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101. |  Electric Motors and Drives, 4th Edition By: Austin Hughes; Bill Drury Publisher: Newnes Publication Date: 20-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 22-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Electric Motors and Drives, 4th Edition
Electric Motors and Drives is intended for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives, filling the gap between maths- and theory-based academic textbooks and the more prosaic 'handbooks', which provide useful detail but little opportunity for the development of real insight and understanding. The book explores all of the widely-used modern types of motor and drive, including conventional and brushless D.C., induction motors and servo drives, providing readers with the knowledge to select the right technology for a given job. The third edition includes additional diagrams and...
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102. |  Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid By: Eric D. Knapp; Raj Samani Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 26-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 21-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid
Many people think of the Smart Grid as a power distribution group built on advanced smart metering-but that’s just one aspect of a much larger and more complex system. The "Smart Grid" requires new technologies throughout energy generation, transmission and distribution, and even the homes and businesses being served by the grid. This also represents new information paths between these new systems and services, all of which represents risk, requiring a more thorough approach to where and how cyber security controls are implemented. This insight provides a detailed architecture of the...
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103. |  Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor High Performance Programming By: James Jeffers; James Reinders Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publication Date: 11-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 21-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor High Performance Programming
Authors Jim Jeffers and James Reinders spent two years helping educate customers about the prototype and pre-production hardware before Intel introduced the first Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor. They have distilled their own experiences coupled with insights from many expert customers, Intel Field Engineers, Application Engineers and Technical Consulting Engineers, to create this authoritative first book on the essentials of programming for this new architecture and these new products. This book is useful even before you ever touch a system with an Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor. To ensure...
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104. |  By: S. Mani Naidu Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 06-OCT-2009 Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Engineering Physics
Written in a lucid style, this book assimilates the best practices of conceptual pedagogy, dealing at length with various topics such as crystallography, principles of quantum mechanics, free electron theory of metals, dielectric and magnetic properties, semiconductors, superconductivity, lasers, holography, nanotechnology and optics.
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105. |  Electronic Devices and Circuits, Second Edition By: B. Visvesvara Rao; K. Bhaskara Rama Murty; K. Raja Rajeswari; P. Chalam Raju Pantulu Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 18-NOV-2006 Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Electronic Devices and Circuits, Second Edition
Designed as a textbook for undergraduate students, this text provides a thorough treatment of the fundamental concepts of electronic devices and circuits. All the fundamental concepts of the subject, including integrated circuit theory, are covered extensively along with necessary illustrations. Special emphasis has been placed on circuit diagrams, graphs, equivalent circuits, bipolar junction transistors and field effect transistors.
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106. |  A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology By: Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis; Stig Andur Pedersen; Vincent F. Hendricks Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publication Date: 05-MAY-2009 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology
Drawing on essays from leading international and multi-disciplinary scholars, A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology is the first comprehensive and authoritative reference source to cover the key issues of technology's impact on society and our lives.
Presents the first complete, authoritative reference work in the field
Organized thematically for use both as a full introduction to the field or an encyclopedic reference
Draws on original essays from leading interdisciplinary scholars
Features the most up-to-date and cutting edge research in the interdisciplinary fields...
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107. |  Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes: Theory and Signal Processing Applications By: John J. Shynk Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 06-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes: Theory and Signal Processing Applications
Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes is a comprehensive textbook on probability theory for engineers that provides a more rigorous mathematical framework than is usually encountered in undergraduate courses. It is intended for first-year graduate students who have some familiarity with probability and random variables, though not necessarily of random processes and systems that operate on random signals. It is also appropriate for advanced undergraduate students who have a strong mathematical background.
The book has the following features:
Several appendices include...
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108. |  Handbook of Microwave Component Measurements: with Advanced VNA Techniques By: Joel P. Dunsmore Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 22-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Handbook of Microwave Component Measurements: with Advanced VNA Techniques
This book provides state-of-the-art coverage for making measurements on RF and Microwave Components, both active and passive. A perfect reference for R&D and Test Engineers, with topics ranging from the best practices for basic measurements, to an in-depth analysis of errors, correction methods, and uncertainty analysis, this book provides everything you need to understand microwave measurements. With primary focus on active and passive measurements using a Vector Network Analyzer, these techniques and analysis are equally applicable to measurements made with Spectrum Analyzers or Noise...
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109. |  Industrial Statistics with Minitab By: Pere Grima Cintas; Lluis Marco Almagro; Xavier Tort-Martorell Llabres Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 01-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Industrial Statistics with Minitab
Industrial Statistics with MINITAB demonstrates the use of MINITAB as a tool for performing statistical analysis in an industrial context. This book covers introductory industrial statistics, exploring the most commonly used techniques alongside those that serve to give an overview of more complex issues. A plethora of examples in MINITAB are featured along with case studies for each of the statistical techniques presented.
Industrial Statistics with MINITAB:
Provides comprehensive coverage of user-friendly practical guidance to the essential statistical methods applied in...
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110. |  Microwave Line of Sight Link Engineering Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 28-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microwave Line of Sight Link Engineering
A comprehensive guide to the design, implementation, and operation of line of sight microwave link systems
The microwave Line of Sight (LOS) transport network of any cellular operator requires at least as much planning effort as the cellular infrastructure itself. The knowledge behind this design has been kept private by most companies and has not been easy to find. Microwave Line of Sight Link Engineering solves this dilemma. It provides the latest revisions to ITU reports and recommendations, which are not only key to successful design but have changed dramatically in recent years....
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111. |  Using LEDs, LCDs and GLCDs in Microcontroller Projects By: Dogan Ibrahim Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 05-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Using LEDs, LCDs and GLCDs in Microcontroller Projects
Describing the use of displays in microcontroller based projects, the author makes extensive use of real-world, tested projects. The complete details of each project are given, including the full circuit diagram and source code. The author explains how to program microcontrollers (in C language) with LED, LCD and GLCD displays; and gives a brief theory about the operation, advantages and disadvantages of each type of display.
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Covers topics such as: displaying text on LCDs, scrolling text on LCDs, displaying graphics on GLCDs, simple GLCD based games, environmental...
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112. |  Sensors and Signal Conditioning, 2nd Edition By: Ramón Pallás-Areny; John G. Webster Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 06-NOV-2000 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sensors and Signal Conditioning, 2nd Edition
Praise for the First Edition . . .
"A unique piece of work, a book for electronics engineering, in general, but well suited and excellently applicable also to biomedical engineering . . . I recommend it with no reservation, congratulating the authors for the job performed." -IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology
"Describes a broad range of sensors in practical use and some circuit designs; copious information about electronic components is supplied, a matter of great value to electronic engineers. A large number of applications are supplied for each type of sensor described . . . This...
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113. |  Handbook of III-V Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors By: William Liu Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 27-APR-1998 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Handbook of III-V Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
The definitive hands-on guide to heterojunction bipolar transistors
In recent years, heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology has become an intensely researched area in universities and industry worldwide. Boasting superior performance over silicon bipolar transistors with its combined high speed, high linearity, and high power requirements, the III-V HBT is fast becoming a major player in wireless communication, power amplifiers, mixers, and frequency synthesizers.
Handbook of III-V Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors presents a comprehensive, systematic reference for this...
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114. |  By: Amiya Nayak; Ivan Stojmenovic Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 26-JAN-2010 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
A mixture of theory, experiments, and simulations that provide qualitative and quantitative insights into the technology
The important new technology of wireless sensor and actuator networks provides radically new communication and networking paradigms with many new applications. Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks is a timely text that presents a fault-tolerant, reliable, low-latency, and energy-aware framework for wireless sensor and actuator networks, enabling readers to fulfill the ultimate goals of the applications—such as protecting critical infrastructures, achieving timely...
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115. |  Radio System Design for Telecommunication, 3rd Edition By: Roger L. Freeman Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press Publication Date: 20-APR-2007 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Radio System Design for Telecommunication, 3rd Edition
Step-by-step tutorial to master current design techniques for wireless communication systems
The Third Edition of Radio System Design for Telecommunications brings this highly acclaimed book fully up to date with the latest technological advances and new applications. At the same time, the hallmarks of the previous editions, including the text's popular tutorial presentation, have been retained. Readers therefore get all the tools and guidance they need to master an essential set of current design techniques for radio systems that operate at frequencies of 3 MHz to 100 GHz.
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116. |  By: Kannan Moudgalya Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 24-SEP-2007 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Digital Control
Digital control systems are becoming increasingly prevalent and important within industry. In recent years significant progress has been made in their analysis and design - particularly within the areas of microprocessors and digital signal processors. The traditional approach to teaching digital control assumes an understanding of analog control theory; Digital Control, however, teaches the fundamentals of the topics, assuming no prior knowledge of control engineering. Organised into five sections, it discusses modelling, signal processing and identification of plants from measurements,...
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117. |  Power System Operation and Control By: N. V. Ramana Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 06-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Power System Operation and Control
Power System Operation and Control is a comprehensive text designed for an undergraduate course in electrical engineering. Written in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, the book introduces the reader to economic operation of power system and reactive power control. The textbook features in-depth coverage of single area and two-area load frequency control; exclusive chapter modelling of turbine, generators and automatic controllers; precise explanation supported by suitable examples and is replete with objective questions and review questions.
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118. |  Elementary Engineering Hydrology By: M. J. Deodhar Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 08-OCT-2008 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Elementary Engineering Hydrology
Elementary Engineering Hydrology is a textbook for undergraduate and diploma students of civil engineering. It provides a comprehensive coverage of all the essential aspects of hydrology. To make it easy for students to grasp the concepts, all important topics have been divided into sub-topics, lending clarity to the subject matter. The text is interspersed with numerous figures and tables, and a wide range of solved problems to illustrate the underlying concepts and techniques effectively. Simple and comprehensible for beginners in the course, this book also contains a host of additional...
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119. |  By: G. S. N. Raju Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 06-SEP-2004 Insert Date: 07-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Antennas and Wave Propagation
Antennas and Wave Propagation is written for the first course on the same. The book begins with an introduction that discusses the fundamental concepts, notations, representation and principles that govern the field of antennas. A separate chapter on mathematical preliminaries is discussed followed by chapters on every aspect of antennas from Maxwell's equations to antenna array analysis, antenna array synthesis, antenna measurements and wave propagation.
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120. |  By: Gottapu Sasibhushana Rao Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 16-APR-2012 Insert Date: 07-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mobile Cellular Communication
Mobile Cellular Communication covers all the important aspects of cellular and mobile communications from the Internet to signals, access protocols and cellular systems and is a self-sufficient resource with adequate stress on the principles that govern the behavior of mobile communication along with the applications. The book includes applications such as designing/planning/ installation and maintenance of cellular operators, I-FI, and WIMAX, ZIBEE, BLUETOOTH and GPRS networks. It also includes advanced technologies like CDMA 2000, WCDMA, 3G, 4G and beyond 4G and contains 160 examples and...
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