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| ====== Making Embedded Systems - A Reader's Review ====== | ====== Making Embedded Systems - A Reader's Review ====== | ||
| - | {{:embedded-systems:making-embedded-systems.jpg?nolink&400 |}}When I first heard that Making Embedded Systems 2nd Edition was up for pre-order, I jumped onto Amazon and handed over my dollars. | + | {{:embedded-systems:making-embedded-systems.jpg?direct&400 |}}When I first heard that [[https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/making-embedded-systems/9781098151539/?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=impact&utm_campaign=new+release&utm_content=making+embedded+systems+2e+20240618|Making Embedded Systems 2nd Edition]] was up for pre-order, I jumped onto Amazon and handed over my dollars. |
| For a period of time, I have been self-training in a variety of areas of electronics and embedded systems development but in a reasonably random and not entirely organised fashion. | For a period of time, I have been self-training in a variety of areas of electronics and embedded systems development but in a reasonably random and not entirely organised fashion. | ||
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| But it didn't teach me any of the actual use of those protocols. That's not really the point of the book. Already having experience working with some of those protocols on my own, this chapter mainly provided a reinforcement of the availability and difference between so many serial protocols: their benefits and limitations, and things to consider as an engineer. | But it didn't teach me any of the actual use of those protocols. That's not really the point of the book. Already having experience working with some of those protocols on my own, this chapter mainly provided a reinforcement of the availability and difference between so many serial protocols: their benefits and limitations, and things to consider as an engineer. | ||
| - | DMA and Buffers were also welcome topics and another confirmation that I was on the right track with my learning. | + | DMA and Buffers were also welcome topics and another confirmation to feel I was on the right track with my learning. |
| **Chapter Nine** takes us through getting ourselves into trouble and getting out of it again. It looks at debugging, at doing the basics first to solve an issue, problems that optimization can cause or mask, writing into memory that has fallen off a cliff, stack versus heap, registers and core dumps. | **Chapter Nine** takes us through getting ourselves into trouble and getting out of it again. It looks at debugging, at doing the basics first to solve an issue, problems that optimization can cause or mask, writing into memory that has fallen off a cliff, stack versus heap, registers and core dumps. | ||
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| The safety of motors is covered and how you can add protection to your circuits. It's not hard to blow a MOSFET or your processor when a large motor suddenly stops. | The safety of motors is covered and how you can add protection to your circuits. It's not hard to blow a MOSFET or your processor when a large motor suddenly stops. | ||
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| And that's where it ends. | And that's where it ends. | ||
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| Chapter Five's Interview Question strays into that long worn area of diversity. I am always happy to see this left out. | Chapter Five's Interview Question strays into that long worn area of diversity. I am always happy to see this left out. | ||
| - | I will say, however, that the author treated the topic with more care and reason than most. Regardless, I don't want this in my materials. | + | I will say, however, that the author treated the topic with more care and reason than most. Regardless, I prefer to not have this in my materials. |
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| This is a great book. It's not going to hold your hand, and it's not a book of tutorials. It will, however, become your closest companion to help guide your own learning path, giving you valuable insight into key skills and experience for a career in embedded systems. | This is a great book. It's not going to hold your hand, and it's not a book of tutorials. It will, however, become your closest companion to help guide your own learning path, giving you valuable insight into key skills and experience for a career in embedded systems. | ||
| - | It acts that friendly work mate who loves mentoring and who shares knowledge and experience. | + | It acts as that friendly work mate who loves mentoring and who shares knowledge and experience. |
| I wouldn't call it a book for beginners. If you have been actively learning various aspects of embedded systems then I think this is the sweet spot for it to work well for you. | I wouldn't call it a book for beginners. If you have been actively learning various aspects of embedded systems then I think this is the sweet spot for it to work well for you. | ||
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