May I suggest the following second assignments?

We should also agree on the relative weighting of your mark between the
assignments and the "interview/oral questions" at the end of the course.

Topic: Individual Topics in Readout Electronics
Due: September 30 before 15:30
Size: less than 3 pages of words (unlimited figures and tables)
Text: prefer raw LaTeX or postscript
Figures/tables: prefer LaTex or postscript
Media: paper (prefered), UNIX path, email, or web page

Please read up on the following topics and write down the general
ideas in the format of an introduction for a beginner whom 
would want to know what the topic is all about.  Avoid nitty gritty
details.  You can learn those later if you ever need them.

Trevor  - Logic Families: TTL, ECL, CMOS, etc.
Anthony - Signal Transmission in Cables
Rob     - The Transfer Function of a Bipolar Shaper
Kalen   - Fiber channel
Bryan   - High-Performance Prallel Interface - HIPPI
Phil    - Scalable Coherent Interface - SCI
Norm    - Asynchronous Transfer Mode - ATM

If you want a different topic please attempt to work it out amongst
yourselves.