June 06, 2005
One down, two to go
Well, I finished that amplifier circuit project thingy and the numbers look like I did everything right. There's a possibility my negative feedback was unstable, but I believe that's largely impossible given the circuit I built.
Furthermore, there was this "figure of merit" thing for the projects which basically is a way of having the students compete to have the best circuit in terms of power consumption or cost. The professor expected it to be somewhere between 0 and 1, and upon calculating my own figure of merit mine turned out to be above 1.
This is good news I think.
Now I'm taking a break at the library feeling a lot less stressed than I did previously. Finishing that project leaves me with but two homework assignments and one last project to finish up. After that are my finals, and then summer. Whee summer.
I'm definitely doing the summer research thing and I'm definitely not being paid for it. I'm ok with that, but now I must find another way to get enough cash for a snowboard and a trip to Japan. Maybe I should postpone Japan for the Summer after I graduate. Actually, Japan sucks in the summer, maybe I'll postpone for the Fall/Winter after I graduate. And now that I think about it, I'll probably have more summer school things to teach than I did last year, so that should contribute well to my recreation fund.
Anyhoo, I've been up since way too early, and I slept way too late, and so I'm gonna go find one of the windowsills on the third floor and take a cat nap.