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by hmpc 12y ago
I've been doing digital design for Xilinx FPGAs, as well as IC design, for a few years now and never had any trouble with the Linux toolchain. I can't even imagine switching to Windows and trying to automate the build (not saying
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by hmpc 12y ago
Agreed. The problem is not CS, it's the popularisation of CS as a gateway into the wonderful and high-paying world of software ninjas/rockstars/gurus/[hype du jour]. Transforming CS into preparation for software developm
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by hmpc 12y ago
To add to this, it's not just Canada either. Here in Portugal we have what we call Ordens, not just for engineers but for physicians, lawyers, and other professions. The title of Engineer is also reserved for members of the Ordem, but
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by hmpc 12y ago
Did you run a post-PAR (timing) simulation on that? On designs with low timing slack or large area occupation this is really important, otherwise you may easily violate setup/hold time constraints in what are usually very nondeterminis
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by hmpc 13y ago
This is indeed a common use case for temperature sensors in embedded devices, and I very much doubt there isn't one in the S5. Temperature sensors are included in pretty much all inertial sensor dies nowadays, both for offset/drif
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by hmpc 13y ago
This is a good distinction to make. The term "signal" implies an information carrier (as in the expression "the signal in the noise"), which in light of information theory can be interpreted to mean an unknown variation
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by hmpc 13y ago
EE here, same for me. Although, it is true that the first two classes of my signal theory course consisted entirely of restating high school results, with "signal" replaced for "function"...
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by hmpc 13y ago
>I don’t buy that as an excuse for why there aren’t any intensive courses on Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Objective-C, HTML/CSS and JavaScript. For the same reason why there aren't any intensive courses on Windows, ASP, or GNOME. Be
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by hmpc 13y ago
Sorry, I must've missed that on your page. 5,5 m sounds like a good length. I'll be following your updates. Best of luck!
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by hmpc 13y ago
Sailbot-scale boats are way too small to do the Microtransat. I love to see the effort, as I know first-hand the challenges of making a boat sail autonomously. But my prediction is that the only way anyone will complete the Microtransat is