Analog and Digital Circuits for Electronic Control System Applications: Using the TI MSP430 Microcontroller [Paperback]

Jerry Luecke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 8, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0750678100 | ISBN-13: 978-0750678100

Today's control system designers face an ever-increasing "need for speed" and accuracy in their system measurements and computations. New design approaches using microcontrollers and DSP are emerging, and designers must understand these new approaches, the tools available, and how best to apply them.

This practical text covers the latest techniques in microcontroller-based control system design, making use of the popular MSP430 microcontroller from Texas Instruments.

The book covers all the circuits of the system, including:
· Sensors and their output signals
· Design and application of signal conditioning circuits
· A-to-D and D-to-A circuit design
· Operation and application of the powerful and popular TI MSP430 microcontroller
· Data transmission circuits
· System power control circuitry

Written by an experienced microcontroller engineer and textbook author, the book is lavishly illustrated and includes numerous specific circuit design examples, including a fully tested and documented hands-on project using the MSP430 that makes use of the principles described. For students, engineers, technicians, and hobbyists, this practical text provides the answers you need to design modern control systems quickly and easily.

* Seasoned Texas Instruments designer provides a ground-up perspective on embedded control systems

* Pedagogical style provides a self-learning approach with examples, quizzes and review features

* CD-ROM contains source code and more!

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Book Description

Provides a clearly written, real-world source of basic
information and circuit designs for up-to-date analog/digital control system design techniques using microcontrollers!

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Newnes (October 8, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750678100
• ISBN-13: 978-0750678100
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #961,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Introductory electronics text, lacks real MSP430 instruction., January 4, 2006

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Philip J. Taylor "philiptaylor2" (midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Analog and Digital Circuits for Electronic Control System Applications: Using the TI MSP430 Microcontroller (Paperback)

I've worked through this book thoroughly after purchasing it thru Amazon.

It is an elementary electronics text that is somehow quite dense. It serves as a somewhat abstract text on a lot of basic electronics circuits. It has the feel of a boilerplate electronics course -- things that seem to be cut and pasted out of other electronics textbooks. So for this, the information it useful, but I already have several textbooks that are both more thorough and more expertly and clearly written.

Texas Instruments (TI) recommends this book as the best reference guide to using their MSP430 microcontrollers. Unfortunately, all of the info included in this book is available online, excepting a very simple example project--a digital thermometer.

Caution: NO LINUX.

The book describes using the MSP430 only with a proprietary programming system--and at that the information on this proprietary system is actually out of date. It has been replaced with newer versions.

People interested in this book need to know that the info on the MSP430 microcontroller is extremely topical. There is very little to help you get oriented on a first design--and the text insists that you have no choice over your development platform--this is especially unfortunate since there are several development environments, including MSPGCC (which is totally free and very powerful) and low cost, effective compilers like imagecraft.

The MSP430 reference sections of this book are redundent with other versions available online, and are in some ways less straightforward than the device datasheets. For example, over 50 pages are dedicated to an instruction set summary -- something obviously provided by the manufacturer.

Tis is a basic electronics book with one MSP430 project. If you don't need an electronics tutorial, and if you don't want to use IAR's out of date software, then you'll probably want to stay away from this textbook.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too simplistic: 2 stars for EEs, 4-5 stars for embedded newbies, January 9, 2007

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J. LaCoss "Rt. Rev. Maker-of-sawdust" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Analog and Digital Circuits for Electronic Control System Applications: Using the TI MSP430 Microcontroller (Paperback)

Ever used an A-to-D? Ever programmed in assembly language? Yeah? BING! You're well past the audience this book is written for.

The format is OK, the material is clear, but I thought I was a-gonna get a book with design tricks and software that I could USE. There really isn't much of value here for the experienced designer/programmer. Oh well - I'll have to keep hunting.

If you've never built any hardware, then maybe this really IS the book for you! Well, you best read the basic electronics stuff pretty carefully. Also, I'd go get a Texas Instruments eZ430-F2013 Development Tool for 20 bucks and save the kludge-together part of the exercise: you can get up and running faster with something that actually works right outa da box, plus it comes with basic software tools.

5.0 out of 5 stars start here with electronics, June 18, 2009

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Nader Elsrouji "Abu Rabie" (United Arab Emirates) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Analog and Digital Circuits for Electronic Control System Applications: Using the TI MSP430 Microcontroller (Paperback)

I've been facing some difficulty in physics related to electronic feild,
this book clarified a lot of the electronic materials and though I'm enjoying Physics and Math more than before. I suggest this book for students in high school as well as students at university studies.