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Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027

From Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates By 2027
Date 2026-02-08 15:56 +1100
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On 8/02/2026 5:51 am, john larkin wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 19:13:43 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
> <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/7/26 16:35, Bill Sloman wrote:
>>> On 8/02/2026 1:45 am, Jeroen Belleman wrote:
>>>> On 2/7/26 14:16, Bill Sloman wrote:
>>>>> On 7/02/2026 9:37 pm, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
>>>>>> Am 06.02.26 um 20:06 schrieb john larkin:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 17:47:52 +1100, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 6/02/2026 3:36 am, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 12:38:36 +0100, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.02.26 um 06:01 schrieb Bill Sloman:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Our XO is 25 MHz. We use a PLL inside the FPGA to multiply
>>>>>>>>>>>> that to 250
>>>>>>>>>>>> MHz, which clocks the DDS phase accumulator and some other logic.
>>>>>>>>>>>> That's free.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In an ideal world, that costs 20 dB of phase noise for the f*10.
>>>>>>>>>> The real world is usually worse.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The DDS and subsequent dividers buy back that noise.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Really? Do explain how.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The DDS is a frequency divider, so the same jitter at a lower
>>>>>> frequency is an improvement of the modulation index.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the real world, there is the ground bounce of 10000s of
>>>>>> flipflops that adds to the generated clock, a shorted phase
>>>>>> accumulator, a shorted sine table, a bad DAC, VCC noise,
>>>>>> buffer amplifier etc, so I would not pin my hopes too high.
>>>>>
>>>>> By re-synchronising the outputs of the FPGA in an ECLinPs latch you
>>>>> can get around the ground bounce (and rail noise) inside the FPGA.
>>>>>
>>>>> Setting up the clocks so that the ECLinPS latch picks up the FPGA
>>>>> data when it is stable does take care, and if the propagation delays
>>>>> inside the FPGA are allowed to get long enough it can be impossible,
>>>>> but that would just be bad design.
>>>>>
>>>>>> The phase noise of the PLL VCO is probably nothing to write
>>>>>> home about. Maybe a chain-of-inverters oscillator loaded by
>>>>>> varicaps, no hi-Q structure that suppresses all noise more
>>>>>> than a KHz away at 100 MHz.
>>>>>> Improving the phase noise via 3V3 Vtune and the phase
>>>>>> comparator / low pass is probably hopeless.
>>>>>
>>>>> Those certainly aren't routes that would lead to lower phase noise.
>>>>>
>>>>> A fast low-jitter external oscillator would be a better choice.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Remember, jitter is phase noise integrated over all frequencies.
>>>>>> Quieting as much frequencies as possible is a good thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it doesn't address all the problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think the ECOC2522 100 MHz oven is at quite a good price/
>>>>>>>>>> performance ratio
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.digikey.de/de/products/detail/ecs-inc/ECOC-2522-100-000-3FC/6578492
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's about the cost of all the parts on this product. And more
>>>>>>>>> power
>>>>>>>>> consumption.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They have also
>>>>>> <   https://www.digikey.de/de/products/detail/taitien
>>>>>> NA-100M-6911/9649712   >
>>>>>> for €1150 each, but with impressive phase noise of -180 dBc/Hz
>>>>>> a few KHz away @ 100 MHz. Not completely impossible, but close
>>>>>> to the wall.
>>>>>> See U. Rhode's and/or Rubiola's article on phase noise collapse
>>>>>> in cross correlation measurements.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This will be the internal trigger option for a pulse generator.
>>>>>>>>> Sub-ns
>>>>>>>>> RMS jitter will be fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Horses for courses.
>>>>>> I'm more interested in high frequencies as in X-band.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So it is cheap crap. You've just admitted it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can't you abstain from these cheap poison shots?
>>>>>   > I mean, ALL OF YOU?
>>>>>   > It takes the fun out of s.e.d.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Larkin's signature line  is
>>>>>
>>>>> "John Larkin
>>>>> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
>>>>> Lunatic Fringe Electronics"
>>>>>
>>>>> and he has also talked about doing "insanely good electronics"
>>>>> without being all that convincing. If you post deceptive advertising,
>>>>> you should expect to be called on it, which is part of the fun of s.e.d.
>>>>
>>>> Why do you keep squabbling? You haven't actually tested any
>>>> of his products, so you're hardly in a position to criticize.
>>>
>>> He reveals enough of his detailed design to give plenty of opportunity
>>> for criticism. Testing real hardware with proper test gear lets you do a
>>> proper job, but few of us are lucky enough to have access to those kinds
>>> of expensive toys.
>>>
>>>> You come across as someone bored stiff. It can't be very
>>>> intellectually rewarding to always repeat the same mindless
>>>> arguments, now can it? Haven't you got anything better to do?
>>>
>>> I'm not arguing with him - just jeering at his attempts to look clever.
>>> I'm not bored stiff, but I don't have anything like enough to - I do
>>> apply for jobs from time to time,and have got the occasional interview,
>>> but 83-year-olds aren't attractive recruits.
>>>
>>
>> Getting a job at 83 is a pipe dream. The only way would be to
>> strike out on your own. If you have any ideas for designs that
>> might evoke interest, we could have constructive conversations.
>> As it stands, I see no point in continuing.
>>
>> Jeroen Belleman
> 
> Attending maker events is a way to get consulting business.
> 
> I attend events that allow 1-minute pitches. One could offer free
> consulting/brainstorming and get some action going.
> 
> I find a table near the food/beer and spread out some PCBs and
> prototypes, and people ask about them. It's fun.
> 
> There are tons of startups around here and many are weak on actual
> electronics.
> 
> Thursday night I heard a pitch for a company that's proposing to build
> a fusion reactor that not only makes electricity, but does alchemy,
> transmutes mercury to gold with the surplus neutrons.

Hanging out with optimistic lunatics may be fun, but encouraging them is 
irresponsible.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney

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