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How do oscillators start up?
May 12, 2012
If you are into oscillator theory, you probably know that oscillations in an oscillator build up exponentially before hitting power supply saturation and stabilizing. Well, at least that is what the textbooks and the equations claim. But, have you ever seen it? :-)
Tags: electronics
Resistance Measurement — Common Mistakes
Apr 29, 2012
A few common and silly mistakes people might make when they are learning to use a multimeter to measure resistances…
Tags: electronics
The Site So Far
Apr 26, 2012
The plans ahead involve running my own server on a BeagleBoard with solar power. But the BeagleBoard plans are pretty long term (possibly more than a year)…
Tags: selfhosting
Convolution and Polynomial Multiplication
Mar 26, 2012
"Convolution in the time domain is multiplication in the frequency domain" is an oft-quoted statement. But the exact relation between the two is seldom stressed adequately. Mathematically, convolution and polynomial multiplication are one and the same process, as I shall explain shortly.
Quantitative Aptitude for the Electrical Engineer
Mar 26, 2012
This is based on my dissatisfaction with the messed up way time and work problems are handled in quantitative aptitude examination guides. They take a simple idea, threaten you with time constraints and leave you feeling broken and guilty because you couldn't solve them quickly enough.
Tags: math
Throughput of Aloha Networks
Mar 26, 2012
A derivation of the mathematical expression for the throughput of an aloha network using the exponential and Poisson random distributions
Tags: math
Why parabolic reflectors?
Mar 26, 2012
At school, we are taught that parallel rays incident on the mirror, after reflection, pass through the focus of the mirror, and that irrespective of the position of these parallel rays, the position of the focus does not change. But that is not quite true. It is just an approximation.
A Free World
Mar 24, 2012
This is a newsletter we designed for a newsletter design contest conducted in our college on March 2010. The contest was called N'Vogue and it was conducted as part of Verve '10 by the ELS (English Literary Society) of our college.
Tags: project
Binary <-> Gray Conversion in 8085 Assembly
Mar 18, 2012
…a truly awesome implementation of gray to binary conversion in 8085 assembly language
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