Lab Info

• YAK Info

  • YAK Kernel Specification

• 8086 Info

  • 8086 Assembly Language
  • 8086 Instruction Set
  • 8086 Interrupt Mechanism: 8259A PIC
  • C Calling Convention and the 8086

• Class Software Tools

  • Known Tool Problems
  • Building Programs with the Tools
  • C86 Compiler Features
  • NASM Syntax
  • Emu86 Manual

• Class Downloads

  • clib.s
  • clib.h
  • simptris.s
  • simptris.h

• uC/OS Info

  • The uC/OS real-time kernel

• C Help

  • C tutorials
  • Code example: TCBs, pointers, lists

• Linux Help

  • Setting Your Path
  • Scroll bars, command completion, tcsh, etc.
  • Emacs notes and tutorial links
  • Help with Make and Unix

Additional Reading

• Edward A. Lee, "Computing Needs Time", CACM, May 2009 [ download ]
• Christof Ebert, Capers Jones, "Embedded Software: Facts, Figures, and Futures", Computer, April 2009 [ download ]
• Laurie A. Williams, Robert R. Kessler, "All I really need to know about pair programming I learned in kindergarten", CACM, May 2000 [ download ]
• Kent Beck, "Embracing change with Extreme Programming", Computer, October 1999 [ download ]
• Jack G. Ganssle, "A guide to code inspections" [ download ]
• Philip E. Ross, "The exterminators", IEEE Spectrum, September 2005 [ download ]
• David B. Stewart, "Twenty-five common mistakes with real-time software development", Embedded Systems Conference, September 2006 [ download ]