Confirming Pages
Index 551
potentiometer (pot), 19, 133,
287–290, 379
power, 44–46, 71–72
power factor, 46
power supply options, 342
for PIC (peripheral interlace
controller) projects, 337–339
power transistors, 98
preset input, 218
pressure, measurement of, 425
pressure regulators, 469–470
primary cell batteries, 339
printed circuit boards, 52–54,
499–500
product-of-sums method, 212–214
programmable array logic, 480
programmable logic arrays, 480
programmable logic controllers,
480–482
programming microcontrollers,
258–345
proportional-integral-derivative
controllers, 488–489
proportional valves, 472–473
prosthetic limbs, 188–191
protoboard, 54
prototyping, 51–54, 342–343
proximity, measurement of, 377–378
pull up resistor, 102, 109, 230, 233
pulse-width modulation, 309,
447–448
pulse-width modulation amplifiers,
447
pumps, hydraulic, 468–469
PWM amplifiers, 447
Q
quadrature signals, 387–389
quantizing, 351–352
R
radian frequency, 37
RAM (random access memory),
260–266
Rankine (°R), 407–408
RC circuit, 136
RC servomotor, 447
real diode, 78
real op amps, 182–183, 195–196
recorder, 4–5
rectangular form, 40
rectangular rosettes, 403
rectification, 79
rectifiers, 77
regenerative braking, 442
relative encoder, 387
relays, 433–435, 475
reserved words, 283
reset input, 215
reset output, 216
resistance, 150
resistance temperature device,
408–409
resistivity, 16
resistors, 14–19, 188, 241–242
resistance color coding, 18–19
tolerance codes, 51
resolution, 351
resolver, 383
resonance, 144
reverse bias, 76
reverse saturation current, 76
reversible DC motors, 343
right-hand rule, 21, 432–433
RISC (reduced instruction-set
computer), 261
rise time, 141, 182
rms, See root-mean-square
robotic arm case study, 494–506
robotic walking machines, 516–521
ROM (read-only memory), 260,
262, 268
root-mean-square, 45
rosettes, strain gage, 401–404
rotary pot, 379–380
rotors, 436
RS-232, 498
RS flip-flop, 215–216
RTD, 408–409
run-away, 443
S
safety, 63–66
sample and hold circuits, 180
sampling, definition of, 347
sampling music, 369–373
in LabVIEW VI files, 372
sampling rate, 348
sampling theorem, 348–350
saturation, 98, 104, 181
saturation region, 93–94, 104
SAW devices, 426–427
Schmitt trigger, 239–240, 343, 460
second-order system, 137–151,
158–159
secondary cell batteries, 340
security device, PIC solution,
312–317
security systems, 208–211, 285–287
Seebeck coefficient, 410
Seebeck effect, 409
sEMG, 494
semiconductor electronics, 73–116
semiconductor sensors, 425–427
semiconductors, 74
See also transistors
sensitivity, 132
sensors, 375–430
definitions of, 4, 376
digital optical encoder, 383–391
linear position sensors, 380–383
load cells, 405–407
position measurement, 376–391,
427
pressure and flow measurement,
425
proximity sensors, 377–378
semiconductor sensors, 425–427
speed measurement, 376–391, 427
stress and strain measurement,
391–407, 428
temperature measurement,
407–414, 428
vibration and acceleration
measurement, 414–424, 429
See also strain gages
sequential logic devices, 198, 214
serial communication, 498
serial data, 224–225
serial-to-parallel converter, 225
series motors, 442–443
series resistance circuits, 24–26
servo valves, 473
servomotor, 442, 466
set input, 215
set output, 216
set point, 447, 484
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