Hardware/Firmware Interface Design: Best Practices for Improving Embedded Systems Development (Hardcover)

Why care about hardware/firmware interaction? These interfaces are critical, a solid hardware design married with adaptive firmware can access all the capabilities of an application and overcome limitations caused by poor communication. For the first time, a book has come along that will help hardware engineers and firmware engineers work together to mitigate or eliminate problems that occur when hardware and firmware are not optimally compatible. Solving these issues will save time and money, getting products to market sooner to create more revenue.

The principles and best practices presented in this book will prove to be a valuable resource for both hardware and firmware engineers. Topics include register layout, interrupts, timing and performance, aborts, and errors. Real world cases studies will help to solidify the principles and best practicies with an aim towards cleaner designs, shorter schedules, and better implementation!

• Reduce product development delays with the best practices in this book


• Concepts apply to ASICs, ASSPs, SoCs, and FPGAs


• Real-world examples and case studies highlight the good and bad of design processes

為什麼要關注硬體/韌體互動？這些介面至關重要，一個堅固的硬體設計與適應性韌體結合，可以利用應用程式的所有功能，並克服因通訊不良而產生的限制。這是第一本能幫助硬體工程師和韌體工程師共同解決或消除硬體和韌體不兼容時出現的問題的書籍。解決這些問題將節省時間和金錢，使產品更快上市，創造更多收入。

本書介紹的原則和最佳實踐將成為硬體和韌體工程師的寶貴資源。主題包括註冊表佈局、中斷、時序和性能、中止和錯誤。實際案例研究將有助於鞏固這些原則和最佳實踐，以實現更乾淨的設計、更短的進度和更好的實施！

本書的最佳實踐將減少產品開發延遲。這些概念適用於ASIC、ASSP、SoC和FPGA。實際案例和案例研究突出了設計過程的優點和缺點。