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LIST OF CASE STUDIES AND

COMPUTER-AIDED ANALYSIS

Case Studies

1.7 Practical Application: A Case Study—Resistance Strain Gauge 52
2.8 Practical Application: A Case Study—Jump Starting a Car 92

3.8 Practical Application: A Case Study—Automotive Ignition System 178

4.6 Practical Application: A Case Study—Physiological Effects of Current and Electrical Safety

216

5.6 Practical Application: A Case Study—Automotive Power-Assisted Steering System 257

6.6 Practical Application: A Case Study—Microcomputer-Controlled

Breadmaking Machine 325

7.7 Practical Application: A Case Study—Electronic Photo Flash 380

8.7 Practical Application: A Case Study—Mechatronics: Electronics Integrated with Mechanical

Systems 414

9.5 Practical Application: A Case Study—Cardiac Pacemaker, a Biomedical Engineering

Application 438

10.5 Practical Application: A Case Study—The Great Blackout of 1965 466

11.8 Practical Application: A Case Study—Magnetic Bearings for Space Technology 494

12.7 Practical Application: A Case Study—Sensors or Transducers 541

13.6 Practical Application: A Case Study—Wind-Energy-Conversion Systems 610

14.5 Practical Application: A Case Study—Antinoise Systems, Noise Cancellation 658
15.5 Practical Application: A Case Study—Global Positioning Systems 731

16.5 Practical Application: A Case Study—Digital Process Control 815

Computer-Aided Analysis

2.5 Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis: SPICE 85

2.6 Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis: MATLAB 88

3.5 Computer-Aided Circuit Simulation for Transient Analysis, AC Analysis, and Frequency

Response Using PSpice and PROBE 168
3.6 Use of MATLAB in Computer-Aided Circuit Simulation 173

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