2022-10-17 - Steve Hageman

Capacitors: The old decoupling standbys

Ceramic capacitors are very useful, except where values larger than the micro-farad region are required, so for bulk decoupling applications, other types are needed.

2022-10-12 - Brian Dipert

Building a personal workstation: Putting together the pieces

With preliminary discussion of high-end desktop PC building blocks in the rear-view mirror, it's time to install and hook up everything and see if (and if so, how well) it all works out.

2022-10-11 - John Dunn

Breaking down the impedance of a coaxial transmission line

The impedance of a lossy, very long cable converges quite closely on the value of that cable's characteristic impedance.

2022-09-20 - Bill Schweber

Book review: The evolution of consumer electronics

Tony Fadell's book "Build" provides a sneak peek at consumer electronics design while providing accounts of iPod, iPhone and Nest thermostat.

2022-09-16 - Mark Pitchford

The dos and don’ts of remote working

The pearls and pitfalls of working from home as an FAE, technical manager, or technical specialist.

2022-09-14 - Brian Dipert

Apple’s (first) fall 2022 announcement event: half-steps provide only prior-gen augment (vs fuller advancement)

Another September brings new Apple iPhones, watches, AirPods and the chips powering them.

2022-09-12 - John Dunn

A wing and a wire

A discussion on bird-proofing power lines.

2022-09-07 - Bill Schweber

Debugging: Skill, persistence, luck, and discipline

Although skill at debugging is hard to come by, there are sensible "best practices" that can accelerate the troubleshooting process.

2022-09-02 - Brian Dipert

Building a personal workstation: CPU selection

If you've decided to build a high-end computer, you've hopefully already braced yourself (and your wallet) for the requisite incremental investment vs. a mainstream system.

2022-08-22 - Brian Dipert

Building a personal workstation: Picking the parts

When this engineer stumbled across a v1.1 Gigabyte TRX40 DESIGNARE, he decided to "roll the dice" and take the plunge in building a new PC "toy".