Intelligent readers who want to build their own embedded computer systems-- installed in everything from cell phones to cars to handheld organizers to refrigera

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This practical resource introduces readers to the design of field programmable gate array systems (FPGAs). Techniques and principles that can be applied by the

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Review of electronics fundamentals -- Microcontroller concepts -- Worst-case timing, loading, analysis, and design -- Memory technologies and interfacing -- CPU