Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast29 Marras 2017

EP#96: I Expect You To be Bored Mr. Bond

Episode 100 is coming up! It’ll be a Q&A session - so send in your questions to podcast@macrofab.com
2nd Annual Star Wars Xmas Special Engineering Podcast. Check out the video from last year!
Parker
- Built a mounting surface for the Jeep Electronics
Stephen
- Failure of the Science Museum Project
  - Was expecting soft foam at the bottom of the "well" to move the cones of the drill bit
  - Hard plastic was installed instead
  - Coupling bent up that connects the rotational shaft to the large nema 34 stepper
  - Safety first, equal amounts of time spent on safety as engineering the rest of the project
Pick Of the Week (POW)
- How to reduce Arduino Uno power usage by 95% - Deferred Procrastination
  - Replace the linear regulator with a DC-DC converter
  - Adjust the USB-to-Serial circuit so it’s only powered from the USB port
  - Cut out (or desolder) the always-on LED’s on the board
  - Use the processor sleep mode.
  - Before: 53mA After: 2.5mA
  - DC -DC convertor used was a Traco TSRN-1 for $6.07
Rapid Fire Opinion (RFO)
- Internet of Toilet Paper Holder - HackADay
  - Revolutionized entire toilet paper supply management life cycle
  - Tracks usage statistics - Manage wiping data and share on social media
  - Instructables to make your own!
- Man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat - The Washington Post
  - Self-taught rocket builder Mike Hughes - 61 yr old limo driver
  - Holds record for biggest limo jump
  - Plans to launch himself 1,800 feet high
  - U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "told me they would not allow me to do the event ... at least not at that location," Will have to reschedule the launch
  - Not atmosphere its atmosflat
  - $20,000 rocket had a fancy coat of Rust-Oleum paint and “RESEARCH FLAT EARTH” inscribed on the side

Tags: Arduino, electronics podcast, Houston Museum of Natural Science, IoT Toilet Paper, Jeep, Low Power, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, Man, MEP, Podcast, Rocket

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