Rugged Embedded Systems: Computing in Harsh Environments(paperback)

Rugged Embedded Systems: Computing in Harsh Environments describes how to design reliable embedded systems for harsh environments, including architectural approaches, cross-stack hardware/software techniques, and emerging challenges and opportunities.

A "harsh environment" presents inherent characteristics, such as extreme temperature and radiation levels, very low power and energy budgets, strict fault tolerance and security constraints, etc. that challenge the computer system in its design and operation. To guarantee proper execution (correct, safe, and low-power) in such scenarios, this contributed work discusses multiple layers that involve firmware, operating systems, and applications, as well as power management units and communication interfaces. This book also incorporates use cases in the domains of unmanned vehicles (advanced cars and micro aerial robots) and space exploration as examples of computing designs for harsh environments.

• Provides a deep understanding of embedded systems for harsh environments by experts involved in state-of-the-art autonomous vehicle-related projects
• Covers the most important challenges (fault tolerance, power efficiency, and cost effectiveness) faced when developing rugged embedded systems
• Includes case studies exploring embedded computing for autonomous vehicle systems (advanced cars and micro aerial robots) and space exploration

《堅固的嵌入式系統：在惡劣環境中的計算》描述了如何設計可靠的嵌入式系統，以應對惡劣環境，包括架構方法、跨層硬體/軟體技術以及新興挑戰和機會。

「惡劣環境」具有極端的溫度和輻射水平、極低的功耗和能源預算、嚴格的容錯和安全限制等固有特性，這些特性對計算機系統的設計和運作提出了挑戰。為了在這種情況下保證正確、安全和低功耗的執行，本書討論了涉及固件、操作系統和應用程序的多個層次，以及電源管理單元和通信接口。本書還以無人載具（先進汽車和微型空中機器人）和太空探索領域的使用案例作為惡劣環境計算設計的示例。

本書的特點包括：
- 由參與最先進自主載具相關項目的專家提供對惡劣環境嵌入式系統的深入理解
- 討論開發堅固嵌入式系統時面臨的最重要挑戰（容錯性、功耗效率和成本效益）
- 包括探索自主載具系統（先進汽車和微型空中機器人）和太空探索的嵌入式計算案例研究