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Michael J. Pont is an experienced software engineer who began his first embedded project in 1986. Since then he has lectured and carried out research at the University of Sheffield and the University of Leicester, and has provided consul- tancy and training services to a range of international companies. Michael is the author of two previous books Patterns for Time-Triggered Embedded Systems and Software Engineering with C++ and CASE tools.

This book provides a ‘hardware-free’ introduction to embedded software for people who: Already know how to write software for ‘desktop’ computer systems. Are familiar with a C-based language (Java, C++ or C). Want to learn how C is used in practical embedded systems. The remainder of this preface attempts to answer some questions which prospec- tive readers may have about the contents.