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This chapter introduces the general organization of a computer system [1–4]. The chapter describes the key hardware components in a computer including the central processing unit, registers, the control unit, the arithmetic/logic unit, program memory, data memory, and input/output. Software is then introduced as a set of computer-specific instructions that are inserted in program memory in a particular order to accomplish a desired task. Then a basic overview of how an instruction is executed is covered. The primary goal of this chapter is to introduce the key components of a computer and all of the terminology that will be used throughout the rest of the book, plus provide a basic understanding of how computers execute instructions.
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LaMeres, B.J. (2020). Computer Systems. In: Embedded Systems Design using the MSP430FR2355 LaunchPad™. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40574-8_3
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