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position prediction, energy and
and, 95
power supplies for, 183–184
Gantt bar chart in, 9, 10
ratchet mechanisms, 56
high level design (HLD)
potential energy (mass at flowchart for, 3, 4 RAS/CAS cycle, in memory
heights), 30, 31 documents in, 12–13 reaction of robot vs. control
power, 57 leadership in, 13–14 system design, 40–41
computer hardware and, 90 progress, problems, plans read only memory (ROM), 101,
distributed control system, 23 (PPP) weekly report, 15 117–118
power cord filters, 143 project manager (PM) role in, 5 rechargeable batteries, 155
power failure detect (PFD) project plan in, 9–11 reclaiming/reusing energy,
signals, 182 proposals in, 7–9 187–189
power failures, 182–183 reasons for, 2–3 record keeping in project
PowerPC processors, 102, 117 record keeping in, 7 management, 7
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power states, 173 resource management in, 6, 11 rectangular window for FIR
power supplies (See energy and reviews in, 6, 15 filter in, 212, 212
power supplies) risk analysis in, 12 reduced instruction set computer
premission (See also specifications in, 6, 11–13 (RISC), 100
pipelining), 181 starting date for, 7 redundant array of inexpensive
Presentation layer, OSI layered strategies and tactics in, 14–15 disks (RAID), 110–111
network model, 225 timelines for, 5 Reed-Solomon checksums,
pretty good privacy (PGP) ™ vision and mission statements 244–245
encryption, 268–269 in, 14 refresh of memory, 94
printed circuit boards project manager (PM) role, 5, 6 registers, computation and
(PCBs), 150 proposal, in project storage, 98–99
printers, 112 management, 7–9 regression test, 145
prioritizing needs, 160 pulse distortion, 230–231, regulation of power supply, 165,
privacy issues, 260, 268–269 230, 231 168–170
processors relativity, 67–71
energy and power supplies in, reliability, 123–128, 145
170–174 Q–R availability and, 125–126
memory and, 174 quadratic equations, in control batteries and power
power draw in, 174 systems, 37–39 supplies, 127
power states in, 173 quadrature amplitude modulation bulbs, 128
special purpose, 81–83 (QAM), 238, 238, 255–256, computer hardware and, 119
varying clock in, 171–173, 172 255, 256, 271 connector, 126–127
varying voltage in, 171–173 quadrature phase shift keying distributed control system, 23
voltage requirements for, (QPSK), 271 mathematics of, 124–125
171–173 quality issues, 143–144 mean time between failure
programming and software, (MTBF) in, 125
centralization of energy code radio frequency (RF) (See mean time to failure (MTTF)
for, 161–162 also wireless communication), in, 124, 125, 126
programming languages, 99–100 82, 106–107 mean time to repair a failure
progress, problems, plans (PPP) raised cosine filters (RCF) in, (MTTR) in, 125
weekly report, 15 213, 230–231, 231 motors, 277, 278
project management, 1–17 random access (RAM) memory, moving parts, 128
appointing the project manager 117–118 transistors, 127
(PM), 6 random errors, 251 removable media, 111
checklist for, 16 random shifting, digital signal reports, progress, problems,
corrective actions needed in, 6 processing (DSP) and, plans (PPP) weekly report, 15
executing plan for, 13–15 200–201 reprogramming computers, 119