Develop the software and hardware you never think about. We're talking about the nitty-gritty behind the buttons on your microwave, inside your thermostat, inside the keyboard used to type this description, and even running the monitor on which you are reading it now. Such stuff is termed embedded systems, and this book shows how to design and develop embedded systems at a professional level. Because yes, many people quietly make a successful career doing just that. Building embedded systems can be both fun and intimidating. Putting together an embedded system requires skill sets from multiple engineering disciplines, particularly from software and hardware. Building Embedded Systems is a book about helping you do things in the right way from the beginning of your first project: programmers who know software will learn what they need to know about hardware. Engineers with hardware knowledge will also benefit.