A Hands-On Guide to Designing Embedded Systems - Adam Taylor

This book introduces readers to the design of embedded systems. Techniques and principles that can be applied by the engineer to understand challenges before starting a project are presented. It provides a framework for developing embedded systems that will give readers a better understanding of the issues at hand to develop a solution, thereby lowering technical and programmatic risk and expediting time to market. Programmatic and system considerations are introduced, offering an overview of the engineering life cycle when developing an electronic solution from concept to completion. Hardware design architecture is discussed to help develop an architecture to meet the requirements placed upon it, along with the trade-offs required to achieve the budget. The FPGA development life cycle and the inputs and outputs from each stage, including design, test benches, synthesis, mapping, place and route, and power estimation, are also presented. Finally, the importance of reliability is explained, including why it needs to be considered, the current standards that exist, and the impact of not considering it. Written by experts in the field, this is the first book by engineers in the trenches that presents embedded systems design on a practical level.