Table of Contents Preface. 1. Objective and Motivation. 2. Principles of Modelling and Simulation. 3. Modelling and Simulation of Mixed Systems. 4. Modelling in Hardware Description Languages. 5. Software in Hardware Description Languages. 6. Mechanics in Hardware Description Languages. 7. Mechatronics. 8. Micromechatronics. 9. Summary and Outlook.