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Mechatronic Systems – A Short Introduction

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Many technical processes and products in the area of mechanical and electrical engineering show increasing integration of mechanics with digital electronics and information processing. This integration is between the components (hardware) and the information-driven functions (software), resulting in integrated systems called mechatronic systems. Their development involves finding an optimal balance between the basic mechanical structure, sensor and actuator implementation, and automatic information processing and overall control. Frequently formerly mechanical functions are replaced by electronically controlled functions, resulting in simpler mechanical structures and increased functionality. The development of mechatronic systems opens the door to many innovative solutions and synergetic effects which are not possible with mechanics or electronics alone. This technical progress has a very strong influence on a multitude of products in the areas of mechanical, electrical, and electronic engineering and is increasingly changing the design, for example, of conventional electromechanical components, machines, vehicles, and precision mechanical devices.

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Abbreviations

2-D:

two-dimensional

3-D:

three-dimensional

ABS:

antilock brake system

CADCS:

computer aided design of control system

CAE:

computer-aided engineering

CASE:

computer-aided software engineering

CFD:

computational fluid dynamics

CORBA:

common object request broker architecture

DC:

direct-current

DCOM:

distributed component object model

ECU:

electronic control unit

ESP:

electronic stability program

HiL:

hardware-in-the-loop

IT:

information technology

RCP:

rapid control prototyping

SIM:

single input module

SiL:

software-in-the-loop

VHDL:

very high speed integrated circuit hardware description language

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Isermann, R. (2009). Mechatronic Systems – A Short Introduction. In: Nof, S. (eds) Springer Handbook of Automation. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78831-7_19

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