Introduction to microcomputer engineering

Vol.26, No. 1,pp. 197 198,1986. Printedin GreatBritain.

PergamonPressLtd.

Microelectron. Reliab.,

BOOK

REVIEWS

I N T R O D U C T I O N T O MICR O C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G

Authors :

D.A. F R A S E R , R. G R E G O R Y , B. H A W K E N , B. H O L D S W O R T H , G. J O N E S and M. R Y A L .

Publishers

:

E l l i s N o r w o o d Limited,

Cooper Street, Chichester, Sussex. Price

:

£ 13.75.

1985.

(ISBN 0 85312888X).

T h e u s e of m i c r o c o m p u t e r s are found,

i s on t h e i n c r e a s e

as more and more applications

s o t h a t a b o o k d e s c r i b i n g t h e p r e c i s e f u n c t i o n s of m i c r o c o m p u t e r s

is

timely. T h e s u b j e c t of t h i s b o o k i s t h e d e s i g n of c o m p u t e r s microprocessors.

A major topic is therefore

and several microprocessors

are described

complement the manufacturers' showing how a microprocessor make a working system.

t h e p r e c i s e f u n c t i o n of a m i c r o p r o c e s s o r ,

in c o n s i d e r a b l e

handbooks.

Examples

is connected to memory,

A particular

contributors, From

The material

and has been presented

a r e g i v e n of m i c r o c o m p u t e r s , ports and other devices to

which is built into a piece

on m i c r o c o m p u t e r s

presented to scientists

has been developed by a number

a p r a c t i c a l p o i n t of v i e w , t w o g r o u p s of r e a d e r s

t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e d e s i g n of a n e x i s t i n g m i c r o c o m p u t e r

courses

From

of

in a c o n s i s t e n t s t y l e by the e d i t o r . should profit from a

s t u d y of t h i s b o o k : t h o s e w h o w i s h t o d e s i g n a m i c r o c o m p u t e r ,

modify it.

that has been kept

f o r t h e w h o l e of i t s l i f e .

T h e o r i g i n of t h e b o o k l a y i n c o u r s e s and engineers from industry.

d e t a i l , in w a y s t h a t

c l a s s of m i c r o c o m p u t e r

in mind is the dedicated or embedded microcomputer, of e q u i p m e n t a n d r u n s a s i n g l e p r o g r a m

t h a t a r e b a s e d on

and those who want

so t h e y a r e b e t t e r able to u s e or

a s t u d e n t ' s p o i n t of v i e w , t h i s b o o k w i l l b e f o u n d m o s t u s e f u l on

w h i c h f o l l o w on f r o m i n t r o d u c t o r y

courses

on p r o g r a m m i n g ,

and digital

logic. The book is extremely

comprehensive

a n d s h o u l d b e of g r e a t v a l u e t o a l l t h o s e

e n g a g e d in w o r k c o n c e r n i n g m i c r o c o m p u t e r s .

G. W. A. D.

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