This book gives a comprehensive coverage of different aspects of microcontroller-based system design and development in a generalized manner. Basic ideas and fundamental concepts common to all micro-controllers have been introduced before giving specific examples using the 8051 microcontroller, which is the most popular microcontroller in use today. Coverage of the three important issues such as hardware, software and hardware-software integration has been provided in a balanced manner. For easy understanding of the subject, a bottom-up approach has been followed. The book is designed for the undergraduate students of electrical engineering, computer science and engineering, and electronics and communication engineering.
KEY FEATURES :
Provides many pedagogical features such as learning objectives, introduction, examples, summary, fill in the blanks and chapter-end exercises to assist teaching and learning.
Pays special attention to the interfacing of I/O devices for human interaction, and I/O devices for process control and instrumentation, which are important in the context of embedded systems.
Gives comprehensive information about development aids and trouble-shooting techniques for the development of microcontroller-based systems.
Includes a number of real-life application examples, with complete details of hardware and software implementation, after fabricating prototype models in the laboratory.About the Author
AJIT PAL (PhD) is Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. A recipient of Meghnad Saha Memorial Award and Best Paper Award, Dr. Pal is a Senior Member of the IEEE, USA and Fellow of the IETE, India.
Before joining IIT Kharagpur in the year 1982, Dr. Pal has been with Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, Indian Telephone Industries, Naini and Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad in various capacities. His research interests include embedded systems, low-power VLSI circuits, sensor networks and optical communications.
He is the principal investigator of several Sponsored Research Projects including ‘Low Power Circuits’, sponsored by Intel, USA and ‘Formal Methods for Power Intent Verification’, sponsored by Synopsis (India) Pvt. Ltd. With more than 30 years of teaching experience, Dr. Pal has over 125 publications to his credit in various reputed national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has authored books on Microprocessors and Microcontrollers and his book title Microprocessors: Principles and Applications is published by PHI Learning.
