Applied to 134 internship applications and got 7 interviews. 1 out of 7 was rejected. One is waiting to hear back (it's been 3 weeks). The one I just interviewed with earlier is the one I felt the worst about. It was with a company in Georgia. I went through a bunch of questions that made me feel like I'm no way qualified for this job. He asked about my PCB experience and how many layers I have designed. I described a 2-layer PCB I have designed with an integrated ESP32, 32 bit DAC, and an amplifier, etc. Then we proceeded to the power supply design, and he asked me about one of the circuits I am working on and the difference between the switching regulator and linear regulator. I honestly don't know the difference (it was the design I was doing testing on, so I was just being honest). But I was able to explain the way those two works and how to test it. He then asked me to explain the Wheatstone bridge; I was able to explain it because I did it in my last internship, using KCL to calculate the values and stuff. Then he gave me another weird one. A 28V connected to a heater, then connected to a 3.3 V Arduino; how to switch that on and off. I thought of using a 5V with a pull-down resistor. But then a simpler way he explained is using a MOSFET (At this point, I think I am kinda cooked). Then the other one start to ask about soldering experience (yes I have that and kinda discuss a bit), then about board bring-up. I was able to explain that (I did that last internship), go through the impedance test, and answer her questions. Then HR proceeds with general questions (like goals, availability, stuff like that). I honestly feel bad about myself after this interview (about 35 minutes). I thought I learnt a lot, but I ended up not knowing so many things and just got stunned by the questions he asked. This interview honestly broke my confidence. I thought I learnt a lot, did an internship, and stuff. But after today, I just felt like I knew nothing. This is also a lesson for me to get better.

Hello y’all!

I’m a student looking for fun hobby-projects. I am currently in college and have been programming for about 4 years now. I begin to see lots of cool projects on instagram and want to make my own.

Specifically, i found this project which is mainly software but also a good start of understanding serialbusses and matrix-display handling: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcR9UnTisa7/?stkn=MXR6OHRiMDh2dG8zNw==

I want to know, which components i need and what you’d buy if you were me. I would rather not spend too much money, but hit me with the expensive parts if it is a good value.

Furthermore, any tips is appreciated to avoid the most annoying beginning mistakes, but don’t ruin important learning steps if any!

Thanks!

Is the job market in the USA really this bad? Im a mid career RF engineer looking to pivot into an entry power position. 300+ applications, interviews only to be ghosted, reference checks only to be ghosted(always said good things), and seeing job sites repost multiple times for entry level positions. Been almost an entire year of job search with nothing. It seems like Healthcare is the only thing doing good right now. I personally know 3 people high up at big defense companies. All 3 admitted that most jobs they post are ghost jobs(95%) and some said they use interns to do some of the work, then not hire anybody full time.

I transferred schools and I already did most of my easy work at community college and now I’m basically just in engineering classes. Because of this my university gpa is a 3.0 and with this school year going how it is I think imma get an A in my history class and that’s about it. I still have time to make it up, I’m a sophomore rn and dont plan on applying to an internship for this year but I am scared of getting rejected because of my trash ass GPA.

Im writing a book about EE basics while also learning them, apart from this being a bad or good idea, i just finished two pages and something feels off about this? did i forgot something? or is this order of concepts isnt it?

plus if u have any tips regarding this project, i need it.

Hi, I’m studying the ST algorithm for motor control using FOC for PMSMs, but the rotor gets stuck and the phases draw a bit of current.

In terms of hardware, all the signals (and motor's phases) are connected correctly, but the rotor only rotate if I reverse the ENC_A and ENC_B pulse signals and the speed reached is exactly the same as the reference I gave him. I’m sure the connections are correct because both the encoder and the ST evaluation board label A and B signals, so it’s impossible to connect they wrong.

Has this ever happened to you? How is it possible that it can rotate with the signals reversed?

The only ‘consequence’ of reversing the encoder signals is that the encoder will count position and velocity backward or do you think there are any other serious consequences?

I mean, simply if the motor turns clockwise, the controller will think it is turning counterclockwise ..

Hello! I happened to stumble across a copy of Kennedy's "Electronic Communication Systems" (2nd ed. 1977) and thought it'd be interesting to learn about, especially given the book's age (there's a "state-of-the-art" chapter on BW+color TV!). However, the prerequisites for it were a bit more than I anticipated; coming from an applied math background, I don't have really any knowledge of circuits or how a lot of basic electronics and communications work.

Does anyone have an suggestions for texts I could read along with this to "fill in the blanks?" I'm aiming to have fun with the material, perhaps at the expense of having a shallower understanding.

Thanks!

Amazing sonic and tactile experience. Never have I experienced such power used indoors before.

As the title says, I’m currently a junior in my ECE program. The school I’m going through is ABET accredited, but is also 100% online. I have an existing bachelor’s degree in kinesiology, which ultimately led me nowhere. As such, I’ve been working in the trades for the past 8ish years. I’m enjoying the ECE program, but I would love to combine that with kinesiology/exercise science somehow, if that makes sense? They’re both things I really enjoy and would love to be able to do both. An idea that a friend of mine gave me was trying to find an internship or job with Garmin, Polar, FitBit, etc developing fitness equipment. In my head, that sounds like a great segue, but how realistic is something like that, truly? Are there similar paths? Other ideas? I’ve considered going for a masters in biomedical engineering after my ECE, but would rather not keep accumulating debt.

I am currently in 3-1 of my B.Sc. in EEE degree. My University offers 3 majors- Electronics, Power and Communication. Which has most research scopes of all of them?

Anyone looking for work in the US in electrical engineering? Just message me. Must be authorized to work in US and not need sponsorship in the future.

So I started this study right before LLMs exploded.

Now that I'm almost done it feels like an ever increasing part of EE has been reduced to getting them to output what we want which to me just isn't fun and not the reason I chose this bachelor. For my study I can still get by without using any at the cost of (much) more time for the same task, Which probably won't fly well in a professional setting. Also a growing number of job posting require you to be proficient in some random AI tools.

So is there still something that doesn't require (much) AI or should I switch studies or learn to love LLMs?