Understanding automotive electronics: an engineering perspective

Understanding Automotive Electronics is the first port of call for control engineers, system engineers and electronic engineers in automotive needing a thorough grounding in automotive electronics and control. From simple automotive electronic circuits to latest developments in telematics, active safety, entertainment and communications, the book is also an ideal resource for more senior automotive engineers without a background in electronics or control needing to work in the area or supervise specialists. Thoroughly updated throughout, this new edition moves away from int.

Previous edition: Warrendale, Pa.: Society of Automotive Engineers, 2003.

Includes index.

Front Cover; Dedication; Understanding Automotive Electronics: An Engineering Perspective; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- The Systems Approach to Control and Instrumentation; Overview; Concept of a System; Linear System Theory: Continuous Time; Steady-State Sinusoidal Frequency Response of a System; State Variable Formulation of Models; Control Theory; Stability of Control System; Closed-Loop Limit-Cycle Control; Instrumentation; Basic Measurement System; Filtering; Chapter 2 -- Discrete Time Systems Theory; Digital Subsystem; Sinusoidal Frequency Response.

Discrete Time Control SystemClosed Loop Control; Example Discrete Time Control System; Summary; Chapter 3 -- Electronics Fundamentals; Semiconductor Devices; Rectifier Circuit; Integrated Circuits; Use of Feedback in Op Amps; Summing Mode Amplifier; Digital Circuits; Binary Number System; Logic Circuits (Combinatorial); Logic Circuits with Memory (Sequential); Synchronous Counter; Integrated Circuits; The Microprocessor; Chapter 4 -- Microcomputer Instrumentation and Control; Microcomputer Fundamentals; Microcomputer Tasks; Microcomputer Operations; CPU Registers; Reading Instructions.

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