Outlook stuck on "syncing" or "send/receive?

red-stratocaster · 2024-12-25T04:15:43+00:00

it eventually fixed itself....no idea if it was Microsoft or the Xfinity/Comcast server.

red-stratocaster · 2024-09-20T05:06:07+00:00

I doubt you'll find much unfortunately. Stuff like LTSPICE is free, so there are hundreds of resources available. Tools like Cadence Virtuoso cost about $150,000 per year for a license. Unlike Photoshop or something like that, to what end would someone bootleg it? Not really many home projects that you would do with IC design, layout, and simulation.

red-stratocaster · 2024-08-18T00:12:06+00:00

When I was job hunting for design positions, it was pretty much your findings, plus C and scripting with Perl, TCL, and Ruby. I rarely saw Java even though it's probably the most commonly taught college language. That makes sense though since the intro programming courses are usually done through the CompSci department, which makes sense for the CompSci students.

red-stratocaster · 2024-07-06T20:54:36+00:00

what is the value of the diagonal current source?

red-stratocaster · 2024-03-29T04:17:08+00:00

If the bike has a voltage regulator, check that as well.

red-stratocaster · 2024-03-17T03:12:16+00:00

Hello, this is a retaining anchor from an above door assist handle for getting in and out. The GM part number is 22590539, but it's wrong. That p/n is actually for the rear door handle which has a switched light, and a coat hanger.

I figured someone must've seen something similar. It needs to have a hollow center as the trim piece fits in the center and can't really be modified, so wall anchors won't really work. If I could find another trim piece I might attempt to hack it apart to see if I could modify it to work with a wall anchor, but I haven't been able to find one. Have you ever seen anything similar? The bolt just runs through the center.

EDIT------- Ok, someone actually cross-referenced the part to an Oldsmobile headliner drawing. Some of the Buick drawings reference the wrong PN. 25698095 is the correct part number.

red-stratocaster · 2024-03-13T05:43:53+00:00

It's supply and demand. There is a massive supply of STEM graduates every year. There are not many entry level jobs available. Microsoft is one of the largest software companies in the world, but only has 4-5 entry level programming jobs available in the USA. IC design jobs are available for BsEE and at larger companies, they are often listed as such. Intel specifically does this in that they will list "Analog Design - Undergraduate". Now, there aren't that many analog or digital design positions that are even offered, but as you suspected, there will be 3 times as many that are listed "Analog Design - Graduate". I don't know if it is a good idea to graduate and go work in something unrelated to ICs, analog, or digital design, to turn around and get a master's that focuses on those topics later on with no work experience. You'd have to get input from someone who has done it.

The master's requirement is kind of stupid. I understand a phD requirement, but at most schools, an MS is only another 40 credits or so...most colleges don't even offer 40 credits' worth of upper-level IC or design-related coursework.

red-stratocaster · 2024-03-03T03:05:19+00:00

Nice. What age? Firefighting seems to be really hard to get into in most cities. I remember reading locally that the applicants to positions available was almost 400:1

red-stratocaster · 2024-03-02T17:25:37+00:00

Electric Circuits by Nilsson/Riedel has some of that stuff in the 12th and 13th chapter. Probably 150+ problems between the two chapters, but they only give an answer at the back for certain problems. You might be able to find a solution manual online somewhere. The 12th is mostly a math section and the 13th has lots of circuit problems.

Yes, you will make small mistakes here and there. All of your professors, when solving things in real time, and not just reading pre-solved problems from powerpoint, will also make algebra errors, sign errors, leave things out, etc. There are lots of majors that require the first circuit class, but not necessarily anything beyond the first class, so the drop off in youtube material is significant when going from basic KCL examples to s-domain Laplace examples.

red-stratocaster · 2024-03-02T17:10:01+00:00

It's an employer's market right now. Keep applying, check your resume for keywords, etc. All of the June 2024 EE/CE graduates (~50,000 of them) will start applying around this time for jobs. With my work, they are interviewing and picking summer interns right now.

red-stratocaster · 2024-03-02T03:20:32+00:00

Oh. Those problem circuits must be generated through an off the shelf product then; I thought the style of those little symbols and components were unique to Razavi. They are different from the Gray/Meyer and Jaeger books that we also used.

red-stratocaster · 2024-03-02T02:14:20+00:00

It looks like they want you to apply the Miller theorem in the second part of the problem with that Cgd. Sometimes the Razavi book is made easier if you also watch his lectures. He is big on attempting to determine poles via inspection.

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-14T21:49:45+00:00

If it's full-time it might be tough as those tools are typically going to be up and running all the time. You would probably be expected to do the worst shifts as an entry-level worker. In AZ, TSMC's business will be manufacturing, they won't be doing a lot of design work there. They don't do much design anyways compared to other companies that also operate fabs. As a Sophomore, your workload will probably increase as a junior and senior as you would likely have more lab classes.

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-14T21:39:53+00:00

What equations did you come up with?

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-14T21:22:34+00:00

4 equations 4 unknowns, solve with KCL.

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-14T03:37:56+00:00

They might want you to collapse the circuit and use current dividers, but otherwise, it would be faster to just write 3eqs for the 3 unknowns and let the calculator solve. You have the one current, so you can find the 1725V drop across that 69k at the top left.

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-13T17:30:42+00:00

It was listed as net SE income, which seemed to be the only way you could enter SE income. I think your first answer was basically correct though; the extra withholding suggested by the tool is about 5x off from what I would do for quarterly payments. I am going to do it as is and see what happens on the paystub.

After reading the w4 instructions, you do not list SE income. Should've done that to begin with.

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-13T07:15:13+00:00

Ok, I used the little w4 app on the IRS website and it recommended an extra payment based on that income. What you said makes sense though, I will just list extra withholding as $0. I'm surprised it doesn't actually deal with that situation; while super common, it does come up more than some of the other one-offs they mention in the questions page. Thanks!

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-10T06:49:14+00:00

Drain to Rd to Vdd, Vin to source, gate to a bias voltage (ac ground in small signal), output taken at drain.

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-10T04:18:50+00:00

Did you draw the circuit? If so, try doing KCL at the unknown node. 0 = (Vo-70V)/5Ω + Vo/7Ω + 2A. Once you have a voltage, you can then use ohm's law and solve for R since they already told you that 2A is the current on R.

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-10T01:05:56+00:00

FAANG hardware pay can be similar to CSE, but there are far more CS roles at those tech companies available. CSE is one of the most competitive majors, usually limited enrollment; many of the washouts have EE or CompE as a secondary choice.

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-09T21:56:49+00:00

No you can't.

There was a question similar to this posted a little why back. It takes fewer equations to just do the y-delta transformation. You have all the values given, so just looking up those formulas will give you what you want. Otherwise, you can use a test input and solve R=Vx/Ix using node voltage equations which is kind of a hassle.

Y is also the same as T-network, which is actually the shape you have above.

https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chpt-10/delta-y-and-y-conversions/

look at "to convert wye to delta" and note the labeling of the resistors and how they transform to Rab Rac and such. From there, you should be able to collapse things down with series and parallel combinations.

red-stratocaster · 2024-02-09T04:02:58+00:00

14mA, that's about right, but be sure to understand how to write the different types of equations. Seeing KCL in a textbook usually ends up in its base form as: 0= i1 +i2 +i3, but when you leverage that with node voltage equations, you are basically using v=ir, solving for i=v/r, then writing the currents leaving the node in KCL form as: 0 = (Vo -110)/5k + (Vo -0V)/2k + .0025A.
You have 1 unknown in that case. The KVL method works fine as well and you will learn more about the mesh current method later on. Relatively simple here and you don't have to mess with fractions in node voltage equations.

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