Embedded Systems Architecture

Learn to design and develop safe and reliable software for embedded systems. Explore the internals of device drivers, RTOS, and TEE.

Key Features

• Identify and overcome challenges in embedded environments
• Understand the steps required to increase the security of IoT solutions
• Build safety-critical and memory-safe parallel and distributed embedded systems

Book Description

Embedded systems are self-contained units that have a dedicated purpose within a device. We come across a variety of applications of embedded systems in navigation tools, telecom applications, and networking equipment, to name just a few.

Embedded Systems Architecture begins with a bird's eye view of embedded development and how it differs from the other systems that you may be familiar with. You'll first be guided to set up a development environment and then move on to the core system architectural concepts, exploring pragmatic designs, boot-up mechanisms, and memory management. Next, you'll look at the programming interface and device drivers to establish communication via TCP/IP and take measures to increase the security of IoT solutions. Lastly, you'll be introduced to parallel multithreaded applications through the development of a scheduler.

By the end of the book, you will have explored various aspects of embedded architecture such as memory management, focusing on a memory-safe approach, multithreading, and the RTOS approach.

What you will learn

• Participate in the design and definition phase of an embedded product
• Get to grips with writing code for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers
• Build an embedded development lab and optimize the workflow
• Write memory-safe code
• Understand the architecture behind the communication interfaces
• Understand the design and development patterns for connected and distributed devices in the IoT
• Master multitask parallel execution patterns and real-time operating systems
• Learn about Trusted Execution Environment

Who This Book Is For

If you're a software developer or designer wanting to learn about embedded programming, this is the book for you. You'll also find this book useful if you're a less experienced or a beginner embedded programmer willing to expand your knowledge on embedded systems.

Table of Contents

1. Embedded Systems - A Pragmatic Approach
2. Work Environment and Workflow Optimization
3. Architectural patterns
4. The Boot-Up Procedure
5. Memory Management
6. General purpose peripherals
7. Local bus interfaces communication
8. Power Management and energy-saving
9. Distributed Systems and IoT Architecture
10. Parallel tasks and scheduling
11. Trusted Execution Environment