I don't know what VERY SERIOUS electronic design or what its standards are, but my guess is I don't do that, however there's lots of work available that needs doing that's not particularly glamorous but needs doing and pays well.
I've tried to turn folks on here to these Greenpak mixed-signal PLCs for a while:
I've made thousands on just doing designs with these this year kicking back on my girlfriend's couch after she goes to bed butit didn't generate a lot of interest. Like OK no prob less competition for me I could use the cash.
or a company where what I do is mostly proprietary. That makes it difficult for me to post the interesting stuff I do. The second thing is that most o f the questions I would ask are not general but specific and they are speci fic only after a bunch of background stuff has been assumed. So it is hard to ask for questions about things that I know that it takes many hours of p ondering (after a required background) to get to the bottom of. So there is not too much I can do here relating to my day to day work.
d good responses that have been really helpful.
y understand or seek to understand electronics......we are lucky to still h ave this. I hate moderated groups. Even among the trolls here ( fill in you r favorite one) they still do have a background and interest in electronics .
The way to improve that is to not add to the problem which you are probably as guilty of as anyone, if not more so. But you don't see that, do you?
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I took a serious look at them earlier this year, even downloaded the develo pment software, but didn't find a use. Here's one maybe... We changed th e input voltage to 12 VDC so that we don't have to drop it to run a 12 VDC motor, but now have to boost it to charge the battery. That's fine. Anoth er engineer took my suggestion of an LT part that will work as a boost and support the SLA charging requirements. But we still need to drop the batte ry voltage to 12 VDC while operating as a minimal drop out when the battery voltage drops below 12 VDC. In addition we need to combine the two power sources and shut off the output when the input power is removed. Does this sound like something a Greenpak device could do? When I looked at it befo re I want to say it had problems managing multiple power sources. In this case the battery will always have some power on it, and in fact there is a very low power circuit that is always powered on for the MCU (using diodes to combine the two power sources and a simple linear to regulate the voltag e). Somebody (the MCU) has to watch the push buttons to turn the machine o n and periodically check the state of charge on the battery. We treat the battery state as an alarm condition. When the battery is too low we will p eriodically sound an alarm to have the unit plugged in even if the machine is off. Maybe the Greenpak can do that as well.
This circuit is a tricky circuit to describe in words. Essentially I'm loo king to use FETs to select the power source and limit the output voltage an d also act as a switch to turn off the the power entirely. One FET on each path to minimize the voltage losses for the motor drive. Oh yeah, 10 amps peak, 4 amps nominal. The more I think about it the more this sounds like a good application for the Greenpak.
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for a company where what I do is mostly proprietary. That makes it difficu lt for me to post the interesting stuff I do. The second thing is that most of the questions I would ask are not general but specific and they are spe cific only after a bunch of background stuff has been assumed. So it is har d to ask for questions about things that I know that it takes many hours of pondering (after a required background) to get to the bottom of. So there is not too much I can do here relating to my day to day work.
had good responses that have been really helpful.
lly understand or seek to understand electronics......we are lucky to still have this. I hate moderated groups. Even among the trolls here ( fill in y our favorite one) they still do have a background and interest in electroni cs.
bit down-market - he liked Trump - and his interest in electronics is more about getting praised for his circuits than thinking about other peoples.
icularly good example. Win Hill might be a better model. Phil Hobbs is spec tacularly good in his specialty - and he has written his own book on that s pecialty - and isn't too bad as an example either.
I have not bothered to count the number of posts made by you and John Larki n but I believe you post over twice as many posts as John. But less than half as many off topic posts that are on topic.
rk for a company where what I do is mostly proprietary. That makes it diffi cult for me to post the interesting stuff I do. The second thing is that mo st of the questions I would ask are not general but specific and they are s pecific only after a bunch of background stuff has been assumed. So it is h ard to ask for questions about things that I know that it takes many hours of pondering (after a required background) to get to the bottom of. So ther e is not too much I can do here relating to my day to day work.
e had good responses that have been really helpful.
rally understand or seek to understand electronics......we are lucky to sti ll have this. I hate moderated groups. Even among the trolls here ( fill in your favorite one) they still do have a background and interest in electro nics.
a bit down-market - he liked Trump - and his interest in electronics is mo re about getting praised for his circuits than thinking about other peoples .
rticularly good example. Win Hill might be a better model. Phil Hobbs is sp ectacularly good in his specialty - and he has written his own book on that specialty - and isn't too bad as an example either.
kin but I believe you post over twice as many posts as John. But less than half as many off topic posts that are on topic.
Some time ago there used to be a link to sci.electronics.design statistics, which had an ordered list of posters, and the number of time they had post ed in the past month, the past year and since the group was set up.
Back then John Larkin had posted more than anybody else, and Jim Thompson w asn't that far behind. I was fairly high on the list behind them.
It wouldn't be that difficult to set up a program to do the job, but it isn 't remotely worth the effort. Dan's beliefs are whatever he wants to believ e - he doesn't really seem to understand what "evidence" is about.
I surveyed 1000 recent posts, these posters had more than 20
20 From: John Robertson 22 From: Phil Hobbs 30 From: whit3rd 36 From: Don Y 39 From: John Doe 44 From: Fred Bloggs 47 From: Cursitor Doom 52 From: snipped-for-privacy@highlandsniptechnology.com 73 From: Flyguy 88 From: bitrex 94 From: Rickster C 121 From: Bill Sloman
is a bit down-market - he liked Trump - and his interest in electronics is more about getting praised for his circuits than thinking about other peop les.
particularly good example. Win Hill might be a better model. Phil Hobbs is spectacularly good in his specialty - and he has written his own book on t hat specialty - and isn't too bad as an example either.
Larkin but I believe you post over twice as many posts as John. But less th an half as many off topic posts that are on topic.
ics, which had an ordered list of posters, and the number of time they had posted in the past month, the past year and since the group was set up.
on wasn't that far behind. I was fairly high on the list behind them.
isn't remotely worth the effort. Dan's beliefs are whatever he wants to be lieve - he doesn't really seem to understand what "evidence" is about.
The twenty year figures were in the ten to twenty-odd thousand range. I've been going after Flyguy and John Doe recently, which has pushed up my numbe rs. It's a waste of time, and I really shouldn't bother.
work for a company where what I do is mostly proprietary. That makes it dif ficult for me to post the interesting stuff I do. The second thing is that most of the questions I would ask are not general but specific and they are specific only after a bunch of background stuff has been assumed. So it is hard to ask for questions about things that I know that it takes many hour s of pondering (after a required background) to get to the bottom of. So th ere is not too much I can do here relating to my day to day work.
ave had good responses that have been really helpful.
nerally understand or seek to understand electronics......we are lucky to s till have this. I hate moderated groups. Even among the trolls here ( fill in your favorite one) they still do have a background and interest in elect ronics.
is a bit down-market - he liked Trump - and his interest in electronics is more about getting praised for his circuits than thinking about other peopl es.
particularly good example. Win Hill might be a better model. Phil Hobbs is spectacularly good in his specialty - and he has written his own book on th at specialty - and isn't too bad as an example either.
arkin but I believe you post over twice as many posts as John. But less tha n half as many off topic posts that are on topic.
s, which had an ordered list of posters, and the number of time they had po sted in the past month, the past year and since the group was set up.
wasn't that far behind. I was fairly high on the list behind them.
sn't remotely worth the effort. Dan's beliefs are whatever he wants to beli eve - he doesn't really seem to understand what "evidence" is about.
So in the sample from Jasen Betts it is 121 posts by you and 66 by Larkin. Maybe not 2 : 1 but close enough for government work. Looks like my belie fs are pretty much the actual facts. Maybe I do understand what evidence i s about.
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I work for a company where what I do is mostly proprietary. That makes it d ifficult for me to post the interesting stuff I do. The second thing is tha t most of the questions I would ask are not general but specific and they a re specific only after a bunch of background stuff has been assumed. So it is hard to ask for questions about things that I know that it takes many ho urs of pondering (after a required background) to get to the bottom of. So there is not too much I can do here relating to my day to day work.
have had good responses that have been really helpful.
generally understand or seek to understand electronics......we are lucky to still have this. I hate moderated groups. Even among the trolls here ( fil l in your favorite one) they still do have a background and interest in ele ctronics.
s is a bit down-market - he liked Trump - and his interest in electronics i s more about getting praised for his circuits than thinking about other peo ples.
a particularly good example. Win Hill might be a better model. Phil Hobbs i s spectacularly good in his specialty - and he has written his own book on that specialty - and isn't too bad as an example either.
Larkin but I believe you post over twice as many posts as John. But less t han half as many off topic posts that are on topic.
ics, which had an ordered list of posters, and the number of time they had posted in the past month, the past year and since the group was set up.
on wasn't that far behind. I was fairly high on the list behind them.
isn't remotely worth the effort. Dan's beliefs are whatever he wants to be lieve - he doesn't really seem to understand what "evidence" is about.
. Maybe not 2 : 1 but close enough for government work. Looks like my belie fs are pretty much the actual facts. Maybe I do understand what evidence is about.
Sadly, you do have a history of wishful thinking. I may have been out-posti ng John Larkin recently, but he's still going to be the guy with the most p osts to this group.
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