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Hey I’m going to be starting my first semester this fall. Most EE jobs on LinkedIn I see in my city (NE Florida) is in electrical planning in construction. I don’t even see internships or entry opportunities at the utility company here. What are my options?

If so, what is it like? How could one prepare for an interview? Thanks in advance!

Hi so for context, I am doing this project on a medical device, it’s still in its prototype phase but almost into its completion, just that I was also tasked to do pre compliance testing. Three key areas is electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility and biocompatibility. And I wanted to test out for EMI, to see if it meets safe limits before actually sending it for a proper compliance testing. But I don’t have the actual equipments to test that out. I heard from one of my module lecturers that there was a way to test it, using our phones. I couldn’t get much info out cause he had to rush. So before I do discuss with him next week, I wanna ask, do y’all know anything about that? How do I even conduct it? Like is there an app or smth?

What are some good universities to apply to for masters in electrical engineering if my cgpa is 3.4-3.5 out of 4? (Taking only the cgpa into account as I haven't given the GRE etc yet- I'm a second year but I want to plan ahead).

Hi folks,I'm an electrical engineer but I want to major in electrical designs. Where do I start from? Although I I'm currently learning AUTOCAD. Any suggestions or ideas is highly welcomed and appreciated. Thanks

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I work at a warehouse and we have a stupid new rule that we can’t stack these hard drives together because the magnets in them will demagnetize each other if they’re close together. We stack them for at max a day at a time. By not stacking them it makes our life a whole lot harder. I was wondering if it’s true that it does demagnetize them, or if it’s just upper management on some crap because in my ignorant mind that wouldn’t make sense for them to be completely bricked after maybe 3 hours of them being stacked.

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As the title says, the field of neuro engineering is, especially, interesting for me as it convers several of my interests in EE, Robotics/ML as well as Neuroscience and medical devices, etc.

Post-PhD, I'd like to see myself working in R&D around medical devices or robotics (brain-computer interfaces, Rehabilitation Robotics, HCI, Robotic Surgery, etc). Would it be a good choice for me?

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I've been thinking a lot about my chosen area of engineering and I realized it's less important to me which area of engineering I study and more important to me that I can engineer working products where the part/thing I design ends up in a product I think is cool/useful/worthwhile.

For instance, I could just as easily be studying mechanical engineering, civil engineering, computer systems engineering, architectural engineering, etc--and I would still be happy as long as I'm doing design work on a cool product.

The one stipulation to this is that of course I'd want to be challenged on some level and do work that isn't mind-numbingly boring.

Anyway, I'm curious, do you feel the same way or is EE your one and only calling in engineering?

Hello everyone

Does anyone here have the wiring diagram of how to connect cable from and ATS to the control board of a Cummins generator for communication to start and stop the generator and charging of the generator batteries?

What got you into electronics/electricity and what keeps you going here? Is it logical thinking? Physics? Math?

I personally find this boring.

EE sophomore here. I really wanna work with automobile systems, but at the same time, not leave the core electrical engineering path as well. Can someone tell what are the options I have ?

Hello everyone, I'm curious to know how do we calculate the excitation current for the synch generator, let's say the generator is 11KV 30MW, If you have any information or study materials or textbook please share it with me, thank you.

Some background. I have an unpredictable fulltime job and I've been taking online classes with ASU as I can. Luckily, my job is at least related to electrical engineering from a technician perspective.

I'm finally at that point where I'm getting past the general reqs and picking electives which, is another challenge in and of itself. I'm setting up an appointment with an advisor, but I wanted some post graduate industry perspective of y'all are willing.

I'm interested in power electronics (VFDs, BLDC ESDs, SMPSs, etc), generator automation/instrumentation and synchronization, and embedded programming.

Embedded I feel has theost open source/free learning material (looking at you quantum leaps), and I have access to other automation learning materials such as a Hampden micrologix 1200 trainer and Tony Kuphadlt's Lessons in Industrial Instrumentation. That of course doesn't mean I know fuck all still but I'd like to min max my electives if possible. The title of the courses of course don't help.

I'm just assuming, considering SMPS and ESDs, I'd be looking at signals, some more indepth classes on MOSFETs/SCRs, feedback, and different control schemes from micros to purpose built ICs. I have a fleeting interest in FPGAs but I don't think they really fit in the grand scheme of things.

As you can probably see from reading then mildly intoxicated mess above... I'm a bit of a mess stressing about where to go from here.

Background: I’m currently working on a project for senior design where I need to build a UAV that flys at 120 mph. I have a size limit on the battery but our advisor was ok with getting around the rules with gasoline propulsion.

I would like to use a spark plug to start the engine as I may need it to be able to restart itself while it’s in the air. I tried an ignition coil and realized way too late it’s one that’s charged by the turning of a traditional engine. Then I tried a cdi ignition coil and I found out that it’s AC where I need DC for testing and the actual project.

I can find a lot about sparking a spark plug but all the ones I’ve found are pretty heavy systems, and I would preferable want one that’s under a pound. I have a lawnmower spark plug so it’s smaller than an average one. Any help would be appreciated and here’s a picture of the pulsejet just before I had it welded.

I'm encountering a network problem while trying to get data out of a micrometer using an RS-232C cable. Here are the details of my setup:

The micrometer uses a three-pin configuration (RX, TX, and GND) with an RJ-45 connector. I've connected the micrometer to my laptop and am using PuTTY for communication via Rs232 to usb(the manual requires rs232C ) Here's what I've tried and observed so far:

Initially, I connected everything and opened PuTTY. I sent some random characters to check for any transmission, but I didn't get any response. I hooked up an oscilloscope to the RX pin and observed no spikes. However, the TX pin showed spikes, indicating that the laptop was sending data. A friend suggested reversing the pinouts on the RJ-45 cable, starting from the right side instead of the left. After doing this, I observed spikes on both the RX and TX pins using the oscilloscope. With this new configuration, I started getting some form of communication on PuTTY, but the output is just weird numbers and garbled data.

I have no idea what's causing this issue. Has anyone experienced something similar or have any suggestions on what might be going wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

putty's baud rate (and the micormeter's) is set to 9600, parity=none and the device in question is an LS-7001

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I'm taking an into to programming class right now and I want to know what languages you guys use in your day to day lives.

Id like to create a ground sensor using lidar, although im not sure entierly what I need. I'd like to be able to map the ground on a screen of some sort. I am a mechanical engineer so im not totally familiar with what exactly is necessary, but I'm sure i can figure it out if pointed in the right direction.

This could be off topic, but I am looking for tattoo ideas. I would like to have a tattoo for my husband who’s an electrical engineer/software engineer. I want something simple but I also want him to understand the meaning. Please help ^_^ and thank you!

So I will try to keep this short and I apologize for the lack of grammar but I’m not 100% sure what I’m looking for I just know what I need it to do I think I’m looking for an arduino relay module but I’m just looking for verification on that what I need it to do is basically receive one 2 second 9V DC signal and then have preferably 50 separate channels that can be programmed to send out a 1-2 second pulse at 9-12V DC and be able to program it in intervals so it would be In successions of 5 so it would need to rapidly go 1 2 3 4 5 then have about a 6-8 second pause and do that until all 50 channels have been used any advice or help is appreciated thanks

Hi all,

ME grad here and I somehow ended up working in the power industry (on the sales side). I know the basic equipment and such but I am looking for a good book/textbook to learn power in more detail. I am primarily working in data centers if that makes any difference. I appreciate it!

Has anyone ever worked or work for Daikin as an engineer? Just trying to see whether it'll be a good move from my current company or not

Hello everyone,

This might be a basic question, but I can't understand it for some reason.

If we are converting from Y to delta configuration or vice-versa, how do we convert the phases of our voltages? I've seen that we need to add or subtract 30 degrees from one another, but I don't exactly understand when I should add and when I should subtract 30° from the angle. I have also searched the internet, but couldn't find anything I could understand.

Thank you.

Hello, i found a step transformer on ebay for my project, Does anyone know how to connect this thing?

Is M-M for the Phase und Neutral or do I need to connect it to L and L-6?

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