O'Reilly Releases "Designing Embedded Hardware"

"As incredibly useful as these small devices are, it's no surprise that many programmers are interested in building their own. O'Reilly's latest release, 'Designing Embedded Hardware' (US $39.95) by John Catsoulis, shows how to design and create entirely new embedded devices and computerized gadgets as well as customize and extend off-the-shelf systems."

"Designing Embedded Hardware" covers:

-The theory and practice of embedded systems
-Powering an embedded system
-Producing and debugging an embedded system
-Processors such as the PIC, Atmel AVR, and Motorola 68000-series
-Digital Signal Processing (DSP) architectures
-Protocols (SPI and I2C) used to add peripherals
-RS-232C, RS-422, infrared communication, and USB
-Networks (RS-485, CAN, and Ethernet)