You're reading from Architecting High-Performance Embedded Systems Design and build high-performance real-time digital systems based on FPGAs and custom circuits

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789955965

Length 376 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Embedded Systems

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Design

Author (1):

Jim Ledin

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Fundamentals of High-Performance Embedded Systems

2. Chapter 1: Architecting High-Performance Embedded Systems FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Sensing the World

4. Chapter 3: Operating in Real Time

5. Section 2: Designing and Constructing High-Performance Embedded Systems

6. Chapter 4: Developing Your First FPGA Program

7. Chapter 5: Implementing systems with FPGAs

8. Chapter 6: Designing Circuits with KiCad

9. Chapter 7: Building High-Performance Digital Circuits

10. Section 3: Implementing and Testing Real-Time Firmware

11. Chapter 8: Bringing Up the Board for the First Time

12. Chapter 9: The Firmware Development Process

13. Chapter 10: Testing and Debugging the Embedded System

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