1 What is mechatronics?.- One Sensors and Transducers.- 2 Measurement systems.- 3 Resistive, capacitive, inductive and resonant transducers.- 4 Optical measurement systems.- 5 Solid state sensors and transducers.- 6 Piezoelectric and ultrasonic sensors and transducers.- 7 Interference and noise in measurement.- 8 Signal processing.- Two Embedded Microprocessor Systems.- 9 Microprocessors in mechatronic systems.- 10 The microprocessor system.- 11 The central processing unit.- 12 Semiconductor memory, input and output, and peripheral circuits.- 13 Semi-custom devices, programmable logic and device technology.- 14 The development of microprocessor systems.- 15 Communications.- Three Motion Control.- 16 Drives and Actuators.- 17 Control devices.- 18 Linear systems.- 19 Rotational drives.- 20 Motion converters.- Four Systems and Design.- 21 Mechanical systems and design.- 22 Mechanisms.- 23 Structures.- 24 Man—machine interface.- Five Case Studies.- 25 Introduction to case studies.- 26 Canon EOS autofocus cameras.- 27 Fly-by-wire.- 28 British aerospace small parts flexible manufacturing system.- 29 Autohelm 800 boat autopilot.- Appendix A Definitions and terminology.- Appendix B Inertial loads.- B.1 Tangentially driven loads.- B.1.1 Systems with a ratio change.- B.2 Leadscrew driven loads.