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Part I. Background

I introduce the basic concepts of computer architecture in Chapter 1 and then cover some introductory electronics theory in Chapter 2. In Chapter 3, we’ll look at powering your embedded designs, and in Chapter 4, construction and fabrication techniques are discussed.

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