Mechatronics: A Foundation Course 1st Edition by Clarence W. de Silva (PDF)

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Now that modern machinery and electromechanical devices are typically being controlled using analog and digital electronics and computers, the technologies of mechanical engineering in such a system can no longer be isolated from those of electronic and computer engineering. Mechatronics: A Foundation Course applies a unified approach to meet this challenge, developing an understanding of the synergistic and concurrent use of mechanics, electronics, computer engineering, and intelligent control systems for everything from modeling and analysis to design, implementation, control, and integration of smart electromechanical products. This book explains the fundamentals of integrating different types of components and functions, both mechanical and electrical, to achieve optimal operation that meets a desired set of performance specifications. This integration will benefit performance, efficiency, reliability, cost, and environmental impact. With useful features that distinguish it from other comparable books, this solid learning tool:Prioritizes readability and convenient referenceDevelops and presents key concepts and formulas, summarizing them in windows, tables, and lists in a user-friendly formatIncludes numerous worked examples, problems, and exercises related to real-life situations and the practice of mechatronicsDescribes and employs MATLAB®, Simulink®, LabVIEW®, and associated toolboxes, providing various illustrative examples for their useExplores the limitations of available software tools and teaches the reader how to choose proper tools to solve a given problem and interpret and assess the validity of the resultsThe text conveys the considerable experience that author Clarence de Silva gained from teaching mechatronics at the graduate and professional levels, as well as from his time working in industry for organizations such as IBM, Westinghouse Electric, and NASA. It systematically and seamlessly incorporates many different underlying engineering fundamentals into analytical methods, modeling approaches, and design techniques for mechatronics―all in a single resource.

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Editorial Reviews: About the Author Clarence W. de Silva, PE, is a fellow of ASME, IEEE, and the Royal Society of Canada. A professor of mechanical engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, he holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair professorship in mechatronics and industrial automation. Previously, he served as a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University (1978–1987) and as a Fulbright visiting professor at Cambridge University (1987–1988). Professor de Silva received two Ph.D degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978) and the University of Cambridge, England (1998), and an honorary D. Eng from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (2008). Having gained application-oriented industrial experience working for organizations including IBM, Westinghouse, and NASA’s Lewis and Langley Research Centers, Dr. de Silva also held the Mobil Endowed Chair professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore and the honorary chair professorship of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Professor de Silva has served as a:Fellow Canadian Academy of EngineeringLilly FellowNASA-ASEE FellowSenior Fulbright Fellow to Cambridge UniversityFellow of the British Columbia Advanced Systems InstituteKillam FellowErskine FellowHis awards include:Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award and Takahashi Education Award (ASME Dynamic Systems & Control Division)Killam Research Prize (Canada Council for the Arts)Outstanding Engineering Educator Award (IEEE Canada)Lifetime Achievement Award (World Automation Congress)IEEE Third Millennium MedalMeritorious Achievement Award (Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia)Outstanding Contribution Award (IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society)

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐The item which I received is different from the item on the picture. My item is “Special Indian Edition”, which is smaller than the original edition. And the price of the Special Indian Edition is 1595INR (equal to 21.76 dollars). The price of my order is 44.83 dollars.

⭐It’s… thorough. Though the layout is a bit confusing.

⭐This book was required reading for a grad course, but I still use it as a resource in my professional life.

⭐Big deception here, I bought without seeing this … thinking “it’s written Kindle edition so it goes everywhere”, but no: if you have a kindle, that “kindle” edition won’t function on it and you are to open this on android or on the computer (which ones have not the reading qualities of the kindle -> which is why people tend to buy kindle -> which is why a “kindle” edition not going on kindle is quite a bad joke).Out of this the book offers a large overview of mechatronics and goes quite complete on all fundamentals … for the ones who want to build their own robots or automatic systems it is a great source of knowledge and worth the price.Hence only 3 stars for a 5 stars potential book because of that incompatibility issue.Amazon, please work on this! A Kindle book that costs so much and not running on your devices is deceptive.

⭐Very difficult to read. The material is great and the content is helpful, but it’s wordy and written out of order. In early chapters, they’ll be mention of concepts that aren’t explained until later chapters. It makes for a confusing and frustrating learning curve.Unless you’re using this as review material, I do not recommend.

⭐The book was very insightful, but I was disappointed that I couldn’t read it on my Galaxy Note 3. Fix that, and I’ll add a star.

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