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INDEX I

mean best torque (MBT), 244 minimum advance for best timing
measurement (MBT), 161-162
basic system, 32, 49-53 motion control, 261-295
definition, 46 multimode controllers, 223
issues, 47-49 multiplexer (MUX), 301-304, 311,
memory, 90, 100, 103, 110 328, 388-391, 412
program read into, 101-102
RAM (See random access
memory) N
read/write, 104, 125
ROM (See read-only memory)
memory-mapped I/O (input/ NAND gate, 84-86, 89
output), 105, 117 natural gas, 378
methanol, 378-379 navigation systems, 391-398
microcomputer, 412. See also digital node, 338
computer; microprocessor noise, 52, 56-57
architecture, 133 noninverting input, 54, 77-79
automotive systems, uses in, 133- nonlinear behavior, 50
143 nonlinear sensors, 53
in control systems, 138-143 NOR gate, 84-86
example use of, 116-125 NOT gate, 83, 84, 119
fundamentals, 99-102 notched position sensors, 201
hardware, 125-133 NOx, 148, 150, 161, 163, 164,
instrumentation, uses in, 135-138, 166, 169, 218, 234, 239, 250,
298, 321 372, 412
lookup tables (See lookup tables) NPN transistor, 74-75
mainframe computers compared, Nyquist sampling theorem, 130,
101 138
operations, 103-105
reading instructions by, 110-116 O
tasks, 102
microcontroller, 187, 224-225, 271,
289 occupant protection systems, 360-
microelectronics, 2 364
microprocessor (MPU), 93-95, 99- off-board diagnosis, 338-339, 352-
100, 125, 133, 187, 223-225, 227, 360
255 office on wheels, 399-400
architecture, 109-110 offset, 112-113
back-up, 368 oil pressure management, 309-311
for cruise control, 266, 271-272 on-board diagnosis, 252, 338, 339-
diagnostics by, 339 352, 386
instrumentation use, 297, 321- open-loop fuel control system, 168,
322 169, 175, 212, 227, 231-231,
suspension system, 289 253-254

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