Anablog
Steve Taranovich on all things analog.
Geeks of the world unite and celebrate May 25 Geek Pride Day
- 05.24.2013
If you are a geek like me, you are not insulted when someone says you are a geek! Read More...
Littelfuse hosts Speed2Design TechTalks at NASA
- 05.21.2013
Littelfuse Speed2Design’s Exploration & Discovery program will bring winning design engineers behind-the-scenes at two premiere NASA facilities. Read More...
Try to identify this item
- 05.21.2013
This is not analog, but I thought it might be interesting and fun to guess what this is Read More...
Tesla Wardenclyffe laboratory purchased for museum
- 05.05.2013
Just a few miles from where I live on Long Island, NY, Nikola Tesla’s laboratory still stands and instead of a real estate developer tearing the lab down and building condos, we now have the hope of having a museum to fuel the minds of the new generation of potential engineers and scientists. Read More...
Bob Dobkin and fast EV race cars
- 04.23.2013
Bob Dobkin book signing and EV race cars are featured at DESIGN West. Read More...
Meeting astronaut Jerry Ross
- 04.06.2013
Astronaut Jerry Ross spoke about his adventures in space at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on April 2, 2013 as part of an IEEE-sponsored “Legends of air & space lecture series” run by the museum. Read More...
DESIGN West Analog introduces a hands-on series
- 03.25.2013
Art Kay, TI’s Linear Apps manager, will be presenting a series of analog tutorials at DESIGN West along the lines of the way Burr-Brown used to many years ago. Read More...
DESIGN West 2013: Analog sessions for those designers who wish to add more analog expertise to their resume
- 03.13.2013
Register now analog buffs---DESIGN West is fast approaching and we have a full set of analog tracks by the experts in the industry. There will be analog tutorials as well as hands-on sessions and a Power MOSFET book signing by Alex Lidow. Read More...
Apollo 17: The last men on the Moon
- 03.02.2013
On February 28, 2013 I met astronaut Harrison Schmitt, who sat in the lunar module pilot seat when the mighty Saturn V rocket boosted him and his crew on the last manned-journey to the moon on December 7, 1972. Read More...
DESIGN West 2013---It ain’t just embedded, analog-seekers!
- 02.18.2013
My goal was to add more analog content to DESIGN West 2013—and we did. Read More...
Analog Aficionados 2013 get together in Santa Clara
- 02.13.2013
My colleague, Paul Rako, over on the left coast at Analog Devices is helping put together a great get-together of Analog engineers. Read More...
Wideband baluns for ADC input stages
- 02.11.2013
Two of my colleagues just conspired to post a really useful article entitled, “Measuring & Modeling Wideband Baluns for Application to ADC Input Stages” on Planet Analog. Read More...
TDRSS satellite launch: Atlas V rocket still going strong
- 02.02.2013
NASA’s latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite was carried into orbit atop an Atlas V rocket Wednesday night, January 30th. Read More...
Book review: Build your own transistor radios
- 01.18.2013
This book is a great refresher for any engineer who has not designed a radio in a while. It is also a good source for someone who has to design a radio and has never done so before. Read More...
Student requesting EDN design community help
- 12.11.2012
An embedded systems Masters level student decided to build a simple wireless sensor node. For that he need to build a very simple transceiver at 433.92MHz (Transmitter is based on a saw resonator) which is powered by a 3v coin cell. Read More...
We’re hiring!
- 12.07.2012
We’re looking to fill two, immediate, full-time community leader positions. Interested? Read More...
MEMS sensors in gaming: $500M “Call of Duty” revenue will drive what’s next in game platforms
- 11.25.2012
The MEMS suppliers know where the money is with smart phones and tablets plus the gaming industry and you can be sure they are feverishly working on the next level of motion sensing to make gaming more realistic. Read More...
Left-brained vs. right-brained people: Where does engineering and art merge?
- 11.24.2012
Popular belief is that the left hemisphere of the brain is for rational, analytical and logical thinking and the right hemisphere of the brain processes visual and audio logical stimuli, spatial manipulation, facial perception and artistic ability. Read More...
Ham Radio as an Extreme Sport, Ozone Mapper
- 11.10.2012
In 2002, FlexRadio Systems produced the world’s first SDR experimenter’s kit for amateurs. Read More...
MEMS market panel of industry analysts discuss industry future growth and trends
- 11.08.2012
At the MEMS Executive Congress, analysts from leading research firms presented their outlook for future growth and trends in MEMS, and then took audience questions. Read More...
Call for abstracts at Design West—deadline tomorrow Nov. 2
- 11.01.2012
Call for abstracts at Design West—deadline tomorrow Nov. 2 Read More...
Orbiting Angular Momentum twists radio waves to boost channel count
- 10.26.2012
The IEEE Spectrum magazine reports that researchers in the United Kingdom and China have made a microchip capable of emitting laser beams with a peculiar property known as orbital angular momentum (OAM). Read More...
Benford's Law
- 10.24.2012
Benford's Law is a powerful and relatively simple tool for pointing suspicion at frauds, embezzlers, tax evaders, sloppy accountants and even computer bugs. Read More...
Power innovations for the Mars exploration Rover mission
- 10.24.2012
Evolving the flat, square solar panel from the Sojourner rover on the 1996 Mars Pathfinder mission into more powerful solar "wings" Read More...
Bheestie bags
- 10.13.2012
If you’ve ever had the experience of getting your smart phone or tablet wet, Bheestie Bags may be able to help. Read More...
US Congress energy policy status 2012
- 09.28.2012
Congress has not yet made any serious attempt to pass any significant energy legislation this year. Some useful bills were introduced, but none made it very far through the legislature. Read More...
Earth products
- 09.21.2012
In case you missed this, here’s the latest products and accessories on Earth products that integrate directly into Google™ Earth Read More...
Getting back to EDN’s roots
- 09.17.2012
I have just had the opportunity to see the EDN archives of print versions of the magazine. The vault area has original copies that go back to issue #1 published on May 8, 1956! I was 6 years old. Read More...
ADI converters help capture stunning, high-resolution images of Mars
- 09.17.2012
ADI’s 14-bit ADC AD6645 is used in capturing images of Mars from a camera mounted on a Mars orbiter, and those images helped scientists select the landing site for Curiosity. Read More...
Wise words from Einstein, Tesla, Spock, and others
10 tips for a successful engineering resume
Lincoln is issued patent, May 22, 1849
Accidental engineering: 10 mistakes turned into innovation
6 famous people you may not know are engineers
Inexpensive 3-D printer kit creates plastic components
Gears are discovered on the Antikythera mechanism, May 17, 1902
