In Helsinki during a visiting lecture, an internationally well-known professor in communica-
tionssaid,‘Inthecommunicationssocietywehavemanagedtoconvertourproposalsandideas
to real products, not like in the control engINeerINg society. They have very nice papers and
strong mathematics but most of the real systems still use the old PID controllers!’. As our
background is mainly in control as well as communications engINeerINg, we know that this
thought is not very accurate. We agree that most of the practical controllers are analog and
digital PID controllers, simply because they are very reliable and able to achieve the required
control goals successfully. Most of the controllers can be explained in terms of PID. The
reasons behind this impressive performance of PID will be explained in Chapter 2.
The author of this textbook intends to consider all stages of the life cycle of the
energy resources: extraction of mineral energy resources and mastering for power
engINeerINg renewable energy, transportation of mineral energy raw materials to the
place of consumption, the conversion of primary energy sources into electrical
and/or thermal energy, transportation and distribution among the customers, and
energy storage (if necessary).
The first edition as well as its forerunner of Kuffel and Abdullah published in
1970 and their translations into Japanese and Chinese languages have enjoyed
wide international acceptance as basic textbooks in teaching senior under-
graduate and postgraduate courses in High-Voltage engINeerINg. Both texts
have also been extensively used by practising engineers engaged in the design
and operation of high-voltage equipment. Over the years the authors have
received numerous comments from the text’s users with helpful suggestions
for improvements. These have been incorporated in the present edition. Major
revisions and expansion of several chapters have been made to update the
continued progress and developments in high-voltage engINeerINg over the
past two decades.
I wrote this book so that students, hobbyists, and engineers alike can take advantage of the Arduino
platform by creating several projects that will teach them about the engINeerINg process. I also wanted to
guide the reader through introductory projects so that they could get a firm grasp on the Arduino
Language, and how to incorporate several pieces of hardware to make their own projects.
This book offers so much information on the Arduino, not just the basic LED projects but it
offers different peripherals such as Ultrasonic sensor, the Xbox? controller, Bluetooth, and much more.
This book also teaches the non-engineer to follow a process that will help them in future project (not just
Arduino projects).
