 | Mechatronics: An Integrated Approach by Clarence W. De Silva
Buy new: $102.66 / Used from: $70.66 Introduces practical applications & tools & presents the material in an integrated & unified manner so that users with a variety of engineering backgrounds will benefit. Numerous worked examples.
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 | Micromechatronics: Modeling, Analysis, and Design with MATLAB (Nano- and Microscience, Engineering, Technology and Medicine) by Victor Giurgiutiu
Buy new: $104.95 / Used from: $43.15 Emphasizes the modeling, simulation, analysis, design and implementation of high-performance mini-and microscale electromechanical systems.
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 | Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems by Robert L. Woods
Buy new: $160.00 / Used from: $49.00 Covers modeling techniques for electrical, mechanical, and heat tranfer systems. It has a practical review of differential equations and practical simulation information.
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 | The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz
Buy new: $75.07 / Used from: $52.50 Particularly good at describing solid state electronics in plain language. See also Schaum's Outline of Electronic Devices and Circuits.
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 | Introductory Circuit Analysis (10th Edition) by Robert L. Boylestad
Buy used from: $1.95 For those mechanical engineers who need to learn about basic electric circuit theory. Good review for EEs.
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 | Schaum's Outline of Basic Circuit Analysis by John O'Malley
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $6.95 Takes you from the basics of circuit analysis with just a taste of electronics.Good companion to previous item on list.
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 | Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits by Sergio Franco
Buy new: $152.03 / Used from: $85.91 Really a top notch book on op-amps and almost anything you'd ever do with them. Has math where it's needed and rules of thumb where it isn't. Actually is just a great analog design book altogether.
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 | Switching Power Supply Design by Abraham Pressman
Buy used from: $95.00 This is probably the best written book on the subject. Each of the various topologies are clearly explained, with the appropriate design equations, and tradeoffs.
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 | Control Systems Engineering, 4th Edition by Norman S. Nise
Buy new: $107.57 / Used from: $22.63 Control systems is at the heart of mechatronics. This is one of the best books on the subject.
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 | Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics by Bruce R. Munson
Buy new: $126.74 / Used from: $30.95 Fluid mechanics and system design are a big part of mechatronics. This is a great text.
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 | Vectors, Tensors and the Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics (Dover Books on Engineering) by Rutherford Aris
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.99 Mathematics of fluid mechanics all in a compact inexpensive book.
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 | Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs, and Applications by Jacob Fraden
Buy new: $58.65 / Used from: $40.10 The basics on sensors of all kinds plus data acquisition, sensor characteristics ,physical principles of sensing, optical components of sensors , and interface electronic circuits.
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 | Sensors and Signal Conditioning, 2nd Edition by Ramón Pallás-Areny
Buy new: $113.40 / Used from: $92.00 The details of electronic interfacing to sensors.
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 | Poor Man's Explanation of Kalman Filtering: Or How I Stopped Worrying & Learned to Love Matrix Inversion by Roger Du Plessis
Buy used from: $75.00 Author successfully describes Kalman Filters in plain English with an intuitive approach. Available from http://www.taygeta.org/skip/kalman_book.html.
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 | Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control (3rd Edition) by John J. Craig
Buy new: $83.87 / Used from: $65.00 Talks about the mathematics behind the control of robotic manipulators plus programming issues.
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 | Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements: Embracing All Those Which Are Most Important in Dynamics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Steam Engines... by Henry T. Brown
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $13.00 Over five hundred simple mechanical movements from America's first one hundred years of the Industrial Revolution. For those who share an interest in mechanical things, this book is addictive.
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 | Schaum's Outline of Machine Design by Alfred Hall
Buy new: $9.50 / Used from: $1.82 If you are at a loss as to how to specify the movements in the previous book, this book will help you review.
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 | Fundamentals of Logic Design (with CD-ROM) by Jr., Charles H. Roth
Buy new: $166.95 / Used from: $18.99 Starts from the beginning with number systems through logic systems design. EE's probably won't need this level of tutorial.
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| Microprocessor Systems Design: 68000 Family Hardware, Software, and Interfacing (Electrical Engineering) by Alan Clements
Buy used from: $1.40 The heart of the mechatronic system is the embedded controller. The heart of the embedded controller is the microprocessor. This has details on MC680X0 controlled system design.
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 | Designing Embedded Hardware by John Catsoulis
Buy new: $26.63 / Used from: $41.89 This discusses the hardware you'll find in an embedded controller/system. Look elsewhere for info on controlling software.
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 | Programming Embedded Systems: With C and GNU Development Tools, 2nd Edition by Michael Barr
Buy new: $42.33 / Used from: $39.06 Talks about how to control embedded hardware via C and the latest development tools.
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 | Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems by Qing Li
Buy new: $36.41 / Used from: $27.74 At the top of the control layer of an embedded system is a real-time OS. This features VxWorks from Wind River Systems.
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 | Mechatronics for the Evil Genius: 25 Build-it-Yourself Projects by Newton Braga
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $10.04 These last 3 books are practice via projects. Build your own mechanical race car, combat robot, ionic motor, mechatronic head, light beam remote control, and 20 other projects.
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 | Robotics, Mechatronics, and Artificial Intelligence: Experimental Circuit Blocks for Designers by Newton C. Braga
Buy new: $41.35 / Used from: $25.00 There are circuits for anything from Touch Lamps and Light Dimmers through to the more robotic circuits like the particularly good chapter on H-Bridges. Nothing really on AI though.
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 | Electronics Sensors for the Evil Genius: 54 Electrifying Projects by Thomas Petruzzellis
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $8.30 Projects include: rain detector, air pressure sensor, cloud chamber, lightning detector, electronic gas sniffer, seismograph, radiation detector, and more.
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