Building Electronics and Automation (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Independently Published, 2026
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Paperback. Modern facilities depend on one continuous chain: sense the physical world, communicate reliable data, make a controlled decision, act safely, and verify the outcome.That chain crosses electronics, measurement, controls, mechanical systems, networking, energy, software, cybersecurity, and operations. When those disciplines are studied in isolation, important failure modes disappear between them. A biased sensor, noisy signal, weak actuator, unstable loop, ambiguous data point, network delay, competing sequence, or untested override can undermine comfort, efficiency, resilience, and trust in the entire system.This vendor-neutral engineering textbook connects the full sensor-to-decision-to-action lifecycle. It begins with circuits, signals, uncertainty, sensors, transducers, relays, drives, and power interfaces. It then develops embedded and programmable control, feedback behavior, tuning, state logic, communication networks, interoperable data, and supervisory sequences. The same framework is applied to heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, shading, plug loads, metering, storage, distributed energy, connected analytics, secure operation, commissioning, and modernization.What you will learnTrace measurements and commands through every layer of an integrated facility.Connect control theory to modes, interlocks, alarms, resets, overrides, and real equipment constraints.Evaluate sensor quality, actuator authority, network behavior, data meaning, and safe fallback states.Coordinate environmental quality, lighting, energy flexibility, resilience, and operational priorities.Use trends, functional tests, and diagnostic evidence to find root causes and verify performance.Plan upgrades with clear dependencies, security boundaries, documentation, and acceptance criteria.Key topicsCoverage includes electronics and measurement, field devices, digital controllers, feedback and sequence design, facility communications, semantic data, high-performance mechanical-system automation, lighting control, energy management, demand response, distributed resources, life-safety and security interfaces, wireless and edge systems, analytical methods, cybersecurity, commissioning, fault diagnostics, and staged facility modernization.Who this book is forDesigned for upper-level engineering students, technologists, technicians, commissioning personnel, early-career controls professionals, energy specialists, and practicing engineers who need a rigorous bridge across building, control, network, and operations disciplines. Algebra and introductory physics are assumed; some calculus is useful. The material also supports instructors and multidisciplinary project teams that need a shared technical language for design reviews, sequence development, troubleshooting, functional testing, and upgrade planning.Develop the systems-level reasoning to explain how an intelligent facility works, diagnose why it does not, and verify the performance of every improvement. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Building Electronics and Automation (Paperback)
- Author
- Gavin R. Trelmont
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798175922159
That chain crosses electronics, measurement, controls, mechanical systems, networking, energy, software, cybersecurity, and operations. When those disciplines are studied in isolation, important failure modes disappear between them. A biased sensor, noisy signal, weak actuator, unstable loop, ambiguous data point, network delay, competing sequence, or untested override can undermine comfort, efficiency, resilience, and trust in the entire system.
This vendor-neutral engineering textbook connects the full sensor-to-decision-to-action lifecycle. It begins with circuits, signals, uncertainty, sensors, transducers, relays, drives, and power interfaces. It then develops embedded and programmable control, feedback behavior, tuning, state logic, communication networks, interoperable data, and supervisory sequences. The same framework is applied to heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, shading, plug loads, metering, storage, distributed energy, connected analytics, secure operation, commissioning, and modernization.
What you will learn
- Trace measurements and commands through every layer of an integrated facility.
- Connect control theory to modes, interlocks, alarms, resets, overrides, and real equipment constraints.
- Evaluate sensor quality, actuator authority, network behavior, data meaning, and safe fallback states.
- Coordinate environmental quality, lighting, energy flexibility, resilience, and operational priorities.
- Use trends, functional tests, and diagnostic evidence to find root causes and verify performance.
- Plan upgrades with clear dependencies, security boundaries, documentation, and acceptance criteria.
Coverage includes electronics and measurement, field devices, digital controllers, feedback and sequence design, facility communications, semantic data, high-performance mechanical-system automation, lighting control, energy management, demand response, distributed resources, life-safety and security interfaces, wireless and edge systems, analytical methods, cybersecurity, commissioning, fault diagnostics, and staged facility modernization.
Who this book is for
Designed for upper-level engineering students, technologists, technicians, commissioning personnel, early-career controls professionals, energy specialists, and practicing engineers who need a rigorous bridge across building, control, network, and operations disciplines. Algebra and introductory physics are assumed; some calculus is useful. The material also supports instructors and multidisciplinary project teams that need a shared technical language for design reviews, sequence development, troubleshooting, functional testing, and upgrade planning.
Develop the systems-level reasoning to explain how an intelligent facility works, diagnose why it does not, and verify the performance of every improvement.
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