Re: Shameless Plug

From: John Sampson (johns_at_xetron.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: 30 Nov 2004 14:18:27 -0800

Tim Wescott <tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote in message news:<10qngi1gmp7pr14@corp.supernews.com>...
> I will be presenting two topics at the 2005 Embedded Systems Conference
> San Francisco next March -- see http://www.esconline.com/sf/ for show
> details.
>
> "Basic Control Theory for the Software Engineer" is as much information
> on the z-transform as I can fit into 90 minutes. It gives a
> high-altitude overview of designing software control loops in a
> systematic manner.
>
> "PID Without a PhD" is a primer on developing PID controllers in
> software, tuning them without using higher math, and avoiding some of
> the common pitfalls for this popular controller form.

I have the new issue and plan to read it on the plane tomorrow. Congratulations.

BTW, why is ESP so thin now? Embedded Systems Pamphlet ?????

I remember when it used to be 3 or 4 times longer, consistently.

John

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