Siewert Sam :
Sam Siewert is an assistant professor at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and an adjunct at University Colorado-Boulder. He is the author of Real-Time Embedded Components and Systems (Cengage Learning).

Pratt John :
John Pratt is an adjunct instructor of engineering at the University of Colorado-Boulder and a senior staff engineer and manager at Qualcomm.

Part I: Real-Time Embedded Theory
1. Introduction
2. System Resources
3. Processing
4. Resources
5. Memory.
6. Multiresource Services
7. Soft Real-Time Services
Part II: Designing Real-Time Embedded Components
8. Embedded System Components
9. Traditional Hard Real-Time Operating Systems
10. Open Source Real-Time Operating Systems
11. Integrating Embedded Linux into Real-Time Systems
12. Debugging Components
13. Performance Tuning
14. High Availability and Reliability Design
Part III: Putting it All Together
15. System Life Cycle
16. Continuous Media Applications
17. Robotic Applications
18. Computer Vision Applications
Appendix A. Terminology Glossary
Appendix B. About the DVD
Appendix C. Wind River Systems University Program for Workbench/VxWorks
Appendix D. Real-Time and Embedded Linux Distributions and Resources
Bibliography
Index.