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                                      open-loop fuel control system,     piezoelectric crystals, 214
                                       (continued)                       piezoelectric element, 372
                                        definition, 58-59, 412            piezoelectric force generators, 215
                                      open-loop gain, 54                 piezoresistivity, 193
                                      operation codes (op codes), 111,   piston rings, 7
                                       412                               pistons, 7
                                      operational amplifiers, 54-55, 77-80,   diameter, 156
                                       275-276, 412                        shock absorber, 22, 289
                                        analog computers, 80             pixel, 323
                                        feedback, 78-79                  plant, 32, 56-59, 261, 412
                                        summing mode, 79-80                output, 60, 139
                                      optical display devices, 312-327     variables, measurements of, 187,
                                      optical fiber, 391                      188
                                      optical sensors, 194, 196, 205-206,   platooning, 404-405
                                       268-269                           PN junction, 74-75, 313
                                      optimal damping, 412               PNP transistor, 74-75
                                      OR gate, 83, 84, 119               polling, 130-131
                                      output, 56, 139, 300-303. See also   potentiometer, 206-207, 300, 307
                                       actuators; input/output (I/O)     power, 147, 155, 157, 158, 188
                                      overdamping, 264                   power steering system, 25
                                      overhead cam engine, 7             power stroke, 10
                                      oxidizing catalytic converter, 165-  power train. See also drive train
                                       166                                 control system, 299
                                      oxygen partial pressure, 210         controller, serial digital link from,
                                      oxygen sensors                         339
                                        EGO (See exhaust gas oxygen        digital data line (PDDL), 299,
                                          (EGO) sensors)                     311
                                        O2, 342-343, 349-350, 372          sensor and actuator applications,
                                                                             187-188
                                                                         precision, measurement, 47
                                      P                                  pressure sensors, 33-34, 175-176,
                                                                           192-194, 228, 239. See also
                                                                           manifold absolute pressure
                                      parallel interface, I/O, 126-127, 271  (MAP)
                                      parameters, 156                    program counter, 110, 111, 114-
                                      passive restraints, 360              116
                                      peripherals, 100, 412              programs. See computer programs
                                        addressing, 105                  proportional amplifiers, 271, 276,
                                        temporary storage for inputs,      412
                                          117                            proportional control systems, 60-66,
                                      phase shift, 39, 412                 263-265, 271-272
                                      phoneme, 388                       proportional integral differential
                                      phototransistor, 205                 (PID) controller, 66




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