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September 2005



Denali Memcon Conference

Thursday, 29 September 2005 8:19 P GMT-06
I recently became aware of a conference called Denali Memcon that will be held this year in Santa Clara, CA Oct 12-13. The conference expects to be fairly large this year with 1500 participants and 40 presentations. The conference began in 2002 and
Category: Digital System Architecture

Measurement Based SI Modeling

Tuesday, 27 September 2005 10:14 P GMT-06
Multi-gigabit communication links present many signal integrity challenges. One major challege is that of modeling the transmission channel. Accurate simulation at multi-gigabit signaling rates requires models that are accurate out to a very high
Category: High Speed Digital Design

High Bandwidth Real Time Oscilloscopes

Sunday, 25 September 2005 5:38 A GMT-06
Today's high end oscilloscopes are a lot more like EDA tools running on powerful PCs than simple measurement devices. They contain an Intel type computer and run the Windows operating system. They can connect to an Ethernet network and be remotely
Category: High Speed Digital Design

Board Density and Power Density Design Challenges

Thursday, 22 September 2005 10:15 P GMT-06
Two big challenges in digital system design are board density and power distribution. A general high level goal is often to pack as much functionality into as small a space as possible. This leads to PCBs that are very densely populated. The
Category: Digital Design Statistics

Electrical Engineering Career Outlook

Friday, 16 September 2005 8:25 P GMT-06
Several years ago I saw an article that estimated the average career length of a digital engineer to be about 7 years. The replacement rate for digital engineers from new college graduates was estimated to be about 14.3% per year. According to th
Category: Engineering Profession

Connector Pinout Confusion

Sunday, 11 September 2005 7:45 P GMT-06
Probably one of the most confusing aspects of digital system design and a common source of design errors is related to connector pinouts. Making sure the same signal connects to the mating pins on both plug and receptacle side of a connector system
Category: Digital System Architecture
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Building Blocks of a Serial Digital Multi-Gigabit Communication System

Thursday, 1 September 2005 7:03 A GMT-06
I recently completed a master of science in engineering degree from Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). As a requirement of that degree I completed a capstone project. The title of the project was Coding and Bit-Error-Rate Test Blocks for a Ser
Category: Digital System Architecture
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