Industrial Communication Systems

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Preface

e eld of industrial electronics covers a plethora of problems that must be solved in industrial practice.

Electronic

systems

control

many

processes

that

begin

with

the

control

of

relatively

simple

devices

like

electric

motors,

through

more

complicated

devices

such

as

robots,

to

the

control

of

entire

fabrication

processes.

An

industrial

electronics

engineer

deals

with

many

physical

phenomena

as

well

as

the

sen-

sors

that

are

used

to

measure

them.

us,

the

knowledge

required

by

this

type

of

engineer

is

not

only

traditional

electronics

but

also

specialized

electronics,

for

example,

that

required

for

high-power

appli-

cations.

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