nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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 Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:18 am Post subject: Change you can bank on . . . |
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Fast forwarding 20 years to PIC's where a single line of code takes care of a serial i/o that is native to the chip, along with as many timers, ADC and parallel i/o all on a single chip. Gee its just too easy. |
But a prime example of how exploitation of intellectual
advances replaces the taxation of $time$. It also changes
the paradigm for what the up-and-coming generations need
to learn in order to prosper.
I used to lay out etched circuit boards on sheets of
Mylar with rolls of tape and sticky donuts. The art
was photographed and subsequent negatives used to
transfer etch patterns to copper clad with very
labor intensive processes. Turn-time on finished
boards was generally a week or more with setup
charges for small quantities costing more than
the boards.
Now I do it on a screen, e-mail the file along
with a credit card number and get finished boards
back in 3 days (two of those days are consumed by
Second Day Air service!).
A whole lot of folks 'lost their jobs' over these
transitions . . . as did the buggy whip and lamp
wick makers of yesteryear. He who cannot or will not
adapt is destined to disappointment. I observe
growing levels of 'disappointment' in the once great
airplane companies I've worked for. The exploitation
of change is routine in our work shops where the
OBAM aircraft work product of individuals equals
or exceeds that which was once the purview of factories.
The transitions have roots in the minds and hands
of the creative . . . not in the decisions of
the board rooms and trading floors. I once gave
a presentation on how a PIC and a a hand-full of
jelly-beans on a 2 x 2 board replaced a 3 x 6
board with over 100 parts for about 1/10th
the cost. Everybody smiled, said "good job"
and then went to look for a coffee refill and
to see what kind of donuts were left . . .
Bob . . . [quote][b]
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