General Posts (Ted's Home Page)

Help with LaTeX and TeX
- LaTeX Example for Homework Assignments and Similar
  - Also check out the LaTeX help sections (which include homework templates) at the course web pages for ECE209, ECE327, ECE481, and ECE557.
- LaTeX Résumé/Curriculum Vitae (CV) Example/Template
- Masters Thesis Example (i.e., entire LaTeX source of a book)
- LaTeX Fixes and Suggestions for Springer's Journal of Mathematical Biology
- The Mercurial source code repository for most of the ECE327 documents that I use
  - Includes several examples of how to draw circuits with pst-circ and PSTricks
  - Start browsing at the files link
    - Download the latest source tree with the bz2, zip, or gz link
    - Alternatively, clone the whole repository using Mercurial
- The Mercurial source code repository for most of the ECE209 documents that I use
- The Mercurial source code repository for most of the ECE557 documents that I use
- The LaTeX posts from my blog
- My LaTeX Community Posts
- My comp.text.tex Posts
Help with Vim
- Inverse DVI/PDF Searches with MacVIM (e.g., for PDFSync)
- The Vim posts from my blog
- Help on MATLAB
  - How to Easily Plot ODE Phase Portraits in MATLAB
  - The MATLAB posts from my blog
  - Analog Electronics Information
    - ECE327 — Electronic Devices and Circuits Laboratory I
      (I've included lots of information, documentation, and links on this course web page)
      Some example documents that I produced for the lab:
      - Transistor Basics — Introduces bipolar (junction) transistors and gives schematics for several common circuits.
      - Practical Integrators — Introduces the operational amplifier implementation of an integrator and discusses solutions to practical problems with the circuit.
      - Linear Voltage Regulators — Introduces the Zener shunt regulator and several series pass-transistor regulators based on it. Also discusses practical uses of the LM317 integrated circuit bandgap reference.
        
        Voltage Regulators Lab Report Strategies — Gives more analytical details about shunt and series regulators used in the lab.
        LM317 Regulated DC Supply Quick Refrence — Quick reference on configuring an LM317 as a 10 V_DC regulated supply (with basic capacitive bypassing).
      - Bandgap Voltage Reference Example: LM317 — Explains how the temperature-independent bandgap reference circuit within the LM317 works.
      - Transistor-Based Ramp Generator — Describes two ways to build a ramp generator using a PNP transistor configured as a current source.
      - Current Sources and Ramp Generators — A more complete discussion of ramp generators and current sources. Includes (impractical) operational amplifier implementations as well.
        
        Transistor-Based Ramp Generator (Quick Reference) — Short description of two different transistor-based ramp generators.
      - Single-Rail Level-Shifter Amplifiers — Describes several ways of building a level-shifter amplifier when only one power supply rail is available.
      - Dual-Rail Level-Shifter Amplifiers — Describes several ways of building a level-shifter amplifier when only two power supply rails are available.
      - Current Driver for (Infrared) LED — Describes four different ways of building a current driver for interfacing a low-power digital signal to an LED that requires a significant amount of current for operation.
      - Output Filtering Laboratory Procedure — Describes level-shifter amplifier, Sallen-Key Butterworth low-pass filter, and a current driver for an 8 Ω speaker that uses a BJT push-pull Sziklai-based output stage. Also discusses other
      - Choosing an Output for Maximum Power: Impedance Matching — Discusses why maximum power is delivered when a load impedance is matched to its source impedance.
      - Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) Lecture Notes — Discusses several sampling, quantization, and modulation issues. Also includes figures explaining structure and function of R-2R ladder and "H" bridge.
      - Part pinout quick references:
        
        Bipolar transistors, Diodes, and Electrolytic capacitors
        MOS switch, GP operational amplifier, CMOS inverter, 555 timer, and CMOS array
        Zener diodes, NPN bipolar transistors, LM317 regulator, and Electrolytic capacitors
        741 and 351 operational amplifiers with specifications and 555 timer
        Open-collector voltage comparator, GP operational amplifier, JK flip-flop, MOS switch, Diodes, Bipolar transistors, and Electrolytic capacitors
        MOS switch, MOS-input operational amplifier, MOS inverter, JK flip-flop, Infrared LED, Infrared photosensor, and Bipolar transistors
        LM317 regulator, GP operational amplifier, Bipolar transistors, and Electrolytic capacitors
    - ECE209 — Circuits and Electronics Laboratory
      (I've included lots of information, documentation, and links on this course web page)
      Some example documents that I produced for the lab:
      - Review of Circuits as LTI Systems — Brief overview of the mathematics and structures commonly encountered when analyzing linear circuits.
      - Sources of Phase Shift — Uses simple low-pass and high-pass RC filters to show sources of phase shift in (electrical) LTI systems.
      - Phase-Shifter Circuit — Describes and analyzes a simple all-pass filter phase-shifter circuit.
      - Lissajous Figures — Describes the use and interpretation of input-to-output Lissajous figures for analysis of linear time-invariant (LTI) systems in the laboratory.
      - Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) Lecture Notes — Discusses basic DAC circuit implementation issues. Includes descriptive figure of R-2R ladder.
      - Part Pinouts — Gives descriptive part pinouts for several parts used in an introductory lab on analog electronics, including LM741, LM747, 1N914, 1N4148, 2N3904, 2N2222, and Electrolytic capacitors.
  - Control Systems Information
    - ECE557 — Control, Signals, and Systems Laboratory (classical control lab)
      (I've included lots of information, documentation, and links on this course web page)
  - Productivity
    - Implementing GTD with Tiddly Wiki (d3 and MonkeyGTD)
  - Help with Robotics and Related
    - How to Turn a Servo into a DC Motor
    - Comments (Good and BAD) on Use of Quadrature Encoders
  - Help on the Internet: The Web and Otherwise
  - Comments on Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy
  - Comments on People in General
    - Nice Guys Don't Have to Finish Last
  - Other People's Posts with Me in Them
    - Wired Magazine Article about Open Source Software (see bottom of page 2)
      (LVS is my young claim to fame)

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