The next IEEE Houston Consultants Network (HCN) General Meeting will be on Monday October 12th at the McGovern-Stella Link Houston Public Library at 7405 Stella Link at 6:00 pm. There is a no-fee parking lot next to the library.

This meeting’s speaker will be C. W. Clarke (P.E.), Director of the Compliance & Enforcement Division of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.  Mr. Clarke will be presenting on recent rule changes, board initiatives, enforcement statistics, sealing requirements, and the continuing education program/requirements.  The presentation will be followed by a round-table discussion.

Snacks are provided during the networking session, which begins the meeting. Attendance may be used for one hour PDH credit for your TBPE continuing education requirement. Certificates provided.

CCS is on the HCN board & encourages you to bring an associate that may wish to join the Network.

You can RSVP on our Contact Us page.

The IEEE Houston Consultants Network (HCN) General Meeting will be on Monday June 8th at the McGovern-Stella Link Houston Public Library at 7405 Stella Link, starting at 6:00 pm. There is a no-fee parking lot next to the library.

C. Sidney Burrus, Professor Emeritus of ECE and former Dean of Engineering at Rice University, will be the speaker. He will have a presentation on New Technologies for Improving Education. Following the presentation, we will have a short Q & A with audience participation.

There will be snacks and refreshments during the first 30 minutes of networking. Attendance at this event may be used for one hour PDH credit for your TBPE continuing education requirement. Certificates will be provided.

CCS helps run the meeting and the HCN encourages you to bring an associate that might want to join the Network or anyone who might have an interest in the group.

You can RSVP on our Contact Us page.

CCS is providing engineering design and development support for Quad Video HALO V3.0.

The industrial design of the HALO ring assembly is being updated to improve camera positioning. A new interface module provides medical grade isolation of the HALO ring components to meet safety requirements. The improved cart design incorporates a medical grade UPS and is made in the U.S. to improve availability and reduce cost. The system will be certified to meet medical safety standards for US market approval and will get the CE mark for the EU market. CCS is implementing a documentation system to control the system design and to provide component vendor information and cost details.

Our team will be attending the Medical World Americas conference in Houston on April 27th-29th, 2015.  We had a good experience at the inaugural edition of the conference last year, and we look forward to seeing it grow and improve this year!

Please visit our contact page if you would like to arrange a meeting with us at the conference.

The next meeting date for the IEEE Houston Consultants Network (HCN) is Tuesday, March 11th at the Looscan Houston Public Library at 2510 Willowick, starting at 6:00pm.

For meeting details, please visit the IEEE HCN page.

Tommy Cooper is the chairman for the IEEE HCN group.  For more information about the group, please visit our Contact Us page and drop us a line!

IEEE Galveston Bay Section is hosting a course on Smart Grid technology on March 7th 2014 at the NASA Gilruth Center.  Dr. John McDonald from GE will be giving the presentation.  Price and registration information is available in the event flyer.

When running a transient simulation, it is important to note that, by default, DC supply voltages start at their nominal level instead of ramping up from 0V.

But what if you need to test the power on behavior of your circuit?  Fortunately the solution is simple, though it is easy to miss. When you are setting up your transient simulation, make sure the “Start external DC supply voltages at 0V” box is checked:

You can confirm the setting is active by looking for the word “startup” in your simulation string:

Some quick ways to speed up your navigation during schematic entry:

• Use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out without selecting the zoom tool.
• Scroll wheel zoom is sensitive to cursor position, so place your cursor where you want to zoom.
• To see your whole schematic, click the Zoom Full Extends button on the toolbar (magnifying glass with a red X through it)

IEEE’s Galveston Bay Section will be meeting on January 31st, 2014 during lunch at the Gilruth Recreation Center NASA-JSC.  The speaker will be Paul Frenger, MD, who will present “I’m a Physician, Jim, not a Physicist”.