Skills

Posts on skills I possess or in learning progress

Here’s How You Make Sound Decisions on Acoustics

symonmkBroadcast, Engineering, Research, Skills, Work

Pun obviously intended. The effects of sound in some industries has an important effect on the quality of work produced as well as in some key applications, especially in the field of broadcast that I currently work in. Sound is the perceived pressure produced by the propagation of energy through a medium released when matter vibrates, while acoustics is the branch of physics that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound.

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Recognizing “ndiyo” and “hapana” speech using MATLAB algorithms and FFT functions

symonmkEngineering, Programming, Projects, Skills, Uncategorized

Ndiyo means yes in Swahili and hapana means no. The two words were chosen as they can be used to make very simple applications that may require a yes/no response such as an automatic telephone prompt system. Swahili translations of yes/no applies to the national language of Kenya, and an interface that recognizes the words can be used in local applications.

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Ten Essential Skills for Electrical Engineers by Barry L. Dorr, Chapter 10 Part 1 Summary

symonmkResearch, Skills, Work

Ten Essential Skills for Electrical Engineers is a wonderful book and at the writing of this post I am summarizing the fifth chapter. However, I couldn’t resist skipping over to read the tenth chapter, GETTING A JOB – KEEPING A JOB – ENJOYING YOUR WORK. In this chapter, Dave a 74 year old friend of the author and successful engineer, joins in writing this chapter. Together with Dorr, they provide suggestions on getting and enjoying an engineering career in the following ways: Positively distinguishing yourself from other job applicants Distinguishing yourself in the workplace

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Using KiCad EDA to Build Electronic Components and Design Schematics

symonmkEngineering, Projects, Skills

KiCad is a free development software for electronic design automation (EDA) that I have been looking around into to designing my final year school project (more on that later) schematics. KiCad is extensively developed and used almost exclusively by CERN! With a lot of online documentation, support and large communities, the experience of using this software has been mostly uncomplicated and a lot of fun.

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