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Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems
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Author: Qing Li, Caroline Yao
List Price: $44.95
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ISBN: 1578201241
Publisher: CMP Books (July, 2003)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 8,897
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
A Must for Beginners, and Worth It For Hot Shots Too
When I first started reading this work, it seemed decidedly to be for beginners only. I was pleasantly surprised however, how many new concepts and ideas I learned by the time I completed it. I found the "points to remember" and Chapters 11, 13-16 to be particularly useful because they highlight the pitfalls that I've seen even the most seasoned RTOSers fall into. I ended up buying the book for all my firmware developers and made the above mentioned sections mandatory reading for them. Although I have read several books on real time this is definitely the most complete because it references the real time concepts in the context of a real live OS - VxWorx. The information is presented in such a way that it can easily be applied to any RTOS such as QNX, InTime, MsCE, and MuOS. All my firmware new hires are given this book on the first day of work, and they can't start coding until they've finished it.
Rating: 4 out of 5
excellent combination of realtime and embedded concepts
Well-written book which offers a "one-book-says-it-all" look at both embedded concepts and real-time design. The books is definitely recommended reading if undertaking real-time embedded design for the first time. The first few chapters offers pratical hands-on explanations with references to an actual embedded OS. The book then goes on to do an excellent job of explaining typical RTOS concepts such scheduling, concurrency, preventing deadlocks and handling priority inversion. It discusses how to incorporate realtime concepts into the embedded project and it identifies considerations that may affect your design. Good reading.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Just okay
The book is well written but has a decided "VxWorks" slant to it even though this is not clearly stated on Amazon.com. If you are embarking on a VxWorks project....go ahead and get it. If not, then there are more appropo titles out there.
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