On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:06:50 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> wrote:>On 2016-02-01 11:11, Tim Wescott wrote: > >[...] > >> 3: Analog circuit design and embedded software design -- yes, I managed >> to avoid learning much digital design. My Verilog and VHDL skills are >> just good enough to show that a concept works, while motivating a _real_ >> digital designer to take a project out of my hands. But my analog design >> and embedded software design skills are somewhere in the really good but >> not excellent level. >> > >Just a hint: Mention analog along with some details under the >capabilities tab on your web site. But be prepared for people banging >down your door once they find out. That's a field where there isn't much >active talent left. Many of the seasoned folks are now in assisted >living or beyond (no kidding). > >[...]I've noticed lately that people are harassing us, practically begging us, to do analog stuff. But too many are small-scale physics fads, which are unlikely to be enough volume to be profitable. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
[OT] I'm Available for Work
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krw <krw@nowhere.com> Wrote in message:> On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:35:06 -0600, Tim Wescott > <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> wrote: > >>On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:58:22 +0100, David Brown wrote: >> >>> On 02/02/16 07:47, mike wrote: >>>> On 2/1/2016 11:11 AM, Tim Wescott wrote: >>>>> If anyone feels this is an unacceptable misuse of one of these groups >>>>> -- >>>>> speak up, I'll take it into account next time. >>>>> >>>> How would you feel if someone was trying to sell you Viagra? >>>> >>>> As far as spam goes, at least it's on-topic-adjacent. >>>> >>>> Let's hope the concept doesn't go viral. >>>> Most effective time to kill it is at "patient one". >>>> >>>> >>> In general, I would agree with you - groups like these are not a place >>> for selling services, and the post is technically spam. Tim Wescott is >>> not, however, "in general" - he has given an extraordinary amount of >>> help and advice in these groups (especially in c.a.e.) over the years, >>> freely sharing knowledge and experience that he could easily charge top >>> consultancy rates for. If anyone has earned the "right" to make such >>> posts, it is Tim. >> >>I think that 90% of my business comes from people doing Google searches, >>hitting one of my posts, and sending me an email. So I'm dispensing >>stuff totally for free. >> >>The image I carry in my head is a little old lady in the Supermarket or >>Costco, standing in front of the freezer case and handing out teeny >>morsels of yummy things. > > A pusher, huh? ;-) >Yup -- www.wescottdesign.com ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/
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On 02/02/16 19:15, bitrex wrote:> rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> Wrote in message: >> On 2/2/2016 8:58 AM, bitrex wrote:>>> I too am available for work! Unfortunately I am unqualified to do >>> anything. >> >> There is value in knowing that. >> >> -- >> >> Rick >> > > Right, maybe it won't be forever. :) >Does that mean you are planning on getting qualified, or hoping to get work that you are not qualified for? Lack of qualifications hasn't stopped anyone before :-)
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:13:12 -0500, Spehro Pefhany wrote:> As a fairly recent customer I can recommend Tim W.This bloke is also available for work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM2z_PI5A0E
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On 2016-02-02 19:07, John Larkin wrote:> On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:06:50 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> > wrote: > >> On 2016-02-01 11:11, Tim Wescott wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> 3: Analog circuit design and embedded software design -- yes, I managed >>> to avoid learning much digital design. My Verilog and VHDL skills are >>> just good enough to show that a concept works, while motivating a _real_ >>> digital designer to take a project out of my hands. But my analog design >>> and embedded software design skills are somewhere in the really good but >>> not excellent level. >>> >> >> Just a hint: Mention analog along with some details under the >> capabilities tab on your web site. But be prepared for people banging >> down your door once they find out. That's a field where there isn't much >> active talent left. Many of the seasoned folks are now in assisted >> living or beyond (no kidding). >> >> [...] > > I've noticed lately that people are harassing us, practically begging > us, to do analog stuff. But too many are small-scale physics fads, > which are unlikely to be enough volume to be profitable. >Same here. Though I do not do production, merely facilitate it by being the go-to person for CAM holds and out of stock component situations with the contract assembler. So for my designs volume does not matter, it only matters to the client. Overly optimistic budget assumptions are a problem on occasion. "I thought this would be very simple and only cost ..." and so on. Especially post-Obamacare many medical projects are on a shoestring budget and I had to turn down some on account of being too unrealistic. Just as you once said, often more than half of an engineer's work relates to packaging, mechanical and such. Folks who have never been through a serious design often forget to budget for that. What I find very refreshing are the fields of industrial design, aerospace and similar where there is either a large profit margin or a high volume. That results in reasonable budgets. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> Wrote in message:> If a regular contributor here needs some work, there's nothing wrong > with posting that fact. Might help someone else out, in fact.I think this is okay too. But I'll add that given the egalitarian nature of Usenet, such privileges, if allowed at all, cannot be confined to regular contributors. There is an old, possibly long-forgotten Usenet rule that says that self-promotion of any sort must be limited to no more than one post every two months. Steve
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On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 02:16:53 +0000 (UTC), spope33@speedymail.org (Steve Pope) wrote:>John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> Wrote in message: > >> If a regular contributor here needs some work, there's nothing wrong >> with posting that fact. Might help someone else out, in fact. > >I think this is okay too. But I'll add that given the egalitarian >nature of Usenet, such privileges, if allowed at all, cannot be confined >to regular contributors. > >There is an old, possibly long-forgotten Usenet rule that says >that self-promotion of any sort must be limited to no more than >one post every two months.I've never seen that "rule" before. I've seen admonitions to keep self-promotion to sig lines, though. ...or perhaps where it is perfectly in line with the existing thread.
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In article <thr2bbdtvrtf39kqkfvrvo89iafhnobm5b@4ax.com>, jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com says...> > On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:06:50 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> > wrote: > > >On 2016-02-01 11:11, Tim Wescott wrote: > > > >[...] > > > >> 3: Analog circuit design and embedded software design -- yes, I managed > >> to avoid learning much digital design. My Verilog and VHDL skills are > >> just good enough to show that a concept works, while motivating a _real_ > >> digital designer to take a project out of my hands. But my analog design > >> and embedded software design skills are somewhere in the really good but > >> not excellent level. > >> > > > >Just a hint: Mention analog along with some details under the > >capabilities tab on your web site. But be prepared for people banging > >down your door once they find out. That's a field where there isn't much > >active talent left. Many of the seasoned folks are now in assisted > >living or beyond (no kidding). > > > >[...] > > I've noticed lately that people are harassing us, practically begging > us, to do analog stuff. But too many are small-scale physics fads, > which are unlikely to be enough volume to be profitable.Get several silly requests one of the silliest that did not want redesign but just layout the PCB had 1/ Bluetooth chip in 6 x 6 mm QFP (had to be QFP) with NO tracks under the device (data sheet requirement to avoid interference) 2/ PCB had to be 8 x 40 mm (remember that 6mm wide QFP) 3/ several wire points for power 4/ somewhere for the antenna 5/ Several other devices that really needed to be aligned to get magnetic/gyro/compass axis aligned 6/ Best of all using a latching Hall effect switch device and its Open Drain output to drive the 3V3 rail for all devices. As NO redeign or change of packages were permitted I said No Quote could just see the blame trail game on that one a mile off. I have seen too many that want to break the lawa of physics -- Paul Carpenter | paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk <http://www.pcserviceselectronics.co.uk/> PC Services <http://www.pcserviceselectronics.co.uk/pi/> Raspberry Pi Add-ons <http://www.pcserviceselectronics.co.uk/fonts/> Timing Diagram Font <http://www.badweb.org.uk/> For those web sites you hate
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On 2/4/2016 5:01 AM, Paul wrote:> In article <thr2bbdtvrtf39kqkfvrvo89iafhnobm5b@4ax.com>, > jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com says... >> >> On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:06:50 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 2016-02-01 11:11, Tim Wescott wrote: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> 3: Analog circuit design and embedded software design -- yes, I managed >>>> to avoid learning much digital design. My Verilog and VHDL skills are >>>> just good enough to show that a concept works, while motivating a _real_ >>>> digital designer to take a project out of my hands. But my analog design >>>> and embedded software design skills are somewhere in the really good but >>>> not excellent level. >>>> >>> >>> Just a hint: Mention analog along with some details under the >>> capabilities tab on your web site. But be prepared for people banging >>> down your door once they find out. That's a field where there isn't much >>> active talent left. Many of the seasoned folks are now in assisted >>> living or beyond (no kidding). >>> >>> [...] >> >> I've noticed lately that people are harassing us, practically begging >> us, to do analog stuff. But too many are small-scale physics fads, >> which are unlikely to be enough volume to be profitable. > > Get several silly requests one of the silliest that did not want > redesign but just layout the PCB had > > 1/ Bluetooth chip in 6 x 6 mm QFP (had to be QFP) with NO tracks under > the device (data sheet requirement to avoid interference) > > 2/ PCB had to be 8 x 40 mm (remember that 6mm wide QFP) > > 3/ several wire points for power > > 4/ somewhere for the antenna > > 5/ Several other devices that really needed to be aligned to get > magnetic/gyro/compass axis aligned > > 6/ Best of all using a latching Hall effect switch device and its > Open Drain output to drive the 3V3 rail for all devices. > > As NO redeign or change of packages were permitted I said No Quote > could just see the blame trail game on that one a mile off. > > I have seen too many that want to break the lawa of physicsYou didn't explain any of the difficulties to them, you just washed your hands of it? -- Rick
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On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:01:26 -0000, Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> wrote:>In article <thr2bbdtvrtf39kqkfvrvo89iafhnobm5b@4ax.com>, >jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com says... >> >> On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:06:50 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> >> wrote: >> >> >On 2016-02-01 11:11, Tim Wescott wrote: >> > >> >[...] >> > >> >> 3: Analog circuit design and embedded software design -- yes, I managed >> >> to avoid learning much digital design. My Verilog and VHDL skills are >> >> just good enough to show that a concept works, while motivating a _real_ >> >> digital designer to take a project out of my hands. But my analog design >> >> and embedded software design skills are somewhere in the really good but >> >> not excellent level. >> >> >> > >> >Just a hint: Mention analog along with some details under the >> >capabilities tab on your web site. But be prepared for people banging >> >down your door once they find out. That's a field where there isn't much >> >active talent left. Many of the seasoned folks are now in assisted >> >living or beyond (no kidding). >> > >> >[...] >> >> I've noticed lately that people are harassing us, practically begging >> us, to do analog stuff. But too many are small-scale physics fads, >> which are unlikely to be enough volume to be profitable. > >Get several silly requests one of the silliest that did not want >redesign but just layout the PCB had > >1/ Bluetooth chip in 6 x 6 mm QFP (had to be QFP) with NO tracks under > the device (data sheet requirement to avoid interference) > >2/ PCB had to be 8 x 40 mm (remember that 6mm wide QFP) > >3/ several wire points for power > >4/ somewhere for the antenna > >5/ Several other devices that really needed to be aligned to get > magnetic/gyro/compass axis aligned > >6/ Best of all using a latching Hall effect switch device and its > Open Drain output to drive the 3V3 rail for all devices. > >As NO redeign or change of packages were permitted I said No Quote >could just see the blame trail game on that one a mile off. > >I have seen too many that want to break the lawa of physicsWhen it's done, post a picture! -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
