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Preface

The different components of the mechatronic system are already explained in
field-specific books but since mechatronics is an interdisciplinary subject of
mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering, it is hard for an engineer
to understand all the different components of these fields. It is especially impor-
tant to understand the different choices of components and how they are differ-
ent from each other.
In this book, approximately 130 components are explained with diagrams
and flowcharts, so that any engineer from the aforementioned fields can
understand the general properties and selection criteria of a component. It is
considered that this book will be useful to upper-level undergraduate students,
graduate students, and professional engineers to help them to understand the
different components used in their mechatronics projects (mostly mechanical,
electrical, and computer engineering majors).

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