EP#6: Mythical Transistors

EP#6: Mythical Transistors

Podcast Notes

  • Parker is still working on the Super Simple Power Supply. He is designing the front panel. He is considering using some WP1043 Kingbright LEDs.
  • Super Simple Power Supply will have two decimal places for the LED segmented displays. 10mV and 10mA display resolution.
  • Keypad for punching in numbers directly and encoder for scrolling.
  • The Rigol DP832 is the powersupply Parker and Stephen currently use. Has the funky keypad.
  • ESP8266 is a low cost wifi module that has been in the maker space for the last couple years.
  • IoT BBQ? Stephen thinks its getting silly. Parker thinks IoT is just going to advertisement saturation.
  • Stephen did a guest lecture for the Iron Yard. It is a coding school. He gave a hardware based lecture. Covered the toolsets needed to design hardware like EDA Tools. Stephen pimped the MacroWatch.
  • Josh the sound guy trumps Parker and Stephen in figuring out where .ino file extension comes from.
  • Parker wrote a blog post about programming for production.
  • Heathkit launches a new website. $150 AM Radio? It is not just a radio but a chore since it is a kit! At least it looks nice...
  • Arduino and Raspberry Pi costs way less then any anything Heathkit offers. Stephen thinks Heathkit won't last long.
  • Little Box Challenge winners where announced. The CE+T Power Red Electrical Devils blew the specs out of the water for the solar inverter.
  • Parker went to mouser to see if he could buy the mythical transistors the CE+T Power Red Electrical Devils used in the inverter. Found some crazy big GaN transistors made by GaN Systems. Pricey but crazy awesome power transistor specs.

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EP#32: Erroneous Enclosures of Enormous Energy

EP#32: Erroneous Enclosures of Enormous Energy

Podcast NotesStephen brewed a batch of beer over the last weekend with his new electric brewing setup. It is not complete yet but it does work. Stephen converted his brew kettle to include a 4500W hea...

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EP#31: Embedded Brewing with Arduinos

EP#31: Embedded Brewing with Arduinos

Podcast NotesParker designed the Macro Duino! Basically a Arduino clone using Type C USB, a FT230X as the USB UART bridge, and proper power switching with the Ti TPS2113A. See Figure 1. Also supports ...

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EP#30: You won’t believe this ONE WEIRD Engineering trick

EP#30: You won’t believe this ONE WEIRD Engineering trick

Podcast NotesParker is working on streamlining the Selective Solder Process at MacroFab. Writing a script that will take XYRS data and generate the G-Code for the machine.Design work on a calibration ...

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EP#29: Modular Toilet Humor

EP#29: Modular Toilet Humor

Podcast NotesStephen is currently working on DipTrace part libraries and templates for DRC and CAM file generation. Should have an article out next week about it. GitHub repository for DipTrace files ...

19 Elo 201627min

EP#28: Dissolving Energon Cubes

EP#28: Dissolving Energon Cubes

Podcast NotesStephen has been running tests on the Energon Cube for the SSPS. So far everything is working great. Check out Stephen's blog post update:  Super Simple Power Supply "SSPS" Design (Part 3...

12 Elo 201631min

EP#27: If There is a Bug, You Can Fix It

EP#27: If There is a Bug, You Can Fix It

Podcast NotesOur Guest this week is Kwabena Agyeman who runs OpenMV. See Figure 1.The OpenMV project is about creating low-cost, extensible, Python powered, machine vision modules and aims at becoming...

5 Elo 201636min

EP#26: Super Simple Buss Bars of Power

EP#26: Super Simple Buss Bars of Power

Podcast NotesStephen has been working on making the copper buss bars for the SSPS Energon cube. See Figure 1.We calculated that the resistance of the copper buss bars is 0.00458 ohms or 4.58 mohm. Our...

29 Heinä 201631min

EP#25: Lousy Datasheet Buyouts

EP#25: Lousy Datasheet Buyouts

Podcast NotesStephen has completed the SSPS Analog board. See Figure 1. Testing will begin early next week.The Macro Amp that Stephen has been working on is almost done. He just needs to solder the th...

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