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, ECE557, and ECE758.
- 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
- Recommended LaTeX References
- 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 Mercurial source code repository for the ECE758 documents that I generated
- 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:
- 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)
- ECE758 – Control System Implementation Laboratory (modern control lab)
  (I've included some auxiliary information, documentation, and links on this course web page)
Evolutionary Biology
- Why symbiosis is not a good example of group selection
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)

Collected Archived Posts :: by Ted