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Mechatronics is essential reading for students requiring an introduction to this exciting area at undergraduate and higher diploma level.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introducing mechatronics
• 2. Sensors and transducers
• 3. Signal conditioning
• 4. Digital signals
• 5. Digital logic
• 6. Data presentation systems
• 7. Pneumatic and hydraulic actuation systems
• 8. Mechanical actuation systems
• 9. Electrical actuation systems
• 10. Microprocessors and microcontrollers
• 11. Assembly language
• 12. C language
• 13. Input/output systems
• 14. Programmable logic controllers
• 15. Communication systems
• 16. Fault finding
• 17. Basic system models
• 18. System models
• 19. Dynamic responses of systems
• 20. System transfer functions
• 21. Frequency response
• 22. Closed-loop controllers
• 23. Artificial intelligence
• 24. Mechatronic systems
• Appendices
• Answers
• Index

About the Author

Bill Bolton was formerly Consultant to the Further Education Unit and Head of Research and Development and Monitoring at BTEC. He has also been a UNESCO consultant and is the author of many successful engineering textbooks.