Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems

by Dimitrios Hristu

The vast majority of control systems built today are embedded; that is, they rely on built-in, special-purpose digital computers to close their feedback loops. Embedded systems are common in aircraft, factories, chemical processing plants, and even in cars-a single high-end automobile may contain over eighty different computers. The design of embedded controllers and of the intricate, automated communication networks that support them raises many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817632395
• ISBN13: 9780817632397
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 822 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"