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Embedded Systems Hardware for Software Engineers Ed Lipiansky. McGraw-Hill Professional (1 Feb. 2012)

Embedded Systems Hardware for Software Engineers describes the electrical and electronic circuits that are used in embedded systems, their functions, and how they can be interfaced to other devices. Basic computer architecture topics, memory, address decoding techniques, ROM, RAM, DRAM, DDR, cache memory, and memory hierarchy are discussed. The book covers key architectural features of widely used microcontrollers and microprocessors, including Microchip's PIC32, ATMEL's AVR32, and Freescale's MC68000. Interfacing to an embedded system is then described. Data acquisition system level design considerations and a design example are presented with real-world parameters and characteristics. Serial interfaces such as RS-232, RS-485, PC, and USB are addressed and printed circuit boards and high-speed signal propagation over transmission lines are covered with a minimum of math. A brief survey of logic families of integrated circuits and programmable logic devices is also contained in this in-depth resource.

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Mishra K. (2014) Advanced Chip Design - Practial Examples in Verilog. Pub Amazon Martson Gate.

Multicore field-programmable SoC: »Xilinx Zync Product Brief

Atmel, ARM-based Embedded MPU »AT91SAM Datasheet

OSCI. SystemC tutorials and whitepapers . Download from OSCI »www.accelera.org or copy from course web site.

Brian Bailey, Grant Martin. ESL Models and Their Application: Electronic System Level Design. Springer.

The Simple Art of SoC Design - Closing the gap between ESL and RTL Michael Keating (2011), Springer ISBN 978-1-4419-8586-6

Ghenassia, F. (2006). Transaction-level modeling with SystemC: TLM concepts and applications for embedded systems . Springer.

Eisner, C. & Fisman, D. (2006). A practical introduction to PSL . Springer (Series on Integrated Circuits and Systems) --- not relevant this year.

Foster, H.D. & Krolnik, A.C. (2008). Creating assertion-based IP . Springer (Series on Integrated Circuits and Systems) --- not relevant this year.

Grotker, T., Liao, S., Martin, G. & Swan, S. (2002). System design with SystemC . Springer. »E-BOOK (PDF)

Wolf, W. (2002). Modern VLSI design (System-on-chip design) . Pearson Education. Online: »LINK.