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Microcomputer Control of Thermal and Mechanical Systems

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  • © 1989

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  1. W. F. Stoecker

    1. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

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  2. P. A. Stoecker

    1. Hewlett-Packard Company, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Microcomputer Control of Thermal and Mechanical Systems

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 1-10

  3. Direct-Current Circuits and Power Supplies

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 11-27

  4. Operational Amplifiers

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 29-44

  5. Transistors

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 45-60

  6. Transducers

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 61-103

  7. Actuators

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 105-122

  8. Binary Numbers and Digital Electronics

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 123-158

  9. Conversion Between Digital and Analog

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 159-183

  10. Memories

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 185-193

  11. Binary Arithmetic

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 195-208

  12. Programming a Microprocessor

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 209-247

  13. Assembly Language Programming

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 249-260

  14. The Structure of an Elementary Microcomputer

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 261-272

  15. Parallel Input/Output and Interrupts

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 273-288

  16. Serial Input/Output and Modems

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 289-316

  17. Dynamic Behavior of Systems Under Computer Control

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 317-356

  18. Interfacing the Computer and Its Sampling Processes with the System

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 357-408

  19. Field Application of Microcomputer Controllers

    • W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker
    Pages 409-430

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 431-439
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About this book

Microcomputers are having, and will have in the future, a significant impact on the technology of all fields of engineering. The applications of micro­ computers of various types that are now integrated into engineering include computers and programs for calculations, word processing, and graphics. The focus of this book is on still another objective-that of control. The forms of microcomputers used in control range from small boards dedicated to control a single device to microcomputers that oversee the operation of numerous smaller computers in a building complex or an industrial plant. The most­ dramatic growth in control applications recently has been in the microcom­ puters dedicated to control functions in automobiles, appliances, production machines, farm machines, and almost all devices where intelligent decisions are profitable. Both engineering schools and individual practicing engineers have re­ sponded in the past several years to the dramatic growth in microcomputer control applications in thermal and mechanical systems. Universities have established courses in computer control in such departments of engineering as mechanical, civil, agricultural, chemical and others. Instructors and students in these courses see a clear role in the field that complements that of the com­ puter specialist who usually has an electrical engineering or computer science background. The nonEE or nonCS person should first and foremost be com­ petent in the mechanical or thermal system being controlled. The objectives of extending familiarity into the computer controller are (1) to learn the char­ acteristics, limitations, and capabilit.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

    W. F. Stoecker

  • Hewlett-Packard Company, USA

    P. A. Stoecker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Microcomputer Control of Thermal and Mechanical Systems

  • Authors: W. F. Stoecker, P. A. Stoecker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6560-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-6562-4Published: 26 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-6560-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 440

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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