Dear Friend & Subscriber:
Just had my neighborhood Christmas party, a veritable holiday-o-rama. We had a nifty White Elephant gift exchange, too: Everybody drew a number out of the hat. You know what I got?
I got this white folder that was created by a very shy Linux programming guy named Dave. On the white folder it said, simply:
The Internet
I opened the folder and inside was a piece of paper which had about ten of Dave's favorite websites written on it. Sites like Slashdot and LittleGolem and UrbanDead.
Since Dave is a Linux guy, I said, "Dave, using Linux for a desktop is kind of like driving a road grader to the grocery store. But just for you, I'm going to look all these sites up on my Linux box. So I did. And.... a whole new world opened up to me.
No more Google for me, bubba. From now on, any time I want something on the Internet, I'm gonna open up Dave's white folder. And do all my web surfing in Linux. I've officially turned my back on the mainstream online world.
So what does this have to do with you?
Well see, we've got openings for embedded software engineers, but watching me after my fifth Heineken, Dave really wasn't so sure. So let me try this on you:
-Electrical Engineer: The ideal candidate for this position will be an astro-genius who can pull 22 hour shifts and lives happily on leftover pizza and 2-liter bottles of RC. Will tweak a 16/32 bit microprocessor platform and RTOS to meet requirements, design hardware to meet requirements and develop embedded software in assembly, C or C++.
-Software Engineer: Same project, preferably a true turbo-coder. Pizza and RC, all that. Somewhat less than 22 hours a day, more like 20. Will design the software User Interface, structure, and modular interfaces for both embedded software and supporting Windows application software in C, C++, VB, .NET
And although I cannot explicitly promise this, there may be some possibility of investigating paranormal phenomena during lunch breaks. (Don't tell my boss, Don I said this though.)
If any of this sounds appealing to you, don't hesitate to run over to
http://www.bb-elec.com/employment/positions.asp and get in touch with us.
Onward...
MICRO PLC'S AT B&B
Our programmable relays (http://www.bb-elec.com/product_multi_family.asp?MultiFamilyId=39) have been such a smash hit that we've expanded it to include micro-PLC's. Not just any micro-PLC's, but the best value we could find on the planet. Brand new units featuring the latest wizbang electronics. That means they're the fastest in their class, Floating Point math, field upgradeable firmware, 56 auto-tuning PID loops, expandable to 7 com ports, up to 512 I/O.
Some applications for the Christmas season that use PLC controllers:
-Running Christmas light shows: You can sync your PLC to the Ozzy Osbourne Christmas special and orchestrate hundreds of lights to flash - causing traffic jams in front of your house and, ultimately, an order from the police department to shut the whole thing down. Real Men put PLC's on their Christmas Trees, baby.
-I betcha didn't know that Santa Inc. runs a warehouse system at the North Pole to get all his packages onto the sleigh. I understand that after a head-on collision in 2004, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had his shiny nose replaced with a red LED, which is also controlled by a B&B Electronics Micro PLC.
I'm so excited about these PLC's, I'm walking on imported air. Go here to see the simple 5-step process for implementing an effective Micro-PLC control project:
http://www.bb-elec.com/product_multi_family.asp?MultiFamilyId=60&s=e122006
Oh, and about those job openings.... I was thinking about rotating jobs here at B&B Electronics through a white-elephant type process kind of like the Christmas party. You know, the deal where if someone likes your job they get to take it and you have to draw a new one out of the hat.
Can't wait to see who gets to write your next B&B Newsletter....
Happy Connections,
Mike Fahrion
support@bb-elec.com
+1 (815)433-5100
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