Product Description

The study of mechatronics requires a good foundation of such core subjects as electrical components and analysis, mechanical components and analysis, sensors and instrumentation, drives and actuators, control (including intelligent control), digital processing and hardware, communication and interfacing, software engineering, modeling and design. Mechatronics: An Integrated Approach introduces practical applications and tools and presents the material in an integrated and unified manner so that users with a variety of engineering backgrounds will benefit. Along with numerous worked examples and case studies, it provides problems and exercises based on practical situations and applications.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #412552 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1344 pages

Customer Reviews

Good book on design & analysis for the engineer
Mechatronics represents a process that blends mechanics and electronics with use of precision engineering, computer science, information technology, control system theory, and sensor and actuator technology to design improved products and processes. This book, unlike many in the field, is aimed at upper level undergraduate engineers, not hobbyists or technicians. Therefore a certain amount of mathematical maturity is required. The objectives of this book are:
1. Mathematical modeling of physical systems
2. Building a common set of differential equations of electrical and mechanical systems.
3. Engineering analysis of integrated mechatronics systems in time and frequency domain.
4. Application of integrated modelng and instrumentation techniques to design and analyze an industrial mechatronic system.
This text offers up tutorials on dynamic system modeling, electronic components and analysis, mechanical components and analysis, robotics, sensors/transducers and instrumentation, stepper motors, dc and ac motors and drives, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, fluidics, automatic control, digital processing and hardware, communication and interfacing, software tools, design, and prototyping. However, it does not pretend to be a definitive textbook on any of these subjects. Instead, it assumes the reader has a previous exposure to all of these subjects but has not seen how to design a unified system using all of these types of devices and disciplines. There are plenty of examples, figures, and equations throughout the book, and the mathematics should not be difficult for any upper level undergraduate engineer to grasp. The final chapter shows some case studies in Mechatronics design which includes the obvious- a robot design. The appendices provide additional background on Laplace and Fourier transform techniques, and software tools including MATLAB, SIMULINK, and LabVIEW. The book emphasizes practical situations and applications with numerous worked examples, problems, and exercises. I highly recommend it to students of mechanical and electrical engineering who want to learn to design with a unified outlook on these two fields.

Has depth and breadth
Compared to other Mechatronics books I've read, this one has a lot of depth. It goes into a wide variety of subjects, but they're treated with enough detail that these concepts can be reapplied.

Good book for educational purposes
This book suits well to educational purposes at the university level. It has really wide material collected into one book, which makes it easier for the students and saves their time. If reviewed from the educational point of view, the book deserves four stars.

The book works also as a reference book for engineers and researchers, although for more serious research purposes there are books that go deeper in some specific areas.