Resources For Embedded Software Developers

(Distributed With The ESRG Tool Set)

The links here are a mixture of links to the Web, plus links to files on the local computer.  If the Custom installation option was chosen and features were de-selected, some or all of the local files may not be present.  Please send information about additional links, information about broken links, and all other suggestions or corrections to dtashley@aol.com. 

• Articles, Books, Papers, Periodicals Specialists, And Specialized Web Pages

  • CRC Generation

    • Software Process

      • "Is Process Getting In The Way Of Process" (.DOC, .PDF), (Harry Kitchen)

    • CRC-32

      • "How To Verify CRC-32 Numbers", (Richard A. Ellingson)

      • "A Painless Guide To CRC Error Detection Algorithms" (letter of permission), Dr. Ross Williams (e-mail, home page)

  • Computer Languages

    • Tcl/Tk

      • Books (Inclusion here is not an endorsement.  However, just about any Tcl/Tk book will help a beginner.)

        • Practical Programming In Tcl And Tk (Amazon)

        • Sams Teach Yourself Tcl/Tk in 24 Hours (Amazon)

        • Tcl/Tk Pocket Reference (Amazon)

        • The Complete Tcl/Tk Training Course (Amazon)

      • Developer Resources

        • Documentation

          • Tcl/Tk Engineering Manual (included as a .PDF file, John K. Ousterhout)

        • Utilities

          • Mktclapp:  A Tool For Mixing C/C++ with Tcl/Tk (D. Richard Hipp) (This was the utility used as a starting point to produce the statically linked version of Wish, IjuConsole.)

  • Embedded Control/Embedded Systems

    • General

      • Books

        • "A Practitioner's Guide To The Design And Development Of Small Microcontroller Software", (included as a .PDF file, work-in-progress, Dave Ashley and other contributors)

      • Periodicals

        • Embedded Systems Programming Magazine

    • Software

      • Math

        • Implementation

          • Rational Approximation

            • Economical Implementation Of Linear Scaling Functions In Microcontroller Software Using Rational Number Approximation Techniques, (Rejected Paper) D. Ashley, J. DeVoe, C. Pratt, K. Perttunen, A. Zhigljavsky (LaTeX source code)

            • Embedded Systems Programming Article, "On Best Rational Approximations Using Large Integers", D. Ashley, J. DeVoe, C. Pratt, K. Perttunen, A. Zhigljavsky

              • Paper As .PDF (not yet available, as the article hasn't yet been published).

              • LaTeX Source Code (not yet available, as the article hasn't yet been published).

              • farey_forward.xls (demonstrates building ascending Farey series).

              • farey_backward.xls (demonstrates building descending Farey series).

              • cf_method.xls (demonstrates finding Farey neighbors using continued fraction method).

  • Web (HTTP) Servers

    • Apache

      • The Apache Toolbox (a tool for compiling Apache and modules easily on all platforms.

• Consultants And Trainers

  • Harry Kitchen (Letter of permission)

• Employment
  • Meat Markets
    • Non-Specific
      • www.monster.com

• Shopping
  • Online

    • Books

      • New

        • General Titles

          • Amazon Bookstore

        • Technical Titles

          • Computing (Software, Hardware)

            • Annabooks

      • Used

        • General Titles

          • www.half.com

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