Design News - July 18, 2005

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Cover Story

Things are looking better for engineers, especially for those who've stayed put long enough. The latest exclusive Design News annual salary survey shows that engineers with 20 or more years of experience make close to six figures—$94,517.85 on average.

Feature

Departments

Expo
Motion Control/Power Transmission
Fluid Power
Electronics
Software/Hardware
Trend Watch
Tied To a Yellow Line
Visualization Systems
Powder Metallurgy Winners
Green Scene
Standards for Compliance Documentation
Designer's Corner
Alternative Power for Mobile Applications
Weblog
Good Blog Hunting
My View
Lets Trash Curbside Recycling
Rarely Asked Questions
Slow "Starting" ADCs (or the beneficial effects of spirits in diagnosing converter problems)
Ask
Ask the Search Engineer
Calamities
The Case of the Battered Bearing
Slant
How Small Can You Go?
Flash
New and Notable Product Design
Mail
Readers Sound Off
Cool Software Tricks
Coping with complex Acoustic Impedance
Featured Product
ZigBee Shrinks to One Chip
Gadget Freak
Greg is Chillin' With 50 Cent on His Tricked-Out Keyboard
Rant
Interoperability? Yeah, right.

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