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Fast and Effective Embedded Systems Design
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Fast and Effective Embedded Systems Design

by Tim Wilmshurst, Rob Toulson
July 2012
Beginner to intermediate
400 pages
9h 52m
English
Newnes
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Chapter 10

Memory and Data Management

Chapter Outline

10.1 A Memory Review

10.1.1 Memory Function Types

10.1.2 Essential Electronic Memory Types

10.2 Using Data Files with the mbed

10.2.1 Reviewing some Useful C/C++ Library Functions

10.2.2 Defining the mbed Local File System

10.2.3 Opening and Closing Files

10.2.4 Writing and Reading File Data

10.3 Example mbed Data File Access

10.3.1 File Access

10.3.2 String File Access

10.3.3 Using Formatted Data

10.4 Using External Memory with the mbed

10.5 Introducing Pointers

10.6 Mini-Project: Accelerometer Data Logging on Exceeding Threshold

Chapter Review

Quiz

References

10.1 A Memory Review

10.1.1 Memory Function Types

Broadly speaking, a microprocessor needs memory for two reasons: to hold its ...

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ISBN: 9780080977683