Designing Embedded Hardware

Acknowledgments

In the past, I have often read in prefaces how authors thank their editors for the help they gave. It is only now that I understand the depth and significance of this help. I’d like to give a special thank you to my editor, Dr. Jon Orwant. This book is a significantly better work thanks to his good humor, insightful comments, and brilliance.

As you have no doubt already noticed, O’Reilly publishes beautifully presented books. I would like to thank the production team, Lorrie LeJeune, Tatiana Diaz, Larry Sweazy, Jessamyn Read, Rob Romano, Norma Emory, Laura Gabler, Emma Colby, Mike Sierra, Ellie Volckhausen, David Futato, and Philip Dangler for their hard work. They have contributed as much to the readability of this book as I have in writing it.

I’d like to thank Dr. Duncan Campbell for his friendship, encouragement, and assistance in proofreading this work. Duncan’s camaraderie and professional support have meant a lot.

Geoff McDonald has been a great friend and has made many helpful suggestions regarding the content of this book. He has also proofread, and I thank him for all his help.

I’d like to thank Dr. Jeff O’Keefe for his long friendship and support over the years. He’s been a good friend ever since we were undergrads together, blowing up integrated circuits and irradiating lecturers in second-year lab!

Thanks to Michael Barr, John Redford, and John Watlington for reviewing the “prototype” of this book and offering several useful suggestions.

Thanks to Professor ...