Presented in three parts, this book provides readers with animmersive introduction to this rapidly growing segment of thecomputer industry. Acknowledging the fact that embedded systemscontrol many of today s most common devices such as smart phones,PC tablets, as well as hardware embedded in cars, TVs, and evenrefrigerators and heating systems, the book offers a basicintroduction to embedded computing systems before moving on toadvanced topics. This book is ideal for design engineerslooking to optimize and reduce the size and cost of embedded systemproducts.