By Various, November 24, 2003
PROS AND CONS REACTION TO OCTOBER 27 EDITORIAL ABOUT HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS Dear Editor: All the excitement over hydrogen fuel cells is really neat, but think about this: A terrorist wants to blow...
By Various, September 15, 2003
Dear Mark: I'll begin by saying I agree with you that a controlled-circulation magazine must enforce certain subscription requirements if it is to maintain its relationships with the advertising industry. In most cases, you should not be...
By Various, June 09, 2003
Dear Editor: "War is hell for our troops..." At Fort Benning, Georgia, there was a time when young infantry officers were shown how to use anti-tank and anti-personnel mines as defensive weapons. After the mines were deployed, a detailed...
By Various, April 14, 2003
Dear Editor: Thanks for the interesting article on TiVo ["The TiVo Box Redefines Television Viewing," Feb. 3, p. 41]. As you say, it is a consumer electronics success story, but let me tell you the two big reasons I won't ever have one...
By Various, December 23, 2002
Today's Engineering Curricula With commentary by Robert A. Pease Our Editor's Notebook [Oct. 14, p. 26] on educational software produced this interesting exchange between a reader and...
By Various, December 09, 2002
More Kudos For Anniversary Issue Don Broadus, electronics engineer of testing, Exelon Corp.: I feel very privileged to have received your 50th anniversary commemorative issue. Its theme of...
By Various, November 25, 2002
Your Original Format Is A Winner I've been a long-time fan of Electronic Design for nearly three decades. In that time, I've seen lots of anniversary issues, but none better than your 50th. Before we knew it...
By Various, September 02, 2002
Dave Bursky's August 5 editorial, "E-mail Spam: Enough Is Enough! The Time For Action Is Now!" generated a lot reader response! Here are some of your letters. Charge It! To stop spam, the government can charge for...
By Various, July 22, 2002
Clearing Up Confusion I read the article Dave Bursky wrote and it's very interesting ["New Interfaces Squeeze Top Performance From SRAMs," May 27, p. 59]. Yet there's a slight error in the FCRAM description. The address bus is...
By Various, May 27, 2002
FOIL Method Comes In Handy I just read your article about the continued relevance of paper and pencil, and I couldn't agree more heartily ["Just Being New Doesn't Make It Better Technology," March 4, p. 22]....
By Various, April 15, 2002
Multiphase PWM Controller ICs I wish to go on the record regarding Linear Technology Corp. and its PolyPhase controllers. This multiphase type of PWM controller was the subject of the recent report, "Power-Supply ICs Go...
By Various, December 03, 2001
Engineering For Security Excellent editorial! ["Let's Engineer Terrorism Out Of The Skies," Oct. 15, p. 24] I have wondered for years why airplanes are allowed to fly into mountains when it would be fairly...
By Various, November 19, 2001
Where Analog Tools Stand In response to the letter "Interest In Analog" [Sept. 17, p. 54], analog HDLs/VHDL-AMS have been under development for many years. But they haven't achieved the level of adoption of...
By Various, October 15, 2001
The Undervalued Profession I decided to go into engineering to do something that I really likedto learn what made things work and how to create things myself ["Engineering Expertise: Leveraging Global...
By Various, October 01, 2001
Keep Reason In The Law I just read "Is Leadfree Solder The Answer To Our Environmental Problems?" [July 23, p. 42]. Your column reminded me of a story I read a few days ago. Four firefighters died because the...
By Various, September 17, 2001
Industrial/University Liaison As a university professor, I was pleased to read "Engineering Education: Who's Teaching the Teachers?" [June 18, p. 22]. Maintaining laboratories and the curriculum to stay on...
By Various, September 03, 2001
Put Blame Where It Belongs Placing blame for the failure of DSL companies on incorrect appreciation of the demand, or unacceptable price levels, as you did in "Lessons Learned And Lessons Not Learned" [June 4, p....
By Various, June 18, 2001
They're Knot Fooling Around I read Bob Pease's article with great interest ["What's All This Knot Stuff, Anyhow? (Part 1)," March 5, p. 142]. I have always liked a really good knot. Loading the ol' xmas tree...
By Various, June 04, 2001
Benefits Of Man-In-Space Program I always enjoy your articles, but I somewhat disagree with "Man-In-Space Is An Ambition Whose Time Has Passed" [April 2, p. 152] and want to point out something that you may...
By Various, May 21, 2001
Analog Debate Roger Caffins' letter, "Alert Analog Readers" [April 2, p. 54], was spot-on. Unfortunately, the problem he highlights is only the latest symptom of a much wider problem. Many of your readers...