Tales from the Cube: "Priming the Relays"

Tales from the Cube is a regular feature run by EDN, in which readers tell tales of interesting experiences in their engineering careers. This particular story is very interesting and highlights why you should never accept that a solution to a problem has been found until you fully understand the initial cause. What's really scary is that evidently this product and its 'cure' are probably still doing active service in airplanes around the globe. It is hard to believe that a QA department would sign off on such a deal.

Posted July 2013

dB Control dB-9006 Magnum Opus Synthesizer - RF Cafe Website

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...