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Embedded Linux®: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing
By Craig Hollabaugh Ph.D.
Publisher	: Addison Wesley
Pub Date	: March 07, 2002
ISBN	: 0-672-32226-9
Pages	: 432
Slots	: 1.0

		Copyright
		Foreword
		About the Author
		Acknowledgments
		Introduction
			Benefits of This Book
			What This Book Covers
			Who This Book Is For
			Conventions Used in This Book
		Part I:  Getting Started
			Chapter 1.  Introducing Embedded Linux
				Why Linux, Why Now?
				What Is an Embedded System?
				What Does Real-Time Mean?
				Implications of Open Source
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 2.  System Architecture
				Introducing Project Trailblazer
				The Silverjack Resort Layout
				Project Trailblazer Requirements
				The Project Trailblazer System Architecture
				Summary
			Chapter 3.  Selecting a Platform and Installing Tool Sets
				Sources of Information
				The Project Trailblazer Strategic Direction
				Building tbdev1 , the Embedded Linux Development Workstation
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 4.  Booting Linux
				The Target PBRs
				The Linux Boot Process
				The Linux root Filesystem
				Creating the root Filesystem
				Installing the TFTP Server
				Installing minicom
				Booting the Embedded Planet RPX-CLLF
				Booting the Brightstar Engineering MediaEngine
				Booting the Tri-M MZ104 and the COTS PC with a Flash IDE Drive
				Boot Comparison
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 5.  Debugging
				Introducing gdb
				Local Debugging
				Remote Debugging
				Network-Mounting the root Filesystem
				Summary
				Additional Reading
		Part II:  Interfacing
			Chapter 6.  Asynchronous Serial Communication Interfacing
				The Project Trailblazer Asynchronous Serial Hardware Development Environment
				Linux Serial Communications
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 7.  Parallel Port Interfacing
				Control Using the Parallel Port
				Standard Parallel Port Control with Port I/O
				Standard Parallel Port Control Using ppdev
				Developing a Custom Device Driver
				Standard Parallel Port Control Using the Custom Device Driver liftmon_snowcon
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 8.  USB Interfacing
				Learning About USB
				Project Trailblazer USB Hardware
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 9.  Memory I/O Interfacing
				The Hardware Design Process
				Developing Lift Monitoring and Snow-Making Control for the MediaEngine
				Developing Lift Monitoring and Snow-Making Control for the RPX-CLLF
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 10.  Synchronous Serial Communication Interfacing
				Temperature Sensing and Display
				SPI Communication and the LM70
				I2C Communication with the Philips Semiconductor SAA1064
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 11.  Using Interrupts For Timing
				Linux Timing Sources
				Measuring Interrupt Latency
				Implementing the Race Timer
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 12.  System Integration
				Integration Overview
				Installing the System Integration Applications
				Creating and Testing the Project Trailblazer Database
				Developing the Target and CGI Integration Scripts
				Summary
				Additional Reading
			Chapter 13.  Final Thoughts
				GUI Development
				Real-time Capabilities
				The Embedded Linux Vendor Offerings
				Project Trailblazer Hardware
				Summary
				Additional Reading

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