Event-based control systems represent a paradigm shift from conventional time-driven sampling methods by updating control actions only when a significant event occurs. This strategy not only ...

A chapter on auto-tuning software, a feature of most modern control systems that the authors contend greatly simplifies the acquisition of process data for effective tuning.

The process controller’s job is to maintain the process variable at setpoint, regardless of whether the setpoint is constant or has just been changed. The controller contains the “control algorithm,” ...

Not too many years ago, the means to get inside and reprogram the Ford Electronic Engine Control (or EEC, pronounced eek) system was reserved to few who possessed the specialized systems and ...

Zonal combustion monitoring systems provide a way to improve burner fuel and/or airflow control. Such systems combine online combustibles (COeq) and excess oxygen (O 2) sensors with information ...

Car Electronic Control Units from functions to problems and tuning The ECU is central to the way your car functions; here’s what it does and why it matters to car owners ...