Software Engineering for Embedded Systems

Yesterday was a great day: The book “Software Engineering for Embedded Systems” finally arrived 🙂 :

Why I’m excited about this? Because I had the honor to contribute a chapter to that book 🙂

Rob Oshana and Mark Kraeling initiated that book project back in Summer 2011. Now it has been published (Elsevier/Newnes, ISBN 978-0-12-415917-4) and features more than 1200 pages in a hardcover version, with following chapters:

Chapter 1: Software Engineering of Embedded and Real-Time Systems
Chapter 2: Embedded Systems Hardware/Software Co-Development
Chapter 3: Software Modeling for Embedded Systems
Chapter 4: Software Design Architecture and Patterns for Embedded Systems
Chapter 5: Real-Time Building Blocks: Events and Triggers
Chapter 6: Hardware’s Interface to Embedded Software
Chapter 7: Embedded Software Programming and Implementation Guidelines
Chapter 8: Embedded Operating Systems
Chapter 9: Software Reuse By Design in Embedded Systems
Chapter 10: Software Performance Engineering for Embedded Systems
Chapter 11: Optimizing Embedded Software for Performance
Chapter 12: Optimizing Embedded Software for Memory
Chapter 13: Optimizing Embedded Software for Power
Chapter 14: Human Factors and User Interface Design for Embedded Systems
Chapter 15: Embedded Software Quality, Integration and Testing Techniques
Chapter 16: Software Development Tools for Embedded Systems
Chapter 17: Multicore Software Development for Embedded Systems
Chapter 18: Safety-Critical Software Development
Chapter 19: Intellectual Property
Chapter 20: Managing Embedded Software Development
Chapter 21: Agile Development for Embedded Systems
Chapter 22: Embedded Software for Automotive Applications
Chapter 23: Programming for I/O and Storage
Chapter 24: Embedded Software for Networking Applications
Chapter 25: Linux for Embedded Systems

It is a ‘multi-author’ book and covers topics from low-level programming up to software development life cycle. That kind of book makes it easy to pick and read one chapter or the other, as I do not need to read the book from the beginning to the end. It is a good reference manual, and covers many aspects I’m interested in, but never had the time yet to read it. I have reading time reserved for the coming long week-end, given the weather forecast 😉 .

Happy Reading 🙂

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Nice, congratulation, i will check that book, if the book is like your post in the blog, i buyed sure, best regards

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Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 15:29 said:

Hi Braulio,
thanks 🙂 I only contributed to chapter 5. People smarter I am have contributed to that book, so I would buy it myself too 😉

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Congratulations! i do believe I shall read some myself 🙂 Which is the appeal of this compendium – truly relevant topics, self contained, that you can pick and choose.

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Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 15:43 said:

Hi Jim,
thanks! It is a true compendium, and will take me a while to read through them. And I will start with chapter 9 🙂

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I am impressed – congratulations Erich…

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Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 16:08 said:

Hi Martin,
thanks. Although they did not print that picture you have provided. That way they do not see a bald head in the book 😉

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Hello Erich:

Congratulation on your book! It looks very interesting. I wanted to ask you, for which level of expertise on MCU embedded development would you recommend this book for? Beginner, intermediate or advanced?

Also, do you have a recommendation on additional books to learn about embedded development in a formal, expert way? I develop embedded projects but lack a more professional (formal) method, and I would like to enter the industry and begin to develop programs in a more formal and optimal way.

Thank you,

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Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 16:22 said:

Hi Ed,
thanks! Any level depends on what you are looking for, and as well the industry you are working in. I would say it is on the intermediate to advanced level. It varies somewhat between chapters.
As for suggestions: that again depends on the domain you are interested in (robotics, health care, automotive, communication, …): as for general Embedded topics, I recommend the books or articles written by Jack Ganssle: they are very informative, easy to read with a good sense of humor, so a lot of fun too.

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- Ed Garcia on May 21, 2013 at 00:21 said:
  
  Thank you very much! I will look for the autor you recommended, and I will also look if I can get your book on my country or when I visit the USA. Thanks!
  
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Erich,

congrats on the book!

I hope to get it and perhaps get you sign it in any near future 🙂

Regards,
Carlos Neri

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Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 18:22 said:

thanks! And sure I will!

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nice man! saw which chapter you contributed in the comments, you should’ve put that in the article! Actually saw that book on safari online and star’ed it.

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Erich Styger on May 17, 2013 at 07:38 said:

I was too shy, and I believe it is not much about what I have contributed, but about the great (again: biased 🙂 ) content of the whole book.

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Order the book today. Excited to give it a read.
I find that there is not much reading available on the actual software design (design patterns, etc) when it comes to embedded systems.

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Erich Styger on May 17, 2013 at 20:58 said:

Hi Derek,
yes, I agree with you on that point. I hope you will enjoy reading the book!

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Hi,

If you buy the hard copy, is there a discount available for the e-book as well? as i generally like having both. One at home for reading and the other at work for simple look-up.

Thanks,
Andy

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Erich Styger on May 20, 2013 at 10:03 said:

Hi Andy,
yes, according to http://store.elsevier.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780124159174 there is a 40% discount listed for the printed+e-version of the book.

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Hi Erich,

I bought the book and started reading your chapter, it’s a great design for events and triggers handling in Embedded Systems. Did you write any other books or material that I could read and learn great software designs.

Thanks in advance.

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Erich Styger on February 17, 2018 at 06:29 said:

Thanks for reading that book, and your kind words!
I have not published any other books that way (maybe I should), but I do have the university lecture script, but that one is not public (except to students). Contact me under the email address listed on the About page of this blog and I should be able to send you a PDF copy for your own personal use.
Erich

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Braulio on May 15, 2013 at 14:32 said:

Nice, congratulation, i will check that book, if the book is like your post in the blog, i buyed sure, best regards

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- Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 15:29 said:
  
  Hi Braulio,
  thanks 🙂 I only contributed to chapter 5. People smarter I am have contributed to that book, so I would buy it myself too 😉
  
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Jim T on May 15, 2013 at 14:34 said:

Congratulations! i do believe I shall read some myself 🙂 Which is the appeal of this compendium – truly relevant topics, self contained, that you can pick and choose.

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- Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 15:43 said:
  
  Hi Jim,
  thanks! It is a true compendium, and will take me a while to read through them. And I will start with chapter 9 🙂
  
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Martin Vogel on May 15, 2013 at 15:47 said:

I am impressed – congratulations Erich…

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- Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 16:08 said:
  
  Hi Martin,
  thanks. Although they did not print that picture you have provided. That way they do not see a bald head in the book 😉
  
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Ed Garcia on May 15, 2013 at 16:16 said:

Hello Erich:

Congratulation on your book! It looks very interesting. I wanted to ask you, for which level of expertise on MCU embedded development would you recommend this book for? Beginner, intermediate or advanced?

Also, do you have a recommendation on additional books to learn about embedded development in a formal, expert way? I develop embedded projects but lack a more professional (formal) method, and I would like to enter the industry and begin to develop programs in a more formal and optimal way.

Thank you,

Ed

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- Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 16:22 said:
  
  Hi Ed,
  thanks! Any level depends on what you are looking for, and as well the industry you are working in. I would say it is on the intermediate to advanced level. It varies somewhat between chapters.
  As for suggestions: that again depends on the domain you are interested in (robotics, health care, automotive, communication, …): as for general Embedded topics, I recommend the books or articles written by Jack Ganssle: they are very informative, easy to read with a good sense of humor, so a lot of fun too.
  
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  - Ed Garcia on May 21, 2013 at 00:21 said:
    
    Thank you very much! I will look for the autor you recommended, and I will also look if I can get your book on my country or when I visit the USA. Thanks!
    
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carlosneri86 on May 15, 2013 at 17:47 said:

Erich,

congrats on the book!

I hope to get it and perhaps get you sign it in any near future 🙂

Regards,
Carlos Neri

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- Erich Styger on May 15, 2013 at 18:22 said:
  
  thanks! And sure I will!
  
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fangstar on May 17, 2013 at 01:13 said:

nice man! saw which chapter you contributed in the comments, you should’ve put that in the article! Actually saw that book on safari online and star’ed it.

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- Erich Styger on May 17, 2013 at 07:38 said:
  
  I was too shy, and I believe it is not much about what I have contributed, but about the great (again: biased 🙂 ) content of the whole book.
  
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Derek Belle on May 17, 2013 at 20:50 said:

Order the book today. Excited to give it a read.
I find that there is not much reading available on the actual software design (design patterns, etc) when it comes to embedded systems.

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- Erich Styger on May 17, 2013 at 20:58 said:
  
  Hi Derek,
  yes, I agree with you on that point. I hope you will enjoy reading the book!
  
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Andy on May 20, 2013 at 09:00 said:

Hi,

If you buy the hard copy, is there a discount available for the e-book as well? as i generally like having both. One at home for reading and the other at work for simple look-up.

Thanks,
Andy

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- Erich Styger on May 20, 2013 at 10:03 said:
  
  Hi Andy,
  yes, according to http://store.elsevier.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780124159174 there is a 40% discount listed for the printed+e-version of the book.
  
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KN on February 17, 2018 at 03:00 said:

Hi Erich,

I bought the book and started reading your chapter, it’s a great design for events and triggers handling in Embedded Systems. Did you write any other books or material that I could read and learn great software designs.

Thanks in advance.

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- Erich Styger on February 17, 2018 at 06:29 said:
  
  Thanks for reading that book, and your kind words!
  I have not published any other books that way (maybe I should), but I do have the university lecture script, but that one is not public (except to students). Contact me under the email address listed on the About page of this blog and I should be able to send you a PDF copy for your own personal use.
  Erich
  
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