So You Wanna Be an Embedded Engineer
The Guide to Embedded Engineering, From Consultancy to the Corporate Ladder
Published on 31. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7506-7953-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this new, highly practical guide, expert embedded designer and manager Lewin Edwards answers the question, "How do I become an embedded engineer?? Embedded professionals agree that there is a treacherous gap between graduating from school and becoming an effective engineer in the workplace, and that there are few resources available for newbies to turn to when in need of advice and direction. This book provides that much-needed guidance for engineers fresh out of school, and for the thousands of experienced engineers now migrating into the popular embedded arena.
This book helps new embedded engineers to get ahead quickly by preparing them for the technical and professional challenges they will face. Detailed instructions on how to achieve successful designs using a broad spectrum of different microcontrollers and scripting languages are provided. The author shares insights from a lifetime of experience spent in-the-trenches, covering everything from small vs. large companies, and consultancy work vs. salaried positions, to which types of training will prove to be the most lucrative investments. This book provides an expert's authoritative answers to questions that pop up constantly on Usenet newsgroups and in break rooms all over the world.
This book helps new embedded engineers to get ahead quickly by preparing them for the technical and professional challenges they will face. Detailed instructions on how to achieve successful designs using a broad spectrum of different microcontrollers and scripting languages are provided. The author shares insights from a lifetime of experience spent in-the-trenches, covering everything from small vs. large companies, and consultancy work vs. salaried positions, to which types of training will prove to be the most lucrative investments. This book provides an expert's authoritative answers to questions that pop up constantly on Usenet newsgroups and in break rooms all over the world.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
"Newbie" Embedded Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, System Engineers, System Architects, Database Engineers, Network Technicians, IT Professionals, etc. looking to move into embedded engineering; undergrad and post-graduate level electrical and computer engineering students, as well as recent graduates.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrated; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-7953-4 (9780750679534)
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Additional editions
Lewin Edwards
So You Wanna Be an Embedded Engineer
The Guide to Embedded Engineering, From Consultancy to the Corporate Ladder
E-Book
08/2006
Butterworth-Heinemann
€42.95
Available for download
Person
Lewin Edwards is an embedded engineer with over 15 years experience designing embedded systems hardware, firmware, and control software.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction
About This Book
Chapter 2: Education
Traditional Education Paths into Embedded Engineering
Getting into the Field Without Traditional Education
How Much Electronics Must I Learn?
Educational Traps, Dead-Ends and Scams to Avoid
Practical Skills You'll Want To Acquire
Chapter 3: Teaching Yourself, Bottom-Up (Small Embedded Systems)
Target Audience
8051
Atmel AVR
Texas Instruments MSP430
C vs. Assembly Language in Small Embedded Systems
Chapter 4: Teaching Yourself, Top-Down (Large Embedded Systems)
Target Audience
Embedded x86 Solutions
ARM
PowerPC
Linux
eCos
Chapter 5: Working For Yourself
Is Self-Employment for You? Risks and Benefits
From Moonlighting to Fulltime Consultant Status - Bookkeeping, Taxes and Workload
Ways to Find Customers
Iterative Projects: Never-Ending Horror?
Pricing Your Services Appropriately
Establishing Your Own Working Best Practices
Business Has No Friends: The Importance of Contracts
Chapter 6: Working in a Small Company
Analyze your Goals: Benefits and Downsides of the Small Company
How to Get the Job
Responsibilities and Stresses in a Small Company
Personal Dynamics in Small Companies
Managing Tightly-Limited Resources
Task Breakdown: A Typical Week
Chapter 7: Working in a Larger Company
Analyze your Goals: Benefits and Downsides of the Large Company
How to Get the Job
Globalization: Outsourcing and Temporary Worker Visas
Procedures and You: Keeping Your Head Above Water
Task Breakdown: A Typical Week
About This Book
Chapter 2: Education
Traditional Education Paths into Embedded Engineering
Getting into the Field Without Traditional Education
How Much Electronics Must I Learn?
Educational Traps, Dead-Ends and Scams to Avoid
Practical Skills You'll Want To Acquire
Chapter 3: Teaching Yourself, Bottom-Up (Small Embedded Systems)
Target Audience
8051
Atmel AVR
Texas Instruments MSP430
C vs. Assembly Language in Small Embedded Systems
Chapter 4: Teaching Yourself, Top-Down (Large Embedded Systems)
Target Audience
Embedded x86 Solutions
ARM
PowerPC
Linux
eCos
Chapter 5: Working For Yourself
Is Self-Employment for You? Risks and Benefits
From Moonlighting to Fulltime Consultant Status - Bookkeeping, Taxes and Workload
Ways to Find Customers
Iterative Projects: Never-Ending Horror?
Pricing Your Services Appropriately
Establishing Your Own Working Best Practices
Business Has No Friends: The Importance of Contracts
Chapter 6: Working in a Small Company
Analyze your Goals: Benefits and Downsides of the Small Company
How to Get the Job
Responsibilities and Stresses in a Small Company
Personal Dynamics in Small Companies
Managing Tightly-Limited Resources
Task Breakdown: A Typical Week
Chapter 7: Working in a Larger Company
Analyze your Goals: Benefits and Downsides of the Large Company
How to Get the Job
Globalization: Outsourcing and Temporary Worker Visas
Procedures and You: Keeping Your Head Above Water
Task Breakdown: A Typical Week