In practical guide, experienced embedded engineer Lewin Edwards shows faster, lower cost method for developing high-end embedded systems. Edwards shows how to use the right tools and operating systems can make seemingly impossible deadlines possible. Designer's Guide to Embedded Systems Development shares many advanced, "in-the-trenches" design secrets to help engineers achieve better performance on the job. This book covers choosing the right architecture and development hardware to fit the project; choose the operating system and developing a toolchain; evaluating software licenses and how they affect the project; instructions step-by-step build for gcc, gdb binutils, and newlib for the ARM7 core used in the case study project; engineering prototype uses a custom printed circuit board, debugging tips, and portability considerations. CD-ROM that accompanies contains all the code used in the sample design as well as useful open source tools for embedded design.