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Embedded Systems Design, 2nd Edition
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Embedded Systems Design, 2nd Edition

by Steve Heath
October 2002
Intermediate to advanced
430 pages
14h 57m
English
Newnes
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Interrupts and exceptions 189
6 Interrupts and exceptions
Interrupts are probably the most important aspect of any
embedded system design and potentially can be responsible for
many problems when debugging a system. Although they are
simple in concept, there are many pitfalls that the unwary can fall
into. This chapter goes through the principles behind interrupts,
the different mechanisms that are used with various processor
architectures and provides a set of do’s and don’ts to help guide
the designer.
What is an interrupt?
We all experience interrupts at some point during our lives
and find that they either pose no problem at all or they can very
quickly ...
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