Teaching someone to fish (review of Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, 2nd ed. by Wayne Wolf; 2008) [Book reviews]

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 106-107
Author(s):  
Grant Martin
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Computing System ◽  
Embedded Computing ◽  
Embedded Computing System

Rapid Embedded Programming in the Mathworks Environment

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Burns and ◽  
Thomas G. Sugar
Keyword(s):  
Code Generation ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Force Feedback ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
Computing System ◽  
Embedded Computing ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Loop Control System ◽  
Embedded Computing System ◽  
Automatic Code

New, commercially available, automatic, code-generation tools are used in teaching and lab exercises to progress from controller design, to simulation, and finally to implementation on mechanical hardware. An embedded computing system consists of a dedicated, digital, electronic-processor that controls a system that interacts with the environment. Case studies highlighting a force-feedback joystick and motor servo control with encoder feedback are presented to illustrate laboratory exercises that teach mechanical engineering students hardware-in-the-loop control system design. Using these software tools, design iterations and multiple controllers are quickly simulated and downloaded to the actual hardware.

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