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strength of materials, 284–285
(TDM), 270
Viterbi codes, 240, 247, 252–257
strength to weight ratios in
time division shared access
voice, text to speech
materials, 282 time division multiplexing vision statement, 14 INDEX 305
stress tests, 144–145 communication systems, 261 engines, 274
stress, mechanical, 58 timelines for project voltage, computer hardware
subsystem power control, 174 management, 5 and, 119
switching regulators, 170 tolerances, material, 287 voltage level, of batteries,
symbol space in modulation, torque (See gyroscopic torque) 165–166
torque control, in energy and voltage regulators, 165, 168–170
236–238, 236, 237, 238
power supplies, 186–187
synchronization, spy hopping
total quality management
coordination in, 176–177 W
(TQM), 143
system engineers (SE), 11 watchdog circuits, 136
traction, 58
transistors, reliability of, 127 weight on spring as example of
second-order control system,
translator, 173
T transmission control 32–39, 33–36, 36
tactics, 14–15 protocol/Internet protocol wheels and tires, 58
tape drives, 111–112 (TCP/IP), 224 windows for FIR filters and,
Taylor series, in digital signal Transport layer, OSI layered 211–215, 212, 213, 214
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processing (DSP), 85–86 network model, 224 WinZip , 265
Taylor, Brook, 85–86, 85 trellis coding, 264–255 wired communication systems,
TCP error-free tuning, channel, 246–247 271–274
communication, 273 Turbo coding, 256–257 wireless communication, 82,
TCP/IP, checksums in, 243 Turing Test, 21 106–107, 269–270
teams for development, 150 Turing, Alan M., 21 Wireless fidelity (WiFi), 269
technologic advance, 75–76 TUV, 129 wood, 283
telephone networks, 271 word length, 89–90, 117
temperature, 132 wracking, mechanical, 53, 55, 58
display systems and, 112, 113 U
hard disk drives and, 109 undershoot, in control
semiconductor failure and, systems, 50
132–133, 133 Underwriters Labs, 129
thermostats in, 52–53, 54 unidirectional communication
tensile strength, 284, 287–288 channels, 247–248
testing, 9, 137, 144–145 unit test, 145
FIR filters, 216–217, 217, 218 universal serial bus (USB), 105
theft, 134–135 use tests, 145
thermostats, 52–53, 54 user datagram protocol (UDP),
third-party hardware/software, 273–274
76, 121
thrashing V
cache memory, 97–98
vandalism, 134–135
energy and power supplies
in, 182 velocity, in control systems,
32–39, 57
time
control systems, 67–68 vibration, 133–134, 290
display systems and, 112
spy hopping coordination of,
176–177 hard disk drives and, 109
reliability and, 126
time division multiple access
(TDMA), 270 video bus, 104–106