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Analog filters (continued) Backlash, 500, 661, 805–806
prototype circuit for, 197, 198 Backlash nonlinearity, 372
Tchebyshev, 194–195 Backstepping neurocontrollers, 801
Analog instruments, 118 Balanced-design actuators, 574, 575
Analog simulation, 352 Baldwin Lima Hamilton (BLH)
Analog-to-digital (A/D) converters, 211, Corporation, 73
425, 852 Bandpass filters, 203–204
Anchoring, 279 Band reject filters, 204–205
AND (Boolean multiply), 246, 247 Bandwidth, 340
Angle condition, 518–526 Bang-bang control problem, 442
Angular velocity, 391 Bartlett window, 200, 201
ANSYS, 867, 868 Base rate, 279–280
Antifuse switch, 252 Beam flexure used in accelerometer, 84
A percent linearity or nonlinearity, 118– Behavioral evaluation, 294–295
119 Behind the Tape Reader (BTR), 697
Apollo spacecraft, 444 Bell Labs, 444
Application-specific integrated circuits Bellows, 396, 397
(ASICs), 241 Bent-axis piston servomotors, 575, 576,
Approximate dynamic programming 578
(ADP), 794–795, 815–816, 819–820 Best straight line, 94
APT (Automatically Programmed Tools) Binary addition, 846
language, 697, 706–709 Binary numbers, 844–847, 849
Arbitrary frequency response curve fitting, addition of, 846
196, 197 of different size, 844–845
Architecting phase (system design), 289– and hexadecimal numbers, 845–846
290 two’s complement of, 846–847
Armature-controlled dc motors, 392, 393 Bipolar drive PWM amplifiers, 570
ASCII (American Standard Code for Bipolar shunting, 97, 98
Information Interchange) code, 849 Bipolar-wound stepper motors, 564, 567
ASICs (application-specific integrated Bistable multivibrators, 243
circuits), 241 Bits, 845
‘‘Asking approach’’ to requirements Black, H. S., 444
identification, 268 Blackman window, 200, 201
Aspirated probes, 151 BLH Electronics, 73, 80
Astable multivibrators, 243 Block diagram reduction, 457–460
Asymptotic stability, 475 Block diagrams, 328–330, 456–460
Asynchronous serial data transfer, 852, addition, 456, 457
853 of control systems, 384–386
A-type element, 305, 307, 312 multiplication, 457
Autocorrelation function, 363 reduction of, 457–460
Automatically Programmed Tools takeoff point, 457
language, see APT language transfer functions of cascaded elements,
Automobile suspension, 41, 43 458–460
Automotive industry, 444 Blocks, programming, 702, 705–706
Availability of information, 279 Bode, H. W., 444
Available temperature, 132 Bode diagrams/plots, 339–343, 345, 347,
349, 419, 421, 508
B
Boiler-generators, 440
Back emf, 393 Bolted assemblies, fatigue in, 52
Backing material, strain-gauge, 76 Bonding adhesives, 77