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March 2009
Network Cabling
Tuesday, 17 March 2009 9:16 P GMT-06
A couple years ago I wrote an article about network cabling for 10 GBase-T Ethernet. At the time, the cat 6a cable was fairly expensive. I recently came across the catalog for a company that sells networking equipment and supplies called
Category: Digital System Architecture
Engineering Site Seeing Web Site
Tuesday, 17 March 2009 9:07 P GMT-06
During National Engineer's week this year I saw a link to a web site that provides a list and links to sites with engineering significance (A Sightseer's Guide to Engineering). The site is very handy when planning a vacation to identify
Category: Engineering Profession
Wurth Electronics Common Mode Choke and Ferrite Bead Spice Models
Tuesday, 10 March 2009 9:34 P GMT-06
I recently attended a lunch and learn presentation from Wurth electronics and learned a few interesting things. First, there is a freely available RF simulator called RFSim 99 that can simulate with S parameters. I found a copy of this a
Category: High Speed Digital Design
Toaster Oven Reflow Project - First Time Melting Solder
Saturday, 7 March 2009 4:31 P GMT-06
Today is the first time I attempted to melt solder in the toaster oven. I just wanted to put a circuit board from a very old and obsolete cable converter box in the oven and remove the components. The board was a single sided through hole
Category: Electronics Hobby