本书主要讨论自动化类专业英语的阅读与翻译。全书分四部分,共计45课。每课含英语原文课文、专业英语词汇、课文注释和参考译文四部分内容。专业内容涵盖电工电子、计算机控制及仪器仪表、经典的与现代的控制理论与控制技术等。
本书系普通高等学校自动化类专业新编系列教材,也可供有关技术人员参考。

Part 1 Electrics and Electronics
Unit 1 Circuit Elements and Parameters
Unit 2 Ideal Sources Series and Parallel Equivalent Circuits
Unit 3 Analysis of a Single-Loop Network
Unit 4 Analysis of Sinusoida[ Current and Voltage
Unit 5 Analysis of Small Signal Amplifiers in the Mid-Frequency Band
Unit 6 Operational Amplifiers
Unit 7 Negative Feedback Amplifiers
Unit 8 Introduction to Logic Circuits
Unit 9 The Transformer on Load
Unit 10 Introduction to DC Machines
Unit 11 Operating Conditions and Vector Diagrams of the Induction Machine
Unit 12 Voltage Diagrams of the Three-Phase Synchronous Generator on Balanced Load
Part 2 Computer and Automation
Unit 13 Microcomputers in Engineering
Unit 14 Personal Computer
Unit 15 Systems Using Microprocessors
Unit 16 Software
Unit 17 Operating Systems
Unit 18 Microcomputer Interface
Unit 19 Computer Networking
Unit 20 Internetworking
Unit 21 Process Instrumentation
Unit 22 Pressure&Temperature Measurement
Unit 23 Robotics
Unit 24 Office Automation
Part 3 Classical Control Theory and Technique
Unit 25 Construction of Linear System Models
Unit 26 Response of First- and Second-Order Systems
Unit 27 Feedback Control
Unit 28 Steady-State Performance
Unit 29 Transient Analysis by Root-Locus Methods
Unit 30 Performance Specifications
Unit 31 Improvement of Static Accuracy
Unit 32 Stabilization and Improvement of Transient Response
Unit 33 Lag-Lead Compensators and Three-Term Controllers
Unit 34 The Position-Control System
Unit 35 Process-Control Systems
Unit 36 The Closed-Loop Ward-Leonard Method of Speed Control
Part 4 Modern Control Theory and Technology
Unit 37 Background of Control Theory
Unit 38 Introduction to System Modeling
Unit 39 State Variable Concepts
Unit 40 Liapunov Stability Analysis
Unit 41 Dynamic Programming
Unit 42 Adaptive Control
Unit 43 Expert Systems & Expert Control
Unit 44 Dual Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Stochastic Systems Using Neural Networks
Unit 45 Robust Controller Design
Appendix 1 Commonly-Used Nouns in Automation
Appendix 2 Commonly-Used Mathematic Symbol
Appendix 3 Metrology Table
Appendix 4 Metrology Compare Table
References