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		<title>An Inspiring Speech From JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I came to listen an inspring speech titled &#8220;The fringe benefits of failure&#8221; deliverd to Harvard Graduates by JK Rowling.The speech starts rather humorously mentions about her early life,poverty, fear of failure &#38; memories at Amnesty.She winds up by quoting Seneca -&#8220;As is a tale, so is life. It is not how long it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=195&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some RF PCB Layout Questions &amp; Answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 12:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stiching (Fencing) Vias how they affect the system performance? http://www.millertechinc.com/pdf_files/MTI%20TN1014%20Stitch%20Vias.htm Right Angle Micro Strip Lines-Do they cause problems? http://www.millertechinc.com/pdf_files/MTI%20TN063%20Microstrip%20Right%20Angle%20Bends.htm Some Good RF Layout Practices from Maxim Application Note. http://www.maxim-ic.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/4636<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=178&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Vatican of the Church Of East</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do like history &#38; always liked to read historical articles. Recently i was caught upon reading the history of christianity in India &#38; came across a lots facts that i was previously unaware of.But i can assure you all these things are of little use or of no interest to anyone other than a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=172&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PCB Thermal Relief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time spent on the pad (by a soldering iron during soldering) is called &#8220;dwell time.&#8221; When components are soldered on the PCB pads say a two terminal component to a footprint containing two pads,May be one of the pad resides in a ground plane while other is attached to a signal trace , when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=166&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Interesting Interview with the Innovators behind Orcad&#8217;s PCB Layout Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the chance to read an old interview published in EDN magazine &#38; had the oppurtunity to learn about the innovators who worked behind the great PCB Layout Tool Orcad had  been offering till recently.Earlier in 1995 Orcad had the best schematic tool but lacked a good PCB Layout Tool.So they bought the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=151&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RMS Value</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RMS values are usually used for Time varying signals say current I(t) or Voltage V(t) RMS value it is the effective value of the varying signal.Or it is the corresponding equivalent DC constant value which produces the same effect. RMS value of a sine wave of peak Voltage value =Vp   , is given as Vrms=0.7Vp [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=135&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Power in dB</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[dB-Definition From Wikipedia The decibel (dB) is a logarithmic unit for the ratio of a physical quantity (usually power or intensity) relative to a specified or implied reference level. A ratio in decibels is ten times the logarithm to base 10 of the ratio of two power quantities Dimenion :Absolute quantity dimensionless Decibel ,dB=10log(P/Pref) dBm=10log(P/0.001) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=132&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ceramic Capacitors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding ceramic capacitor parameters Dielectrics According to EIA(Electronic Industries Alliance) parameters ,these dielectrics falls into two classes Class 1 Dieletrics capacitors They are temperature compensated and accurate.But least volumetric efficiency.Feature include, 1.small values (typically &#60;5 nF) 2.linear temperature dependance 3.low susceptibility to microphonics (Electrical nosie from mechanical vibrations) Examples:-P100,NP0,N150,N220,N470,N750,N1500 with temperature coeffieciects varying from +100ppm [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=130&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PCB Design Guide Lines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a good collection of PCB design guidelines available at http://pcb1001.blogspot.com/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=119&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Water Level indicator circuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to make a water level indicator for our home ..since our water tank is two floors above and occasional break up in public water supply..unknowingly we ll use up al the water in our tank ..to be left out with no water for a day or two and waiting for the unsure public [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themaccabee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3038791&amp;post=79&amp;subd=themaccabee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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