Curtis K.E. Embedded Mulitasking with small microcontrollers

Burlington: Elsevier, 2006. - 417 p.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide the designer with some basic concepts and terminology that will be used later in the book. It covers not only basic multitasking but also binary numbering systems, data storage, basic communications protocols, mathematics, conditional statements, and state machines. These concepts are covered here not only to refresh the designer’s understanding of their operations but also to provide sufficient insight so that designers will be able to “roll their own” functions if needed. While this chapter is not strictly required to understand the balance of the book, it is recommended.