MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING HANDBOOK: Principles, Design, and Integration of Mechanical, Electrical, and Control Systems - Softcover

Schmella, Aiden

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798161890240

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Machines no longer fail at the mechanism, the circuit, or the code. They fail where these three meet. A servo axis that oscillates, a PLC that misses an input, a guard interlock that does not stop the motion in time: none of these is a purely mechanical, electrical, or software problem. Each sits at an interface that single-discipline textbooks leave out. This handbook covers those interfaces. It takes you from forces, gears, and circuits through sensors, motors, embedded firmware, PLCs, feedback control, motion control, industrial networks, and machine safety, and shows how each choice affects the rest of the machine.

Every topic is built from first principles and finished with real numbers. You will size a motor from its RMS torque, tune a PID loop and check its phase margin, set a light curtain’s safety distance, and verify a safety function against ISO 13849-1, with every step and unit shown.

Inside, you will learn how to:

• Model mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems with transfer functions and state space
• Select gears, ball screws, belts, bearings, and couplings, and match load inertia to the motor
• Design signal-conditioning, filtering, and isolation circuits for real sensors
• Choose and apply encoders, load cells, thermocouples, RTDs, and proximity sensors
• Size and drive DC, stepper, brushless, and induction motors, from H-bridges to VFDs
• Specify hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, valves, and power units
• Sample, quantize, filter, and analyze signals without aliasing
• Write deterministic microcontroller firmware with timers, interrupts, and watchdogs
• Program PLCs in ladder, function block, structured text, and SFC, and lay out NFPA 79 control panels
• Analyze stability with root locus, Bode, and Nyquist methods, and tune PID loops by proven methods
• Plan motion profiles, tune cascaded servo loops, and solve robot kinematics
• Apply Modbus, CAN, EtherCAT, PROFINET, OPC UA, and IEC 62443 security to networked machines
• Run ISO 12100 risk assessments, verify performance levels and SILs, and apply NFPA 70E and lockout/tagout

Why this book works:

• 354 worked examples with every step and unit shown
• 561 practice problems, each with a boxed answer, and an answer appendix covering all of them
• 50 precise technical figures, plus learning objectives and summaries in every chapter
• Grounded in the standards US engineers work to: NFPA 79, NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, ISO 13849-1, IEC 61131-3, IEC 61508, ANSI/RIA R15.06, and ISA/IEC 62443
• A capstone design of a complete automated pick-and-place cell that brings motion, control, networking, safety, and reliability together
• One connected framework with consistent notation and cross-references between chapters
• A complete reference section: list of symbols, a 147-term glossary, unit conversions, Laplace and z-transform tables, component selection data, and an 830-entry index

Written for mechanical, electrical, controls, and automation engineers who design, integrate, or maintain automated machinery. It also serves engineers moving into mechatronics from a single discipline, and upper-level engineering students who want a practical reference that goes beyond the classroom.

Stop designing one discipline at a time. Scroll up and click “Buy Now” to build machines whose mechanics, electronics, control, and safety work as a single system from the first requirement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798161890240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 564