Improvements in this second edition include labs and examples using modern FPGA environments from Xilinx and Altera, which make the material applicable to a greater number of courses where these tools are already in use.  More examples and exercises have been added throughout the book and several chapters were expanded and reorganized.

"If I were teaching a course on this subject, I would use this as a resource and text. If I were a student who wanted to learn codesign, I would look for a course that at least used a similar approach. If I were an engineer or engineering manager who wanted to learn more about codesign from a very practical perspective, I would read this book first before any other. When I first started learning about codesign as a practitioner, a book like this would have been the perfect introduction."   --Grant Martin, Tensilica-- 

·         Teaches embedded systems design, emphasizing the integration of custom hardware components with software.

·         Presents the field ofhardware/software codesign in four parts: Basic Concepts, Custom Architecture, Hardware/Software Interfaces, and Applications;

·         Incorporates labs and examples using modern FPGA environments from Xilinx and Altera.