Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems By Birkhauser

Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems By Birkhauser 

Contents:

1 Fundamentals of Dynamical Systems

2 Control of Single-Input Single-Output Systems

3 Basics of Sampling and Quantization

4 Discrete-Event Systems 

5 Introduction to Hybrid Systems

6 Finite Automata

7 Basics of Computer Architecture

8 Real-Time Scheduling for Embedded Systems

9 Network Fundamentals

10 Basics of Data Acquisition and Control

11 Programmable Logic Controllers

12 Digital Signal Processors

13 Microcontrollers

14 SOPCs: Systems on Programmable Chips

15 Fundamentals of RTOS-Based Digital Controller Implementation

Preface:

This handbook was motivated in part by our experience (and that of others) in performing research and in teaching about networked and embedded control systems (NECS) as well as in implementing such systems. Although NECS— along with the technologies that enable them—have become ubiquitous, there are few, if any, sources where a student, researcher, or developer can gain a sufficiently broad view of the subject. Oftentimes, the needed information is scattered in articles, websites, and specification sheets. Such difficulties are perhaps to be expected, given the relative newness of the subject and the diversity of its constitutive disciplines. From control theory and communications, to computer science and electronics, the variety of approaches, tools, and language used by experts in each field often acts as a barrier to under standing how ideas fit within the broader context of networked and embedded control.