嵌入式系统的设计艺术

嵌入式系统设计的必看经典书. 作者：Jack Ganssle. 第二版。 For tens of thousands of years the human race used their muscles and the labor of animals to build a world that differed little from that known by all their ancestors. But in 1776 James Watt installed the fi rst of his improved steam engines in a commercial enterprise, kicking off the industrial revolution. The 1800s were known as “ the great age of the engineer. ” Engineers were viewed as the celebrities of the age, as the architects of tomorrow, the great hope for civilization. (For a wonde rful description of these times read Isamard Kingdom Brunel , by L.T.C. Rolt.) Yet during that century, one of every four bridges failed. Tunnels routinely fl ooded. How things have changed!