Software and Hardware Engineering is designed for courses in the architecture and design of microprocessors using Freescales (formerly Motorola) star processor the M68HC(S)12 as its core example. This text can be used for the microcontrollers/microprocessors/microcomputers course taught in Electrical and Computer engineering departments usually dovetailing with the computer architecture course (pre-requisite or co-requisite). Students taking this course will havealready taken a programming course (or any C or assembly language) and introductory logic design. In this second edition more of the core principles of microcontroller theory beyond the specifics of HC12 implementation are integrated into the text. The new edition is updated to cover changes in thetechnology.
