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Dean
Dean
00:25
Hi @Kortuk
Kortuk
Kortuk
01:06
allo @Dean
Dean
Dean
hows things?
Kortuk
Kortuk
pretty good. Looking forward to the election being over.
Dean
Dean
lol
Kortuk
Kortuk
No idea if I will be reelected, I can handle if the community wants others, but I would like to know the results.
Dean
Dean
yeah im not good with waiting
like i have to wait another 5 hours before i can back to school and get 1 file off the network so i can hand my coursework in
Kortuk
Kortuk
01:09
nice
I do wish you luck in the election. You would do well as a moderator.
Dean
Dean
thanks
yeah only problem is after the election my exams start for 2 months :/
so won't be on much
You should do well to your a good moderator
Kortuk
Kortuk
glad people think so
I normally only get feedback of the people mad at me sort
Dean
Dean
yeah i gathered you would
Kortuk
Kortuk
02:05
I was told by teachers lounge that if noone was mad at me, I am not doing my job
W5VO
W5VO
@Kortuk You could ban me... then I'd probably be mad
Kortuk
Kortuk
@W5VO I could do almost anything and make people mad
someone whom defends my decisions normally when explode when I do something that does not make sense to them. It is befuddling, they have seen me make calm calculated decisions, and then they suddenly think I am jumping to judgment.
W5VO
W5VO
Oh, I posted a new question... may be up your alley @Kortuk
Kortuk
Kortuk
interesting.
on that note, you also get people whom do not like the rules and they think they can just roll back changes.
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A: How to calculate battery life

jlucianiThe output current required from the 3.3V regulator is 1uA * 0.999 + 50mA * 0.001 + 25uA = 75.999uA The output power is 3.3V * 75.999uA = 250.8uW The input power to the regulator is 250.8uW / 0.8 = 313.5uW When the batteries are fully charged the input current to the regulator is 313.5...

the sig was edited off, rolled back, and I had to edit back in
Originally, right after we all became pro temp mods we informed the user that we would remove the sigs over time.
they agreed, but were mad
they have since rolled back 2 different mod edits afterwards.
W5VO
W5VO
oooh, a question prime for latexing
err... answer
Kortuk
Kortuk
02:13
two different times and has been warned, and now is making the argument for grandfathering when this was already discussed.
W5VO
W5VO
both of them are... brb
Kortuk
Kortuk
@reemrevnivek, you are very likely to have to take over this
W5VO
W5VO
@Kortuk I'm not a signature type of person, so I don't like them
Kortuk
Kortuk
@W5VO, all answers already get a signature, your picture and name, and for more info they click it
if every answer had a bio on the bottom it will make pages twice as long and would detract from quality of the site.
W5VO
W5VO
02:27
I'm sure Jeff is loving every time I add MathJax to a page
Kortuk
Kortuk
02:52
ha
i bet he is
I stood by that, if we want our site to handle all of electronics design and look nice, we need it.l
 
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W5VO
W5VO
04:25
@Kortuk Absolutely. We need a way to show math in a sane way.
There's probably a lighter-weight method, but MathJax exists, it's configured, and it works.
Kortuk
Kortuk
04:47
@W5VO agreed. I think if it just generated an image and then hosted that it would resolve the problem, but life goes on.
 
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SimonBarker
SimonBarker
06:51
@Dean Cheers, I thought I would go for something light hearted - glad it's made someone chuckle
 
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Kortuk
Kortuk
08:15
@SimonBarker The only friends I had that lost their job were not engineers.
You had different experience.
?
W5VO
W5VO
08:52
@SimonBarker What kind of energy harvesting were you doing? SiC devices have a high threshold voltage, right?
 
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SimonBarker
SimonBarker
10:22
@Kortuk Sadly yes, a couple of job offers in the petrochemical industry were revoked and some with a defence company - not a pleasant time to be looking for a job back then. Another company extended the probation period of all their graduate intake indefinitely so they could fire them quickly if need be - no one did but still
@W5VO I work mainly with high temp solar and high temp piezo, also looked in to trying to solve high temp energy storage but clean room work isn't my thing so that had been finished off now. SiC have high turn on yep - wide band gap and all that. Makes the challenge of energy harvesting just a tad tricker to, I guess it's what working with silicon was like 40 years ago but now at 300degC
 
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Kortuk
Kortuk
11:49
@SimonBarker I am very sorry to hear that.
 
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deostroll
deostroll
19:05
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Q: Embedded systems learning: next step

deostrollI am a newbie trying to learn embedded systems programming on ubuntu. I've tried the below link: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/Linux-For-Devices-Articles/Tutorial-A-simple-embedded-Linux-system/ But after doing this, I don't know, I felt as though I just created a USB boot disk. I don't kn...

learning programming embedded self-teaching systems
W5VO
W5VO
@deostroll What level of embedded systems are you looking for?
deostroll
deostroll
@W5VO that is a hard question... I am generally interested in making stuff like LED boards, alarms and stuff like that...
Kellenjb
Kellenjb
19:22
@Kortuk I heard of several cases of American Airlines taking back offers given to engineers
antony.trupe
antony.trupe
19:48
is a double shaft bipolar stepper motor a good fit for powering wheels on a small children's toy train engine?
W5VO
W5VO
20:05
@deostroll Reading your question, it seems like you may be more interested in a microcontroller system
@antonytrupe I don't think that would be my first choice, but it should probably work as long as it'll fit
deostroll
deostroll
20:30
@W5VO then where would we use embedded systems?
@W5VO moreover I checked wikipedia, they have listed things like mp3 player, watches, etc as things that make use of embedded systems?
W5VO
W5VO
@deostroll (Microcontrollers being a subset of embedded systems)
What kind of programming do you like to do? ASM... C... OOP?
They make embedded processors in all power ranges, so it's important to sorta explore how "low level" you want to get
antony.trupe
antony.trupe
21:07
what's a good type of motor for a small children's toy? I'd like it to be under 3V and have double shafts.
the smaller and lighter the better, but no minimums.
deostroll
deostroll
@W5VO i don't think "level" is an immediate concern But in my opinion, something either in C or OOP should be good for a beginner like me. (Just guessing). Just want to know what should I be delving into next?

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