• Programming Microcontrollers in C (Embedded Technology Series)
• Programming Embedded Systems: With C and GNU Development Tools, 2nd Edition
• Embedded Systems Design: An Introduction to Processes, Tools and Techniques
• Embedded C
• An Embedded Software Primer

Dont Bother
Review written by: Teach'r From New Zealand
I wish I had not spent money on this, what a waste of time.

A Great Intro to C Embedded Programming
Review written by: Jim Gurtner From Kennesaw, GA USA
"C Programming for Embedded Systems" is a fantastic book for those who are already familiar with C programming. This book shows how C can be used to write code for an 8 bit microcontroller - Motorola's workhorse of the industry, the 6805. The thermostat project is well documented including a full schematic and real pictures of the completed circuit on the CD. The CD also includes ByteCraft's C compiler and project source code. The project simulates a heating/cooling system with an LCD display, keypad, thermistor, and a fan and light bulb to simulate heating and cooling. The project also makes use of Motorola's MC68HC705JICS emulator (available from DigiKey). This book is meant to be only part of a comprehensive education in embedded programming, and makes no claims to be an in depth volume on the subject. In conclusion, this is a great book to make one aware of the issues and challenges in writing code in C for 8 bit embedded systems as well as gaining experience on one of Motorola's most popular processors.

Limited Usefulness
Review written by: Geoffrey Zenger From Burnaby, BC
"C Programming for Embedded Systems" promised to be an extremely useful book for those interested in embedded systems however, its scope is so limited that it proves to be close to useless. If you want a very basic introduction to programming motorolas simplest embedded processors then this book is for you. For the rest of us however, the amount of useful material relevant to all chips is probably about 30 pages and if you don't know the material covered here, you probably shouldn't be wanting to program embedded systems.

For a better book, buy a book on PIC assembler, it will prove to be much more useful in the long run. The best method to start programming embedded systems: look for projects and documentation on the internet. Your time will be much better spect there than with this book.

Basic Book
Review written by: Mario Osejos From Santa Barbara, CA United States
This book lacked any real depth in embedded systems,
I was disappointed, I have used byte craft's compiler
for the cop processor and found the manual very helpful,
though this book I suggest is only suitable as quick
reference.

Rubbish
One of the most important things an embedded assembly programmer coming into C needs to know is how to set up absolute memory addressing without resorting to compiler-specific features or assembly language. This book resorts to compiler-specific #pragma directives to fit its chosen chip and OS. The fact that we might want to use _no_ OS and a non-Bytecraft compiler is not something that seems to have crossed the author's mind. Much better to shell out the extra ten bucks for Ted Van Sickle's _Programming Microcontrollers in C_. That one is Motorola-oriented but at least has the common decency to explain how to set up ports and peripherals within the ANSI C language proper.