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Ghost written by a monkey with a typewriter
Review written by: Jim Logan From Tucson, AZ
This book is the single worst book I have every read on a subject relating to engineering of any kind. The examples in the book, especially code examples, are so cryptic and unexplained that you would be better off searching for tutorials on google than wasting your time trying to read this garbage. I wish there was a rating below 1 star, this book deserves it.

A good software with a not-so-good book
The 4 stars that I have used is a sort of average of 5 stars for the software accompanying the book, and 2 stars for the book itself. If you are new to the world of embedded systems and yet to work on a real project, then the simulator provided with this book is simply superb. It lets you simulate external I/O devices like LED, switches, CRT, Motors in a pretty realistic way. It also allows input captures. Also, it has an excellent online help. Indeed, if you find the main text of the book rather disconnected and cryptic, then better read the online help of the software. It is MUCH more than a mere online help. It provides lots of examples, detailed explanations and suggested modes of actions all in a hypertext environment, much more lucid than the main book. However, this is a software for LEARNING, and is by no means comprehensive a program development/debugging utility. There are quite a few such utilities out there on the web, but they usually require the user to know a lot. Also, the software is still undergoing upgrading, it seems, the upgrade patches being freely available on the author's webpage (URL in the book). I personally used Peter Spasov's book "Microcontroller Technology" as the main text to supplement the software.

Valvano's book is somewhat rambling in nature, and he skips certain details in a way that is confusing to a beginner. Also he is always trying to explain 4 microcontrollers simultaneously which puts strain on a novice reader.

If you can somehow grab a copy of the software, I would never recommend that you buy the book.

real-time interfacing
Review written by: toyo ayeni From ONT Canada
this book is an exceptionally good book for both new comers to real-time interfacing and experienced programmers. It treats both the engineering and hands-on design of embedded systems using the Motorola microcontroller units. It comes with a simulator that is simple to use and lets you know how your design would work in these units. what it misses though as a suggestion is a chapter that would guide users to specific portions of the book for the various actuators it provides as an example.

Bad Data Sheet Book at Very High Price
Review written by: Olis Bahari From Houston, TX USA
You can get all information from Motorla data sheet free. Save your money and buy a kit from any SemiHouse and you would learn a lot more aobut interfacing. Its CD-ROM is almost useless.

Very Bad Data Sheet book at very high price
Review written by: Olis Bahari From Houston, TX USA
You can get all information from Motorla data sheet that is free on webpage and the software is almost useless for serious works. I would not recommend this book at all.