The IEEE

In a way the IEEE is a little like the ARRL.  The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers was formed in the 1960s from the merger of the IRE (International Radio Engineers) and the AIEE (American Institute of Electrical Engineers).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers

The organizations are alike in that they are member supported, publish magazines and books, are technically inclined.  But the IEEE is for engineers working in industry while the ARRL is an advocacy group for hobbyists.

I've never joined the IEEE.  Maybe like some hams who've never joined the ARRL ?  I just never saw the value in joining.  I read the magazine (Spectrum) in college and could look at the various transactions papers but even the student membership pricing was high.  When I graduated the membership price went up and it was even less of a deal for me.  Also engineers at the time could get tons of free trade publications (which have either gone online exclusively or vanished completely) so they kind of filled the void for the info available from the IEEE.  IEEE Membership is now $212 per year (yikes) in the USA and membership in one of the various societies will cost more.

I saw this article in Ars Technica about a project presented in IEEE Spectrum:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/09/39-year-old-radio-shack-laptop-gets-new-cpu-keeps-original-screen/

and that referred me to the IEEE Spectrum page:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/upcycle-a-vintage-lcd

I used to check the Spectrum site every once in a while but stopped sometime along the way.  It is free, assuming you consent to the cookies.  It often has interesting somewhat general interest articles as opposed to the scholarly papers in the various transactions (which are paywalled).

I'll have to add Spectrum back to the sites that I regularly look at.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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