Useful Thoughts and Actions Taken

ADS Advanced Design System Microwave Design Software

As used in my course with Dr Rangel at UFSC

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Links

SubTools 

Layout

Videos

Notes

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

SONNET Electromagnetic Simulation Software

Sonnet electromagnetic simulation software

Notes

Video

Video: Introduction to SONNET suites  

  • Gives a decent overview of what SONNET is targeted at. 
  • SONNET lite is free version that allows engineer familiarization

Video: GaN HEMT Amplifier Circuit – notes

  • SONNET is intended for 3D planar analysis – that is to say a stack of planes with interconnect, dielectric etc.
  • SONNET operates on geometries

Video: SONNET lite design of double stub tuner

  • Demonstrates the parameter build up of the structures
  • Subsequently demostrates the analysis EM structure
  • shows how the structure was spacially sampled with a grid
  • shows current flow versus time and frequency

Video: SONNET lite double stub tuner parameterization

  • Parameterizes 2 open stub lengthes and sets them equal
  • Parameterizes length in between stubs
  • Analyzes the structure in 5 values of the parameters.  Lite version can only do 1 parameter at a time
  • Plots the 5 results
  • Allows you to output any of the 5 result sets to files with an explanation file accompanying

SONNET Video Links

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Microwave and RF Software Design Tools

This was the hub when it was a page.  The links below should be deleted if in the TOC or corrected.

 Link of High Frequency design software

Individual Tool Pages with more details here in this blog

EM Simulation

Topics / Buzzwords

Historical

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

OpenGTS Project – Open GPS Tracking System

Research Links

 

Auxiliary Links

 

Below is the server side software architecture

From the FAQ:  This depends on the features and support provided by the virtual or shared hosting service provider. You will need to be able to install the software tools required for OpenGTS (Java, Ant, Tomcat, MySQL, etc). You should also have 'ssh' access to the server to be able to remotely administer the GTS database and tables, restart Tomcat when necessary, and monitor log files. Each virtual/shared hosting service provider is different, so you will need to check with the specific provider to see if they support the features you require. These are some of the questions you should ask:

  • Is Linux available on the server? (what distribution? Fedora, CentOS, etc?)
  • Does the server have at least 2Gb of available RAM? (4Gb+ preferred for larger systems)
  • Does the server have at least 50Gb of available disk space? (300Gb+ preferred for larger systems)
  • Is 'ssh' access allowed/provided to the server?
  • Is 'root' access allowed/provided while on the server?
  • Can other software packages be loaded as required (such as Java, Tomcat, Ant, etc.)?

If the answer to these questions is yes, then this hosting provider will likely be able to run OpenGTS.

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By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Video: The Iceman Confessions of a Mafia Hitman

Richard Kuklinski killed remorsely but yet was a loving family man.  I have often thought he was the inspiration for the character Tony Soprano.  You will see in the video in some photos you would swear it was James Gandolfini.

Up Close and Personal with a Killer
When I was finally admitted into the bowels of Trenton State Prison in New Jersey’s capital to interview multiple murderer Richard Kuklinski, a.k.a. “the Iceman,” it wasn’t at all what I had expected. My assumption was that it would be like the movies. We’d be separated by a shatter-proof glass barrier. We’d communicate through telephone handsets. There would be guards all around watching our every move. But I couldn’t have been more wrong. Clarice Starling had more protection when she visited Dr. Hannibal “the Cannibal” Lector in The Silence of the Lambs. At least she had bars. And frankly, as a killer, Lector was downright crude compared to the stealth and skullduggery of the Iceman. Lector liked to bite; Kuklinski preferred a cyanide solution administered from a nasal spray bottle. A surprise spritz to the face usually produced a shocked inhalation from the victim, who as a result would die in under a minute. And unless the body was found right away and a savvy medical examiner knew what to look for, the poison would go undetected because cyanide naturally dissipates in the body after two hours. But cyanide was only one of the things I was thinking about on the morning of January 16, 1992, when I arrived for my date with the Iceman.

Iceman Part 1

Iceman Part 2

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Video: The Trap

The ideas of Game Theory and John Nash and how the market works.  Note the sanctimonious liberal over narration.  The underlying theories as presented are quite obviously valid.  They are validated by any objective view of how the world of people works in aggregate.

Get this tagline "Translating individuals through violence"   That almost sounds nice! Egad. Liberalism wrapped up in only one sentence.  Note: 3 videos in the series.

Liberal Content Warning:  This video contains liberal ( aka erroneous) information.  However it does include some useful historical narration of the development of certain popularly accepted concepts.  Viewer discretion is advised.

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago