Notes from the March 2005 Meeting

Morning Session

Electronic Design Programs - Schematic Capture, PC Layout, Simulation
• EAGLE Layout Editor
• Express PCB
• Electronics Lab
• Cadence
• DesignWorks
• Micro-Cap
• Microsim V5 for DOS
• OrCAD
• CircuitMaker
• CircuitMaker Student Version
• Electronics Workbench

Spice and design stuff
• Cadence PCB product downloads
• Help files, tutorials, and notes
• 5Spice
• Aplac (popular student version)

Afternoon Session

Gary Feierbach's presentations
• Silicon Valley Adventures - PDF
• Many Roads to Failure - PDF
• Clock demo - 29 Mb Quicktime movie
• Gary will send SVFIG an invitation to LinkedIn

Other

Hardware project books

• Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty
  by Joe Grand, Ryan Russell, Kevin Mitnick (Editor)

• Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks
  by Scott Fullam

• Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius : 28 Build-It-Yourself
  by Robert E. Iannini, Robert Iannini

Vacuum tube information
• Tube circuits
• Bob Pease's tube links
• Tubes-R-Us

Make Magazine - $14 an issue
• Slashdot story with discussion
• ARS Technica

Other

• The Capitol Steps present four absolutely hilarious radio specials a year! The next one is Friday April 1st. After the show is aired, it will be posted on "The Capitol Steps Un-Wired"

• Remember the Forth Day Code Rodeo? The task was to swing LEDs back and forth on a hacksaw blade and spell out a message. Here is iTop, a toy that does the same trick.