Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hristu-Varsakelis, Dimitrios (Editor), Levine, William S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston, 2005.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Control Engineering
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer organization.; Complexity, Computational.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Electrical engineering.; Control.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Complexity.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

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 ov...