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:
- This system can be used to verify the mass of multiple samples in pharmaceutical and food-processing applications:
“Miniature Piezoelectric Macro-Mass Balance,”
NASA Tech Briefs , September 2010 - Blast a coated optic with a high-energy CO2 laser, and you’re asking for trouble:
“High-Energy Laser Optics Require Coatings in Their Own League,”
Photonics Spectra , September 2010 - Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground:
” Beyond the Black Box,”
IEEE Spectrum , August 2010 - The adhesives cure in the airless spaces between closely mating components:
“Anaerobic Adhesives Seal and Secure Assemblies,”
Machine Design , August 12, 2010
Elementals:
- Field-solver simulation can do your work, but you have to do the thinking:
“EM simulation for EMC: keeping a lid on interference,”
EDN , July 15, 2010 - The processing power offered by modern high-speed, high-resolution digital-to-analog converters (DACs) enables the design of digital transmitters for multicarrier applications:
“High-Speed DACs Ease Transmitter Designs,”
Microwaves & RF , August 2010 - As markets for display backlighting and solid-state lighting grow, equipment vendors adapt to meet the needs of a rapidly changing industry:
“LED test,”
Test & Measurement World , September 2010 - A real-time analog oscilloscope features a preamplifier IC reaching frequencies from DC to 32 GHz, a new sampler IC, a new trigger IC and a new calibration IC:
“InP HBT Chipset, Enabling High-bandwidth, Real-time Oscilloscope Architecture,”
Microwave Journal , August 2010
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