Designing Embedded Hardware

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1. rramadassApr 2025
   Designing Embedded Hardware: Create New Computers and Devices by John Catsoulis.

   Applied Embedded Electronics: Design Essentials for Robust Systems by Jerry Twomey.

   There are lots more with varying levels of basics/advanced but the above two are what came to my mind immediately for self study.

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2. rramadassDec 2023
   I found the following books quite useful in my study of "Embedded Systems/Hardware" coming from a purely Software background. Without overwhelming you they provide just the right level/amount of Hardware knowledge to get you going.

   1) Designing Embedded Hardware by John Catsoulis.

   2) Introduction to Embedded Systems: Using Microcontrollers and the MSP430 by Manuel Jimenez et al.

   3) Prototype to Product: A Practical Guide for Getting to Market by Alan Cohen.

   You can also look at using Digilent equipment (eg. Analog Discovery 3 or 2) and learning materials along with Arduino/MSP430/whatever to get better practical insight into your system - https://digilent.com/reference/landing and https://digilent.com/reference/learn/start

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3. rramadassNov 2022
   100% this!

   When i started learning Embedded Systems (lots of C/C++ Programming experience but without an Electronics background) it was understanding the needed Electronics and how to interface/debug the Hardware-Software interface where i had the most difficulty.

   I found the following helpful in my education and hopefully people with a Software-only background who want to get into Embedded Systems will also find these useful;

   * Designing Embedded Hardware by John Catsoulis - Very good introduction to relevant practical Electronics without drowning you in nitty-gritty details.

   * Patterns for Time-Triggered Embedded Systems by Michael Pont (free pdf available at his company SafeTTy website) - Full of C code showing how to interface to hardware and do stuff.

   * Practical Electronics for Inventors by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk - Reference for when you need more Electronics knowledge.

   * Understanding Signals with the PropScope from the company Parallax (search for free pdfs online) - Practical lab book showing how to use PropScope(a USB based Oscilloscope) to study Signals on circuits built using the Parallax BASIC Stamp MCU board. You can use any other MCU/Oscilloscope combination (eg. Arduino with Analog Discovery 2 aka AD2) to build the same circuits and do the lessons. Digilent also has a lot of lessons on using the AD2 at its website.

   * Introduction to Embedded Systems: Using Microcontrollers and the MSP430 by Manuel Jimenez et al. - Excellent and nicely illustrated textbook to learn Embedded Systems from. The MSP430 MCU is used as a case study but everything is presented in a general way.

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4. rramadassApr 2019
   I found "Designing Embedded Hardware by John Catsoulis" quite good in addition to the above two.
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5. drbunsenMar 2008
   If you've got some basic eletronics knowledge I highly recommend "Designing Embedded Hardware": http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dbhardware2/index.html
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