What do absolute maximum ratings mean to you?
Absolute maximum ratings — AMR — brings significant issues, questions, and considerations especially for power devices...
Beware of innumeracy in technical information, engineering numbers
Using computers and spreadsheets, it’s easy to project a sense of precision that simply isn’t there, leading to a false…
A holiday gift wish list for 2020
This year’s holiday shopping list for engineers has a distinct home-based vibe to it, "thanks" to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The multicore lexicon: Defining the terminology
Multicore embedded designs are becoming increasingly common. Faced with this technology for the first time, a developer is bombarded with…
Spade lugs and screw terminals eliminate wiring rat’s nest
Completely redoing wiring with old-fashioned, low-tech connectors may sometimes be the smartest decision...
Lightbar and siren design illustrates tradeoff challenges
Every engineering design requires tradeoffs and compromises among its many parameters; some are obvious but many are not...
The rise of the remote contractor
Over the past two years, there has been a significant shift from ‘on-site contracting’ to ‘remote contracting’. Even before COVID-19,…
Industry and crowdsource engineering efforts arise against COVID-19
Companies, coders and hardware developers can also participate in to help build the COVID-19 knowledge base and equipment base...
Learning and working in the era of COVID-19
While COVID-19 has us studying and working from our residences, how can you not just survive but thrive in these…
Blog: Expect the Unexpected with Control Systems
The designers never considered what would happen if someone activated the locking mechanism whilst the fridge was already in the…