MEP EP#194: Adult supervision not required - Tilt 5 with Jeri

MEP EP#194: Adult supervision not required - Tilt 5 with Jeri

MEP EP#194: Adult supervision not required - Tilt 5 with Jeri

Episode 200 is Coming Up!

  • Question / Answer setup like Episode 100
  • Send them via Audio Format to podcast@macrofab.com

Jeri Ellsworth

  • Self-taught electrical engineer and entrepreneur with over 20 plus years experience designing and building mass market consumer electronics
  • Assembled the initial hardware R&D team for the Valve Software and was a key contributor to the technology used in the popular HTC Vive
  • While at Valve, she began work on the AR technology that would later become the basis for the technology behind Tilt Five, where Jeri serves as CEO and Co-Founder

Topics

  • What is Tilt Five?
  • Kickstarter Campaign
  • How does it function?
  • The Industrial design behind the project?
    • How important was getting the weight to < 90 grams?
    • How did you do it?
  • You have brought lots of products to consumer markets:
    • Prototyping your “finalized” product or first article
      • Parts with High NRE fees like Injection molding
      • Electronics
      • Selecting and sourcing the projectors?
      • Retro reflective material for the game mat
    • How long is the typical timeline for development?
    • What is something people don’t think about when they start designing a product?
    • War Stories

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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...

9 Syys 201627min

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 ...

2 Syys 201633min

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 ...

26 Elo 201634min

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...

22 Heinä 201631min

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