Reinhard Meschenmoser

Creating technical videos on Spice simulation and switching regulators

Setting up an online channel for technical videos

Learning about specialized switching regulators for inverters and power factor correction (PFC)

Conducting measurements on commercially available inverters

Simulating circuits for power factor correction with PSpice and LTspice at both system and component levels

Researching components for implementation

Testing alternative simulation tools (PSIM, SIMPLIS, SIMetrix)

Setting up the lab area for circuit commissioning

Testing, characterizing, and documenting the lab board

Presenting the board to potential customers and at the Technology Cooperation Days at the Hannover Industrial Fair

Creating a PSpice simulation for filter circuits

Attending presentations by Linear Technologies, Keysight, Würth, and CADFEM within the VDI framework

Preparing and delivering a presentation on circuits, layout, and PSpice at the CDNLive 2016 conference

Writing a contribution for the reference electronics handbook in Würth's "Find Your Engineer" program

Testing ADS and SpiceVision software for graphical modeling of operational amplifiers

Installing and learning OrCAD version 17.2

Support in the development of electronic sensors

Simulation of coupled inductances with ferrite cores using PSpice

Development of a concept for current and voltage measurement in a connector

Coordination of the concept with the mechanical designer and digital circuit developer

Creation of schematics and board layouts in OrCAD to measure current, voltage, and luminous intensity

Commissioning of the PCBs

Literature research on current measurement with Rogowski coils

Developed prototypes to demonstrate the feasibility of future products

Transmitted rearview camera images analog and digital, wired and wireless using HDMI, LVDS, and ISM band radio transmission

Evaluated switching regulator variants for a wireless stage microphone and designed them with CR5000, tested the power amplifiers under OFDM

Developed components for multilingual conference transmission via infrared light using ADS and optical measurement techniques

Developed and tested antenna diversity for Wi-Fi speakers

Developed mid-range and long-range radar system components with HFSS, ADS, AutoCAD, and CR5000

Specified processes for digital map updates in collaboration with Denso, created English Word documents with UML and XML diagrams, filed 10 patents, used DOORS

Analyzed, documented, and extended a C++-based vehicle navigation system with MFC and Visual C++

Developed and field-tested a vehicle warning message transceiver, created schematics and layouts in OrCAD

Led specification and procurement of a 64 GHz radio system in the BMBF-funded project "Cellular Radio Networks with Optical Power Feeding" in cooperation with the Heinrich Hertz Institute Berlin

Specified, built, and field-tested a 5.8 GHz vehicle unit for infrastructure communication, simulations in PSpice

Specified and tested components for networking consumer devices, participated in committees in EIBA and powerline networks

Built a prototype receiver for digital radio (DAB)

Industrial networking with diffuse infrared light in an EU-funded project, developed components, simulations in PSpice, schematics and layouts in PADS, studied MOSFET drivers for LEDs

Designed and developed computer-controlled test and calibration systems for car radios and components using HP1000 computers under RTE-A in Fortran 7X

Used HP-specific subsystems for networking and databases