MEP EP#284: Real Engineering for a Real Engineer

MEP EP#284: Real Engineering for a Real Engineer

• When to Schedule Python for Engineers Intro Stream?
  • This Saturday July 10 at 6PM central
  • Twitch URL for the stream
  • Overview of the Topics
    • Setting up a python environment on Windows PC
    • Python script talking to an embedded device over serial communication
    • Not a how to write python/code stream
    • Might get into Tkinter for GUI stuff
    • Embedded Device will be Arduino
    • SCPI to handle the coms
  • List of items
    • Arduino
    • Windows PC
    • PyCharm
• PinoTaur Production Update
  • Production is going well, boards are slated to be completed soon
  • The Future of the Supply Chain
    • Finding part alts that work for you
    • Finding different temperature ranges, packages, and even packaging
• Adventures in Plastic Injection Molding
  • We have reached 1 Mega presses
  • First analysis - Images below
  • All “failures” were due to test bed
  • Could probably go more than 1 million presses
    • Will repeat 3 or 4 more times
  • New batch of actuators due any day now
• Finally Real Engineering
  • Ran into my very first honest to god Differential Equation…
  • Got around it with excel
  • To all college students - Do well but….
• What is the most computational intensive work you have had to do on the job?