{ "item_title" : "Bare-Metal STM32 Firmware Engineering", "item_author" : [" Scott A. Dominik "], "item_description" : "When your firmware fails, understanding the library isn't enough. You need to understand the hardware.You can make an LED blink, configure a peripheral with STM32CubeMX, and get a project running with HAL. But what happens when a timer produces the wrong frequency, DMA corrupts data, an interrupt never fires, or a HardFault crashes your device?The difference between getting firmware to work and engineering firmware that holds up in the real world is knowing what happens beneath the abstraction layer.Bare-Metal STM32 Firmware Engineering takes you inside the ARM Cortex-M processor and STM32 peripherals, showing you how to build firmware in C through direct register control, clear architecture, and systematic debugging.Take Control of the HardwareInside this practical, production-focused guide, you'll learn how to: Configure the STM32 clock system - Work with RCC registers, HSI, HSE, PLLs, bus prescalers, and Flash wait states to establish reliable clock configurations.Build peripheral drivers from scratch - Implement GPIO, USART, SPI, I2C, timers, ADC, and DMA without depending on vendor HAL function calls.Master interrupts and real-time behavior - Configure the NVIC, manage priorities, design effective interrupt service routines, and use PRIMASK and BASEPRI for critical sections.Implement efficient DMA communication - Configure circular and double-buffer modes, transfer interrupts, and direct peripheral-to-memory data movement.Design resilient firmware - Use state machines, watchdog supervision, error logging, and HardFault handlers that preserve processor context for diagnosis.Debug beyond printf - Apply GDB breakpoints, data watchpoints, ITM/SWO tracing, and DWT cycle counting to investigate memory corruption and performance problems.Prepare firmware for deployment - Implement version metadata, Flash readback protection, and dual-bank firmware updates with CRC validation and rollback on failure.From First Principles to Production FirmwareRather than relying on generated code or memorizing library calls, you'll develop a clearer understanding of how the processor, memory, registers, interrupts, and peripherals work together.The book also includes practical reference material such as annotated linker scripts, a Makefile template, register references, essential ARM Cortex-M instructions, STM32 family comparisons, and toolchain resources.Who Should Read This Book?This guide is designed for embedded software engineers, firmware developers, electronics engineers, and computer science graduates who want to strengthen their low-level programming skills.It's particularly useful if you've worked with STM32 HAL or Arduino-style abstractions and want to understand what happens underneath, or if you're ready to progress from tutorial projects to more robust firmware design.A working knowledge of C is assumed. Familiarity with embedded systems is helpful, but the concepts build progressively from processor fundamentals to system-level engineering.Stop Treating the Microcontroller as a Black Box.Understand the registers. Build your own drivers. Diagnose failures systematically. Design firmware that can be tested, maintained, and prepared for real-world deployment.Take direct control of your hardware. Build firmware with confidence. Start your bare-metal STM32 engineering journey today.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/816/171/9798161712528_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "28.99", "online_price" : "28.99", "our_price" : "28.99", "club_price" : "28.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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