Fundamentals of dynamical systems -- Control of single-input single-output systems -- Basics of sampling and quatization -- Discrete-event systems -- Introduction to hybrid systems -- Finite automata -- Basics of computer architecture -- Real-time scheduling for embedded systems -- Network fundamentals -- Basics of data acquisition and control -- Programmable logic controllers -- Difital signal processors -- Microcontrollers -- SOPCs: Systems on programmable chips -- Fundamentals of RTOs-based digital controller -- Implementation-aware embedded control systems -- From control loops to real-time programs -- Embedded real-time control via MATLAB, Simulink, and xPC target -- LabVIEW real-time for Networked/embedded control -- control loops in RTLinux -- 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 -- Network protocols for networked control systems -- Control using feedback over wireless Ethernet and Bluetooth -- Bluetooth in control -- Embedded sensor netoworks -- Vehicle applications for Controller Area Network -- Control of autonomous mobile robots -- Wireless control with Bluetooth -- The Cornell Robocop robot soccer team 1999-2003
Summary
"This is an indispensable text for anyone interested in knowing more about embedded and networked control systems. Researchers will appreciate the handbook's up-to-date results in the theory of embedded control; developers and users will value its information on special-purpose computer hardware and operating systems modifications that support real-time control; students will find the systematic organization and wide coverage useful for learning and reference."--Jacket
