Open-source robotics and process control cookbook designing and building robust, dependable real-time systems

• Main Author: Edwards, Lewin A. R. W
• Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
• Format: Electronic Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Boston Newnes c2005
• Subjects: Ρομποτική

In this practical reference, popular author Lewin Edwards shows how to develop robust, dependable real-time systems for robotics and other control applications, using open-source tools. It demonstrates efficient and low-cost embedded hardware and software design techniques, based on Linux as the dev...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction; Microcontrollers, Single-board computers and development tools;
• Building Linux-based overmonitoring systems; Creating a custom slim Linux distribution; Example Sensor and Control Applications; Designing for System Robustness; Tying it all together;