1. Introduction to Embedded System Programming

In primary school, when I read my first textbook, I believed that it definitely told the truth of the world. Now, many years later, when I look back, I understand that each book tells the truth of the world from the author’s perspective.

The same idea applies to the world of embedded system programming. Many books about this subject have been published, and each author inevitably shares his or her own experiences with this approach from his or her own point of view. Likewise, in this book, I share my own knowledge about embedded system programming from my past working experiences. In this chapter, I introduce embedded system programming from that perspective.

What Is an Embedded System?

An embedded ...

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