This paper reviews the progress in machine tool control during the last three decades. Three types of controls are discussed: (i) Servocontrol loops that control the individual axes of the machine, (ii) interpolators that coordinate the motion of several axes, and (Hi) adaptive control that adjusts the cutting variables in real time to maximize system performance. We cover a selection of the mo...

Because of poor tools, developing embedded systems can be unnecessarily hard. Machine descriptions based on register-transfer lists (RTLs) have proven useful in building retargetable compilers, but not in building other retargetable tools. Simulators, assemblers, linkers, debug-gers, and proolers are built by hand if at all|previous machine descriptions have lacked the detail and precision need...