Automotive Electronics Handbook
2nd Edition
Published on 16. February 1999
Book
Hardback
720 pages
978-0-07-034453-2 (ISBN)
Description
Bestselling auto electronics bibleBrimming with the latest advances in auto electronics, Automotive Electronics Handbook, Second Edition makes you an instant expert on today's leading edge technologies--stability control, object detection, collision warning, adaptive cruise control, and more. Plus, you get under-the-hood engineering details on automotive antitheft systems, navigation aids, and intelligent vehicle-highway systems--completely updated for 21st century vehicle design. Nearly 50 well-known auto electronics gurus at firms ranging from Chrysler to Motorola hand you ready-to-use templates and powerful on-the-job shortcuts, taking you far beyond basic sensors and actuators for schematic-level working explanations of everything from front and side airbags, smart instrument displays and sleep warning systems to seat occupancy detectors, all-electric vehicles, electric hybrids and more. With hundreds of all-new design secrets and previews of emerging digital technologies, this exhaustive guide is the most comprehensive of its kind.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
400 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 66 mm
Weight
1917 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-034453-2 (9780070344532)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Ronald K. Jurgen
Automotive Electronics Handbook
Book
11/1994
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
€116.55
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Person
Ronald K. Jurgen was formerly a senior editor at IEEE Spectrum, where he specialized in automotive and consumer electronics writing and editing. Jurgen is the editor of the Digital Consumer Electronics Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 1997), the Society of Automotive Engineers' (SAE) Progress in Technology series of books on automotive electronics (now being published), and their three-volume history of automotive electronics (1998). He is also an assistant editor of the Electronics Engineers' Handbook, 4e (McGraw-Hill, 1998). His memberships include SAE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., where he is a Life Senior member, and the IEEE
Content
Part I: Introduction. Part II: Sensors and Actuators. Pressure Sensors. Linear and Angle Position Sensors. Flow Sensors. Temperature, Heat, and Humidity Sensors. Exhaust Gas Sensors. Speed and Acceleration Sensors. Engine Knock Sensors. Engine Torque Sensors. Actuators. Part III: Control Systems. Automotive Microcontrollers. Engine Control. Transmission Control. Cruise Control. Braking Control. Traction Control. Stability Control. Suspension Control. Steering Control. Lighting, Wipers, Air Conditioning/Heating. Part IV: Displays and Information Systems. Instrument Panel Display Technologies. On- and Off-Board Diagnostics. Part V: Safety, Convenience, Entertainment, and Other Systems. Passenger Safety and Convenience. Remote Keyless Entry and Antitheft Systems. Entertainment Products. Multiplex Wiring Systems. Part VI: Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility. Electromagnetic Standards and Interference. Electromagnetic Compatibility. Part VII: Emerging Technologies. Object Detection, Collision Warning, Collision Avoidance. Adaptive Cruise Control. Navigation Aids and Driver Information Systems. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. Noise Cancellation Systems. The Digital Vehicle.