LINEAR POSITION SENSORS: THEORY AND APPLICATION BY DAVID S. NYCE

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• Hardcover: 184 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (November 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471233269
• ISBN-13: 978-0471233268

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• Sensor technology is an increasingly important area of research
• This will be the only book entirely devoted to the topic

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The first complete resource on the theory and application of linear position sensortechnologySensor technology is an increasingly important area of research, asposition sensors are being applied more and more to commercial, industrial, and automotive products and equipment. Linear Position Sensors: Theory and Applicationexplains the theory behind the various technologies used and illustrates how they are implemented in practice. 
Readers will gain valuable insight into the complexities behind:

• Sensor specification, design, and application criteria
• Resistive sensors
• Capacitive sensors
• Inductive sensors
• LVDT sensors
• Hall effect sensors
• Magnetoresistive sensors
• Magnetostrictive sensors
• Linear encoders

A recognized expert with more than two decades of professional experience in sensor development, the author provides all the necessary information for engineers or students of engineering to determine the optimum technology to use for a particular need and how to apply it.

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MECHATRONICS: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH BY: CLARENCE W DE SILVA

CRC Press | 2004 |
ISBN: 0203502787 | 
1344 pages | PDF | 21 MB

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MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS MODELLING AND SIMULATION WITH HDLS BY GEORG PELZ

Mechatronic Systems Modelling and Simulation with HDLs  by  Georg Pelz

John Wiley ISBN: 0470849797
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236 pages 
2003 Year

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AMPHIBIONICS : BUILD YOUR OWN BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED REPTILIAN ROBOT BY KARL WILLIAMS

Amphibionics : Build Your Own Biologically Inspired Reptilian Robot  by Karl Williams

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This work provides the hobbyist with detailed mechanical, electronic, and PIC microcontroller knowledge needed to build and program a snake, frog, turtle, and alligator robots. It focuses on the construction of each robot in detail, and then explores the world of slithering, jumping, swimming, and walking robots, and the artificial intelligence needed with these platforms.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics 
Number Of Pages: 363 
Publication Date: 2003-04-08 
Sales Rank: 620537 
ISBN / ASIN: 007141245X 
EAN: 9780071412452 
Binding: Paperback 
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics 
Studio: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics 
Average Rating: 4 
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MULTIAGENT ROBOTIC SYSTEMS BY JIMING LIU

Multiagent Robotic Systems by Jiming Liu

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Providing a guided tour of the pioneering work and major technical issues, MultiagentRobotic Systems addresses learning and adaptation in decentralized autonomousrobots. Its systematic examination demonstrates the interrelationships between the autonomy of individual robots and the emerged global behavior properties of a group performing a cooperative task. The author also includes descriptions of the essential building blocks of the architecture of autonomous mobile robots with respect to their requirement on local behavioral conditioning and group behavioral evolution. After reading this book you will be able to fully appreciate the strengths and usefulness of various approaches in the development and application of multiagent robotic systems. It covers: · Why and how to develop and experimentally test the computational mechanisms for learning and evolving sensory-motor control behaviors inautonomous robots · How to design and develop evolutionary algorithm-based group behavioral learning mechanisms for the optimal emergence of group behaviors · How to enable group robots to converge to a finite number of desirable task states through group learning · What are the effects of the local learning mechanisms on the emergent global behaviors · How to use decentralized, self-organizing autonomous robots to perform cooperative tasks in an unknown environment Earlier works have focused primarily on how to navigate in a spatially unknown environment, given certain predefined motion behaviors. What is missing, however, is an in-depth look at the important issues on how to effectively obtain such behaviors in group robots and how to enable behavioral learning and adaptation at the group level. Multiagent Robotic Systems examines the key methodological issues and gives you an understanding of the underlying computational models and techniques for multiagent systems.
Publisher: CRC 
Number Of Pages: 328 
Publication Date: 2001-05-30 
Sales Rank: 1526484 
ISBN / ASIN: 084932288X 
EAN: 9780849322884 
Binding: Hardcover 
Manufacturer: CRC 
Studio: CRC 

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BUILD YOUR OWN SMART HOME (BUILD YOUR OWN) BY ANTHONY VELTE

Book Description: 
Wow! If you’ve got the time and inclination, there isn’t anything that cannot beautomated in your home. This one-stop resource shows you step-by-step how to plan and install smart home systems using clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations. Discover projects for automating entertainment systems, home security systems, utilities and more.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media 
Number Of Pages: 256 
Publication Date: 2003-09-30 
Sales Rank: 595226 
ISBN / ASIN: 0072230134 
EAN: 9780072230130 
Binding: Paperback 
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media 
Studio: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media

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PDA ROBOTICS BY DOUG WILLIAMS

was interested in electronics and robotics so I purchased this book. The flow of the book is a little choppy but I must say that the information helped me win high school science fairs and I am now studying electrical engineering at university! The support site is great and Ithe author was very helpful. The well writen software projects Idownloaded from the support site helped my dive into the project and allowed me to get a solid understanding of PalmOS, windows CE development, circuit fabrication andPIC programming. The project does required that you purchase a PIC programmer but if you are to pursue a career in robotics it is well worth it! Thank You!

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics 
Number Of Pages: 232 
Publication Date: 2003-07-04 
Sales Rank: 791153 
ISBN / ASIN: 0071417419 
EAN: 9780071417419 
Binding: Paperback 
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics 
Studio: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics 
Average Rating: 3.5 
Total Reviews: 10 
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AUTOMATED CONTINUOUS PROCESS CONTROL BY CARLOS A. SMITH

Book Description: 
Automated Continuous Process Control pulls together–in one compact and practical volume–the essentials for understanding, designing, and operating process control systems. This comprehensive guide covers the major elements of process control in a well-defined and ordered framework. Concepts are clearly presented, with minimal reliance on mathematical equations and strong emphasis on practical, real-life examples. 

Beginning with the very basics of process control, Automated Continuous Process Control builds upon each chapter to help the reader understand and efficiently practice industrial process control. This complete presentation includes: 

A discussion of processes from a physical point of view 
Feedback controllers and the workhorse in the industry–the PID controller 
The concept and implementation of cascade control 
Ratio, override (or constraint), and selective control 
Block diagrams and stability 
Feedforward control 
Techniques to control processes with long dead times 
Multivariable process control 
Applicable for electrical, industrial, chemical, or mechanical engineers, AutomatedContinuous Process Control offers proven process control guidance that can actually be used in day-to-day operations. The reader will also benefit from the companion CD-ROM, which contains processes that have been successfully used for many years to practice tuning feedback and cascade controllers, as well as designing feedforward controllers.
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience 
Number Of Pages: 240 
Publication Date: 2002-03-05 
Sales Rank: 1024620 
ISBN / ASIN: 0471215783 
EAN: 9780471215783 
Binding: Hardcover 
Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience 
Studio: Wiley-Interscience

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THE QUINTESSENTIAL PIC MICROCONTROLLER BY SIDNEY J. KATZEN

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The Quintessential PIC® Microcontroller looks at one of the central technologies in many embedded computer and communication systems: the microcontroller. It approaches microcontrollers as the "intelligence" of smart digital systems and gives readers the confidence to design, construct and program a real working system using the popular PIC device as the exemplar. Written specifically for students with no prior knowledge of computing, electronics, or logic design, it is ideally suited as a textbookfor relevant modules on Computer Science and Electronic Engineering degree courses. It is also relevant to students carrying out project work at final year undergraduate and postgraduate level, and to those on conversion MScs.Key features include:- The use of real-world hardware and software products to illustrate the material- Numerous fully worked examples and self-assessment questions- An associated web site providing solutions, further examples, and useful resources (click on authors' manual on the left!) - Clear and concise presentation of key points and underlying concepts


Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 486
Publication Date: 2003-09-16
Sales Rank: 984208
ISBN / ASIN: 185233309X
EAN: 9781852333096
Binding: Paperback
Manufacturer: Springer
Studio: Springer
Average Rating: 4
Total Reviews: 4

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PROGRAMMING THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, 2/E BY I. M. SMITH,& V. GRIFFITHS

Programming the Finite Element Method, 2/e by I. M. Smith,& V. Griffiths


This title demonstrates how to develop computer programmes which solve specificengineering problems using the finite element method. It enables students, scientists and engineers to assemble their own computer programmes to produce numerical results to solve these problems. The first three editions of Programming the Finite Element Method established themselves as an authority in this area. This fully revised 4th edition includes completely rewritten programmes with a unique description and list of parallel versions of programmes in Fortran 90. The Fortran programmes and subroutines described in the text will be made available on the Internet via anonymous ftp, further adding to the value of this title

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Microelectronic Circuit Design by R. C. Jaeger & T. N. Blalock 3rd edtion

Microelectronic Circuit Design by R. C. Jaeger & T. N. Blalock 3rd edtion


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Mechanics of Materials by Russell C. Hibbeler

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Engineering Manual of Automatic Control (for Commercial Buildings, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning)

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Intelligent Robots and Autonomous Agents by Ronald C. Arkin

Intelligent Robots and Autonomous Agents by Ronald C. Arkin
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Algebraic Cycles and Hodge Theory

Algebraic Cycles and Hodge Theory Summary:

Publisher: Springer | English | DJVU | 1994 | 281 pages | ISBN: 354058692X | 2.75 MB

The main goal of the CIME Summer School on "Algebraic Cycles and Hodge Theory" has been to gather the most active mathematicians in this area to make the point on the present state of the art. Thus the papers included in the proceedings are surveys and notes on the most important topics of this area of research. They include infinitesimal methods in Hodge theory; algebraic cycles and algebraic aspects of cohomology and k-theory, transcendental methods in the study of algebraic cycles.

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Mechanics of Materials Volume 1, Third Edition : An Introduction to the Mechanics of Elastic and Plastic Deformation of Solids

E J Hearn, "Mechanics of Materials Volume 1, Third Edition: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Elastic and Plastic Deformation of Solids and Structural Materials"
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann | Number Of Pages: 450 | 1997-08-01 | ISBN: 0750632658 | PDF | 19 MB


One of the most important subjects for any student of engineering to master is the behaviour of materials and structures under load. The way in which they react to applied forces, the deflections resulting and the stresses and strains set up in the bodies concerned are all vital considerations when designing a mechanical component such that it will not fail under predicted load during its service lifetime.

All the essential elements of a treatment of these topics are contained within this course of study, starting with an introduction to the concepts of stress and strain, shear force and bending moments and moving on to the examination of bending, shear and torsion in elements such as beams, cylinders, shells and springs. A simple treatment of complex stress and complex strain leads to a study of the theories of elastic failure and an introduction to the experimental methods of stress and strain analysis.

More advanced topics are dealt with in a companion volume - Mechanics of Materials 2. Each chapter contains a summary of the essential formulae which are developed in the chapter, and a large number of worked examples which progress in level of difficulty as the principles are enlarged upon. In addition, each chapter concludes with an extensive selection of problems for solution by the student, mostly examination questions from professional and academic bodies, which are graded according to difficulty and furnished with answers at the end.

* Emphasis on practical learning and applications, rather than theory
* Provides the essential formulae for each individual chapter
* Contains numerous worked examples and problems
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Design of Machinery by 3rd edition by R.L Norton

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MECHATRONICS An Introduction

ISBN: 0849363586
Title: Mechatronics
Author: Publisher: CRCPublication
Date: 2005-09-13
Number Of Pages: 312
Bishop (U. of Texas at Austin) cites the Yasakawa Electric Company in defining mechatronics as "technologies and developed products [that incorporate] more and more intimately and organically into mechanisms, making it impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins." His text contains 21 articles introducing the field in relation to its key elements of physical systems modeling, sensors and actuators, signals and systems, computers and logic systems, and software and data acquisition. The material in this text appear in a more complete form in The Mechatronics Handbook, co-published by CRC Press and The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society
1 What is mechatronics?
2 Mechatronic design approach
3 System interfacing, instrumentation, and control systems
4 Microprocessor-based controllers and microelectronics
5 An introduction to micro- and nanotechnology
6 Modeling electromechanical systems
7 Modeling and simulation for MEMS
8 The physical basis of analogies in physical system models
9 Introduction to sensors and actuators
10 Fundamentals of time and frequency
11 Sensor and actuator characteristics
12 The role of controls in mechatronics
13 The role of modeling in mechatronics design
14 Design optimization of mechatronic systems
15 Introduction to computers and logic systems
16 System interfaces
17 Communications and computer networks
18 Control with embedded computers and programmable logic controllers
19 Introduction to data acquisition
20 Computer-based instrumentation systems
21 Software design and development
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Strength of Materials Fourth Edition by Pytel and Singer (Solutions 1-5 chap)

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Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems - Mechatronics - ROBOTICS

ISBN: 1402046952

Title: Mechatronics: Dynamics of Electromechanical and Piezoelectric Systems

(Solid Mechanics and Its Applications)

Author: A. Preumont

Publisher: Springer (September 25, 2006)

Publication Date: 2006-09-25

Number Of Pages: 207

This volume treats Lagrange equations for electromechanical systems, including piezoelectric transducers and selected applications.It is essentially an extension to piezoelectric systems of the work by Crandall et al.:"Dynamics of Mechanical and Electromechanical Systems", McGraw-Hill, published in 1968. The first three chapters contain classical material based on this and other well-known standard texts in the field, such as Methods of Analytical Dynamics by L. Meirovitch, McGraw-Hill, 1970. Some applications are new (e.g. geophone). Chapters 4 to 6 consist of new material which has not been published in a monograph before. They deal with piezoelectric systems in a unified way, starting from a Lagrangian approach.This book will appeal to the research community and graduate students at the MSc and PhD level

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