Product Description

The author has taught the design and use of microprocessor systems to undergraduate and technician level students for over 25 years.

*A core text for academic modules on microprocessors, embedded systems and computer architecture
*A practical design-orientated approach
*FREE CD-ROM features a unique microprocessor simulator, and accompanying website contains solutions, FAQs and updates to software

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1015079 in Books
• Published on: 2001-12-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Review
Here is a book to answer the question of how computers work for those without knowledge of digital or logic circuts, computer structure, or programming. An excellent text for undergraduates in electronic engineering or computer science, it will also be extremely useful to those who want to learn about computer architecture. - Optics and Photonics News, March 2004

About the Author
The author has taught the design and use of microprocessor systems to undergraduate and technician level students for over 25 years and currently lectures at the University of Glamorgan.

Customer Reviews

I loved it.
This book will offer something to the computing student, electronics student and amateur programmer.

I wanted to learn machine programming and this book is a fantastic introduction, the main reason? It's very practical, you don't sit and read theory for 500 pages, because of the practical examples my interest and enthusiasm was peaked.

The book comes with a z80 (same chip used on the zx spectrum) chip simulator, you write programs using assembler instructions (or even their hex or binary counterparts), then you can step through program, and watch how the data moves through the system, and how your instructions are interpreted and their effect.

Later on you can then attach virtual external devices to the simulators output ports, and write values to the addresses, (make LED's turn on and off, communicate with an external digital display) I just found the whole experience very thrilling and interesting. Something that most assembly programming books seem to lack.

I thought that the best introduction book was "Assembly language step by step using DOS and Linux" but this book surpasses that.