http://www.edn.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:36 MST eng Copyright 2012 UBM Canon. Subject to its Terms of Use (http://www.edn.com/info/terms-and-conditions.php) http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;253120439;48184869;q?http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;252495940;76663484;x;pc=[TPAS_ID]?http://www.ti.com/analogdesigncontest http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;253120439;48184869;q?http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;252495940;76663484;x;pc=[TPAS_ID]?http://www.ti.com/analogdesigncontest Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:21:18 GMT Undergraduate students in all accredited US and Canada universities compete for TI’s Analog Design Contest cash prizes: $10,000, $7,500, and $5,000. Email analogdesigncontest@list.ti.com to register now and TI will help you start your senior design project with free tools, a $200 coupon toward your evaluation boards, contest shirts and USBs. http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41528-Rako_is_headed_to_Analog_Devices.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41528-Rako_is_headed_to_Analog_Devices.php?rssid=20877 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:21:18 GMT It is with a sad heart I tell you that I am leaving EDN today. Next year I will start at Analog Devices. I will be working here in the Silicon Valley office. I loved my gig here at EDN, but Analog... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41523-Analog_Aficionados_party_Feb_18_2012.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41523-Analog_Aficionados_party_Feb_18_2012.php?rssid=20877 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:25:32 GMT I will be hosting the 3rd annual Analog Aficionados party Saturday, February 18, 2012. As always, this is the Saturday before the start of the IEEE ISSCC (international solid state circuits... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41520-TI_Tech_Day_unveils_the_MAVRK_prototyping_system.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41520-TI_Tech_Day_unveils_the_MAVRK_prototyping_system.php?rssid=20877 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:57:49 GMT I was lucky enough to go to the Texas Instruments tech day here in San Jose last week. It was fantastic and I encourage all engineers to attend this an other conferences like our famous ESC... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41511-LTspice_seminar_with_Mike_Engelhardt.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41511-LTspice_seminar_with_Mike_Engelhardt.php?rssid=20877 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:37:31 GMT Last week I was lucky enough to get tipped off about the last seminar this year for Linear Technology’s free Spice program, LTspice. The seminar was given by the author of the program, Linear... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41500-LTspice_seminar_today_TI_Tech_day_Thursday_Computer_History_Museum_Saturday_plus_eFlea_breakfast.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41500-LTspice_seminar_today_TI_Tech_day_Thursday_Computer_History_Museum_Saturday_plus_eFlea_breakfast.php?rssid=20877 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:47:36 GMT Lots of happenings this week in Silicon Valley: LTspice seminar today at Linear Techhttp://www.nuhorizons.com/xpresstrack/ltspice/TI Tech day at the Doubletree Hotel on Thursday the... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41499-Make_27_63_an_hour_and_you_are_a_professional.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41499-Make_27_63_an_hour_and_you_are_a_professional.php?rssid=20877 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:26:25 GMT Sent by alert fellow Croatian, and offered without a rant or comment, is this link to a proposed law that will classify tech workers making over $27.63 an hour as “an employee in a... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41495-Bangalore_tech_workers_are_the_Ugly_Indian.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41495-Bangalore_tech_workers_are_the_Ugly_Indian.php?rssid=20877 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:50:07 GMT I saw a great article in the BBC about a volunteer group in Bangalore that calls themselves the Ugly Indian. The group is largely comprised of engineers and technical workers. Like engineers... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41493-Medical_electronics_webinar_Dec_7.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41493-Medical_electronics_webinar_Dec_7.php?rssid=20877 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:51:55 GMT EDN editorial director Patrick Mannion has tipped me off to a medical electronics webinar. He notes: “Seems like something worth looking into. It’s titled “The Medical Electronics Balancing... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41480-Fission_Chips_and_Mushy_EEs_party_Dec_14_2011.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41480-Fission_Chips_and_Mushy_EEs_party_Dec_14_2011.php?rssid=20877 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:31:09 GMT The fine folks at our sister publication EETimes are putting on an engineer get together here in Silicon Valley. It will be Wednesday, December 14, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PT) in San Jose,... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41462-Linear_Tech_and_Maxim_smackdown_at_the_loco.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41462-Linear_Tech_and_Maxim_smackdown_at_the_loco.php?rssid=20877 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:51:25 GMT So my analog guru buddy Eric Schlaepfer, who worked at Maxim at the time, came over to St. John’s grill, where a lot of us analog folks get hammered, ahhh, errr, I mean conduct inter-company... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41461-Ott_Gilbert_Sauer_Harvey_and_Fong_discuss_the_new_Spice_model_for_transmission_lines.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41461-Ott_Gilbert_Sauer_Harvey_and_Fong_discuss_the_new_Spice_model_for_transmission_lines.php?rssid=20877 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:58:55 GMT The previous blog post talks about Roy McCammon’s method to do Spice simulation of transmission lines. Before blogging about it, I sent the links to his original EETimes article to several... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41460-Improved_Spice_model_of_a_transmission_line.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41460-Improved_Spice_model_of_a_transmission_line.php?rssid=20877 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:51:25 GMT Diligent reader Roy McCammon wrote me to point out an article he did over at EETimes. He felt that not many “real” engineers would see it over there, so he wanted me to republish it in EDN.... http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41445-Tour_of_the_NASA_Ames_Sustainability_Base_green_building.php?rssid=20877 http://www.edn.com/blog/Anablog/41445-Tour_of_the_NASA_Ames_Sustainability_Base_green_building.php?rssid=20877 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:24:27 GMT Alert reader and fellow Croatian Andy T tipped me off about an IEEE tour of the super-green platinum cool-dude NASA building just a couple miles from my house in the Ames Research center next to...