本书分电子技术、电机控制技术、计算机控制技术、自动控制系统四部分,共十五章,每章后配有以专业术语为主的词汇表。本书从大学高年级学生科技英语阅读和写作的需要出发,选取的专业技术类文章覆盖了电气自动化领域的基础内容。
本书既可作为高等院校电气自动化类各专业的英语教材,也可作为有关工程技术人员从事英文科技阅读和写作的参考书。

PART 1 ELECTRONICS
1 Electrical Measuring Instrmnents
1.1 SAFETY PRECAUTION
1.2 BASIC MEIER CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
1.3 USE OF MEASURING INSTRUMENT
2 Ftmdamentals of Solid-State Power Device
2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 SOLID-STATE POWER DEVICES
2.3 POWER SEMICONDUCIDR CAPABIIJTIES
2.4 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF POWER SEMICONDUCTORS
2.5 COMMUTATION
2.6 SUMMARY
3 Analog Electronics
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 OPERATIONAL-AMPLIFLER CIRCUITS
4 Digital Electronics
4.1 THE DIGITAL IDEA
4.2 ASYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL SYSTEMS
4.3 SEQUENTIAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS
PART 2 ELECTRICAL MACHINE, CONTROL COMPONENT AND SENSOR
5 Introduction to Electrical Machines
5.1 BRIEF HISTORY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES
5.2 BASIC CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES
5.3 CONSTRUCTION FEATURES OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES
6 DC Motor and Induction Motor
6.1 TYPES OF DC MOTORS
6.2 DC MOTOR ANALYSIS
6.3 DC MOTOR SPEED-TORQUE CHARACTERISTICS
6.4 THREE-PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR
6.5 INDUCTION MOTOR TORQUE-SPEED CHARACTERISTICS
7 Electrical Machine Control Systems
7.1 CONTROL SYMBOLS
7.2 MACHINE CONTROL WITH SWlTCHES
7.3 CONTROL EQUIPMENT FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES
7.4 MOTOR STARTING SYSTEMS
7.5 FORWARD AND REVERSE CONTROL
7.6 DYNAMIC BRAKING
8 Control Sensors
8.1 INTRODUCTION
8.2 SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS
8.3 ANALOG SENSORS FOR MOTION
8.4 DIGITAL TRANSDUCERS
PART 3 COMPUTER CONTROL TECHNIQUES
9 Introduction of Computernets
9.1 USES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS
9.2 NETWORK HARDWARE
9.3 NETWORK SOFTWARE
9.4 EXAMPLE NETWORKS
10 Introduction of Programmable Controller
10.1 HISTORY
10.2 BASIC CONCEFPTS
10.3 GENERAL APPLIGATION AREAS
10.4 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT CONSIDERATIONS
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11 Foundation of PLC
PART 4 AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
12 Electrical Distribution
13 Introduction to Control Engineering
14 Speed Control of DC Motor
15 Frequency Controls for AC Motors