Photovoltaics, the direct conversion of light from the sun into electricity, is an increasingly important means of distributed power generation. The SPICE modelling tool is typically used in the development of electrical and electronic circuits. When applied to the modelling of PV systems it provides a means of understanding and evaluating the performance of solar cells and systems.

Thoroughly classroom-tested and proven to be a valuable self-study companion, Linear Control System Analysis and Design: Fifth Edition uses in-depth explanations, diagrams, calculations, and tables, to provide an intensive overview of modern control theory and conventional control system design. The authors keep the mathematics to a minimum while stressing real-world engineering challenges.

Bringing together academics, consultants and civil servants with a shared interest in the application of Operational Research techniques for solving transport problems, this collection addresses key recent developments in the theory and applications of transportation science, particularly those based on OR methods such as optimisation, mathematical programming, stimulation, and artificial intelligence.

The book begins with researches in robot modeling and design, in which different approaches in kinematical, dynamical and other design issues of mobile robots are discussed. Second chapter deals with various sensor systems, but the major part of the chapter is devoted to robotic vision systems.

The excitement of purchasing a Blackberry Pearl can only be outdone by the confusion of how to use it. How do you check your e-mail? How do you play music and video? What are PIN-to-PIN messages? Where do you find cool stuff to customize your Pearl?

Step-by-step instructions with callouts to BlackBerry Curve photos that show you exactly what to do.
Help when you run into BlackBerry Curve problems or limitations.
Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your BlackBerry Curve.

This book is an outgrowth of lecture notes developed for a course in the applications of crystal acoustics at Johns Hopkins University. The course serves the needs of engineers and scientists working in the area of defense electronics, primarily in radar, electro-optics, and electronic warfare systems. Students generally are quite knowledgeable in system requirements, but lack the theory of device physics. The course and this book attempt to fill this gap.

This introduction to random processes -- from a modern discrete-time point of view -- successfully carries the approach through to more advanced topics in modern statistical signal processing.

Digital storage oscilloscopes have long since completely supplanted analog storage oscilloscopes and have reached a degree of sophistication and performance which enable them to rival the most advanced real time oscilloscopes. In this comprehensive handbook, which provides a practical vade mecum for the engineer, Ian Hickman describes how they work and how to use them to best advantage.