4th Qtr 2011
October 17, 2011 at 2:59 pm Leave a comment
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This Issue: NEWS BITE: Rising Sun Gets Snagged On Mountain And Breaks Apart! / DESIGN MASTER TIP: Minimizing Calculation Time / ANALYSIS: Why Do A Worst Case Analysis? / TECH TIP: Nice Overview of Considerations for External Components for Switching Regulators / MORE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: Wind Power Kills Endangered Species / ANALYSIS QUIZ: Adjustable 3-Terminal Regulator Output Tolerance
NEWS BITE: Rising Sun Gets Snagged On Mountain And Breaks Apart!
Motorists cautioned to avoid area due to high temperatures.
“First planet with two suns reported found“
15 Sep 2011, NASA and World Science
DESIGN MASTER™ TIP: Minimizing Calculation TimeDo an initial run and check sensitivities. Thereafter set the variables to their respective worst case values to reduce calc time until the design is finalized. Then set the variables back to their full range for a final calculation to obtain probabilities for risk assessment.
ANALYSIS: Why Do A Worst Case Analysis?
TECH TIP: Nice Overview of Considerations for External Components for Switching Regulators
MORE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: Wind Power Kills Endangered Species In the Bay Area, when activists in the 1980s demanded a cleaner planet, the state responded with the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area. The state-approved wind farm, built with federal tax credits, kills 4,700 birds annually, including 1,300 raptors, among them 70 golden eagles…
“There’s a big, big hypocrisy here,” Sue Hammer of Tehachapi Wildlife Rehab in Kern County said. “If I shoot an eagle, it’s a $10,000 fine and/or a vacation of one to five years in a federal pen of my choice.”
From “Energy in America: Dead Birds Unintended Consequence of Wind Power Development” by William La Jeunesse, 16 Aug 2011, FoxNews.com
ANALYSIS QUIZ: Adjustable 3-Terminal Regulator Output Tolerance
An LM317T regulator with 36V input is set for 24V nominal output, using 1/8W 1% 100ppm thick film resistors (10K and 549 ohms). The regulator must deliver 1A and operate from 0 to 50 C for 10,000 hours.
Q: What will be the approximate worst case output tolerance? (Answer will be posted in the next newsletter.)
Entry filed under: Circuit Analysis, Design Master, Design/Analysis, Electronic Components, Functional Analysis, Output Regulation, Regulators/Linear, Regulators/Switching, Resistors, Worst Case. Tags: Circuit Analysis, LM317, Tolerances, Unintended Consequences, Wind Power, Worst Case Analysis.
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