Voice of the Engineer
This blog is open to the EDN audience and moderated by EDN’s editors. We encourage you to share your perspective on all matters of engineering, be that what’s happening in the electronics industry, changes to design, what it means to be an engineer, or anything else of relevance to you and your peers. E-mail submissions to edn.editor@ubm.com.
Nathan Seidle: open source, open mind, open for business
As an undergraduate electrical-engineering student in 2003, Nathan Seidle founded SparkFun Inc, an online retail store that describes itself as selling “the bits and pieces to make electronics projects possible.” Since then, the company has expanded to more than 450 original products, which its growing and varied customer base of EEs, hobbyists, artists, students, do-it-yourselfers, ...... Read More
Comments (0)5 Engineers: What’s the most impressive, interesting, or intriguing DIY project you’ve ever done?
In our most recent 5 Engineers post — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: What’s your favorite geek book? Thanks to the many great responses, my Amazon Wish List is set for months, maybe even through the holidays. Visit this page to share your own answer to that ...... Read More
Comments (9)5 Engineers: What’s your favorite geek book?
In our most recent 5 Engineers post — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: What’s your favorite geek movie? Thanks to the many great responses, my Netflix queue is set for months. Visit this page to share your own answer to that question. Notably, many of the mov ...... Read More
Comments (31)5 Engineers: What’s your favorite geek movie?
In our most recent 5 Engineers post — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: What would you do for a living if you were not an engineer? Some great responses have been posted, many of which have to do with improving things and the world we live in (big surprise, engineers ...... Read More
Comments (36)5 Engineers: What would you do for a living if you were not an engineer?
In our most recent 5 Engineers section — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: How many hours do you need in a day to be the best engineer you can be? Visit this page to share your own answer to that question. UBM Electronics, the parent company of EDN, recently hosted a ...... Read More
Comments (55)Sage words of advice from Forte Design Systems founder John Sanguinetti
John Sanguinetti, the founder and chief technology officer of Forte Design Systems, is an inventor, an entrepreneur, a cancer survivor, and an interesting guy. EDN spoke with him during the recent 2012 Design and Verification Conference in San Jose, CA. A portion of that discussion follows. What is it about the EDA industry that you love, or do you still love it? A: I do still have a lot of affec ...... Read More
Comments (0)5 Engineers: How many hours do you need in a day?
In our most recent 5 Engineers section — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: What is the biggest mistake you have made as an engineer? Visit this page to share your own answer to that question. When we posed last week’s question, we noted that mistakes can be tu ...... Read More
Comments (6)5 Engineers: What is the biggest mistake you have made as an engineer?
In our most recent 5 Engineers section — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: What 1 thing would you like your career to be remembered for? Visit this page to share your own answer to that question. The last question focused on the positives of a career. This week ...... Read More
Comments (33)5 Engineers: What 1 thing would you like your career to be remembered for?
In our most recent 5 Engineers section — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: What 3 adjectives describe engineers? Thirty five of you have chimed in so far with some great adjectives. My personal favorite response: Imaginators, Creators, Solvers. Visit this page to sha ...... Read More
Comments (7)5 Engineers: What 3 adjectives describe engineers?
Last Friday in our 5 Engineers section — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: Who’s your favorite famous girl geek?Visit this page to share your own answer to that question. I’m keeping this week’s post short, and, in turn, asking you to keep your a ...... Read More
Comments (40)5 Engineers: Who’s your favorite famous girl geek?
Last Friday in our 5 Engineers section — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: If you were your manager for a day, what would you do? Visit this page to share your own answer to that question. Based on the answers, it does not seem that many of this blog’s readers ...... Read More
Comments (14)5 Engineers: If you were your manager for a day, what would you do?
Last Friday in our 5 Engineers section — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: In the next 5 years, what do you want to learn to do and why? Visit this page to share your own answer to that question. Battar, a frequent 5 Engineers commenter, posted an interesting answer: ...... Read More
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