Control in Power Electronics: Selected Problemsby Marian P. Kazmierkowski (Editor), Ramu Krishnan (Editor), Frede Blaabjerg, J. D. Irwin (Editor)
Hardcover: 528 pages
Dimensions (in inches): 1.15 x 10.22 x 7.14
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0124027725
1st edition (August 2002)
Control in Power Electronics brings together a team of leading experts as contributors. This is the first book to thoroughly combine control methods and techniques for power electronic systems. The development of new semiconductor power components, new topologies of converters from one side coupled with advances in modern control theory and digital signal processors has made this book possible and presents the applications necessary for modern design engineers.
Build Your Own Robot Kitby Myke Predko, Ben Wirz
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0071387870
Kit edition (May 1, 2002)
This incredibly simple-to-build robot will provide you with hours of enjoyment and a great platform on which to develop more sophisticated applications. The 9-volt battery-powered robot (battery not included) is driven by dual electric motors and controlled by a Microchip PIC16C505 PICmicro Microcontroller.
Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective (Second Edition)by Rajiv Ramaswami, Kumar Sivarajan
Hardcover: 864 pages
Dimensions (in inches): 1.70 x 9.44 x 7.50
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
ISBN: 1558606556
2nd edition (October 15, 2001)
The first edition of Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective accumulated lots of happy readers, largely because the authors took care to explain the physical phenomena that allow light to carry information, as well as the design principles that characterize good optical networks, particularly wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). Very little was assumed, and even the most complicated formulas appeared alongside annotations that shed light (sorry) on the behavior being described. The latest edition of the book has everything that made the first edition great--the physics haven't changed much, after all--as well as up-to-date information about networking equipment and techniques. The second edition is a first-class revision; you'll want it even if you already own the old version.
