With updated coverage on all aspects of mechatronics, The Mechatronics Handbook, Second Edition is now available as a set of four books. Each installment offers focused coverage of a particular area of mechatronics, supplying a convenient and flexible option for specialists. Focusing on the "smart" components, Mechatronic Logic Systems and Data Acquisition examines the networking, software and hardware architecture, and signal acquisition and processing aspects of mechatronic systems. It offers a completely rewritten chapter on synchronous and asynchronous sequential logic in addition to new chapters on field programmable gate arrays, simulation with LabVIEW (R), and information technology in mechatronics.