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Note: Boldface numbers indicate analog filters and, 204–206, batteries, 149, 165–166
illustrations. 204, 205 altitude and, 135
distortion and, 203 charge level in, 165
10BT/100BT/1000BT filters for, 207 discharge cycle in,
standards for baseband ideal design of, 202, 202, 203 165–166, 166
communication, 232, 272 inductors in, 205
intelligent, 149
802.11b, 269 resistors in, 205 internal resistance in, 166
rolloff in, 203
lifetime of, 166
A stopband in, 203 rechargeable, 155
abrasion, 127, 285 Anti-Robot Militia, 129 reliability and, 127
Apollo moon landing, 154
cable wear and, 127 safety and, 129–130
AC motors (See also motors), Application layer, OSI layered voltage level in, 165–166
275–276 network model, 225
application specific integrated benchmarks for computer
acceleration, 32–39, 57–59, performance, 116–117, 119
69–71 circuits (ASIC), 82, 216
acid test, 136 arithmetic capabilities, computer beta testing, 137
hardware and, 117 bidirectional communication
ACK/NACK, 245–246
actuators, 275–279 array processors, 84 channels, 241
assembly language, 99–100 bill of material (BOM), 125
digital, 5, 53, 54, 55
addressing memory, 91–92, authentication, 267 binary instructions, 99–100
95, 97 automation, high level design bit error rate (BER), 234–236,
and, 148–151
advanced RISC machines, 82 235, 239
algorithms, in computer availability, 125–126 bits, 89–90
performance, 115 Blackman window for FIR
Aloha time division B filters, 214–215, 214
communication systems, 261 backup plans, 136–137 block checksums, 241–244
alpha testing, 137 balance, 58 Bluetooth, 270
altering design parameters, band stop filters in, 210, 210 braking, 184–186
48–49, 65 bandpass filters in, 210, 210 energy and power supplies in,
alternating current (AC), 169 bandwidth allocation for 184–186
altitude, 135 communication, 103, 118, motor type, 186, 278
amplitude shift keying (ASK), 228, 252–254, 258–259 pad type, 186
233, 236 changes in, 258–259
analog computers and guarantee of, 259 power failures and, 185
electronics, 78–79 reverse channel, 259 safety and, 185
analog controllers, 82–83 bandwidth limited speed and, 185–186
analog noise, 200 communications, branching, in parallel
analog to digital (A/D) 254–256, 256 processing, 84
converters, 191–192, 192, Bartlett (triangular) windows for broadcasting, 273–274
198–201 FIR filters, 212–213, 213 brushes in DC motors, 277
anti-aliasing filters (See also baseball pitching robot, 47 brushless DC motors, 277–278
digital signal processing), baseband transmission (See also bulbs, reliability and, 128
192–197, 196, 201–207, 202 communications), 228–232 burst errors, 251
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