Chapter 1. Small, Connected Devices Built on the .NET Micro Framework

Embedded system design, like any design task, involves making a series of tradeoffs. As software developers, we seem always to be the victim of many of these tradeoffs because we are forced to wade through a myriad of arcane kernel specifications, obscure drivers with odd semantics, fragile development tools, ad hoc techniques, and bland documentation instead of diving head first into what we enjoy most: developing solutions to the domain-specific application we're being asked to deliver.

As is the ...

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