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March 2007



Oscillator Search Service

Tuesday, 20 March 2007 9:18 P GMT-06
Purchasing of oscillators has always been a major pain ever since I've been a digital engineer.  These parts always seem to be a lead time problem and have part numbers that the buyers can't figure out how to buy.  One advance was t

Plaster Patching

Monday, 19 March 2007 9:25 P GMT-06
I recently had to patch a plaster wall in my house.  Our walls have sand texture plaster on them.  Fortunately this wall was behind a cabinet so it didn't have to look perfect and was a good opportunity to practice.  I had never pl
Category: Home Projects

Thermocouple Temperature Measurement

Tuesday, 13 March 2007 6:16 A GMT-06
I saw a small article in the Dec 2006 / Jan 2007 issue of Test & Measurement World magazine that pointed to a some good application notes on thermocouples.  The resources are Application Not

Infiniband Test Boards

Thursday, 8 March 2007 12:00 A GMT-06
As I have mentioned in the past, it is often very convenient for measurement purposes to have a board that breaks out signals of a connector or cable assembly to SMA connectors.  This can allow y

Designing in Your Sleep

Monday, 5 March 2007 6:57 A GMT-06
Based on various conversations I have had over the years, many engineers think of solutions to problems while they are sleeping.  I have done this many times through the years, and I'm going to start documenting them as they occur.  Last ni