Bolton, W. 1933-

Mechatronics : electronic control systems in mechanical and electrical engineering / W. Bolton. - 3rd ed. - Harlow, England : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2003. - xvi, 574 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Mechatronics. - 2. Sensors and transducers. - 3. Signal conditioning. - 4. Data presentation systems. - 5. Pneumatic and hydraulic actuation systems. - 6. Mechanical actuation systems. - 7. Electrical actuation systems. - 8. Basic system models. - 9. System models. - 10. Dynamic responses of systems. - 11. System transfer functions. - 12. Frequency response. - 13. Closed-loop controllers. - 14. Digital logic. - 15. Microprocessors. - 16. Assembly language. - 17. C language. - 18. Input/output systems. - 19. Programmable logic controllers. - 20. Communication systems. - 21. Fault finding. - 22. Mechatronics systems. - Appendix A: The Laplace transform. - Appendix B: Logic gates. - Appendix C: Instruction sets. - Appendix D: C library functions. - Further information. - Answers. - Index.

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