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Don’t bandy paraprosdokians with me!

I’m on Gary Smith’s “jokes list”, which means I never know what’s going to appear in my “Inbox”…

post comment 1 comment last comment Max the Magnificent
So, which is your favorite? I like #1, #2, and #3 ... also #20 and #21 ...

What would you do for an iPad2?

TLMCentral is kicking into high gear with competitions to spur donation of Open Source models into the community. Are you up for the challenge…

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Opinion: The yin and yang of designing big chips

Patrick Groeneveld is this year's chair for DAC. In this opinion piece he talks about value in synthesis and analysis tools...

post comment 1 comment last comment BrianBailey
Perhaps I could be even bolder and suggest that verification is much like the drug industry. Even if ...

Calibre PERC: Preventing Electrical Overstress Failures

Detecting the common sources of electrical failures was a bit of a black art, relying on internal methods, scripting, manual checking…

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Things that go “meep” in the night

I just had a very unsatisfactory night’s sleep, because something kept on going “meep” and I couldn’t track it down…

post comment 18 comments last comment David Ashton
I once worked on a project refitting a shop. The Project manager had a PC with a screen saver that ...

What's in your emergency repair kit, besides tools?

It starts with duct tape, of course, but there are other small items to bring

post comment 30 comments last comment LiketoBike
Heh, depending on the length, the gauge, the current, and the nature of the item being powered, that ...

Ten things I want to do before I die…

I don’t want to sound maudlin, but every now and then as one gets older, thoughts of mortality do tend to cross one’s mind…

post comment 43 comments last comment Don521mw
The predominant theme here seems to be me-me-me. I promise you that if you forget yourself and ...

Rebuilding America: Critical thinking skills needed

With technology changing yearly, students who learn how to use the technologies alone will be left behind by the time they graduate, says engineer ...

post comment 2 comments last comment JRCheetham
Schools give students a general understanding of the most important subjects and the ability to ...

Nostalgic about HP test equipment

Any electronics engineer or technical person you speak to will know about Hewlett-Packard (HP) test equipment. And many of them will talk ...

post comment 19 comments last comment David Ashton
And since you're retired now Bob, I'm sure you would have time to give us a couple more stories? ...

LED Challenge winners announced

From a model of the Golden Gate Bridge to an LED version of the Gibson Les Paul guitar, the students came up with some fabulously creative entries.

post comment 2 comments last comment David Ashton
You can - follow Naomi's "Fall 2011..." link at the top of the article or this ...

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Engineering Pop Culture!

Things that go “meep” in the night Clive Maxfield
I just had a very unsatisfactory night’s sleep, because something kept on going “meep” and I couldn’t track it down…

post comment 18 comments last comment David Ashton
I once worked on a project refitting a shop. The Project manager had a PC with a screen saver that ...

What's in your emergency repair kit, besides tools? Bill Schweber
It starts with duct tape, of course, but there are other small items to bring

post comment 30 comments last comment LiketoBike
Heh, depending on the length, the gauge, the current, and the nature of the item being powered, that ...

Rebuilding America: Critical thinking skills needed Naomi Price
With technology changing yearly, students who learn how to use the technologies alone will be left behind by the time they graduate, says engineer Wayne Rust from Lindon, UT.

post comment 2 comments last comment JRCheetham
Schools give students a general understanding of the most important subjects and the ability to ...

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Design Contests & Competitions

January Caption Contest: A new way of voting Naomi Price
Shaking things up a bit by trying reddit for our monthly caption contest voting. Eager to see how this works...

post comment 7 comments last comment David Ashton
Well when I click on the up arrow next to yours, Dave, the number beside it goes from 1 to 2. If I ...

February 2012 caption contest: Unicycle Naomi Price
Too many balls in the air? Barely keeping his balance? Posit a reason for our friend's frenetic entrance!

post comment 31 comments last comment JOtt
Robert went for some retraining after his latest performance review cited his lack of ability to ...

Plight of the Tester Naomi Price
A December caption winner has been picked and the challenge has been tossed out to suggest a better method of narrowing the caption choices. Chime in!

post comment 3 comments last comment Naomi Price
I really enjoy it too -- I still find it hard to believe that part of my job is looking through ...

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The Engineering Life--Around the Web

Ten things I want to do before I die… Clive Maxfield
I don’t want to sound maudlin, but every now and then as one gets older, thoughts of mortality do tend to cross one’s mind…

post comment 43 comments last comment Don521mw
The predominant theme here seems to be me-me-me. I promise you that if you forget yourself and ...

Calling all people who care about power Brian Bailey
Reaching out to people is one of the things that editors have to do, but I have to know who to reach out to. Should I include you?

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OMG! My heart is pounding after watching these videos Clive Maxfield
I can’t believe my heart is pounding so much when all I did was sit here and watch a video, goodness only knows what I’d be like if…

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Social Mania

APEC becomes big, and we're there Bill Schweber
Power is every engineer's concern, and it's the focus of this event

post comment 2 comments last comment Steve T
Stand by---I'm working on a follow-up article fom APEC 2012 on the Picor active EMI filter and ...

Why is DesignCon important for IC designers? Brian Bailey
Not one, but two videos of your editor speaking at DesignCon or a variety of subjects including the impact that board design has on chip design…

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Free 2-day course: Designing with SmartFusion mixed-signal FPGAs Clive Maxfield
SmartFusion mixed-signal FPGAs include a hard ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller core, so this course will be of interest to a wide audience…

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Engineering Investigations

Controller PCB problem solved
Problem with a controller PCB causes significant yield loss at an off-shore drive assembly plant and Ravinder is sent in to investigate...

post comment 5 comments last comment Sanjib.Acharya
If the manufacturer has not informed the change to a die-shrink part, I guess the chip ...

Wire we fixing this??? Dwight Bues
Dwight has a story from his academic years and work done at a company that "built just about anything."

post comment 3 comments last comment zeeglen
The title "Wire we fixing this?" reminds me of the cable manufacturer guy who told his wife he had ...

HMI squeeze john linstrom
Problems with the human-machine interface on a Korean drilling platform have the users stumped ... until they call in the engineer, of course.

post comment 6 comments last comment sharps_eng
I recently used fibre on a hi-rel project (had a simple light/dark relay logoc link) and was ...

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