Each week, the editor of Planet Analog finds items of interest and then features them in two sections, entitled “Also of Interest” and “Elementals”. Each cites items from publications outside the Planet Analog and EETimes portfolios. And we also have an archive of recent weekly Planet Analog Newsletters, as pdf files; see the list at the very bottom.
“Also of Interest” and “Elementals” is an extension of our belief that engineers are interested in on-going tutorial on obviously relevant topics, as well as the serendipity of exploring topics which are not directly related to their jobs, but which will broaden their knowledge and sometimes spurs innovative and creative approaches. The first box highlights items of general interest to the engineer, while the second highlights basic and tutorial electronic-engineering material. Among the publications we check are IEEE Spectrum , Machine Design , Design News , Laser Focus World , EDN , Electronic Design , NASA Tech Briefs , Microwave Journal , RF & Microwaves , and Physics Today , plus others.
Consider these items as “online-only” extras, and worth a look. (Please note: there are also links to the previous weeks' editions, below this week’s items.)
Also of Interest:
- Gain design flexibility and save assembly costs by adding friction welding to their design toolkits:
“Routinely welding the impossible,”
Machine Design , November 4, 2010 - The MESSENGER spacecraft goes into orbit around Mercury in March 2011, but its three flybys have already offered a fresh perspective on the planet’s history, composition, and magnetic field:
“A new look at the planet Mercury,”
Physics Today , January 2011 - Gigabit Ethernet can deliver data at the high bit rates needed for sophisticated machine control, data acquisition and vision applications:
“Connector and Cable Choices for Gigabit Ethernet,”
Design News , November 2010 - For initiating combustion in liquid-propellant rocket engines, it propels a hot, dense plasma jet, consisting of elemental fluorine and fluorine compounds, into the combustion chamber:
“Plasma Igniter for Reliable Ignition of Combustion in Rocket Engines,”
NASA Tech Briefs , January 2011
Elementals:
- New features—along with the changes in channel operation and coding functions to achieve that higher performance—in GSMbased Evolved EDGE (EEDGE) wireless transmission:
“Understanding EDGE Evolution and its Measurements,”
High Frequency Electronics , October 2010 Year - Description of how diamond passive components provide a path to reduce design limitations in real applications:
“Diamond Rf™ Resistives: The Answer to High Power and Low Capacitance,”
Microwave Journal , November 2010 - Innovative emulation and testing of an air-to-ground broadband communications link facilitated the deployment of Aircell's Gogo Inflight Internet service to more than 1000 commercial aircraft:
“WiFi takes flight,”
Test & Measurement World , November 2010 - Many LED approaches exist; here are several techniques used to provide dimming control to DC-DC switch-mode LED drivers:
“Dimming Techniques for Switch-Mode LED Drivers,”
Power Electronics , November 2010
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