--- product_id: 262196360 title: "Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design" price: "AED 674" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/262196360-computers-as-components-principles-of-embedded-computing-system-design store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # 4th Edition Paperback Includes Security & Safety Topics Focus on Embedded Systems Design Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design **Price:** AED 674 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📘 Master the building blocks of embedded tech before your peers do! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design - **How much does it cost?** AED 674 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/262196360-computers-as-components-principles-of-embedded-computing-system-design) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **English Paperback Edition:** Accessible format for on-the-go professionals and students alike. - • **Updated Security & Safety:** Stay ahead with fresh insights on securing embedded devices. - • **Comprehensive UML Diagrams:** Visualize complex architectures with detailed component mappings. - • **Industry-Standard Publisher:** Morgan Kaufmann ensures authoritative and credible content. - • **Foundational Embedded Systems:** Dive deep into core principles shaping modern embedded computing. ## Overview Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, Fourth Edition, is a paperback textbook published by Morgan Kaufmann in 2016. It covers foundational embedded systems concepts with added focus on security and safety, featuring UML diagrams to illustrate system design. Despite mixed reviews, it remains a recognized resource in embedded computing education. ## Description Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, Fourth Edition, continues to focus on foundational content in embedded systems technology and design while introducing new content on security and safety, the design o Review: A uninspired and ineffective textbook - This is a terrible textbook. The book manages to be overly verbose yet simultaneously too shallow to convey any meaningful knowledge. The author's style is dry and lacks impact, sapping the excitement out of embedded systems. Wolf may be knowledgeable, but she is entirely unable to pass that knowledge on to her readers. The text is rife with errors, both technical and grammatical. This includes examples explicitly designed to clarify a point, which are consequently become even more confusing. It is hard to believe this is a 4th edition. The editors clearly got paid to fall asleep to Wolf's coma-inducing writing style. The author has chosen to make extensive use of UML diagrams, but these often include a questionable choice of components with inconsistent/unintuitive associations. More than once, I was more confused about an example architecture after reviewing the associated UML. Similarly, most of the exercises are lazy, existing more as chapter padding than as actual aids in understanding. Instructors, if you care at all about your students, please stop selecting this text for your courses. If you're learning on your own, pick up a more practical volume on embedded systems (e.g., Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software ) and separate texts on operating systems / computer architecture. I plan to sell this as soon as my class is over. Review: Filled with errors, gave incomplete explainations - This book was filled with errors, and the solution manual had many errors as well. Trying to learn from this book was more frustrating than enlightening. Even when the book wasn't flat out wrong about something, it gave incomplete descriptions of principles, such as using equations without explaining what some variables mean, or not giving equations at all, then referencing the non-existent equation. I constantly found myself referencing other textbooks, or the internet for more complete explanations. Overall, this book is one of the worst textbooks I have ever read. I have a hard time understanding why a professor would ever choose to use this book, as there countless books around that are better. Honestly, not using any book would be better than using this book. ## Features - Binding: paperback - Language: english - Manufacturer: Morgan Kaufmann - Brand: Morgan Kaufmann - Publication date: 2016-09-30T00:00:01Z ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 3.2 out of 5 stars 10 Reviews | ## Images ![Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71eqWggou7L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ A uninspired and ineffective textbook *by J***K on 1 March 2017* This is a terrible textbook. The book manages to be overly verbose yet simultaneously too shallow to convey any meaningful knowledge. The author's style is dry and lacks impact, sapping the excitement out of embedded systems. Wolf may be knowledgeable, but she is entirely unable to pass that knowledge on to her readers. The text is rife with errors, both technical and grammatical. This includes examples explicitly designed to clarify a point, which are consequently become even more confusing. It is hard to believe this is a 4th edition. The editors clearly got paid to fall asleep to Wolf's coma-inducing writing style. The author has chosen to make extensive use of UML diagrams, but these often include a questionable choice of components with inconsistent/unintuitive associations. More than once, I was more confused about an example architecture after reviewing the associated UML. Similarly, most of the exercises are lazy, existing more as chapter padding than as actual aids in understanding. Instructors, if you care at all about your students, please stop selecting this text for your courses. If you're learning on your own, pick up a more practical volume on embedded systems (e.g., Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software ) and separate texts on operating systems / computer architecture. I plan to sell this as soon as my class is over. ### ⭐ Filled with errors, gave incomplete explainations *by J***. on 24 March 2018* This book was filled with errors, and the solution manual had many errors as well. Trying to learn from this book was more frustrating than enlightening. Even when the book wasn't flat out wrong about something, it gave incomplete descriptions of principles, such as using equations without explaining what some variables mean, or not giving equations at all, then referencing the non-existent equation. I constantly found myself referencing other textbooks, or the internet for more complete explanations. Overall, this book is one of the worst textbooks I have ever read. I have a hard time understanding why a professor would ever choose to use this book, as there countless books around that are better. Honestly, not using any book would be better than using this book. ### ⭐ All-around awful *by J***H on 29 September 2022* Like other reviews say, text is full of errors (mostly in examples meant to clarify a concept, which is particularly frustrating) and is written incredibly poorly. This is dry even for a computer science textbook. 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