Personal portfolio blog by an engineer documenting rocket test stand electronics, custom solenoid and igniter controllers, and EtherCAT networking work. Each post walks through hardware design decisions, debugging of real faults such as RMII timing errors, and build photos.
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Japan Layman is a newsletter that examines Japanese engineering and industrial projects in depth, such as car-parts makers entering data-centre cooling, robots for gas pipe inspection, and rocket turbopump seals. Each issue combines reporting from company filings and briefings with analysis of the gaps between corporate claims and commercial reality.
Machinery Matters publishes a structured series of technical articles and companion calculators on pressure and head for process plant work. Readers get clear definitions, worked examples and verified tools for interpreting real plant pressure readings.
A civil engineer writes detailed forensic case studies of structural failures, currently focused on tailings dam disasters such as Feijão and Merriespruit. Each issue gives key facts, technical background, construction history and the human and ethical factors behind the failure.
Roger Dickey's newsletter covers engineering, data analysis and everyday design, with recent issues on re-ranking the IMDb Top 100 by removing extreme ratings and on how a residential thermostatic faucet could work. It pairs interactive diagrams and worked numbers with a personal, opinionated voice, though one issue is a dubious hype piece about AI image compression.
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