January 2015 Updates

• Removed the hyperlink underlining from all images inserted into posts/pages with the Wordpress media manager by tweaking the theme’s style.css file.

• Moved the Communication Protocols page from under Electronics->Circuit Design to sit directly under it’s parent Electronics.

• Columbus radio project complete! See more on the Columbus Radio project page.

• Updates to the Time Measurement Systems page.

• New page on Vacuum Tubes under Electronics->Components.

• Begun to use Embedly to embed PDFs into pages throughout this site.

• Moved info from the PCB Design page to a new child page called Pads, Vias And Holes. Added information to this page about direct-connect vs. thermal-relief style pad/via connections.

The pad on the left has a direct-connect style to the surrounded polygon pour, while the pad on the right has a thermal-relief connection style.

• Installation of the Easy FancyBox Wordpress plugin which should make images throughout the site look much better when clicked upon.

• New section called Removing Exposed-Pad Vias That Are Automatically Added By The Footprint Wizard added to the Altium Tricks And Standards page.

• Information added to the Time Measurement Systems page about Leap Smears.

• Additions to the Power Management page about UVLO (under-voltage lockout).

• Added info about Low-capacitance TVS diodes to the Diodes page.

• New page, Arithmetic Operators, under Programming->Languages->C.

• Added information about the atomicity of the C language’s increment and decrement operators.

• Information added to the Diodes page about Steering Diodes.

• New page, Bootloaders.

• New page, Inheritance, under Programming->Languages->C++.

• New page, Switch Statements added under Programming->Languages->C.

• New page, Managing Large Repos under Programming->Version Control Systems->Mercurial.

• New page, Managing Large Repos under Programming->Version Control Systems->Git.

• New page, Inrush Current, under Electronics->Circuit Design.

• New page, WSON Component Package, under PCB Design->Component Packages.

• New info regarding leakage currents and insulation resistance to the Capacitors page.

• More “How To’s” on the Drawing Schematics With TikZ And CircuitikZ page.

• More information about thermal relief and direct connections to the Pads, Vias And Holes page under PCB Design.