Miscellaneous

This stuff isn't directly related to my research, but it's been done for one reason or another.

Cadence Setup/Simulation:

How to simulate a second-order-section (programmable bandpass filter).
How to setup and simulate with HSPICE which I wrote for ECE6130.
Layout with LVS which I wrote for ECE6130.
A PWL stream generator for shift register simulation.

Documents:

Doing business in Japan: business.in.japan.pdf

Other Software:

Watlow 96 control code for MATLAB: watlow96.m
A favicon.ico editor for PowerPC MacOS. dmg src screenshot
A PowerPC MacOS USB control packet tool. src screenshot
SVN 1.5: Subversion 1.5.5 with dependencies all in an easy to build package that works on Solaris/IRIX/MacOS 10.3 svnstatic_1.5.5.tgz ./build.sh and go!

Miscellaneous:

GTronix managers are silly, and they will sink the company.
Flashburn and a C6713 in Code Composer Studio.
My Mac Air cannot copy a 32GiB file.
Business Plan Competitions that I went to in 2008-2009.
Things at my lab bench.
The Keychain which was a surprise from Kinkos.

Links:

How to ask questions smartly.
How to ask a programming question.
If you must use PowerPoint...

caveat lector: Japanese links
j-foto.com: interesting what Japanese snap.
tanadai.net: into the life of a Japanese businessman.
Tokyu-hands: the best general store ever.
akizukidenshi: ICs and everything else.

Fun Facts:

I'm into music; I mean really into it. When I'm designing or laying out the IC, I listen to the same album over and over. This helps me recall the details of the IC 3 months later when I'm testing them. The following are my favorite albums, judged by my fabrication record.