Plans ...

I can't make somebody hire me but I can apply for jobs and hone my skills. I retrieved some boxes form work with components, etc. that should allow me to fiddle with some PCB designs (and exercise my skills). Here are some thoughts:

* Practice using OrCAD and PSPICE
* Write a C-program (for uC)
* Play with some uC demo PCB assemblies
* Fill out with some DFSS documents (For a ground-up SPW project)
* Play with hardware design language

I would like to maintain a dedicated blog that I could reference for potential employers to see documentation and pictures of my projects (and skills). I could use "Stuff-n-nonsense temporarily till I get a page with my name on it.

Example:

Project: Model Railroad Control PCB Assembly
* Description:
* Design Tools: Cadence OrCAD and PSPICE

Narrative:
* In 2009, Larry Rieth (retired from Hobbs) suggested that Rick Holzmacher design and build PCB assemblies as replacement parts for use in model train locomotives. Larry supplied the sample showed in the photo below.

* DFSS documents:

* PSPICE Schematic & Traces:

* OrCAD Schematic & BOM:

* OrCAD PCB Outline:

Breadboard and oscilloscope traces: