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1.1 INTRODUCTION 3

of mechatronics and micromechatronics. Chapter 4 supplies the most important
constructs of digital and analogue hardware description languages. Chapters 5 and
6 deal comprehensively with the methods for the consideration of software and
mechanics in hardware description languages. This creates a compendium of basic
methods that can be combined at will according to the system under consideration.
This is illustrated in Chapters 7 and 8 on the basis of six demonstrators for mecha-
tronics and micromechatronics. The ninth chapter finally summarises the work and
highlights its most important conclusions. At the end of the book there is a bibli-
ography, the appendix containing lists of symbols, trademarks, and abbreviations
used, plus the index.