Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems

by Dimitrios Hristu-Varsakelis (Editor), William S. Levine (Editor)

Overview

Thishandbookwasmotivatedinpartbyourexperience(andthatofothers)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 und- standing how ideas—t within the broader context of networked and embedded control. With the above in mind, we have gathered a collection of articles that provide at least an introduction to the important results, tools, software, and technologies that shape the area of NECS. Our goal was to present the most important knowledge about NECS in a book that would be useful to anyone who wants to learn about any aspect of the subject. We hope that we have succeeded and that every reader will find valuable information in the book. Wethanktheauthorsofeachof thechapters. Theyareallbusypeopleand we are extremely grateful to them for their outstanding work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817632397
Publisher:	Birkh�user Boston
Publication date:	06/21/2005
Series:	Control Engineering
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	822
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Fundamentals.- Fundamentals of Dynamical Systems.- Control of Single-Input Single-Output Systems.- Basics of Sampling and Quantization.- Discrete-Event Systems.- to Hybrid Systems.- Finite Automata.- Basics of Computer Architecture.- Real-Time Scheduling for Embedded Systems.- Network Fundamentals.- Hardware.- Basics of Data Acquisition and Control.- Programmable Logic Controllers.- Digital Signal Processors.- Microcontrollers.- SOPCs: Systems on Programmable Chips.- Software.- Fundamentals of RTOS-Based Digital Controller Implementation.- Implementation-Aware Embedded Control Systems.- From Control Loops to Real-Time Programs.- Embedded Real-Time Control via MATLAB, Simulink, and xPC Target.- Lab VIEW Real-Time for Networked/Embedded Control.- Control Loops in RTLinux.- Theory.- An Introduction to Hybrid Automata.- An Overview of Hybrid Systems Control.- Temporal Logic Model Checking.- Switched Systems.- Feedback Control with Communication Constraints.- Networked Control Systems: A Model-Based Approach.- Control Issues in Systems with Loop Delays.- Networking.- Network Prools for Networked Control Systems.- Control Using Feedback over Wireless Ethernet and Bluetooth.- Bluetooth in Control.- Embedded Sensor Networks.- Applications.- Vehicle Applications of Controller Area Network.- Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots.- Wireless Control with Bluetooth.- The Cornell RoboCup Robot Soccer Team: 1999–2003.

Editorial Reviews

"Each of this handbook's 35 chapters is an independent article written by one or more authors. The editors gathered these articles and arranged them in six topical groups. Although the self-contained articles vary somewhat in format, most begin with an overview of their contents, conclude with a summary, and provide an extensive reference list. There is greater variety in content, ranging from theoretical to practical. Several articles feature illustrative case studies. The six article groupings are "Fundamentals," "Hardware," "Software," "Theory," "Networking," and "Applications." As these headings imply, the articles cover a broad spectrum of state-of-the-art embedded control systems, related networking, and tools-of-the-trade topics. Though primarily a resource book intended for control system researchers and practitioners, it can serve as a course resource or supplemental reading for an upper-level undergraduate- or master's-level control systems course. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals." —Choice

"The Handbook provides engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, and students a broad, comprehensive source of information and technology to address many questions and aspects of embedded and networked control. A carefully organized collection of important results, tools, software, and technology, this work unifies into a single reference many scattered articles, websites, and specification sheets—information that might otherwise be difficult to find." —Zentralblatt MATH

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