macnetic

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by macnetic 3mo ago
Not just switching, you can use all of the beams simultaneously.
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by macnetic 7mo ago
We're hard at work on space optical comms at Mbryonics, and hiring right now: https://mbryonics.com/careers/
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by macnetic 10mo ago
We use the Celestial Altium Library [1], it's really good for passive components, which make up ~80% of our schematics by count. For other parts we first try to get them through Altium Manufacturer Part Search, we vet the symbol and fo
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by macnetic 2y ago
This book on ADC and DACs was extremely useful to keep in a work project. TI also have good resources [1] https://www.analog.com/en/resources/technical-books/data-con... [2] https://www.ti.com&#x2F
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by macnetic 2y ago
ADI has some of the best technical resources in the industry, I have learned so much from them even when not using their components.
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by macnetic 2y ago
The Proba missions are technology demonstrators. The main goal of Proba-3 is to demonstrate precision formation flying [1], which would enable large instruments in space without the need for large mechanical structures and complicated depl
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by macnetic 2y ago
A spinout from my university, UMag Solutions is detecting UXO and mines in Ukraine using special drone-mounted magnetometers.
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by macnetic 2y ago
Commercial Crew is fixed-price contracts, whereas cost-plus contracts has been the norm in the US aerospace industry. Boeing is the one bleeding money here.
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by macnetic 2y ago
You should look up image sensor dark noise. One way to reduce dark noise is taking an exposure without any light on the sensor, it should give you the fixed pattern which can be subtracted from your scene image. Dark noise is sensitive to t
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by macnetic 2y ago
HF is 3 MHz to 30 MHz. Yes it does not make much sense, the term is ancient.
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by macnetic 3y ago
Laplace and z-transform are widely used in control systems and signal processing. Both are more general forms of the Fourier transform in continuous and discrete time, respectively.
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by macnetic 3y ago
There's both types of seat arrangements
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by macnetic 3y ago
ESA is an independent entity from EU.