Payyanur is a sleepy town in northern part of Kerala. It is accessible mainly by road and rail. This place had a distinct place in history in it’s past. I had made couple of trips to this place earlier, but all was by rail. This time we were travelling from Bangalore for a family function. … Continue reading Bangalore to Payyanur route by car – A scenic drive. →

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All of us are aware of the adage “Lightning never strikes twice at same place”. For me it did not hold good. In less than a year I had to face my second lay off of my decade long career. My first experience is in my previous article written about an year ago “Lay off … Continue reading Lay off again and Life beyond →

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Bangalore to Ernakulam (Kochi) has three routes. Bangalore-Hosur-Salem-Tirupur-Coimbatore-Palakkad-Thrissur-Ernakulam. This is the fastest and least tedious drive with better roads. A distance of 540 Kms, can be traversed in 9 hrs. 30 min without break. Add an extra hour and a half for breaks for fuel, food and restrooms to total journey time. Bangalore-Kanakapura-Chamarajanagar-Sathyamangalam-Coimbatore-Palakkad-Thrissur-Ernakulam. A distance … Continue reading Bangalore Ernakulam (Kochi) Drive by car in Monsoon rains. →

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Debt instruments are considered for a safe investments. Returns are not that attractive as in other Equity instruments like, ETF,Equity mutual funds. and even gold. I am sharing my experience of investing in PPF through State Bank Of India. We shall see what is PPF account. Scheme introduced by Central Government in 1968. The Scheme enables the … Continue reading PPF (Public Provident Fund)- Debt Instrument →

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Character of a person could only be judged when faced with crisis. Same way employers should be judged the way they treat the employees who leave them for whatever reason. Perks and other benefits cannot replace character and culture. It is not fair when you had expected every work to happen immediately from the employee when they were on your rolls … Continue reading How do we judge an employer. →

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What are DRCs – Design Rule Constraints ? How do you fix the DRC violations (DRVs) ? The different Design Rule Constraints are as given below. 1) Maximum fanout : This constraint is present only for output pins. This is the maximum number of input pins, which the particular output pin can drive. ie, it … Continue reading How to fix the DRC violations ? →

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I had been associated with two employers in my career so far for a span of 11 years, before landing in the new one. I left my first company, as the work place started looking grim. All the colleagues had left long back for greener pastures . It was almost five years with no recognition and promotion … Continue reading Leave or stay in new job that does not suit you? →

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Continuing from Part -1 9) What are the different logic families ? Compare between them. 10) If both of the below circuits should give the same output, what should be the order of the input in the second circuit? Ans:         11) See the piece of RTL code below       … Continue reading Sample interview questions with solutions for a fresher in VLSI Part-2 →

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Below given are a few interview questions for a VLSI fresher with solutions. I have bifurcated it into two parts, 1 & 2 for easiness of reading. 1)What are the differences between a Latch and a Flip-Flop? Ans: Kindly view my earlier post “Latch vs Flip Flop“. 2)What is the output of AND gate in the circuit … Continue reading Sample interview questions with solutions for a VLSI fresher Part-1 →

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Time has changed, so has method of authenticating  certificates issued by Government agencies. Earlier competent agency used to sign and certify the certificates. Birth certificate used to be made manually then. The digital era has come and had eliminated the necessity for any agency to certify it like before by signing. How do you know whether digitally … Continue reading Verifying authenticity of Birth certificates. →

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