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Taylor
21-04-2010, 07:29
http://xkcd.com/730/

Discuss.
Josh Drake
21-04-2010, 07:36
Funny you posted this while I was looking at the circuit. A lot of little chuckles from EE classes.:D Some of these jokes are for EE only. Others are just plain funny.
rsisk
21-04-2010, 07:40
Hmmm, could that be the Georgia Dome in the middle? I wonder if Randall Munroe was there?
IKE
21-04-2010, 07:59
I-95 looks an awful lot like a "Flux Capacitor".
efoote868
21-04-2010, 09:47
"Oh, So You Think You're Such A Whiz at EE201?"

I lol'd a little.
Vermeulen
21-04-2010, 17:31
And that, kids, is how the internet works. Any questions?
Karibou
21-04-2010, 19:47
And that, kids, is how the internet works. Any questions?

But where are the tubes!?
demosthenes2k8
21-04-2010, 23:04
They're clogged-we had to make do with a blender until they're fixed.
Brandon_L
27-04-2010, 17:38
http://xkcd.com/689/

Why didn't I think of that.
Schnabel
28-04-2010, 09:29
Has anyone figured out the resistance of the mess-o-resistors?
Steven_585
07-05-2010, 14:37
Someone should invite Randall Munroe to either the nearest regional or to the championships next year! He'll find lots of fans there! (Maybe he could even sell his tshirts and posters!)
Ether
22-05-2011, 10:08
Has anyone figured out the resistance of the mess-o-resistors?

0.93987 ohms
Jim Wilks
22-05-2011, 10:27
0.93987 ohms




How did you solve this?

This looks rather daunting especially with 2 wires which cross over others. Way too many meshes for any basic method.
Chris is me
22-05-2011, 10:31
0.93987 ohms




Is there anything you don't know?
Ether
22-05-2011, 11:38
How did you solve this?

With the free student version of AIM-SPICE, available for download here (http://www.aimspice.com/download.html).

It took a little less than 3 minutes to type in the netlist.



This looks rather daunting especially with 2 wires which cross over others. Way too many meshes for any basic method.

Setting up the netlist is very simple and requires no special training. SPICE didn't seem to have any trouble solving the netlist. The log file said it took "0" seconds for the program to solve it.
Ether
22-05-2011, 11:47
Is there anything you don't know?

I don't know how to predict the exact outcome of a quantum experiment.
PAR_WIG1350
22-05-2011, 19:28
With the free student version of AIM-SPICE, available for download here (http://www.aimspice.com/download.html).

It took a little less than 3 minutes to type in the netlist.





Setting up the netlist is very simple and requires no special training. SPICE didn't seem to have any trouble solving the netlist. The log file said it took "0" seconds for the program to solve it.






Cool!

Once I figured out how to use the interface, my mind was blown. I love free, useful software and this is definitely on that list.
Zholl
23-05-2011, 12:22
How did you solve this?

This looks rather daunting especially with 2 wires which cross over others. Way too many meshes for any basic method.

It's actually possible to do by hand using what's called a delta-wye conversion, but I remember that configuration of resistors taking a half hour or so to simplify without calculations just to prove it could be done, and most of an afternoon to calculate. Ether's method is undeniably simpler, but in my opinion at least, nowhere near as fun :D