions for Wind River Systems, Inc.