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via eetimes.com Would love to hear war stories of such engineering practical jokes in India Posted via email from mahalowpower’s posterous
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Myth #2. Mixed-signal ASIC means the same thing as analog ASIC While the term “mixed-signal” implies a combination of analog and digital circuitry on a single chip, there is a distinct difference in the skill levels required to combine library cells (analog and digital) on a silicon chip versus actually creating an analog...
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Here are six “myths of the semiconductor industry,” according to Malcolm Penn, founder and principal analyst with Future Horizons (Sevenoaks, England). By “myth” Penn positions these six items to be widely believed tenets of the industry that he asserts are not true. Myth #1 – The cycles are overMyth #2 – The market...
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It’s nice that actors can make this transition, but are engineers able to do so? I spoke recently with a friend of mine who is a very good circuit (aka hardware) designer, and who has tried to get into embedded software and RTOS design. Long story short: apparently, potential employers don’t think he can...
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Texas Instruments (TI) has delivered a lot of great dev kits. One of its latest is the Stellaris Evalbot kit that is based on a 32-bit Stellaris microcontroller. The Stellaris line is built around Arm’s Cortex-M3 platform. The kit is designed to highlight a range of features from motor control to Micrium’s latest RTOS,...
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via edn.com Lest software engineering appear to have all the fun with Easter Eggs, here’s something really cool that the folks at Tektronix have done with their scopes – granted it’s a whole lot harder to do these – “modulate the horizontal and vertical amps to draw the picture stroke by stroke, it is...
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via youtube.com As designers it will be useful to know how future vs present oriented we are. This phenomenal video – a must watch! Posted via email from mahalowpower’s posterous
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“Employability” is clearly a key factor to get a unified view of the situation. There is definitely a demand-supply gap of employable electronics engineers to match the evolving expectations from the industry. India’s engineering education compares well with that of developed countries on many fronts and this applies to tier-1 and significant portion of tier-2...
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<- Part 1, This is Part 2 of a two-part series. MLP: Can you share with our readers a professional high point? SK: As a designer, when my paper on ‘Low power ADC’ was selected for International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), I was overjoyed. ISSCC being the number one conference for semiconductor designers, all...
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This is Part 1 of a multi-part series. It is always interesting to know the stories behind success, especially when the stories are regarding our heroes. We have started off a series of interviews in an attempt to know more about the heroes in our daily life. We began with Anuj Valmiki, multi-media designer. This...
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