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The PSoC Poet

Dave Van Ess is an Application Engineer and Member of Technical Staff at Cypress Semiconductor focusing on PSoC. Dave has nearly 30 years of design experience and unique personal style have been key to the success of PSoC.  In this section of PSoCDeveloper Dave shares whatever is on his mind.  Welcome to his mind. Please wipe your feet before coming in!

 

The views expressed here are those of the authors and not necessarily those of PSoCDeveloper or Cypress Semiconductor.

 

A Reader Wants Advice on Grad School
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

I got this letter from a reader.  He read my Electroinc Design column and figures I must be wise.  (I have stayed technical all mt career, not very wise if you ask me)  Still it would be nice to help the kid out.  here is a jjjjfd of his e-mail

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I have graduated (BS degree in electronics) and I intend to specialize in Analog design. I have two options:-...

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Another Fibonacci Contest
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

I am stuck on the Fibonacci series.  A Wireless USP LP Evaluation Kit for the first to answer this.

 

If F(0) = 0 , F(1)= 1, etc

 

Solve for n

 

 F(n-1)< googol <F(n)

 

 

When Fibonacci couldn't sleep,

He counted rabbits instead of sheep.

 

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Congradulation Daniele Lenzi you win
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Daniele Lenzi  was the first to answer correctly and so he wins the prize. e-mail me your address and I will send your prize.  (dwv@cypress.com)

 

Yes the answer was that the equation generates the fibonacci sequence.  And vishal was also correct that it used the golden ratio  (Phi). You cab have something too.

 

Phi =(1+sqrt(5))/2

 

There are four different interest...

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Engineering is alive and kicking in the USA
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

I send a lot of time visiting Universities trying to get them to use PSoC in the classes.  I meet a lot of students who are very interested in Engineer but frankly don;t know if it makes sense for a carreer.  I used to think that the day would come when kids would no longer want to consider such a path.  After going throught the Minneapolis airport I no longer worry.

 

After using...

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Quicke Contest.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

I have some hardware here:

i2C USC Bridge Kit

Cap Sense Express

PSoCEval 1 Kit.

 

These are all for the first person that can decipher the following equation

 

 

F(n)= [((1+sqrt(5))/2)^n - ((1-sqrt(5))/2)^n]/sqrt(5)

 

 

Hint: George Saul talks about the rabbit effect when it comes to using PSoC.  He wasn't the first.

 

So be first to enter and be the big weiner.

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