Drives and Control for Industrial Automation

EBook Description: Drives and Control for Industrial Automation presents the material necessary for an understanding of servo control in automation. Beginning with a macroscopic view of its subject, treating drives and control as parts of a single system, the book then pursues a detailed discussion of the major components of servo control: sensors, controllers and actuators. Throughout, the mechatronic approach � a synergistic integration of the components � is maintained, in keeping with current practice. The authors� holistic approach does not preclude the reader from learning in a step-by-step fashion � each chapter contains material that can be studied separately without compromising understanding. Drives are described in several chapters according to the way they are usually classified in industry, each comprised of its actuators and sensors. The controller is discussed alongside. Topics of recent and current interest � piezoelectricity, digital communications and future trends � are detailed in their own chapters.

Linux users can now control their homes remotely! Are you a Linux user who has ever wanted to turn on the lights in your house, or open and close the curtains, while away on holiday? Want to be able to play the same music in every room, controlled from your laptop or mobile phone? Do you want to do these things without an expensive off-the-shelf kit?
In Beginning Linux Home Automation, Steven Goodwin will show you how a house can be fully controlled by its occupants, all using open source software. From appliances to kettles to curtains, control your home remotely!
What you�ll learn
Control appliances like kettles and curtains both locally and remotely.
Find and harness data sources to provide context-aware living.
Hack/change existing hardware/software to better fit your needs.
Integrate various technologies into a function greater than the whole.
Set up a home network, for both network and audio/video traffic.
Who is this book for?
This book is for amateur and professional Linux users who want to control their homes and their gadgets!

Self-Service and Workflow Automation for the Private Cloud

The Private Cloud offers the promise of quick and easy application and infrastructure provisioning, driving business agility and efficiency.
However, unrestricted access can result in virtual sprawl and poor placement of VMs and applications, undermining these benefits and introducing additional costs and risks.
To achieve the right balance of self-service and control, Cloud architects need to include both self service portal and intelligent workflow technologies in their designs. These technologies support data collection, dynamic approvals, formatted email notifications, and rules based placements, while at the same accurately accounting for software license inventories and driving automation. John MacLean from the VMware Service Manager group will discuss this topic in more detail and give a technology preview of some key technologies that we�re working on to deliver self-service and workflow automation in the private cloud.

Electronic Design Automation: Synthesis, Verification, and Test

This book provides broad and comprehensive coverage of the entire EDA flow. EDA/VLSI practitioners and researchers in need of fluency in an "adjacent" field will find this an invaluable reference to the basic EDA concepts, principles, data structures, algorithms, and architectures for the design, verification, and test of VLSI circuits. Anyone who needs to learn the concepts, principles, data structures, algorithms, and architectures of the EDA flow will benefit from this book.

* Covers complete spectrum of the EDA flow, from ESL design modeling to logic/test synthesis, verification, physical design, and test...helps EDA newcomers to get "up-and-running" quickly;
* Comprehensive coverage of EDA concepts, principles, data structures, algorithms, and architectures...helps all readers improve their VLSI design competence;
* Latest advancements, not yet available in other books, including Test compression, ESL design modeling, Large-scale floorplanning, Placement, Routing, Synthesis of clock and power/ground networks...helps readers to design/develop testable chips or products;
* Includes industry best-practices wherever appropriate in most chapters...helps readers avoid costly mistakes.

Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X, 3rd Edition

AppleScript is an English-like, easy-to-understand scripting language built into every Mac. AppleScript can automate hundreds of AppleScriptable applications, performing tasks both large and small, complex and simple.

Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X, Third Edition has been completely updated for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It�s all here, with an emphasis on practical information that will help you solve any automation problem�from the most mundane repetitive tasks to highly integrated workflows of complex systems.

Friendly enough for beginners, detailed enough for advanced AppleScripters
Includes major contributions from expert AppleScripters: Emmanuel Levy, Harald Monihart, Ian Piper, Shane Stanley, Barry Wainwright, Craig Williams, and foreword by AppleScript inventor, William Cook

Spon's civil engineering and highway works price book

In a time when it is essential to gain 'competitive advantage' over the competition in an increasingly congested market, this book provides instant-access cost information and is a one-stop reference containing tables, formulae.

Robot Development Using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio

It includes an extensive array of examples, with corresponding step-by-step tutorials and explanations.
The first several chapters of the book introduce the development environment of MSRDS, including concurrency and coordination runtime (CCR), decentralized software services (DSS), visual simulation environment (VSE), and the Microsoft Visual Programming Language (MVPL). The text then covers the inputs and outputs to the robot and control logic and describes how MSRDS can be used to control a LEGO robot's hearing and vision. It also presents a real-life example involving a sumo robot contest. The final chapter provides information on related academic courses, websites, and books.
The top-down approach used in this text helps readers think of a robot as a system rather than an assemblage of parts. Readers gain an understanding of methods for integration, design trade-offs, and teamwork-all essential skills for building robots.

Web-Based Control and Robotics

The development of the Internet and World Wide Web technology has motivated the introduction of new ways for distance learning and education. This book provides a timely and cohesive set of contributions that present methodologies, technologies and practical tools for teaching control and robotic systems analysis and design over the Web. It is the first book of its kind in control and robotics education.
The emphasis is placed on the two major means for web-based control and robotics education, viz. virtual labs and telelabs. In a virtual lab the remote student can use a simulation/animation of the system under control for the experiments, whereas in a telelab the student can remotely conduct real physical experiments via the Web.

Robotics and Mechatronics

Robotics and Mechatronics

Books on Robotics

This pack is from at least a dozen other robotics pack spread around the internet put into one (along with the material I had already). Press the file button on the top left to see what this contains. And yes to those of you that are curious, there are some combat related robotics books contained in this pack.

New Approaches in Automation and Robotics

The book New Approaches in Automation and Robotics offers in 22 chapters a collection of recent developments in automation, robotics as well as control theory. It is dedicated to researchers in science and industry, students, and practicing engineers, who wish to update and enhance their knowledge on modern methods and innovative applications. The authors and editor of this book wish to motivate people, especially under-graduate students, to get involved with the interesting field of robotics and mechatronics. We hope that the ideas and concepts presented in this book are useful for your own work and could contribute to problem solving in similar applications as well. It is clear, however, that the wide area of automation and robotics can only be highlighted at several spots but not completely covered by a single book.

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