C Fundamentals for Embedded Systems: Mastering Low-Level Math, Signal Processing, and Control Algorithms in Pure ISO C for Real-Time Embedded Devices

By Cecil Gates

Unlock the mathematical muscle of C and drive your firmware straight to the performance edge.

From deterministic two's-complement arithmetic to cache-tuned FFTs, this definitive guide arms you with the numerical firepower demanded by modern microcontrollers, DSP cores, and safety-critical systems.

Inside, you will:

- Unravel endian mysteries, structure padding, and bit-field packing for bullet-proof memory control
- Replace floating-point cycles with fixed-point speed-complete with auto-scaling strategies and saturation math
- Turbo-charge loops using branchless tricks, lookup-table compression, and compile-time metaprogramming
- Implement FIR/IIR filters, Goertzel tone detectors, radix-2 FFTs, and phase-locked loops in compact C kernels
- Design digital PID controllers, Kalman filters, and quaternion orientation math for robotics and IoT devices
- Harden data paths with CRCs, Reed-Solomon, and lightweight block ciphers optimized for tiny footprints
- Prove your algorithms with numerical stability analyses, overflow guards, and formal assertion checks

Whether you craft bare-metal drivers, real-time audio pipelines, or aerospace guidance firmware, this powerhouse reference shows you how to fuse computer science with engineering mathematics-directly at the register level-using portable, standard C. Benchmarks take a back seat to rock-solid theory, precision, and maintainability, ensuring your code ships fast and lasts forever.

Stop porting bloated libraries. Start engineering crystal-clear, cycle-tight solutions that fit in kilobytes and run in nanoseconds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F7K9GDC4
• ISBN13: 9798282555783
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"