Each week, the Planet Analog section of the print version of EETimes features two small text boxes, entitled “Also of Interest” and “Elementals”, in addition to one or two feature articles, an editor's column, and new products. Each of these boxes cites items from publications outside the Planet Analog and EETimes portfolio. The first box highlights a few items of general interest to the engineer, while the second highlights some basic and tutorial electronic-engineering material.
In this week's print edition (May 19, 2008) you'll see the items below (note: there are also links to most-recent previous weeks' editions, at the bottom). And please note : my overhang queues for “Also of Interest” and “Elementals” items are so long, that I am posting extra items of each, items which did not appear in print. I intend to do so each week, until the queues are back to a reasonable size. Consider them as a free, online-only bonus, and enjoy!
Also of Interest:
- Electronically controlled pneumatic brakes could help stop accidents and speed cargo:
“Brake-by-Wire Comes To Freight Trains:
“Brake-by-Wire Comes To Freight Trains,”
IEEE Spectrum , February 2008 - A reprint of a 1958 article on application of new microwave ferrite components to missile guidance radar, tracking antennas and microwave relays:
“The Look Forward in Microwave Plumbing for Systems Applications,”
Microwave Journal , February 2008 - Bonneville Speed Week is a place to find some of the most innovative engineering done anywhere:
“Flat out,”
Machine Design, , February 21, 2008 - Boeing's wildly successful composite platform highlights innovation in design and productivity in the basic fastener industry:
“Boeing’s Dreamliner Puts the Heat on U.S. Fastener Suppliers,”
Design News , April 7, 2008 - Thermal optimization using Flotherm demonstrates air can cool 2kW integrated circuits:
“Flomerics Optimizes Cool Design,”
Desktop Engineering , April 2008 - Machine-building skills and controls know-how have produced an automated coffee roasting and brewing system known as the Javabot:
“Roasting Plant’s Javabot Combines Engineering and Coffee,”
Design News , April 7, 2008
Elementals:
- A 12-port vector network analyzer and novel multiport calibration algorithm combine for signal-integrity analysis on transmission lines and devices at multi-Gigabit speeds:
“12-Port VNA Characterizes Crosstalk On High-Speed Lines,”
Microwaves & RF , March 2008 - A compact design for a dual-band microstrip-fed antenna for wireless local area network universal serial bus applications:
“Microstrip-fed Monopole Antenna for WLAN USB Applications,”
Microwave Journal , March 2008 - As portable devices add functionality, the ability to recharge their batteries, and do so without wasting additional energy, becomes more important:
“Stop The Waste In Your Battery-Charger Conversion,”
Electronic Design , March 13, 2008 - Why do people continue to use Fortran? Because it can handle conformal arrays when no other high-order language can:
“The matrix reprogrammed,”
Embedded Systems Design , April 2008 - Dust and water vapor on electronic components can pose risks to product users, so design your products to resist the shorts and shocks they can cause:
“Design for dust,”
Test & Measurement World, , April 2008
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