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Embedded Systems and Computer Architecture

by Graham R Wilson

December 2001

Intermediate to advanced

320 pages

7h 37m

English

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1.1 Numbers within a computing machine1.2 Adding binary integers1.3 Representing signed integers1.4 Addition and subtraction of signed integers1.5 Two’s complement theory*1.6 Use of hexadecimal representation1.7 Problems
2.1 Logic – the bank vault2.2 Evaluating the logic expression for the bank vault2.3 Another solution2.4 Simplifying logical expressions*2.5 Rules for simplifying logical expressions using a map*2.6 Karnaugh-Veitch program, KVMap*2.7 Quine–McCluskey method*2.8 Problems
3.1 Electronic controller3.2 Development of the bank vault controller design3.3 Gates – electronic circuits that perform logical operations3.4 Decoder circuit3.5 Multiplexer circuit3.6 Flip-flops3.7 Storage registers3.8 State machines*3.9 Programmable logic devices*3.10 Problems

4.1 Circuit to add numbers4.2 Adder/Subtractor4.3 Arithmetic and logic unit4.4 Shifting data4.4 Fast adders*4.5 Floating-point numbers*4.6 Problems
5.1 A manual computing system5.2 Storing data and program instructions5.3 Connecting the machine components5.4 Architecture of Simple Machine5.5 More general view of the design of Simple Machine*5.6 Improvements to Simple Machine5.7 Architecture of the G80 microprocessor5.8 Problems
6.1 Programmer’s model6.2 Instruction format and addressing modes6.3 Converting the source code to machine code – manual assembly6.4 Using the assembler6.5 Assembly language6.6 Types of instruction6.7 Problems
7.1 Program control structures7.2 Data structures7.3 Subroutines7.4 Problems
8.1 G80 external connections8.2 Read-only memory device – ROM8.3 COMPI computer – G80 with ROM only8.4 RAM device8.5 COMP2 computer – G80 with ROM and RAM8.6 COMP3 computer8.7 Microprocessor control signals8.8 Problems
9.1 Simple output port9.2 Port address space9.3 A simple input port9.4 Programmable ports*9.5 Serial data transmission – UART*9.6 Problems
10.1 Simple input and output10.2 Handshaking10.3 Simple output to a slow device10.4 Do-forever loop10.5 Processor interrupt10.6 Possible interrupt mechanisms10.7 Interrupt priority mechanisms10.8 Non-maskable interrupt10.9 G80 interrupt mechanisms10.10 Direct memory access10.11 Problems
11.1 Counter device and its use in a conveyor belt11.2 Timer device11.3 Calendar device11.4 Pottery kiln11.5 Multitasking*11.6 Problems
12.1 How an assembler works12.2 Linker12.3 Intel format file12.4 High-level languages12.5 Problems
13.1 Requirements of the control unit13.2 Register transfers13.3 Instruction fetch13.4 Examples of instruction execution13.5 Hardwired controller13.6 More about the hardwired controller13.7 Microprogrammed control13.8 Problems
14.1 General-purpose computers14.2 Memory bottleneck14.3 Storage within a computer14.4 Data bus width and memory address space14.5 Addressing modes14.6 Organization of 32-bit memory14.7 Instruction queue14.8 Locality of reference14.9 Operating systems
15.1 Basic operation of cache15.2 Cache organization – direct mapping15.3 Cache organization – set-associative mapping15.4 Cache organization – fully associative mapping15.5 Problems
16.1 Virtual and physical addresses – imaginary and real memory16.2 Pages and page frames16.3 Page Tables16.4 Handling a page fault16.5 Page size16.6 Two-level paging*16.7 Translation look-aside buffer16.8 Memory protection16.9 Problems

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We describe here some of the more complex devices that may be included in an embedded system. Many embedded systems use counter devices, timer devices, and calendar devices; these are introduced here. The counter device is incorporated into a model of a conveyor belt in a factory where the counter counts the number of objects that pass along the conveyor. A model of a kiln is described as an example of hardware that is controlled by an embedded computer control system. The specification of these devices is given in Appendix C. Finally, we see how a timer may be used to make it appear that a computer is performing a number of programs simultaneously, a technique called multitasking.