Dr. Richard H. Barnett has been instructing in the area of embedded microcontrollers for the past eighteen years and currently consults actively in the field. Prior to his tenure as a professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Purdue University, he spent ten years as an engineer in the aerospace electronics industry. Dr. Barnett?s teaching awards include the Charles B. Murphy Award as one of the best teachers at Purdue University and Purdue University?s Book of Great Teachers, a list of the 225 most influential teachers over Purdue?s entire history.