Mechatronics in Engineering Design and Product Development

Popovich, Dobrivojie

System technology: sensors and actuators in mechatronics; microsensors and microactuators; microcomputer technology; intelligent controllers; communication systems. Design approaches: conceptual design; computer-aided design of automotive control systems using MATLAB, Simulink and Stateflow; rapid protoyping of mechanical and electronic subsystems of mechatronic products. Design-related issues: system integration; optimality of system performance; system software. Application-related issues: mechatronic system applications; an operator's model for control and optimization of mechatronic processes; ethics in product design.