Archival Electronics and some more

[Rob]

----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Main <mainas at aston.ac.uk>
To: Synth DIY <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Archival Electronics and some more


>
> > Just remember: every generation will have their cutting-edgers who will
> flock to
> > the analog side of the Force.
>
> I like that!!!
>
> This is a point I have been making with the head of my department (I'm a
> final year electronics student).  They seem to want to stop doing analogue
> work, and the only reason I can see is that our analog lecturer is a
> consultant charging part time fees (oh and the another one is retiring in
> June).  Now I know my previous mails have been saying that digital
> processing will model everything in the future - but how can you model
> something that you don't know about

This is already happening. The bean counters are buying into that everything
is done with "software". Well, try building an amp or power supply in
"software".
Typically, our analog engrs get about 10k less a year than the embedded
software engrs, and the analog engrs always have to do a lot more labor
intensive testing before letting the product go out.

Most of the embedded software engrs are pretty good, but I wonder why they
sometimes hire CS ppl for the job.. Most CS types just out of school are
downright dangerous around electronics.. Dont let em near voltage or a scope
for the first few months! heh

Rob