This textbook introduces basic and advanced embedded system topics through Arm Cortex M microcontrollers, covering programmable microcontroller usage starting from basic to advanced concepts using the STMicroelectronics Discovery development board. Designed for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses on microcontrollers, microprocessor systems, and embedded systems, the book explores fundamental and advanced topics, real-time operating systems via FreeRTOS and Mbed OS, and then offers a solid grounding in digital signal processing, digital control, and digital image processing concepts — with emphasis placed on the usage of a microcontroller for these advanced topics. The book uses C language, “the” programming language for microcontrollers, C++ language, and MicroPython, which allows Python language usage on a microcontroller. Sample codes and course slides are available for readers and instructors, and a solutions manual is available to instructors. The book will also be an ideal reference for practicing engineers and electronics hobbyists who wish to become familiar with basic and advanced microcontroller concepts.

Dr. Cem Ünsalan is currently a full professor and head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Marmara University, Turkey.  Prior to that he was a member of the faculty in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Yeditepe University, Turkey, where he established the DSP Lab and taught microprocessor and digital signal processing courses for 15 years. Dr. Ünsalan received his BSc degree from Hacettepe University; his MSc degree from Bogazici University; and his PhD from The Ohio State University. His research focuses on digital signal processing on embedded systems, computer vision, and remote sensing. He has published extensively on these topics in respected journals.
H. Deniz Gürhan received his BSc (2010) from Yeditepe University, Turkey. He is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in digital signal processing and embedded systems at the same university and works as a research assistant in the DSP Lab. His research focuses on digital signal processing, digital control, and embedded systems. 
M. Erkin Yücel received his BSc and MSc from Yeditepe University, where he is pursuing a PhD in embedded systems and works as a research assistant in the DSP Lab. His research focuses on digital and analog signal processing, IoT, sensors, and embedded systems.