The book first deals with the microcontrollers and then goes on to discuss embedded system design, and finally to the applications of embedded systems. Apart from the most popular 8051 Intel family of MCS, it also discusses the intel-8096, arm and PIC suites of microcontrollers. The basic architecture and various makes are detailed in the first part of the book. Both, the interfacing and the software aspects have been given an integrated treatment which is necessary for this subject. It includes 200+ examples, solved in a step-by-step method and with the aid of flowcharts for better understanding. Data used and the results obtained have been appropriately detailed in these examples.