I really enjoy circuits class, but…
the homeworks aren’t something you can jump into on a whim. Even Nader remarked, shaking his head, how many windows he needed open to work on the homeworks that require simulation. For those readers who haven’t experienced the joys (cough, cough) of circuit simulation, we have tools available in which we can specify a particular circuit configuration (from 1 transistor to eleventy million), and we feed it into a simulator and it will save the results into a file that we can then analyze. This tool is called Hspice, based on the SPICE simulation engine that was developed by Berkeley. The annoying part is that this is a server-side tool, which requires that we login and run these apps remotely. I’m fortunate to have an external widescreen monitor to help me keep track of it all. If you’re interested, here is a screenshot of my work environment for this homework I’m currently doing:
My other laptop is off to side, showing the actual homework assignment. Sigh.
Anyway, are any of you interested in seeing the kinds of problems I’m doing for the courses? I could do a post a week sampling what I’m currently learning/working on. Let me know what you think.
Win Said,
November 8, 2007 @ 5:13 am
Let’s see ‘em.
Kelly Said,
November 8, 2007 @ 7:02 am
Make it polymer scientist-friendly por favor.
Your screen shot makes me sick.
Donny Katz Said,
November 11, 2007 @ 9:15 am
i still imagine little elves making all my electronic works…are you saying i’m way off on that one?