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John Wiley & Sons Inc INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsHistory of Changes xi List of Figures xiii List of Tables xvii Preface xix How to Use This Handbook xxi 1 Systems Engineering Introduction 1 1.1 What Is Systems Engineering? 1 1.2 Why Is Systems Engineering Important? 4 1.3 Systems Concepts 8 1.3.1 System Boundary and the System of Interest (SoI) 8 1.3.2 Emergence 9 1.3.3 Interfacing Systems, Interoperating Systems, and Enabling Systems 10 1.3.4 System Innovation Ecosystem 11 1.3.5 The Hierarchy within a System 12 1.3.6 Systems States and Modes 14 1.3.7 Complexity 15 1.4 Systems Engineering Foundations 15 1.4.1 Uncertainty 15 1.4.2 Cognitive Bias 17 1.4.3 Systems Engineering Principles 17 1.4.4 Systems Engineering Heuristics 20 1.5 System Science and Systems Thinking 21 2 System Life Cycle Concepts, Models, and Processes 25 2.1 Life Cycle Terms and Concepts 25 2.1.1 Life Cycle Characteristics 25 2.1.2 Typical Life Cycle Stages 26 2.1.3 Decision Gates 29 2.1.4 Technical Reviews and Audits 31 2.2 Life Cycle Model Approaches 33 2.2.1 Sequential Methods 35 2.2.2 Incremental Methods 36 2.2.3 Evolutionary Methods 38 2.3 System Life Cycle Processes 39 2.3.1 Introduction to the System Life Cycle Processes 39 2.3.1.1 Format and Conventions 40 2.3.1.2 Concurrency, Iteration, and Recursion 42 2.3.2 Agreement Processes 44 2.3.2.1 Acquisition Process 45 2.3.2.2 Supply Process 48 2.3.3 Organizational Project-Enabling Processes 50 2.3.3.1 Life Cycle Model Management Process 51 2.3.3.2 Infrastructure Management Process 54 2.3.3.3 Portfolio Management Process 57 2.3.3.4 Human Resource Management Process 60 2.3.3.5 Quality Management Process 63 2.3.3.6 Knowledge Management Process 67 2.3.4 Technical Management Processes 70 2.3.4.1 Project Planning Process 70 2.3.4.2 Project Assessment and Control Process 75 2.3.4.3 Decision Management Process 78 2.3.4.4 Risk Management Process 81 2.3.4.5 Configuration Management Process 87 2.3.4.6 Information Management Process 91 2.3.4.7 Measurement Process 93 2.3.4.8 Quality Assurance Process 98 2.3.5 Technical Processes 101 2.3.5.1 Business or Mission Analysis Process 103 2.3.5.2 Stakeholder Needs and Requirements Definition Process 107 2.3.5.3 System Requirements Definition Process 112 2.3.5.4 System Architecture Definition Process 118 2.3.5.5 Design Definition Process 124 2.3.5.6 System Analysis Process 129 2.3.5.7 Implementation Process 132 2.3.5.8 Integration Process 134 2.3.5.9 Verification Process 138 2.3.5.10 Transition Process 143 2.3.5.11 Validation Process 146 2.3.5.12 Operation Process 152 2.3.5.13 Maintenance Process 154 2.3.5.14 Disposal Process 156 3 Life Cycle Analyses and Methods 159 3.1 Quality Characteristics and Approaches 159 3.1.1 Introduction to Quality Characteristics 159 3.1.2 Affordability Analysis 160 3.1.3 Agility Engineering 165 3.1.4 Human Systems Integration 168 3.1.5 Interoperability Analysis 171 3.1.6 Logistics Engineering 172 3.1.7 Manufacturability/Producibility Analysis 175 3.1.8 Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Engineering 176 3.1.9 Resilience Engineering 180 3.1.10 Sustainability Engineering 184 3.1.11 System Safety Engineering 185 3.1.12 System Security Engineering 190 3.1.13 Loss-Driven Systems Engineering 191 3.2 Systems Engineering Analyses and Methods 192 3.2.1 Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation 192 3.2.2 Prototyping 200 3.2.3 Traceability 201 3.2.4 Interface Management 202 3.2.5 Architecture Frameworks 206 3.2.6 Patterns 208 3.2.7 Design Thinking 212 3.2.8 Biomimicry 213 4 Tailoring and Application Considerations 215 4.1 Tailoring Considerations 215 4.2 SE Methodology/Approach Considerations 219 4.2.1 Model-Based SE 219 4.2.2 Agile Systems Engineering 221 4.2.3 Lean Systems Engineering 224 4.2.4 Product Line Engineering (PLE) 226 4.3 System Types Considerations 229 4.3.1 Greenfield/Clean Sheet Systems 229 4.3.2 Brownfield/Legacy Systems 230 4.3.3 Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS)-Based Systems 231 4.3.4 Software-Intensive Systems 232 4.3.5 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) 233 4.3.6 Systems of Systems (SoS) 235 4.3.7 Internet of Things (IoT)/Big Data-Driven Systems 238 4.3.8 Service Systems 239 4.3.9 Enterprise Systems 241 4.4 Application of Systems Engineering for Specific Product Sector or Domain Application 244 4.4.1 Automotive Systems 245 4.4.2 Biomedical and Healthcare Systems 248 4.4.3 Commercial Aerospace Systems 249 4.4.4 Defense Systems 250 4.4.5 Infrastructure Systems 251 4.4.6 Oil and Gas Systems 253 4.4.7 Power & Energy Systems 254 4.4.8 Space Systems 255 4.4.9 Telecommunication Systems 257 4.4.10 Transportation Systems 258 5 Systems Engineering in Practice 261 5.1 Systems Engineering Competencies 261 5.1.1 Difference between Hard and Soft Skills 262 5.1.2 System Engineering Professional Competencies 263 5.1.3 Technical Leadership 263 5.1.4 Ethics 264 5.2 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 265 5.3 Systems Engineering Relationships to Other Disciplines 266 5.3.1 SE and Software Engineering (SWE) 266 5.3.2 SE and Hardware Engineering (HWE) 267 5.3.3 SE and Project Management (PM) 268 5.3.4 SE and Industrial Engineering (IE) 270 5.3.5 SE and Operations Research (OR) 271 5.4 Digital Engineering 273 5.5 Systems Engineering Transformation 274 5.6 Future of SE 275 6 Case Studies 277 6.1 Case 1: Radiation Therapy—the Therac-25 277 6.2 Case 2: Joining Two Countries—the Øresund Bridge 278 6.3 Case 3: Cybersecurity Considerations in Systems Engineering—the Stuxnet Attack on a Cyber-Physical System 280 6.4 Case 4: Design for Maintainability—Incubators 282 6.5 Case 5: Artificial Intelligence in Systems Engineering—Autonomous Vehicles 283 6.6 Other Case Studies 285 Appendix A: References 287 Appendix B: Acronyms 305 Appendix C: Terms and Definitions 311 Appendix D: N2 Diagram of Systems Engineering Processes 317 Appendix E: Input/Output Descriptions 321 Appendix F: Acknowledgments 335 Appendix G: Comment Form 337 Index 339
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Electrical Installation Work Level 2 EAL Edition
Book SynopsisUpdated in line with the 18th Edition of the Wiring Regulations and written specifically for the EAL Diploma in Electrical Installation, this book has a chapter dedicated to each unit of the EAL syllabus, allowing you to master each topic before moving on to the next. This new edition also includes information on LED lighting. End of chapter revision questions help you to check your understanding and consolidate the key concepts learned in each chapter. This is the number one textbook for all EAL level 2 courses in electrical installation. It sets out the core facts and principles with solid explanation - not just to pass the exam but to confidently work as an electrician with a proper understanding of the regulations. Ideal for both independent and tutor-based study.Table of Contents1. EAL Unit Elect2/01: Health and safety in electrical installation 2. EAL Unit Elect2/08: Electrical science and principles 3. EAL Unit Elect2/04: Electrical installation theory and technology 4. EAL Unit Elect2/05A: Electrical installation methods, procedures and requirements Answers to Check your understanding questions Appendix A: Abbreviations, symbols and codes Appendix B: Formulas for electrical principles Glossary of terms Index
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Cambridge University Press Learning the Art of Electronics
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No Starch Press,US The Hardware Hacker
Book SynopsisFor over a decade, Andrew 'bunnie' Huang has shaped the fields of hacking and hardware, from his cult-classic book Hacking the Xbox to the open-source laptop Novena and his mentorship of various hardware startups and developers. Here Huang shares his experiences in manufacturing and open hardware, creating an illuminating and compelling career retrospective. With highly detailed passages on the ins and outs of manufacturing and a comprehensive take on the issues associated with open source hardware, The Hardware Hacker is an invaluable resource for aspiring hackers and makers.Trade Review“Hardware, says Bunnie Huang, is a world without secrets: if you go deep enough, even the most important key is expressed in silicon or fuses. His is a world without mysteries, only unexplored spaces. This is a look inside a mind without peer.” —Edward Snowden “A tour-de-force that combines the many genius careers of one of the world’s great hacker-communicators: practical, theoretical, philosophical and often mind-blowing. Huang isn’t just explaining how to make things, he’s peeling back the roofs of factories, the surfaces of microcontrollers, and even the human genome. The secret workings of our world are laid bare and the levers by which they may be moved are put in the reader’s hands.” —Cory Doctorow, Author of Little Brother and technology activist “bunnie lives in the world of hardware where the solder meets the PCB. He has more practical experience and is a better teacher of how the ecosystem of hardware works than any other person I’ve ever met, and I know a lot of people in this space. He has rendered this experience and expertise into an amazing book—a hacker’s-point-of-view-bible to anyone trying to work in or understand and work in the emerging and evolving world of hardware.” —Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media LabTable of ContentsPART 1: Adventures in ManufacturingChapter 1: Made in ChinaChapter 2: Inside Three Very Different FactoriesChapter 3: The Factory FloorPART 2: Thkinking Differently: Intellectual Property in ChinaChapter 4: Gongkai InnovationChapter 5: Fake GoodsPART 3: What Open Hardware Means to MeChapter 6: The Story of ChumbyChapter 7: Novena: Building My Own LaptopChapter 8: Chibitronics: Creating Circuit StickersPART 4: A Hacker's PerspectiveChapter 9: Hardware HackingChapter 10: Biology and BioinformaticsChapter 11: Selected InterviewsEpilogueAfterword
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc How to Diagnose and Repair Automotive Electrical
Book SynopsisIn How to Diagnose and Repair Automotive Electrical Systems, author and ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) Certified Master Technician Tracy Martin explain the principles behind automotive electrical systems and describes how they work, with a focus on cars of collectible and classic eras. Now, readers no longer need fear that jumble of wires beneath the dash or hood of their vehicle. Automotive electrical systems can seem a mystery, if not a black art, to the weekend mechanic and even to a number of experienced pros. From Ohm’s Law and an explanation of 12-volt systems to specific electrical scenarios and more, Martin thoroughly dissects the automotive electrical system and explains the various tools needed for diagnoses and repairs, such as multimeters, voltmeters, timing lights, coil testers, lab scopes, and more. Also included: Storage batteries Charging and starting systems Ignition systems
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Pearson Education (US) Digital Design
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsBrief Contents Introduction Number Systems and Codes Switching Algebra and Combinational Logic Digital Design Practices Verilog Hardware Description Language Basic Combinational Logic Elements More Combinational Building Blocks Combinational Arithmetic Elements State Machines Sequential Logic Elements Counters and Shift Registers State Machines in Verilog Sequential-Circuit Design Practices Digital Circuits ROMs, RAMs, and FPGAs
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CRC Press Birds Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology
Book SynopsisNow in its seventh edition, Birdâs Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology explains electrical circuit theory and associated technology topics in a straightforward manner, supported by practical engineering examples and applications to ensure that readers can relate theory to practice. The extensive and thorough coverage, containing over 800 worked examples, makes this an excellent text for a range of courses, in particular for Degree and Foundation Degree in electrical principles, circuit theory, telecommunications, and electrical technology. The text includes some essential mathematics revision, together with all the essential electrical and electronic principles for BTEC National and Diploma syllabuses and City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses in engineering. This material will be a great revision for those on higher courses.This edition includes several new sections, including glass batteries, climate change, the future of electricity production, and discussions concerning everyday aspects of electricity, such as watts and lumens, electrical safety, AC vs DC, and trending technologies.Its companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/bird provides resources for both students and lecturers, including full solutions for all 1400 further questions, multiple choice questions, lists of essential formulae and bios of famous engineers; as well as full solutions to revision tests, lab experiments, and illustrations for adopting course instructors.Table of ContentsSection 1 Revision of Some Basic Mathematics 1. Some Mathematics Revisio 2. Further Mathematics RevisionSection 2 Basic Electrical and Electronic Engineering Principles 3. Units associated with basic electrical quantities 4. An introduction to electric circuits 5. Resistance variation 6. Batteries and alternative sources of energy 7. Series and parallel networks 8. Capacitors and capacitance 9. Magnetic circuits 10. Electromagnetism 11. Electromagnetic induction 12. Electrical measuring instruments and measurements 13. Semiconductor diodes 14. Transistors Section 3 Electrical Principles and Technology 15. D.c. circuit theory 16. Alternating voltages and currents 17. Single-phase series a.c. circuits 18. Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits 19. D.c. transients 20. Operational amplifiers 21. Global climate change and the future of electricity generation 22. Three-phase systems23. Transformers 24. D.c. machines 25. Three-phase induction motors Section 4 Advanced circuit theory and technology 26. Revision of complex numbers 27. Application of complex numbers to series a.c. circuits 28. Application of complex numbers to parallel a.c. circuits 29. Power in a.c. circuits 30. A.c. bridges 31. Series resonance and Q-factor 32. Parallel resonance and Q-factor 33. Introduction to network analysis 34. Mesh-current and nodal analysis 35. The superposition theorem 36. Thévenin’s and Norton’s theorems 37. Delta-star and star-delta transformations 38. Maximum power transfer theorems and impedance matching 39. Complex waveforms 40. A numerical method of harmonic analysis 41. Magnetic materials 42. Dielectrics and dielectric loss 43. Field theory 44. Attenuators 45. Filter networks 46. Magnetically coupled circuits 47. Transmission lines 48. Transients and Laplace transforms Section 5 General reference
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Artech House Publishers A Hands-On Guide to Designing Embedded Systems
Book SynopsisThis practical resource introduces readers to the design of field programmable gate array systems (FPGAs). Techniques and principles that can be applied by the engineer to understand challenges before starting a project are presented. The book provides a framework from which to work and approach development of embedded systems that will give readers a better understanding of the issues at hand and can develop solution which presents lower technical and programmatic risk and a faster time to market. Programmatic and system considerations are introduced, providing an overview of the engineering life cycle when developing an electronic solution from concept to completion. Hardware design architecture is discussed to help develop an architecture to meet the requirements placed upon it, and the trade-offs required to achieve the budget. The FPGA development lifecycle and the inputs and outputs from each stage, including design, test benches, synthesis, mapping, place and route and power estimation, are also presented. Finally, the importance of reliability, why it needs to be considered, the current standards that exist, and the impact of not considering this is explained. Written by experts in the field, this is the first book by "engineers in the trenches" that presents FPGA design on a practical level.Table of ContentsDesign Life Cycles; Requirement Capture; Architectural Design (Tradeoffs); Engineering Budgets; ICDs; Verification; Engineering Governance; Hardware Architecture; Test Plans; Designing the System; Component Selection; De-Rating; Connectorization; Decoupling; Design Integrity; PCB Layout Considerations; Bringing the Design Up; FPGA Development Overview; Good Design Practice; State Machines; Safer State Machines; How FPGAs do Maths; CORDIC Algorithm; Test Benches; Digital Filters within FPGAs; Interfacing ADC and DAC; What is Reliability; What does MTBF Mean?; Finding Your Place on the Bathtub Curve; Redundancy; Failure Mode; Worst Case Analysis; Reliability Figure Calculations.
£116.80
Pearson Education Electronics Fundamentals Circuits Devices Applications Global Edition
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Oxford University Press Inc Modern Digital and Analog Communication
Book SynopsisThis is the latest edition of the landmark communications systems textbook by one of electrical engineering''s most prolific educators, B.P. Lathi, and co-author Zhi Ding. The Fifth Edition features over 200 fully worked-through examples incorporating current technology, an expansive amount of illustrations throughout the book, MATLAB codes throughout, and a full review of key signals and systems concepts. As digital communication technology has become important part of daily life, enrollment in courses on communications engineering has increased. Communications systems courses are now one of the most popular upper-level EE offerings because of intense student interest in the topic. In the new edition, Drs. Lathi and Ding have updated the book''s examples to reflect current technology and including more MATLAB coding where appropriate.Trade ReviewThe authors' writing style is engaging and fun to read. The book gives the students a good introduction to analog and digital communication that can be covered in one course without prior knowledge to probability theory. * Mohamad AlMulla, Kuwait University *Very good presentation of topics related to modern communication systems at both undergraduate and first-year graduate levels. Also, contains some Matlab examples that are useful for students. * Manohar Das, Oakland University *This is an excellent textbook with clear and in-depth presentation of key topics in communication systems, along with valuable Matlab examples. * Shengli Zhou, University of Connecticut *This is one of the most comprehensive introductory textbooks in communication systems available now. Each chapter presents fundamental concepts as well as a host of basic and advanced applications. * Yang Zhao, Wayne State University *Table of ContentsCONTENTS PREFACE xv 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 2 1.2 DESIGN CHALLENGES: CHANNEL DISTORTIONS AND NOISES 3 1.3 MESSAGE SOURCES 4 1.4 CHANNEL EFFECT, SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO, AND CAPACITY 8 1.5 MODULATION AND DETECTION 11 1.6 DIGITAL SOURCE CODING AND ERROR CORRECTION CODING 13 1.7 A BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW OF MODERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS 15 2 SIGNALS AND SIGNAL SPACE 21 2.1 SIZE OF A SIGNAL 21 2.2 CLASSIFICATION OF SIGNALS 26 2.3 SOME USEFUL SIGNAL OPERATIONS 29 2.4 UNIT IMPULSE SIGNAL 33 2.5 SIGNALS VERSUS VECTORS 36 2.6 CORRELATION OF SIGNALS 42 2.7 ORTHOGONAL SIGNAL SETS 47 2.8 TRIGONOMETRIC FOURIER SERIES 51 2.9 FREQUENCY DOMAIN AND EXPONENTIAL FOURIER SERIES 62 2.10 MATLAB EXERCISES 69 3 ANALYSIS AND TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS 84 3.1 FOURIER TRANSFORM of SIGNALS 84 3.2 TRANSFORMS OF SOME USEFUL FUNCTIONS 90 3.3 SOME FOURIER TRANSFORM PROPERTIES 97 3.4 SIGNAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH A LINEAR TIME-INVARIANT SYSTEM 114 3.5 IDEAL VERSUS PRACTICAL FILTERS 119 3.6 SIGNAL DISTORTION OVER A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL 124 3.7 SIGNAL ENERGY AND ENERGY SPECTRAL DENSITY 128 3.8 SIGNAL POWER AND POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY 137 3.9 NUMERICAL COMPUTATION OF FOURIER TRANSFORM: THE DFT 145 3.10 MATLAB EXERCISES 150 4 ANALOGUE MODULATIONS AND DEMODULATIONS 167 4.1 BASEBAND VERSUS CARRIER COMMUNICATIONS 167 4.2 DOUBLE-SIDEBAND AMPLITUDE MODULATION 169 4.3 AMPLITUDE MODULATION (AM) 178 4.4 BANDWIDTH-EFFICIENT AMPLITUDE MODULATIONS 185 4.5 FM AND PM: NONLINEAR ANGLE MODULATIONS 199 4.6 BANDWIDTH ANALYSIS OF ANGLE MODULATIONS 205 4.7 DEMODULATION OF FM SIGNALS 213 4.8 FREQUENCY CONVERSION AND SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS 215 4.9 GENERATING FM SIGNALS 218 4.10 FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (FDM) 224 4.11 PHASE-LOCKED LOOP AND APPLICATIONS 225 4.12 MATLAB EXERCISES 233 5 DIGITISATION OF ANALOGUE SOURCE SIGNALS 255 5.1 SAMPLING THEOREM 255 5.2 PULSE CODE MODULATION (PCM) 270 5.3 DIGITAL TELEPHONY: PCM IN T1 SYSTEMS 282 5.4 DIGITAL MULTIPLEXING HIERARCHY 286 5.5 DIFFERENTIAL PULSE CODE MODULATION (DPCM) 291 5.6 DELTA MODULATION 296 5.7 MATLAB EXERCISES 301 6 PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL DATA TRANSMISSION 317 6.1 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 317 6.2 BASEBAND LINE CODING 320 6.3 PULSE SHAPING 335 6.4 SCRAMBLING 347 6.5 DIGITAL RECEIVERS AND REGENERATIVE REPEATERS 350 6.6 EYE DIAGRAMS: AN IMPORTANT DIAGNOSTIC TOOL 360 6.7 PAM: M-ARY BASEBAND SIGNALLING 363 6.8 DIGITAL CARRIER SYSTEMS 366 6.9 M-ARY DIGITAL CARRIER MODULATION 368 6.10 MATLAB EXERCISE 374 7 FUNDAMENTALS OF PROBABILITY THEORY 388 7.1 CONCEPT OF PROBABILITY 388 7.2 RANDOM VARIABLES 404 7.3 STATISTICAL AVERAGES (MEANS) 423 7.4 CORRELATION 432 7.5 LINEAR MEAN SQUARE ESTIMATION 436 7.6 SUM OF RANDOM VARIABLES 439 7.7 CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM 442 8 RANDOM PROCESSES AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS 453 8.1 FROM RANDOM VARIABLE TO RANDOM PROCESS 453 8.2 CLASSIFICATION OF RANDOM PROCESSES 458 8.3 POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY 462 8.4 MULTIPLE RANDOM PROCESSES 477 8.5 TRANSMISSION OF RANDOM PROCESSES THROUGH LINEAR SYSTEMS 478 8.6 BANDPASS RANDOM PROCESSES 499 9 PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 523 9.1 OPTIMUM LINEAR DETECTOR FOR BINARY POLAR SIGNALLING 523 9.2 GENERAL BINARY SIGNALLING 529 9.3 COHERENT RECEIVERS FOR DIGITAL CARRIER MODULATIONS 537 9.4 SIGNAL SPACE ANALYSIS OF OPTIMUM DETECTION 542 9.5 VECTOR DECOMPOSITION OF WHITE NOISE RANDOM PROCESSES 547 9.6 OPTIMUM RECEIVER FOR WHITE GAUSSIAN NOISE CHANNELS 553 9.7 GENERAL ERROR PROBABILITY OF OPTIMUM RECEIVERS 578 9.8 NONWHITE (COLOURED) CHANNEL NOISE 587 9.9 OTHER USEFUL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 587 9.10 NONCOHERENT DETECTION 591 9.11 MATLAB EXERCISES 599 10 SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATIONS 618 10.1 FREQUENCY HOPPING SPREAD SPECTRUM (FHSS) SYSTEMS 618 10.2 MULTIPLE FHSS USER SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE 622 10.3 APPLICATIONS OF FHSS 625 10.4 DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM 629 10.5 RESILIENT FEATURES OF DSSS 632 10.6 CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE-ACCESS (CDMA) OF DSSS 634 10.7 MULTIUSER DETECTION (MUD) 642 10.8 MODERN PRACTICAL DSSS CDMA SYSTEMS 648 10.9 MATLAB EXERCISES 657 11 DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS OVER LINEARLY DISTORTIVE CHANNELS 673 11.1 LINEAR DISTORTIONS OF WIRELESS MULTIPATH CHANNELS 673 11.2 RECEIVER CHANNEL EQUALISATION 677 11.3 LINEAR T-SPACED EQUALISATION (TSE) 683 11.4 LINEAR FRACTIONALLY SPACED EQUALISERS (FSE) 693 11.5 CHANNEL ESTIMATION 698 11.6 DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALISER 699 11.7 OFDM (MULTICARRIER) COMMUNICATIONS 702 11.8 REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS OF OFDM AND DMT 714 11.9 BLIND EQUALISATION AND IDENTIFICATION 719 11.10 TIME-VARYING CHANNEL DISTORTIONS DUE TO MOBILITY 720 11.11 MATLAB EXERCISES 723 12 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION THEORY 744 12.1 MEASURE OF INFORMATION 744 12.2 SOURCE ENCODING 748 12.3 ERROR-FREE COMMUNICATION OVER A NOISY CHANNEL 754 12.4 CHANNEL CAPACITY OF A DISCRETE MEMORYLESS CHANNEL 757 12.5 CHANNEL CAPACITY OF A CONTINUOUS MEMORYLESS CHANNEL 764 12.6 MULTIPLE-INPUTDSMULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 781 12.7 MATLAB EXERCISES 790 13 ERROR CORRECTING CODES 802 13.1 OVERVIEW 802 13.2 REDUNDANCY FOR ERROR CORRECTION 803 13.3 LINEAR BLOCK CODES 806 13.4 CYCLIC CODES 813 13.5 THE BENEFIT OF ERROR CORRECTION 823 13.6 CONVOLUTIONAL CODES 827 13.7 TRELLIS DIAGRAM OF BLOCK CODES 837 13.8 CODE COMBINING AND INTERLEAVING 838 13.9 SOFT DECODING 841 13.10 SOFT-OUTPUT VITERBI ALGORITHM (SOVA) 843 13.11 TURBO CODES 845 13.12 LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK (LDPC) CODES 854 13.13 MATLAB EXERCISES 860 APPENDICES A ORTHOGONALITY OF SOME SIGNAL SETS 875 A.1 TRIGONOMETRIC SINUSOID SIGNAL SET 875 A.2 ORTHOGONALITY OF THE EXPONENTIAL SINUSOID SIGNAL SET 876 B CAUCHY-SCHWARZ INEQUALITY 877 C GRAM-SCHMIDT ORTHOGONALISATION OF A VECTOR SET 878 INDEX 881
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MIT Press Ltd Formal Methods for MultiAgent Feedback Control
Book SynopsisAn introduction to formal methods for feedback control of multi-agent systems with safety and performance guarantees.Multi-agent control systems can accomplish tasks that single-agent systems cannot address, such as aerial surveillance of large areas by a group of drones. In Formal Methods for Multi-Agent Feedback Control Systems, Lars Lindemann and Dimos Dimarogonas provide an accessible introduction to formal methods for feedback control of multi-agent systems. Their book is the first to bridge the gap between formal methods and feedback control for the scalable design of cyber-physical systems. The material covered is intended for scientists, engineers, and students, and no background in formal methods or control theory is required. The authors also highlight future research directions for those working at the intersection of formal methods and control.In control theory, the goal is to design feedback control laws for dynamical systems that achieve control objectives such as stability or forward invariance of sets. Formal methods, on the other hand, provide verification and design techniques for more complex system specifications using temporal logics. However, their high computational cost limits scaling beyond a small number of agents. Besides scalability, another central challenge is to achieve robustness in the system design. Thus, the authors focus on the design of scalable and robust feedback control algorithms for multi-agent control systems under temporal logic specifications.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Enhancing Computer Security with Smart Technology
Book SynopsisDivided into two major parts, Enhancing Computer Security with Smart Technology introduces the problems of computer security to researchers with a machine learning background, then introduces machine learning concepts to computer security professionals. Realizing the massive scope of these subjects, the author concentrates on problems related to the detection of intrusions through the application of machine learning methods and on the practical algorithmic aspects of machine learning and its role in security.A collection of tutorials that draw from a broad spectrum of viewpoints and experience, this volume is made up of chapters written by specialists in each subject field. It is accessible to any professional with a basic background in computer science. Following an introduction to the issue of cyber-security and cyber-trust, the book offers a broad survey of the state-of-the-art in firewall technology and of the importance of Web application security. The remainder ofTable of ContentsCyber-security and cyber-trust. Network firewalls. Web application security: the next battleground. Relevance of machine learning. Machine learning in intrusion detection. Cyber-security challenges: Designing efficient intrusion detection systems and anti-virus tools. Artificial immune systems in intrusion detection. Application of wavelets in network security. Application of exploratory multivariate analysis for network security.
£142.50
CRC Press Practical Control Engineering for Mechatronics and Automation
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Logic for Computer Science and Artificial
Book SynopsisLogic and its components (propositional, first-order, non-classical) play a key role in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. While a large amount of information exists scattered throughout various media (books, journal articles, webpages, etc.), the diffuse nature of these sources is problematic and logic as a topic benefits from a unified approach. Logic for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence utilizes this format, surveying the tableaux, resolution, Davis and Putnam methods, logic programming, as well as for example unification and subsumption. For non-classical logics, the translation method is detailed. Logic for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence is the classroom-tested result of several years of teaching at Grenoble INP (Ensimag). It is conceived to allow self-instruction for a beginner with basic knowledge in Mathematics and Computer Science, but is also highly suitable for use in traditional courses. The reader is guided by clearly motivated concepts, introductions, historical remarks, side notes concerning connections with other disciplines, and numerous exercises, complete with detailed solutions, The title provides the reader with the tools needed to arrive naturally at practical implementations of the concepts and techniques discussed, allowing for the design of algorithms to solve problems.Table of ContentsPreface xi Chapter 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Logic, foundations of computer science, and applications of logic to computer science 1 1.2. On the utility of logic for computer engineers 3 Chapter 2. A Few Thoughts Before the Formalization 7 2.1. What is logic? 7 2.2. Somehistoric landmarks 32 Chapter 3. Propositional Logic 39 3.1. Syntaxand semantics 40 3.2. Themethodof semantic tableaux 54 3.3. Formal systems 64 3.4. Aformal systemforPL(PC) 78 3.5. ThemethodofDavis andPutnam 92 3.6. Semantic trees inPL 96 3.7. The resolutionmethodinPL 101 3.8. Problems, strategies, andstatements 109 3.9. Hornclauses 113 3.10. Algebraic point of view of propositional logic 114 Chapter 4. First-order Terms 121 4.1. Matchingandunification 121 4.2. First-order terms, substitutions, unification 125 Chapter 5. First-Order Logic (FOL) or Predicate Logic (PL1, PC1) 131 5.1. Syntax 133 5.2. Semantics 137 5.3. Semantic tableauxin FOL 154 5.4. Unification in the method of semantic tableaux 166 5.5. Toward a semi-decision procedure for FOL 169 5.6. Semantic trees inFOL 186 5.7. The resolutionmethodinFOL 190 5.8. Adecidable class: themonadic class 202 5.9. Limits: Godel’s (first) incompleteness theorem 206 Chapter 6. Foundations of Logic Programming 213 6.1. Specifications and programming 213 6.2. Toward a logic programming language 219 6.3. Logicprogramming: examples 222 6.4. Computability and Horn clauses 241 Chapter 7. Artificial Intelligence 245 7.1. Intelligent systems: AI 245 7.2. What approaches to studyAI? 249 7.3. Toward an operational definition of intelligence 249 7.4. Can we identify human intelligence with mechanicalintelligence? 251 7.5. Somehistory 254 7.6. Some undisputed themes in AI 256 Chapter 8. Inference 259 8.1. Deductiveinference 260 8.2. An important concept: clause subsumption 266 8.3. Abduction 273 8.4. Inductive inference 278 8.5. Generalization: the generation of inductive hypotheses 284 Chapter 9. Problem Specification in Logical Languages 291 9.1. Equality 291 9.2. Constraints 309 9.3. Second Order Logic (SOL): a few notions 319 Chapter 10. Non-classical Logics 327 10.1. Many-valuedlogics 327 10.2. Inaccurate concepts: fuzzy logic 337 10.3. Modal logics 353 10.4. Some elements of temporal logic 371 Chapter 11. Knowledge and Logic: Some Notions 385 11.1. What is knowledge? 386 11.2. Knowledge and modal logic 389 Chapter 12. Solutions to the Exercises 395 Bibliography 515 Index 517
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Fernhurst Books Limited Electrics Companion
Book SynopsisA handy, splash-proof, on-the-water reference guide containing all the essential information for when you need it most about keeping your boat electrics running. Covers formulae, tools, anodes, protection, multimeters, soldering, AC power, testing, wiring, batteries, connections and power consumption.Table of ContentsFormulae; Multimeters; Testing; Batteries; Circuit Protection; Tools; Soldering & Wiring; Connections; Faults; Anodes; AC Power; Charging; Power Consumption
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Machine Learning for Computer Scientists and Data
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O'Reilly Media Make More Electronics
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Electronics AllinOne For Dummies UK
Book SynopsisYour one-stop UK shop for clear, concise explanations to all the important concepts in electronics and tons of direction for building simple, fun electronic projects.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Book I: Getting Started with Electronics 7 Chapter 1: Entering the Exciting World of Electronics 9 Chapter 2: Understanding Electricity 21 Chapter 3: Creating Your Own Mad-Scientist Lab 37 Chapter 4: Staying Safe 59 Chapter 5: Reading Schematic Diagrams 69 Chapter 6: Building Your Own Electronic Projects 83 Chapter 7: Uncovering the Secrets of Successful Soldering 115 Chapter 8: Measuring Circuits with a Multimeter 127 Chapter 9: Catching Waves with an Oscilloscope 141 Book II: Working with Basic Electronic Components 153 Chapter 1: Working with Basic Circuits 155 Chapter 2: Working with Resistors 197 Chapter 3: Working with Capacitors 227 Chapter 4: Working with Inductors 249 Chapter 5: Working with Diodes and LEDs 261 Chapter 6: Working with Transistors 287 Book III: Working with Integrated Circuits 313 Chapter 1: Introducing Integrated Circuits 315 Chapter 2: The Fabulous 555 Timer Chip 327 Chapter 3: Working with Op Amps 363 Book IV: Getting into Alternating Current 383 Chapter 1: Understanding Alternating Current 385 Chapter 2: Working with Mains Voltage 397 Chapter 3: Supplying Power for Your Electronics Projects 409 Book V: Working with Radio and Infrared 421 Chapter 1: Tuning in to Radio 423 Chapter 2: Building a Crystal Radio 437 Chapter 3: Working with Infrared 449 Book VI: Doing Digital Electronics 467 Chapter 1: Understanding Digital Electronics 469 Chapter 2: Getting Logical 483 Chapter 3: Putting Logic Circuits to Work 505 Chapter 4: Interfacing to Your Computer’s Parallel Port 535 Chapter 5: Getting the Hang of Flip-Flops 567 Book VII: Working with BASIC Stamp Processors 591 Chapter 1: Introducing Microcontrollers and the BASIC Stamp 593 Chapter 2: Programming in PBASIC 615 Chapter 3: Discovering More PBASIC Programming Tricks 641 Chapter 4: Adding Sound and Motion to Your BASIC Stamp Projects 661 Book VIII: Having Fun with Special Effects 679 Chapter 1: Synchronising Sight and Sound with a Colour-Organ Circuit 681 Chapter 2: Unearthing Hidden Treasure with a Handy Metal Detector 693 Chapter 3: Making Light Dance to the Music 713 Chapter 4: Hacking a Toy to Make a Talking Puppet 741 Index 767
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In Easy Steps Limited Electronics in Easy Steps
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) AI and Deep Learning in Biometric Security Trends
Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth overview of artificial intelligence and deep learning approaches with case studies to solve problems associated with biometric security such as authentication, indexing, template protection, spoofing attack detection, ROI detection, gender classification etc. This text highlights a showcase of cutting-edge research on the use of convolution neural networks, autoencoders, recurrent convolutional neural networks in face, hand, iris, gait, fingerprint, vein, and medical biometric traits. It also provides a step-by-step guide to understanding deep learning concepts for biometrics authentication approaches and presents an analysis of biometric images under various environmental conditions. This book is sure to catch the attention of scholars, researchers, practitioners, and technology aspirants who are willing to research in the field of AI and biometric security.Table of Contents1. Deep Learning-Based Hyperspectral Multimodal Biometric Authentication System Using Palmprint and Dorsal Hand Vein. 2. Cancelable Biometrics for Template Protection: Future Directives with Deep Learning. 3. On Training Generative Adversarial Network for Enhancement of Latent Fingerprints. 4. DeepFake Face Video Detection Using Hybrid Deep Residual Networks nad LSTM Architecture. 5. Multi-spectral Short-Wave Infrared Sensors and Convolutional Neural Networks for Biometric Presentation Attack Detection. 6. AI-Based Approach for Person Identification Using ECG Biometric. 7. Cancelable Biometric Systems from Research to Reality: The Road Less Travelled. 8. Gender Classification under Eyeglass Occluded Ocular Region: An Extensive Study Using Multi-spectral Imaging. 9. Investigation of the Fingernail Plate for Biometric Authentication using Deep Neural Networks. 10. Fraud Attack Detection in Remote Verification systems for Non-enrolled Users. 11. Indexing on Biometric Databases. 12. Iris Segmentation in the Wild Using Encoder-Decoder-Based Deep Learning Techniques. 13. PPG-Based Biometric Recognition: Opportunities with Machine and Deep Learning. 14. Current Trends of Machine Learning Techniques in Biometrics and its Applications.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Birds Electrical and Electronic Principles and
Book SynopsisNow in its seventh edition, Bird's Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology introduces and covers theory through detailed examples and laboratory experiments, enabling students to gain knowledge required by technicians in fields such as engineering, electronics, and telecommunications. This edition includes several new sections, including glass batteries, climate change, the future of electricity production, and discussions concerning everyday aspects of electricity, such as watts and lumens, electrical safety, AC vs DC, and trending technologies.The extensive and thorough topic coverage makes this a great text for a range of level 2 and 3 engineering courses, which has helped thousands of students succeed in their exams. It is also suitable for BTEC First, National and Diploma syllabuses, City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses, and Foundation Degrees in engineering. Its companion website at www.rouTable of ContentsSection 1 Revision of Some Basic Mathematics 1. Some Mathematics Revision 2. Further Mathematics Revision Section 2 Basic Electrical and Electronic Engineering Principles 3. Units associated with basic electrical quantities 4. An introduction to electric circuits 5. Resistance variation 6. Batteries and alternative sources of energy 7. Series and parallel networks 8. Capacitors and capacitance 9. Magnetic circuits 10. Electromagnetism 11. Electromagnetic induction 12. Electrical measuring instruments and measurements 13. Semiconductor diodes 14. Transistors Section 3 Further Electrical and Electronic Principles 15. D.c. circuit theory 16. Alternating voltages and currents 17. Single-phase series a.c. circuits 18. Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits 19. Filter networks 20. D.c. transients 21. Operational amplifiers Section 4 Further Electrical Power Technology 22. Global climate change and the future of electricity generation 23. Three-phase systems 24. Transformers 25. D.c. machines 26. Three-phase induction motors Answers to Practice Exercises
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems
This textbook will help you learn all the skills you need to pass all Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Systems courses and qualifications.As electrical and electronic systems become increasingly more complex and fundamental to the workings of modern vehicles, understanding these systems is essential for automotive technicians. For students new to the subject, this book will help to develop this knowledge, but will also assist experienced technicians in keeping up with recent technological advances. This new edition includes information on developments in pass-through technology, multiplexing, and engine control systems. In full colour and covering the latest course specifications, this is the guide that no student enrolled on an automotive maintenance and repair course should be without.Designed to make learning easier, this book contains: Photographs, flow charts, quick reference tables, overview descriptions and step-by-step instructions. <
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CRC Press An Introduction to Electrical Science
Book SynopsisHeavily updated and expanded, this second edition of Adrian Waygood's textbook provides an indispensable introduction to the science behind electrical engineering. While fully matched to the electrical science requirements of the 2330 levels 2 and 3 Certificates in Electrotechnical Technology from City & Guilds (Electrical Installation), the main purpose of this book is to develop an easy understanding of the how and why within each topic. It is aimed at those starting careers in electricity and electronics, as well as any hobbyists, with an array of new material to reflect changes in the industry. New chapters include: Electrical drawings Practical resistors Measuring instruments Basic motor action Practical capacitors Basic transformer theory The electricity supply industry and more Table of ContentsForeword. Introduction. SI System of Measurements. Electrical Schematic and Wiring Diagrams. The 'Electron Theory' of Electricity. Electric Current. Potential and Potential Difference. Resistance. Resistors. Conductors and Cables. Effect of Temperature-Change upon Resistance. Ohm’s Law of Constant Proportionality. Series, Parallel and Series-Parallel Circuits. Electrical Measurements. Cells and Batteries. Internal Resistance. Energy, Work, Heat and Power. Magnetism. Electromagnetism. Magnetic Circuits. Electromagnetic Induction. Motor Principle. Transformers. Capacitance. Capacitors. Geometry and Trigonometry Revision for A.C. Introduction to Alternating Current. Series Alternating-Current Circuits. Power in Alternating-Current Circuits. Parallel Alternating-Current Circuits. Summary of Equations Derived from Phasor Diagrams. Power Factor Improvement. Balanced Three-Phase A.C. Systems.
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University of Minnesota Press The Exploit
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CRC Press Computer Applications in Engineering and
Book SynopsisThe book Computer Applications in Engineering and Management is about computer applications in management, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and civil engineering. It covers the software tools for office automation, introduces the basic concepts of database management, and provides an overview about the concepts of data communication, internet, and e-commerce. Additionally, the book explains the principles of computing management used in construction of buildings in civil engineering and the role of computers in power grid automation in electronics engineering.Features Provides an insight to prospective research and application areas related to industry and technology Includes industry-based inputs Provides a hands-on approach for readers of the book to practice and assimilate learning This book is primarily aimed at undergraduates and graduates in computer science, information technTable of Contents1. Introduction of Management, Civil, Electrical and Electronic (MCEE) in Computers. 2 Management Cost Computing. 3. Management Rule Mining Computing. 4. Quality Learning Management Computing. 5. MAS-Based Data Modeling in Civil Engineering. 6. Automated Building Information System in Civil. 7. Infrastructure Monitoring and Sustainable Building and Construction in Civil. 8. Circuit Simulation and Design. 9. Computational Electromagnetics. 10. Mathematical and Computational Methods. 11. Basic Chipper Design in Electronic Computing. 12. Demographic and Principles of Electronic Computing. 13. Rehabilitation Computing in Electronic Computing.
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C&h/CRC Press Principles and Practices of CadCAM
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Flexible Flat Panel Displays
Book SynopsisFlexible Flat Panel Displays A complete treatment of the entire lifecycle of flexible flat panel displays, from raw material selection to commercialization In the newly revised Second Edition of Flexible Flat Panel Displays, a distinguished team of researchers delivers a completely restructured and comprehensive treatment of the field of flexible flat panel displays. With material covering the end-to-end process that includes commercial and technical aspects of the technology, the editors have included contributions that introduce the business, marketing, entrepreneurship, and intellectual property content relevant to flexible flat panel displays. This edited volume contains a brand-new section on case studies using the Harvard Business School format that discusses current and emerging markets in flexible displays, such as an examination of the use of electronic ink and QD Vision in commercial devices. From raw material selection to dTable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Foreword xv List of Contributors xvii 1 Introduction 1 Darran R. Cairns, Gregory P. Crawford, and Dirk J. Broer 1.1 Toward Flexible Mobile Devices 1 1.2 Flexible Display Layers 2 1.3 Other Flexible Displays and Manufacturing 2 2 Engineered Films for Display Technology 5 W.A. MacDonald 2.1 Introduction 5 2.2 Factors Influencing Film Choice 5 2.2.1 Application Area 5 2.2.2 Physical Form/Manufacturing Process 6 2.2.3 Film Property Set 7 2.2.3.1 Polymer Type 7 2.2.3.2 Optical Clarity 9 2.2.3.3 Birefringence 10 2.2.3.4 The Effect of Thermal Stress on Dimensional Reproducibility 10 2.2.3.5 Low-bloom Films 11 2.2.3.6 Solvent and Moisture Resistance 12 2.2.3.7 The Effect of Mechanical Stress on Dimensional Reproducibility 16 2.2.3.8 Surface Quality 18 2.3 Summary of Key Properties of Base Substrates 19 2.4 Planarizing Coatings 21 2.5 Examples of Film in Use 23 2.6 Concluding Remarks 24 Acknowledgments 25 3 Liquid Crystal Optical Coatings for Flexible Displays 27 Owain Parri, Johan Lub, and Dirk J. Broer 3.1 Introduction 27 3.2 LCN Technology 27 3.3 Thin-film Polarizers 29 3.3.1 Smectic Polarizers 29 3.3.2 Cholesteric Polarizers 32 3.4 Thin-film Retarders 34 3.4.1 Reactive Mesogen Retarders 35 3.4.2 Chromonic Liquid Crystal-based Retarders 37 3.4.3 Liquid Crystal Alignment and Patterned Retarders 37 3.5 Color Filters 41 3.6 Conclusion 43 4 Large Area Flexible Organic Field-effect Transistor Fabrication 47 Zachary A. Lamport, Marco Roberto Cavallari, and Ioannis Kymissis 4.1 Introduction 47 4.2 Substrates 48 4.3 Photolithography 49 4.4 Printing for Roll-to-roll Fabrication 52 4.4.1 Inkjet Printing 52 4.4.2 Gravure and Flexographic Printing 55 4.4.3 Screen Printing 56 4.4.4 Aerosol Jet Printing 56 4.4.5 Contact Printing 58 4.4.6 Meniscus Dragging 60 4.5 Conclusions 62 5 Metallic Nanowires, Promising Building Nanoblocks for Flexible Transparent Electrodes 67 Jean-Pierre Simonato 5.1 Introduction 67 5.2 TEs Based on Metallic Nanowires 68 5.2.1 Metallic Nanowires, New Building Nanoblocks 68 5.2.2 Random Network Fabrication 69 5.2.3 Optical Characterization 70 5.2.4 Electrical Characterization 71 5.2.5 Mechanical Aspect 73 5.3 Application to Flexible Displays 73 5.3.1 Touch Screens 73 5.3.2 Light-emitting Diodes Displays 74 5.3.3 Electrochromic Flexible Displays 76 5.3.4 Other Displays 77 5.4 Conclusions 78 6 Optically Clear Adhesives for Display Assembly 85 Albert I. Everaerts 6.1 Introduction 85 6.2 OCA Definition and General Performance Specifications 86 6.3 Application Examples and Challenges 89 6.3.1 Outgassing Tolerant Adhesives 90 6.3.2 Anti-whitening Adhesives 91 6.3.3 Non-corrosive OCAs 92 6.3.4 Compliant OCAs for High Ink-step Coverage and Mura-free Assembly of LCD Panels 94 6.3.5 Reworkable OCAs 102 6.3.6 Barrier Adhesives 103 6.4 Summary and Remaining Challenges 104 7 Self-healing Polymer Substrates 107 Progyateg Chakma, Zachary A. Digby, and Dominik Konkolewicz 7.1 Introduction 107 7.2 General Classes of Self-healing Polymers 108 7.2.1 Types of Dynamic Bonds in Self-healing Polymers 109 7.2.2 Supramolecularly Crosslinked Self-healing Polymers 109 7.2.2.1 Hydrogen Bonding 110 7.2.2.2 π–π Stacking 110 7.2.2.3 Ionic Interactions 111 7.2.3 Dynamic-covalently Crosslinked Self-healing Polymers 111 7.2.3.1 Cycloaddition Reactions 111 7.2.3.2 Disulfides-based Reversible Reactions 112 7.2.3.3 Acylhydrazones 113 7.2.3.4 Boronate Esters 113 7.3 Special Considerations for Flexible Self-healing Polymers 114 7.4 Incorporation of Electrically Conductive Components 115 7.4.1 Metallic Conductors 115 7.4.2 Conductive Polymers 116 7.4.3 Carbon Materials 118 7.4.4 Polymerized Ionic Liquids 119 7.5 Additional Possibilities Enabled by Three-dimensional Printing 119 7.6 Concluding Remarks 121 8 Flexible Glass Substrates 129 Armin Plichta, Andreas Habeck, Silke Knoche, Anke Kruse, Andreas Weber, and Norbert Hildebrand 8.1 Introduction 129 8.2 Display Glass Properties 129 8.2.1 Overview of Display Glass Types 129 8.2.2 Glass Properties 130 8.2.2.1 Optical Properties 130 8.2.2.2 Chemical Properties 130 8.2.2.3 Thermal Properties 131 8.2.2.4 Surface Properties 132 8.2.2.5 Permeability 133 8.3 Manufacturing of Thin “Flexible’’ Glass 134 8.3.1 Float and Downdraw Technology for Special Glass 134 8.3.2 Limits 135 8.3.2.1 Thickness Limits for Production 135 8.3.2.2 Surface Quality Limits for Production 136 8.4 Mechanical Properties 137 8.4.1 Thin Glass and Glass/Plastic Substrates 137 8.4.2 Mechanical Test Methods for Flexible Glasses 137 8.5 Improvement in Mechanical Properties of Glass 140 8.5.1 Reinforcement of Glass Substrates 140 8.5.1.1 Principal Methods of Reinforcement 141 8.5.1.2 Materials for Reinforcement Coatings 141 8.6 Processing of Flexible Glass 142 8.6.1 Cleaning 143 8.6.2 Separation 143 8.7 Current Thin Glass Substrate Applications and Trends 144 8.7.1 Displays 145 8.7.2 Touch Panels 145 8.7.3 Sensors 145 8.7.4 Wafer-level Chip Size Packaging 146 9 Toward a Foldable Organic Light-emitting Diode Display 149 Meng-Ting Lee, Chi-Shun Chan, Yi-Hong Chen, Chun-Yu Lin, Annie Tzuyu Huang, Jonathan HT Tao, and Chih-Hung Wu 9.1 Panel Stack-up Comparison: Glass-based and Plastic-based Organic Light-emitting Diode 149 9.1.1 Technology for Improving Contrast Ratio of OLED Display 151 9.2 CF–OLED for Achieving Foldable OLED Display 153 9.2.1 Mechanism of the AR coating in CF–OLED 154 9.2.2 Optical Performance of CF–OLED 155 9.3 Mechanical Performance of CF–OLED 157 9.3.1 Bi-directional Folding Performance and Minimum Folding Radius of SPS Cf–oled 159 9.4 Touch Panel Technology of CF–OLED 160 9.5 Foldable Application 162 9.5.1 Foldable Technology Summary 162 9.5.1.1 Polymer Substrates and Related Debonding Technology 162 9.5.1.2 Alternative TFT Types to LTPS 162 9.5.1.3 Encapsulation Systems to Protect Devices against Moisture 163 9.5.2 Novel and Next-generation Display Technologies 163 10 Flexible Reflective Display Based on Cholesteric Liquid Crystals 167 Deng-Ke Yang, J. W. Shiu, M. H. Yang, and Janglin Che 10.1 Introduction to Cholesteric Liquid Crystal 167 10.2 Reflection of CLC 169 10.3 Bistable CLC Reflective Display 171 10.4 Color Design of Reflective Bistable CLC Display 173 10.4.1 Mono-color Display 173 10.4.2 Full-color Display 173 10.5 Transitions between Cholesteric States 175 10.5.1 Transition from Planar State to Focal Conic State 175 10.5.2 Transition from Focal Conic State to Homeotropic State 177 10.5.3 Transition from Homotropic State to Focal Conic State 177 10.5.4 Transition from Homeotropic State to Transient Planar State 178 10.5.5 Transition from Transient Planar State to Planar State 179 10.6 Driving Schemes 181 10.6.1 Response to Voltage Pulse 181 10.6.2 Conventional Driving Scheme 183 10.6.3 Dynamic Driving Scheme 183 10.6.4 Thermal Driving Scheme 185 10.6.5 Flow Driving Scheme 186 10.7 Flexible Bistable CLC Reflective Display 187 10.8 Bistable Encapsulated CLC Reflective Display 188 10.9 Production of Flexible CLC Reflective Displays 189 10.9.1 Color e-Book with Single-layered Structure 191 10.9.2 Roll-to Roll E-paper and Applications 195 10.10 Conclusion 202 11 Electronic Paper 207 Guofu Zhou, Alex Henzen, and Dong Yuan 11.1 Introduction 207 11.2 Electrophoretic Display 210 11.2.1 Development History and Working Principle 210 11.2.2 Materials 212 11.2.2.1 Colored Particles/Pigments 212 11.2.2.2 Capsule Shell Materials 213 11.2.2.3 Suspending Medium (Mobile Phase) 213 11.2.2.4 Charge Control Agents 213 11.2.2.5 Stabilizers 213 11.2.3 Device Fabrication 214 11.2.4 Flexible EPD 215 11.3 Electrowetting Displays 216 11.3.1 Development History and Working Principle 216 11.3.2 Materials 218 11.3.2.1 Absorbing (Dyed) Hydrophobic Liquid 218 11.3.3 Device Fabrication 220 11.3.4 Flexible EWD 221 11.4 Other E-paper Display Technologies and Feasibility of Flexibility 222 11.4.1 Pcd 222 11.4.2 Lpd 223 11.5 Cholesteric (Chiral Nematic) LCDs 224 11.6 Electrochromic Displays 224 11.7 MEMS Displays 226 12 Encapsulation of Flexible Displays: Background, Status, and Perspective 229 Lorenza Moro and Robert Jan Visser 12.1 Introduction 229 12.2 Background 230 12.3 Multilayer TFE Technology 234 12.3.1 Multilayer Approach 234 12.3.2 Inorganic Layer Deposition Techniques 237 12.3.3 Organic Layer Deposition Techniques 238 12.4 Current Technology Implementation 242 12.5 Future Developments 246 12.6 Conclusions 249 Acknowledgments 250 13 Flexible Battery Fundamentals 255 Nicholas Winch, Darran R. Cairns, and Konstantinos A. Sierros 13.1 Introduction 255 13.2 Structural and Materials Aspects 256 13.2.1 Shape 257 13.2.2 One-dimensional Batteries 257 13.2.3 Two-dimensional Planar Batteries 258 13.2.4 Solid versus Liquid Electrolyte 259 13.2.5 Carbon Additives 259 13.3 Examples of Flexible Batteries 260 13.4 Future Perspectives 266 14 Flexible and Large-area X-ray Detectors 271 Gerwin Gelinck 14.1 Introduction 271 14.2 Direct and Indirect Detectors 272 14.3 Thin-film Photodiode Sensors for Indirect-conversion Detectors 273 14.3.1 Performance Parameters 273 14.3.2 Photodiode Materials on Plastic Substrates 275 14.3.2.1 Amorphous Silicon 275 14.3.2.2 Organic Semiconductor Materials 275 14.4 TFT Array 277 14.4.1 Pixel Architecture and Transistor Requirements 277 14.4.2 Flexible Transistor Arrays 278 14.5 Medical-grade Detector 282 14.6 Summary and Outlook 283 15 Interacting with Flexible Displays 287 Darran R. Cairns and Anthony S. Weiss 15.1 Introduction 287 15.2 Touch Technologies in Non-Flexible Displays 287 15.2.1 Resistive Touch Sensors 287 15.2.2 4-Wire Resistive 288 15.2.3 5-Wire Resistive 289 15.2.4 Capacitive Sensing 290 15.2.5 Surface Capacitive 291 15.2.6 Projected Capacitive 291 15.2.7 Infrared Sensing 293 15.2.8 Surface Acoustic Wave 293 15.2.9 Bending Wave Technologies 294 15.3 Touch Technologies in Flexible Displays 294 15.4 Summary 299 16 Mechanical Durability of Inorganic Films on Flexible Substrates 301 Yves Leterrier 16.1 Introduction 301 16.2 Flexible Display Materials 302 16.2.1 Property Contrast between Coating and Substrate Materials 302 16.2.2 Determination of Mechanical Properties of Inorganic Coatings 302 16.3 Stress and Strain Analyses 304 16.3.1 Intrinsic, Thermal, and Hygroscopic Stresses and Strains 304 16.3.2 Strain Analysis of Multilayer Films under Bending 307 16.3.3 Critical Radius of Curvature 308 16.4 Failure Mechanics of Brittle Films 309 16.4.1 Damage Phenomenology under Tensile and Compressive Loading 309 16.4.2 Experimental Methods 310 16.4.3 Fracture Mechanics Analysis 311 16.4.4 Role of Internal Stresses 312 16.4.5 Influence of Film Thickness on Critical Strain 312 16.5 Durability Influences 313 16.5.1 Influence of Temperature 313 16.5.2 Fatigue 314 16.5.3 Corrosion 315 16.6 Toward Robust Layers 317 16.7 Final Remarks 317 Acknowledgments 318 Nomenclature 318 17 Roll-to-roll Production Challenges for Large-area Printed Electronics 325 Dr. Grzegorz Andrzej Potoczny 17.1 Introduction 325 17.2 Infrastructure 327 17.3 Equipment 328 17.4 Materials 329 17.5 Processing 331 17.6 Summary 334 18 Direct Ink Writing of Touch Sensors and Displays: Current Developments and Future Perspectives 337 Konstantinos A. Sierros and Darran R. Cairns 18.1 Introduction 337 18.2 DIW and Ink Development 338 18.3 Applications of DIW for Displays and Touch Sensors 343 18.4 Future Challenges and Opportunities 347 19 Flexible Displays for Medical Applications 351 Uwadiae Obahiagbon, Karen S. Anderson, and Jennifer M. Blain Christen 19.1 Introduction 351 19.1.1 Flexible Displays in Medicine 351 19.1.2 A Brief Historical Perspective 351 19.1.3 Application of Flexible Displays for Biochemical Analysis 352 19.1.4 OLEDs and Organic Photodiodes as Optical Excitation Sources and Detectors 352 19.1.5 Device Integration 354 19.1.6 Fluorescence, Photoluminescence Intensity, and Decay-time Sensing 355 19.2 Flexible OLEDs for Oxygen Sensors 356 19.3 Glucose Sensing Using Flexible Display Technology 358 19.4 POC Disease Diagnosis and Pathogen Detection Using Flexible Display Optoelectronics 359 19.5 Flexible Display Technology for Multi-analyte Sensor Array Platforms 364 19.5.1 Integrated LOC and Flexible Display Devices 364 19.5.2 Multiplexed Sensor Platforms 364 19.6 Medical Diagnostic Displays 366 19.7 Wearable Health Monitoring Devices Based on Flexible Displays 366 19.7.1 Monitoring Vital Signs Using Flexible Display Technology 367 19.7.2 Flexible Display Technology for Phototherapy 369 19.7.3 Smart Clothing Using Flexible Display Technology 370 19.8 Competing Technologies, Challenges, and Future Trends 371 19.9 Conclusion 372 Acknowledgment 373 Conflicts of Interest 373 Index 379
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McGraw-Hill Education Programming the BBC microbit Getting Started with
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Pearson Education Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory
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Pearson Education Hughes Electrical and Electronic Technology
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Taylor & Francis Inc Protective Relaying
Book SynopsisFor many years, Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications has been the go-to text for gaining proficiency in the technological fundamentals of power system protection. Continuing in the bestselling tradition of the previous editions by the late J. Lewis Blackburn, the Fourth Edition retains the core concepts at the heart of power system analysis. Featuring refinements and additions to accommodate recent technological progress, the text: Explores developments in the creation of smarter, more flexible protective systems based on advances in the computational power of digital devices and the capabilities of communication systems that can be applied within the power grid Examines the regulations related to power system protection and how they impact the way protective relaying systems are designed, applied, set, and monitored Considers the evaluation of protective systems during system disturbances and describes the tools available for Trade Review"... provides a solid foundation for the master-level student as well as power engineers new to protection principles, and it is most certainly a valuable reference for the experienced protection engineer. This book provides enough information of historical applications to aid the reader in understanding the protection in service today. The material is presented clearly with examples to provide practice of the fundamentals presented."—Miriam P. Sanders, from IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, September/October 2015 "The book describes in a very comprehensive and efficient way main problems of power system protection. The protection principles, criteria as well as relay setting calculation rules are explained in detail, with use of many practical examples. The reader receives a book with all practical knowledge in the field in one band."—Prof. Waldemar Rebizant, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, PL"The book addresses interesting and timely topics. By analyzing the review materials I feel that the book is based on a proper fusion of technology and methodology. Besides, I expect that it implements an effective balance between power system protection theory and engineering practice. For this reason I’d like to express a positive opinion about the book project."—Alfredo Vaccaro, Department of Engineering University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy Table of ContentsPrefaces. Introduction and General Philosophies. Fundamental Units: Per Unit and Percent Values. Phasors and Polarity. Symmetrical Components: A Review. Relay Input Sources. Protection Fundamentals and Basic Design Principles. System-Grounding Principles. Generator Protection/Intertie Protection for Distributed Generation. Transformer, Reactor, and Shunt Capacitor Protection. Bus Protection. Motor Protection. Line Protection. Pilot Protection. Stability, Reclosing, Load Shedding, and Trip Circuit Design. Microprocessor Applications and Substation Automation. Problems. Index.
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John Murray Press Practical Electronics A Complete Introduction
Book SynopsisNow completely revised, Practical Electronics: A Complete Introduction covers the key areas of electronics you need to be confident in, whether you are a keen amateur hobbyist, an engineering student or a professional who wants to keep up to date. It outlines the basics in clear jargon-free English and provides added-value features like key ideas, memorable quotations and even lists of questions you might be asked in a seminar or exam.The book has been updated to remove complex and abstract technical thought and replace it with practical information that will be essential for students and general readers alike. It builds on basic principles such as simple circuits and switches, going on to explain how basic components can be used to form versatile digital systems, which can be combined and programmed to create new functional systems. It also covers microprocessor technology and microcontroller chips, showing how to program microcontrollers for learners wishing to explore this new technology. Practical Electronics employs the ''Breakthrough Method'' to help you advance quickly at any subject, whether you''re studing for an exam or just for your own interst. The Breakthrough Method is designed to overcome typical problems you''ll face as learn new concepts and skills.- Problem: "I find it difficult to remember what I''ve read."; Solution: this book includes end-of-chapter summaries and questions to test your understanding.- Problem: "Lots of introductory books turn out to cover totally different topics than my course."; Solution: this book is written by a university lecturer who understands what students are expected to know.
£15.29
Artech House Publishers Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems, Third
Book SynopsisOver the past decade, new cutting-edge technologies have drastically changed the way radar and electronic warfare systems are implemented. This extensively revised and expanded edition of an Artech House bestseller delivers the most up-to-date overview of electronic defense systems. Bringing practitioners up-to-speed with the latest technological advances, the Third Edition details a completely new method of implementing these modern systems. Moreover, this edition is packed with updated illustrations of key assets, including aircraft, ships, and radars. Readers get a solid understanding of how sophisticated electronic warfare weapon systems work, and how these weapons can be intercepted and electronically jammed. From search and tracking radar, IR systems, and communication systems… to electronic intercept systems, countermeasures, and counter-countermeasures, the book explores a broad spectrum of defense equipment. It explains how these systems operate, the advantages and drawbacks of each system, and the theories on which these systems are based. This authoritative resource includes 180 illustrations and 400 equations that support key topics throughout the book.Trade ReviewThe first edition of the classic, Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems, was published in 1991, the second in 2006 and this, the 3rd, in 2018, thus clearly demonstrating the point author Filippo Neri makes about the increasing pace and impressive evolution of such technologies. The 3rd edition continues the pattern established in the earlier editions with the initial chapter providing an expanded overview of electronic defense systems and new concepts, threats and opportunities including cyber and Cyber Electromagnetic Activities. As such these 36 pages provide the context to understand the technological issues in the remaining 7 Chapters. Not unexpectedly, these are sometimes necessarily brief introductions to complex issues. However, besides providing context for what follows, they serve to whet the appetite of the reader and encourage further study. The up-to-date and comprehensive references complement this process well. The chapter running order is Electronic Defense; Sensors; Weapon Systems; Electronic Intercept Systems, Electronic Countermeasure Systems; Electronic Counter-Countermeasure Systems; New Electronic Defense Techniques and Technologies, and Design and Evaluation Criteria. The author notes that formulas and mathematical theory have been reduced to a minimum; that may well have been the intent but the 3rd edition includes 180 illustrations and around 400 equations! The book remains very readable throughout, with excellent diagrams and explanations of everything covered by a true master in the field and a great communicator. As mentioned, the structure of the 3rd edition follows that of the 2nd edition with additional material on new concepts and materials e.g. Artificial Intelligence and Gallium Nitride, to name just two. The 3rd edition is an evolution of the early editions and that makes perfect sense. The new edition is primarily aimed at those who are entering the world of Electronic Systems (Electronic Warfare, Signals Intelligence, CEMA, ISR, Navigation and NAVWAR, etc.) in a technical sense and deserves a place in everyone's personal library and in the industry. Given the accelerating pace of innovation, global threats and opportunities, there is likely to be an increasing audience for this book and others like it, covering warfare in the Electromagnetic manoeuvre warfare space, or EME / EM Domain. As the name implies, the book uses US terminology which diverged from NATO terminology some 25 years ago, but remained broadly comparable. However that changed very significantly in 2007 when the NATO Military Committee signed off a document on the future transformation of NATO Electronic Warfare (MCM-0142 27 Nov 2007); the major thrust of the new policy and concept was to recognise the Electromagnetic Environment (EME) as an operational environment or domain like all the others (Land, Air Maritime, etc) where the full range of manoeuvre activities - offence, defence, shaping, exploitation, management, etc. – take place. Provided the non-US NATO, and potentially other, reader understands this, Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems is an invaluable and outstanding guide and technical handbook. It is an ideal introduction for those who are starting in the field as system designers; to users and potential users, and to all concerned now or in the next decade in the procurement of such systems. These are exactly the target audiences identified in the Author's Preface. The author concludes the Preface with a wish that readers will find the book useful. I have no doubt that readers will in fact find the book invaluable and essential reading to help them for many years in making progress in their chosen careers. -- John Clifford * Wing Commander OBE MBCS CEng CITP RAF (Retd) *Table of ContentsElectronic Defense. Sensors. Weapon Systems. Electronic Intercept Systems. Electronic Countermeasures Systems. Electronic Counter-Countermeasures Systems. New Electronic Defense Techniques and Technologies. Design and Evaluation Criteria.
£104.25
Artech House Publishers High-Power Radio Frequency Effects on Electronic
Book SynopsisThis is the first book that comprehensively addresses the issues relating to the effects of radio frequency (RF) signals and the environment of electrical and electronic systems. It covers testing methods as well as methods to analyze radio frequency. The generation of high-powered electromagnetic (HPEM) environments, including moderate band damped sinusoidal radiators and hyperband radiating systems is explored. HPEM effects on component, circuit, sub-system electronics, as well as system level drawing are discussed. The effects of HPEM on experimental techniques and the standards which can be used to control tests are described. The validity of analytical techniques and computational modeling in a HPEM effects context is also discussed.Insight on HPEM effects experimental techniques and the standards which can be used to control tests is provided, and the validity of analytical techniques and computational modeling in a HPEM effects context is discussed. This book dispels myths, clarifies good experimental practice and ultimately draws conclusions on the HPEM interaction with electronics. Readers will learn to consider the importance of HPEM phenomena as a threat to modern electronic based technologies which underpin society and to therefore be pre-emptive in the consideration of HPEM resilience.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Brief Review of RF Environments of Interest; Examples of RF Effects on Civilian and Military Systems; RF Effects on Electronics; Consequences of RF Effects on Electronic Systems; Characterization of RF Effects; RF Effects Mechanisms and Their Relation to Incident RF parameters; RF Effects Testing Methodologies; Methods to analyze RF Effects; Methods to detect RF Environments and EF Effects; Protection concepts and methods; Summary; .References
£109.50
The Pragmatic Programmers Essential 555 IC: Design, Configure, and Create
Book SynopsisLearn how to create functional gadgets using simple but clever circuits based on the venerable "555." These projects will give you hands-on experience with useful, basic circuits that will aid you across other projects. These inspiring designs might even lead you to develop the next big thing. The 555 Timer Oscillator Integrated Circuit chip is one of the most popular chips in the world. Through clever projects, you will gain permanent knowledge of how to use the 555 timer will carry with you for life. With this book you'll build a series of unique and useful projects. Each one gets more and more complicated, and you'll learn more as you go along. Start off with a basic 555 timer IC design concept to build a simple project. Learn how to create a simple form of digital memory that can store data, the basis of every computer system ever created. Build a collection of lighting effect circuits that will flash and animate LEDs in different ways. Use a simple configuration of the 555 timer IC to create a complex traffic light system. You'll even create sound with an audio synthesizer! No programming is needed to make startlingly functional electronic devices. Get started today building the next big thing. Or even the next small thing. But build some thing! What You Need: The only physical things people need are the parts to build the projects, which are labeled out with part numbers in the beginning of each project. Otherwise, only an hour here or there is needed to build these projects. Only some familiarity with electrical components is necessary in regards to purchasing for each project.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Freshman Lectures on Nanotechnology
Book SynopsisNanotechnology is the art, science, and engineering of designing materials, devices, and systems at the nanoscale from bottom-up and/or top-down approaches. The material properties at the nanoscale are governed by quantum mechanics, and hence are drastically different than those at the macro/micro scale. It is thus no surprise, that nanotechnology has led to a scientific and technological revolution. This book provides a gentle introduction to the field of nanotechnology for first-year undergraduate students. It not only covers the fundamental scientific concepts in a tutorial fashion, but also provides an overview of applications in nanoelectronics, spintronics, nanophotonics, nanofabrication and nanocharacterization. End of chapter research assignments focus on nanomanufacturing, computing and communication, renewable energy, defense applications, food processing and agriculture, automobile and aerospace technology, nanobiotechnology and bionanotechnology, industrial and consumer applications. Finally, the topics related to safety, health, and societal impact of nanotechnology are discussed. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Particles, waves and duality.- Atomic Mater.- Atomic Structure and Interactions.- Electronic Structure.- Nanoelectronics.- DOS and Dimensionality.- Spintronics.- Nanophotonics.- Nanofabrication.- Nanocharacterization.- Safety, Health, Environmental and Social Impact.
£33.24
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Computing at the EDGE: New Challenges for Service
Book SynopsisThis book describes solutions to the problems of energy efficiency, resiliency and cyber security in the domain of Edge Computing and reports on early deployments of the technology in commercial settings. This book takes a business focused view, relating the technological outcomes to new business opportunities made possible by the edge paradigm. Drawing on the experience of end user deploying prototype edge technology, the authors discuss applications in financial management, wireless management, and social networks. Coverage includes a chapter on the analysis of total cost of ownership, thereby enabling readers to calculate the efficiency gain for use of the technology in their business. Provides a single-source reference to the state-of-the art of edge computing; Describes how researchers across the world are addressing challenges relating to power efficiency, ease of programming and emerging cyber security threats in this domain; Discusses total cost of ownership for applications in financial management and social networks; Discusses security challenges in wireless management. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- How edge computing came into being.- Hardware challenges to enable power efficiency in cores and memories.- Developing new firmware.- Changes needed in the hypervisor to enable resilience in OpenStack.- Security challenges.- Use cases deploying prototype edge technology.
£999.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Towards Energy Smart Homes: Algorithms,
Book SynopsisThis book exemplifies how smart buildings have a crucial role to play for the future of energy. The book investigates what already exists in regards to technologies, approaches and solutions both with a scientific and technological point of view. The authors cover solutions for mirroring and tracing human activities, optimal strategies to configure home settings, and generating explanations and persuasive dashboards to get occupants better committed in their home energy managements. Solutions are adapted from the fields of Internet of Things, physical modeling, optimization, machine learning and applied artificial intelligence. Practical applications are given throughout.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Smart grids, districts and energy smart homes.- Urban modeling and analytics in a smart context.- What kind of technologies for Smart-Homes.- Services for energy smart home.- Modeling and calibration for energy management in smart-places.- Machine Learning: a fundamental tool for smart-places.- Estimate building system state.- Disaggregate loads to analyze human behavior predicting energy demand.- Determine the best actions.- Generate explanation.- Human machine interface (HMI).- Diagnose appliance and sensor faults but also misbehavior.- Tools for Energy Management system.- Conclusion.
£98.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG E-Mobility: A New Era in Automotive Technology
Book SynopsisThe book provides easy interpretable explanations for the key technologies involved in Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles. The authors discuss the various electrical machines, drives, and controls used in EV and HEV. The book provides a detailed coverage of Regenerative Braking Systems used in EV and HEV. The book also illustrates the battery technology and battery management systems in EV and HEV. This book is intended for academicians, researchers and industrialists. In addition, this book has the following features Discusses the various Economic and Environmental Impact of Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles Discusses the role of Artificial Intelligence in Electric / Hybrid Electric Vehicles Illustrates the concept of Vehicle to Grid Technology and the smart charging station infrastructure and issues involved in the same Elucidates the concept of Internet of Vehicles Presents the latest research and applications in alternate energy vehicles Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Introduction to Electric Vehicles.- Introduction to Hybrid Electric Vehicles.- Economic and Environmental Impact of Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles.- Basic Architecture of Electric Drive Trains.- Battery Technology for EVs and HEVs.- Battery Management System.- Brake System of EVs and HEVs.- Fuel Cell Vehicles.- Electric Motors and Motor Controllers for EVs and HEVs.- Electric Drive Systems for EVs and HEVs.- Control System for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle.- Role of Artificial Intelligence in EVs and HEVs.- Power Optimization in EVs.- Charging Infrastructure for EVs and HEVs.- Vehicle to Grid Architecture.- Conclusion.
£104.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Blockchain Technology for Managers
Book SynopsisBlockchain is a technology that tends to be misunderstood by managers that need to make technology acquisition decisions. This book will provide readers with a basic understanding of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT), the technologies that underpin it, and the technologies DLT is built upon. The book is purposefully not a book on how to code or explore other technical aspects of blockchain (other than the fundamentals). Rather, it provides managers with the basic understanding of the architectures and consensus algorithms, how they work, the design trade-offs of each architecture type, and what problems and use cases the core characteristics of DLT are best suited to solve ─ providing business managers with the core information they need to ask the right questions of vendors when making business value assessments and acquisition decisions. Table of ContentsDLT Types and Design Trade-offs.- Learning Objectives.- Proof-of-work.- Proof-of-stake.- Proof-of-storage.- Proof-of-authority.- Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG): AKA “The Tangle”.- Hash and Merkle Trees.- Byzantine Fault Tolerance.- Mining and Making Money.- Power Consumption.- Understanding the Fuss.- Bitcoin Demand History.- Stablecoins.- Use Cases and Applications.- Global Activity – Investment and Projects.- Which Use Cases Are Getting the Attention?.- Standards: IEEE 2418 and ISO/TC 307.- Securing IoT.- Questions for Managers to Ask.- Examples: Appliance Service Plan; Emobility; Utility Metering.
£35.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Theory and Practice of Thermal Transient Testing
Book SynopsisThis book discusses the significant aspects of thermal transient testing, the most important method of thermal characterization of electronics available today. The book presents the theoretical background of creating structure functions from the measured results with mathematical details. It then shows how the method can be used for thermal qualification, structure integrity testing, determining material parameters, and calibrating simulation models. General practical questions about measurements are discussed to help beginners carry out thermal transient testing. The particular problems and tricks of measuring with various electronic components, such as Si diodes, bipolar transistors, MOS transistors, IGBT devices, resistors, capacitors, wide bandgap materials, and LEDs, are covered in detail with the help of various use cases. This hands-on book will enable readers to accomplish thermal transient testing on any new type of electronics and provides the theoretical details needed to understand the opportunities and limitations offered by the methodology. The book will be an invaluable reference for practicing engineers, students, and researchers.Table of ContentsIntroduction: the Importance and Motivation.- Theoretical Background: History, the Network Identification by Deconvolution (NID) Method, Structure Functions, the Thermal Signature.- The Use of Thermal Transient Testing.- General Practical Questions and the Flow of Thermal Transient Measurements.- On the Accuracy and Repeatability of Thermal Measurements.
£67.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Security of Biochip Cyberphysical Systems
Book SynopsisThis book provides readers with a valuable guide to understanding security and the interplay of computer science, microfluidics, and biochemistry in a biochip cyberphysical system (CPS). The authors uncover new, potential threat and trust-issues to address, as this emerging technology is poised to be adapted at a large scale. Readers will learn how to secure biochip CPS by leveraging the available resources in different application contexts, as well as how to ensure intellectual property (IP) is protected against theft and counterfeits. This book enables secure biochip CPS design by helping bridge the knowledge gap at the intersection of the multi-disciplinary technology that drives biochip CPS.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Threat landscape.- Architecture for Security.- Tools for Security.- Watermarking of Bio-IP.- Obfuscation of Bio-IP.- Conclusion.
£49.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG VLSI Physical Design: From Graph Partitioning to
Book SynopsisThe complexity of modern chip design requires extensive use of specialized software throughout the process. To achieve the best results, a user of this software needs a high-level understanding of the underlying mathematical models and algorithms. In addition, a developer of such software must have a keen understanding of relevant computer science aspects, including algorithmic performance bottlenecks and how various algorithms operate and interact. This book introduces and compares the fundamental algorithms that are used during the IC physical design phase, wherein a geometric chip layout is produced starting from an abstract circuit design. This updated second edition includes recent advancements in the state-of-the-art of physical design, and builds upon foundational coverage of essential and fundamental techniques. Numerous examples and tasks with solutions increase the clarity of presentation and facilitate deeper understanding. A comprehensive set of slides is available on the Internet for each chapter, simplifying use of the book in instructional settings.“This improved, second edition of the book will continue to serve the EDA and design community well. It is a foundational text and reference for the next generation of professionals who will be called on to continue the advancement of our chip design tools and design the most advanced micro-electronics.” Dr. Leon Stok, Vice President, Electronic Design Automation, IBM Systems Group“This is the book I wish I had when I taught EDA in the past, and the one I’m using from now on.” Dr. Louis K. Scheffer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute“I would happily use this book when teaching Physical Design. I know of no other work that’s as comprehensive and up-to-date, with algorithmic focus and clear pseudocode for the key algorithms. The book is beautifully designed!”Prof. John P. Hayes, University of Michigan“The entire field of electronic design automation owes the authors a great debt for providing a single coherent source on physical design that is clear and tutorial in nature, while providing details on key state-of-the-art topics such as timing closure.”Prof. Kurt Keutzer, University of California, Berkeley“An excellent balance of the basics and more advanced concepts, presented by top experts in the field.” Prof. Sachin Sapatnekar, University of MinnesotaTable of Contents1 Introduction. 1.1 Electronic Design Automation (EDA). 1.2 VLSI Design Flow. 1.3 VLSI Design Styles. 1.4 Layout Layers and Design Rules. 1.5 Physical Design Optimizations. 1.6 Algorithms and Complexity. 1.7 Graph Theory Terminology. 1.8 Common EDA Terminology. 2 Netlist and System Partitioning. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Terminology. 2.3 Optimization Goals. 2.4 Partitioning Algorithms. 2.5 A Framework for Multilevel Partitioning. 2.6 System Partitioning onto Multiple FPGAs. Chapter 2 Exercises.3 Chip Planning. 3.1 Introduction to Floorplanning. 3.2 Optimization Goals in Floorplanning. 3.3 Terminology. 3.4 Floorplan Representations. 3.5 Floorplanning Algorithms. 3.6 Pin Assignment. 3.7 Power and Ground Routing. Chapter 3 Exercises.4 Global and Detailed Placement. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Optimization Objectives. 4.3 Global Placement. 4.4 Legalization and Detailed Placement. Chapter 4 Exercises.5 Global Routing. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Terminology and Definitions. 5.3 Optimization Goals. 5.4 Representations of Routing Regions. 5.5 The Global Routing Flow. 5.6 Single-Net Routing. 5.7 Full-Netlist Routing. 5.8 Modern Global Routing. Chapter 5 Exercises.6 Detailed Routing. 6.1 Terminology. 6.2 Horizontal and Vertical Constraint Graphs. 6.3 Channel Routing Algorithms. 6.4 Switchbox Routing. 6.5 Over-the-Cell Routing Algorithms. 6.6 Modern Challenges in Detailed Routing. Chapter 6 Exercises.7 Specialized Routing. 7.1 Introduction to Area Routing. 7.2 Net Ordering in Area Routing. 7.3 Non-Manhattan Routing. 7.4 Basic Concepts in Clock Networks. 7.5 Modern Clock Tree Synthesis. Chapter 7 Exercises.8 Timing Closure. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Timing Analysis and Performance Constraints. 8.3 Timing-Driven Placement. 8.4 Timing-Driven Routing. 8.5 Physical Synthesis. 8.6 Performance-Driven Design Flow. 8.7 Conclusions. Chapter 8 Exercises. A Solutions to Chapter Exercises. B Example CMOS Cell Layouts.
£49.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Wearable Systems Based Gait Monitoring and
Book SynopsisWearable Systems Based Gait Monitoring and Analysis provides a thorough overview of wearable gait monitoring techniques and their use in health analysis. The text starts with an examination of the relationship between the human body’s physical condition and gait, and then introduces and explains nine mainstream sensing mechanisms, including piezoresistive, resistive, capacitive, piezoelectric, inductive, optical, air pressure, EMG and IMU-based architectures. Gait sensor design considerations in terms of geometry and deployment are also introduced. Diverse processing algorithms for manipulating sensors outputs to transform raw data to understandable gait features are discussed. Furthermore, gait analysis-based health monitoring demonstrations are given at the end of this book, including both medical and occupational applications. The book will enable students of biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, signal processing, and ergonomics and practitioners to understand the medical and occupational applications of engineering-based gait analysis and falling injury prevention methods.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Characteristics of Gait.- Wearable Gait Detection Technologies.- Gait Analysis Algorithms.- Medical Applications.- Occupational Applications. Conclusions.
£43.99
Springer International Publishing AG Scattering Analysis of Periodic Structures using Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method
Book SynopsisPeriodic structures are of great importance in electromagnetics due to their wide range of applications such as frequency selective surfaces (FSS), electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures, periodic absorbers, meta-materials, and many others. The aim of this book is to develop efficient computational algorithms to analyze the scattering properties of various electromagnetic periodic structures using the finite-difference time-domain periodic boundary condition (FDTD/PBC) method. A new FDTD/PBC-based algorithm is introduced to analyze general skewed grid periodic structures while another algorithm is developed to analyze dispersive periodic structures. Moreover, the proposed algorithms are successfully integrated with the generalized scattering matrix (GSM) technique, identified as the hybrid FDTD-GSM algorithm, to efficiently analyze multilayer periodic structures. All the developed algorithms are easy to implement and are efficient in both computational time and memory usage. These algorithms are validated through several numerical test cases. The computational methods presented in this book will help scientists and engineers to investigate and design novel periodic structures and to explore other research frontiers in electromagnetics. Table of Contents: Introduction / FDTD Method and Periodic Boundary Conditions / Skewed Grid Periodic Structures / Dispersive Periodic Structures / Multilayered Periodic Structures / ConclusionsTable of ContentsIntroduction.- FDTD Method and Periodic Boundary Conditions.- Skewed Grid Periodic Structures.- Dispersive Periodic Structures.- Multilayered Periodic Structures.- Conclusions.
£26.59
Springer International Publishing AG Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity Applications
Book SynopsisThis book provides an essential compilation of relevant and cutting edge academic and industry work on key cybersecurity applications topics. Further, it introduces cybersecurity applications to the public at large to develop their cybersecurity applications knowledge and awareness. The book concentrates on a wide range of advances related to Cybersecurity Applications which include, among others, applications in the areas of Data Science, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Web, High-Tech Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Mobile Devices, Digital Media, and Cloud Computing. It introduces the concepts, techniques, methods, approaches and trends needed by cybersecurity application specialists and educators for keeping current their cybersecurity applications knowledge. Further, it provides a glimpse of future directions where cybersecurity applications are headed. The book can be a valuable resource to applied cybersecurity experts towards their professional development efforts and to students as a supplement to their cybersecurity courses.Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Cybersecurity Applications in Data Science3. Cybersecurity Applications in Internet of Things4. Cybersecurity Applications in Artificial Intelligence5. Cybersecurity Applications in Robotics6. Cybersecurity Applications in Web7. Cybersecurity Applications in High-Tech Systems8. Cybersecurity Applications in Cyber-Physical Systems9. Cybersecurity Applications in Mobile Devices10. Cybersecurity Applications in Digital Media11. Cybersecurity Applications in Cloud Computing12. Cybersecurity Applications in Distributed Systems13. Cybersecurity Applications in Vehicles14. Cybersecurity Applications in Supply Chain15. Cybersecurity Applications in Trustworthy Computing16. Cybersecurity Applications in Databases17. Cybersecurity Applications in Operating Systems18. Cybersecurity Applications in Software19. Cybersecurity Applications in Virtualization20. Cybersecurity Applications in Biometrics21. Cybersecurity Applications in Education22. Cybersecurity Applications in Blockchains23. Conclusion.
£113.99
Park Books Robotic Landscapes: Designing the Unfinished
Book SynopsisThe Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich has been researching the integration of robots into the architectural practice, both in design and the fabrication process, for some time. This book—created in collaboration with the chair of Christophe Girot, Gramazio Kohler Research, and Marco Hutter at ETH Zurich’s Robotic Systems Lab—is the first to investigate the use of robot-based construction equipment for large-scale soil grading in landscape architecture. As landscapes are continuously changing due to ever-changing environmental conditions, the application of autonomous systems that respond to the environment rather than perform predefined and static earthwork is of particular interest in this field. Robotic Landscapes sheds light on a series of groundbreaking experiments in an interdisciplinary collaboration of landscape design, environmental engineering, and robotics that aims to make landscape architecture sustainable and ecological in the long term.
£31.50
