Embedded Systems: Real-Time Interfacing to Arm(r) Cortex -M Microcontrollers: Volume 2

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Right book, as described. Using for my university course.

This book is very similar to the previous volume, "Introduction to ARM Cortex-M Microcontrollers". In fact at least 1/3 of the material of the book is a copy and paste from the previous volume. I would not recommend reading this book from front cover to back cover. In my experience, I believe it is better to treat this book more as a reference manual to refer to for topics you don't quite understand. The book basically talks about how microcontrollers work, particularly, the TM4C123 and the TM4C1294. It simplifies much of the formal talk written in the datasheets for those devices, but in exchange, does not cover the entirety of the exact functionality of those devices. There has also been an inclusion of Internet of Things as a topic in the later part of the book, although it still does not explain the concept very well and instead points the reader into some examples that utilize IoT. I would not recommend this book to people wanting to just read about microcontrollers and not taking a class about it. However, since this book goes together with the actual UT Austin class EE445L, you probably aren't buying it for a leisure read.For EE445L Students:1. Go to Valvano's Website: [...] This webpage contains supplementary material that you really will need to understand what the book is saying. Also it contains the programs, that were written in the book. On this page: [...], you can find all the materials you will need for this course. If you click on the "Lectures" tab and scroll down to "Volume 2 EE445L Fall 2015 Lecture slides" and click to see all slides, you will find all powerpoint slides to help you with your labs.2. The edition number does not matter too much.3. If you registered for the course, wait for a special email to come before deciding to buy the book4. Buy coffee and say goodbye to 6-8 hr sleeps.Hopefully this review has at least somewhat benefitted you. In summary, this book is okay, but seems more like a manual. It goes together with the class called EE445L at UT Austin. If your not taking EE445L, then you probably should use a different book. Of course if your still tempted, why not buy it and experience the HD view of this book and class.

I got this because it's volume 2 of the author's series and was referenced heavily in volume 1 which I enjoyed. A lot of the same material is covered but with different examples. These illustrate aspects of the TI Tiva ARM processor that weren't covered in the first volume in most cases. My only problems with the book are: 1) it's a print on demand book so the font and page layouts aren't as polished as an edited/published book, and 2) a lot of the same introductory material that detracted from the first volume is reprinted here. For the price of this textbook I can overlook the first - print on demand. For the second all I can suggest is you gloss over the first third of the book. If you started with the first volume you've read it once already anyway. Very worthwhile series in any event. The data sheet for this processor is over 1,200 pages long. The books really help you navigate through the information you need to know to use the processor.

I think this book is wonderful in theory, but quite poor in practice...There are important sections that have been skimmed on...Interfacing the camera section, I'm still kinda scratching my head...I feel that I'm actually being cheated honestly of some of my time...The author first of all repeats everything from the other books by blatantly copying information mercilessly! Very disappointing gimmick for what could be original new content in a very thick book...But finding word for word and diagram information from all 3 books, I'm kinda disappointed with his approach! Everything is way too theoretic almost analog engineering related to the max, which is fine for theory, but the examples are uhmm...typically copied from the EVMs of the original manufacturers of the boards, such as TI and Keil...I really wish there was more effort put into the examples with some real meat to them. Please stop repeating the content, it makes it not worth buying almost duplicates of all 3 books! I actually found the simpler book to be better than the 2nd and 3rd! It had more effort put into the assembly language stuff...The rest is parroting from the manufacturer's EVMs with some redundantly infused analog design theory...Needs more programing code listings with interesting stuff for me to rate it higher!