
VOL. 11 NO. 5 May 1998
Table of Contents
FEATURES
An Introduction to Digital Signal Processors
BY JACK G. GANSSLE
DSP is surfacing in an increasing number of applications.
For those of you who have been dog paddling through recent DSP
articles, here's a basic orientation to keep you in the swim.
Analysis Techniques for Real-Time MCU-Based Systems
BY ROBERT OSHANA
You have several options for making hardware/software trade-
offs and beginning software development before hardware is
available. Here's one
perspective.
Designing Real-Time Systems with UML - Part III
BY BRUCE POWEL DOUGLASS
This article wraps up Douglass' series on the Unified
Modeling Language with a focus on architectural, mechanistic, and detailed
design.
Embedded x86 Programming: Protection and Segmentation
BY JEAN GAREAU
In this second part of a three-
part series, the author explains how protection and
segmentation are
implemented in protected mode.
Special Report: The State of C/C++ Compilers
BY LARRY MITTAG
COLUMNS + DEPARTMENTS
#include
Animal, Vegetable, or Silicon
by Lindsey Vereen
Parity Bit
Myths Debunked
Programming Pointers
Placing Data into ROM
Programmer's Toolbox
Let's Hear it for Nostalgia
Spectra
Use Transforms Instead
by Don Morgan
Embedded Gallery
Tools for Embedded Developers
Break Points
Disaster!
by Jack G. Ganssle
State of the Art
The New C
Standard
by P.J. Plauger
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