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c o m G m m ~llV m - t , l ~ ~ : A.C. lq]E,lSll~: Ckatman & Hall, 2-6 Bo,,,,~,,y Row, London SE1 ~ l l , t~[ IlI÷~AO I N m e , i s ~ l S i~kE, bse,~ to ezs~im md I~3blms, b f ~ , ~mdions, I~ICZ:
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Harsh 1992
The book contains technical in~ormat ion about computers and a i o r o p r c c e e c r s . This t h i r d edition is a useful guide i n electronic e n ~ n e e r i n g . The s u b j e c t s are components and systems which has been used i n electronics. There i s a large t h e o r e t i c a l p a r t and ecae e z e r o i s e s and problems with t h e i r answers. Stmactured i n 10 c h ~ t e r n , the book c o n t a i n s c l e a r exaEplse and i l l u s t r a t i o n s , explanatory appendices f o r b e t t e r understanding of the n o t i o n s p r e v i o u s l y p r e s e n t e d . In the f i r s t chapter i s a s h o r t h i s t o r i o a l i n t r o d u c t i o n i n comp-ters and aicroprocesaors. The second concern8 memory s t r u c t u r e and a r c h i t e c t u r e , and a~aory c o n f i g u r a t i o n i n microprocessor a p p l i c a t i o n s . Further t h e r e are pt~ted data r e p r e s e n t a t i o n i n c o m ~ t e r s , data p r o c e s s i n g , i n ~ t and output intar~aoes, prouemming oom~utera and microprocessors, instruction size end addreMinl modes. ~se followinj presented problems are coml~ter systems and software system. The 10 t h chapter t r e a t s microprocessor e ~ l i c a t t o n design e x a ~ l e with HC 68000 baaed s o l u t i o n and HC 68HCll. There are 6 appendices with the next c o n t e n t : ASCII character codes and their b i n a r y representation, Register transfer language for processor o p e r a t i o n s , HC 68HCll mioroprocessors i n s t r u c t i o n s e t , A ~ microprocessor i n e t r ~ c t i o n s e t , HC 68000 microprocessor i n s t r u c t i o n s e t , Example A ~ and HC 68000 p r o l r a m . I b e l i e v e t h a t "Com~mters add Microprocessors" might become an e s s e n t i a l r e a d i n i f o r e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g s t u d e n t s as well as f o r e l e c t r o n i c specialists.
Dr. F l o r i n Popentiu RO~NIA
III
c o m G m m ~llV m - t , l ~ ~ : A.C. lq]E,lSll~: Ckatman & Hall, 2-6 Bo,,,,~,,y Row, London SE1 ~ l l , t~[ IlI÷~AO I N m e , i s ~ l S i~kE, bse,~ to ezs~im md I~3blms, b f ~ , ~mdions, I~ICZ:
Prefe~
£13.96
(Ig
0.-412-~
(USa) 0 - 4 4 2 - S ~ ) I~LI~:
)
Harsh 1992
The book contains technical in~ormat ion about computers and a i o r o p r c c e e c r s . This t h i r d edition is a useful guide i n electronic e n ~ n e e r i n g . The s u b j e c t s are components and systems which has been used i n electronics. There i s a large t h e o r e t i c a l p a r t and ecae e z e r o i s e s and problems with t h e i r answers. Stmactured i n 10 c h ~ t e r n , the book c o n t a i n s c l e a r exaEplse and i l l u s t r a t i o n s , explanatory appendices f o r b e t t e r understanding of the n o t i o n s p r e v i o u s l y p r e s e n t e d . In the f i r s t chapter i s a s h o r t h i s t o r i o a l i n t r o d u c t i o n i n comp-ters and aicroprocesaors. The second concern8 memory s t r u c t u r e and a r c h i t e c t u r e , and a~aory c o n f i g u r a t i o n i n microprocessor a p p l i c a t i o n s . Further t h e r e are pt~ted data r e p r e s e n t a t i o n i n c o m ~ t e r s , data p r o c e s s i n g , i n ~ t and output intar~aoes, prouemming oom~utera and microprocessors, instruction size end addreMinl modes. ~se followinj presented problems are coml~ter systems and software system. The 10 t h chapter t r e a t s microprocessor e ~ l i c a t t o n design e x a ~ l e with HC 68000 baaed s o l u t i o n and HC 68HCll. There are 6 appendices with the next c o n t e n t : ASCII character codes and their b i n a r y representation, Register transfer language for processor o p e r a t i o n s , HC 68HCll mioroprocessors i n s t r u c t i o n s e t , A ~ microprocessor i n e t r ~ c t i o n s e t , HC 68000 microprocessor i n s t r u c t i o n s e t , Example A ~ and HC 68000 p r o l r a m . I b e l i e v e t h a t "Com~mters add Microprocessors" might become an e s s e n t i a l r e a d i n i f o r e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g s t u d e n t s as well as f o r e l e c t r o n i c specialists.
Dr. F l o r i n Popentiu RO~NIA