Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast

Parker Jeep Cruise Control update Ordered a late model TJ wiring harnessSpeed Control Servo: 4669979Cable: 4854156Vacuum Line: 52109525ADJeep Electrical Control Have wiring diagram doneBussmann 15303-5-2-4Stephen Science Museum Almost commission dayLast minute preparations and it is working greatAdding counterweightGif!Rapid Fire Opinion (RFO) Beverage Coaster Reference Design - Intersil The beverage coaster reference design lights up, plays music, and indicates beverage drinkability!Plays the Chicken Dance when a drink rests on it Thoughts on high-volume through-hole wire soldering - Reddit ECE Stephen has some thoughts about thisTags: Beverage Coaster Reference Design, electronics podcast, High volume PTH, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Intersil, Jeep Cruise, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, Podcast

2 Nov 201759min

Kaylan SmithHouston native, rice owl , UX designer, artist, die hard Astros fan, and MacroFaber since July 2016One of the strange breeds that went from being an artist to software developmentAttended a talk that Stephen Kraig gave about MacroFab at her school where she was learning to become a developerMike Williams Fascinated with computers since 7th grade, when he first got to use a TRS-80 model 1Seen the software development industry advance from MSDOS to smart phones and cloud computingWritten and designed software for flying cameras, high speed trains, and lots of business appsJoined MacroFab about 2 years ago and moved to Houston last year with his wife Loretta and his dog KosmoHeard about MacroFab from the episode of The Amp Hour where Chris Church and Parker Dillmann where guestsKaylan and Mike talk about the new PCB experience on the MacroFab platform they helped develop Overall cleaner interface that provides more information to customers Quick turnaroundEagle 8 and zip file uploading Supporting Eagle 8 - challenging because of their new subscription model and purchasing by autodeskOnly need to upload a board file and BOM will populate with it automaticallyActual color preview of board, part notes & movesUpdates to BOM Screen Price break graphFor inspiring devs what are some tips to getting a solid background for getting that first dev job? Williams: Tech is always going to be changing. Need to have great problem solving skills, and research and find information. Don’t be a specialist. Good language to start with is Python or Javascript.Kaylan: Be a good collaborator and communicator.Stackoverflow article about different programming languages used todayWho at Macrofab writes the worst Jira tickets?What do hardware/electronic people do that drive you nuts? Eagle writing out gerbers, it fills in with rasterized lines and default is .01 mil per line that generate monster files. You have to know to go in and change it.Longest you have looked for a semi colon or any other kind of syntax error? Williams spent three days to find a missing ampersand. Tags: Developers Developers Developers!, electronics podcast, Kaylan Smith, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, Mike Williams, Podcast

26 Okt 201747min

Chris Gammell Electrical engineer and electronics instructorRuns an online course is called Contextual Electronics and is host for the podcast The Amp HourGuest on the MacroFab Engineering podcast episode 33Currently works for HologramConsumer Vs Industrial Electronics  Longest running devices?HackADay SuperconferenceChris is doing a workshop on cellular, low level serial commands to modems via AT commands.Rapid Fire Opinion (RFO) MacroFab Announces Production Manufacturing Services, Expansion in Mexico. - Found on The Amp Hour SubredditMacroFab has a new website!Launching 10-day prototyping Have no more than 50 unitsHave fewer than 2,000 surface-mount placements (SMT)Have fewer than 20 unique SMT line itemsNo through-hole placementsGiant Robot BattleIron Glory Vs KuratasWas pretty lameNext time remove pilots for more destruction?Tags: Chris Gammell, Contextual Electronics, electronics podcast, Gammell-Tron, Giant Lame Robots, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, Podcast, The Amp Hour

20 Okt 201759min

Parker Tom Anderson Long time listener just launched his own podcast called Function.It is a podcast that is about Art and Engineering and where those two meet.Jeep Factory Cruse Control Most of the parts have not arrived.Mopar part 05013979AB Connector for the speed controller that pulls the throttle cableStephen iSpindel Does it work?!Made a bucket full of prison wine, and measuring with a fancy hydrometerDiatomaceous Transformation aka shifting dirtStephen and Patrick Renner have an installation coming up, Nov 10 in Plainview, TX8x8 grid, Can access any point on grid and drop any rodPick Of the Week (POW) Intersil Unveils First USB-C Buck-Boost Voltage Regulator - EEWeb Converts voltages 3.8V-24V to 5V-20V range with no dead zone.“It leverages Intersil's patented R3™ modulation technology to deliver acoustic noise-free operation (not buzzy), superior light-load efficiency and ultra-fast transient response.”Reminds us of the Turbo EncabulatorScishow youtube channelRapid Fire Opinion (RFO) How to Stop People from Stealing Your Oscilloscope Probes - Keysight #1 cause of workplace violenceHow would you prevent people from taking your cables.Visit our Slack Channel and join the conversation in between episodes!Tags: 05013979AB, Diatomaceous Transformation, electronics podcast, Jeep Cruise, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, Podcast, Turbo Encabulator

12 Okt 201735min

Stephen iSpindel - First time on the MEP: Introduce a tropic and finish it in 2 episodes!Parker Next Jeep Project: Factory Cruise Control RetroFit Currently missing the wiring to go to the PCM (Power Control Module) of the JeepBuy a used harness for connector pins and modify the current harnessPinHeck REV8 EOTL Update Inner layers are 0.5oz copper. Watch out for that.RPI3 CM will have its own power rails to keep the power cleanRapid Fire Opinion (RFO) Google Clips is a new $249 smart camera that you can wear - TechCrunchPassive use camera3hr battery lifeGrabs “Motion Photos”. Its 1910's all over again.It looks for people it recognizes and captures information“Automatically suggests the best moments”The Art of Blinky Business Cards - Brian McEvoy on HackADay NFC powered buisness cards NXP: NT3H1101 which has energy harvesting built inParker's SuperBoost business card that is all forgotten about on HackADay.Stephen’s business cards that demonstrate all of your capabilitiesTips: electronics podcast, iSpindel, Jeep Cruise, Koozie is a TM, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, NT3H1101, PCB business cards, PinHeck, Podcast, SUPER BOOST

6 Okt 20171h 1min

Parker PinHeck update! Rev8 EOTLAdding RPI3 CM module to the board.Reorganized the Schematic after 5 years of hacks and additionsPrinted a new HAKKO keyNew key costs $15!3D printed one in 17 minutesStephen Making an iSpindel - A budget version of the Tilt hydrometer Floats in liquid and by how the device tilts it measures the density and temperature of the fermenting beerGY-521 Gyro & Acceleration Sensor on a breakoutDS18B20 Temperature SensorLipo charger TP4056POW 100W Watercooled LED LightUsing a Corsair Hydro Water CPU coolerParker wants to make a ruggedized versionOverkill Solar Battery USB ChargerSimulation Vs RealityParker's Pro tip: if you do this for your senior project, you’ll get a AAA+RFO Zapp from the Slack Channel Would you rather have your evil engineering lair 1000 ft under water or in an active volcano? This is assuming that you have overcome all challenges related to living in such  harsh environments. Stephen picks water - cold, dark, and dank - Sealab Stephen editionParker picks Volcano - infinite energy source! Get to drive the Jeep into a volcano!Tips: 3D printing is awesome, Evil Engineering Lair, HAKKO, iSpindel, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, PinHeck, Podcast, The power of the sun in your hands

26 Sep 201746min

Annika O'BrienFounder and driving force behind both the LA Robotics Club and Houston Robotics ClubFocus into creating communities for people of all ages who have an interest in learning more about Robotics and ElectronicsHouston Robotics ClubWorking on getting 501c3 status (nonprofit)Outreach and free mentor-ship programsAbout 100 active usersShout Out to TX/RXLandmine Tracking Robotics SymbiobotsCommunicates with rat and rat smells TNTPiper the robot sees the rat’s danceWill eventually drill into landmines to inject environmentally safe Gel that will biodegrade TNTTags: Annika O'Brien, Houston Robotics Club, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, Nerd Cred, Podcast, Symbiobots, TX/RX

22 Sep 20171h 57min

Space Engineers VS Caffeinated ChipmunksSeptember 13th, 2017 was the 4th anniversary of MacroFab!Hardware and Electronics Engineering Meetup for September event is live!How to Design Products with Lean Manufacturing in Mind which Stephen is doing.How to Use Mouser's Parametric Search FunctionFree food and beer and Networking!"Fan" Art for the Pinotaur! Thanks Emmett Naughton, Tom Anderson, and Ekon_Designs! Parker Fixing Stephens Motorcycle2001 Honda Arrow VT 1100 c3Back cylinder does not fire Fuel, spark, compression - at least one of those things doesn’t workUpdate week after next weeks episode. MEP EP#87Stephen New gear for the podcastAll in rack-mount format, everything accessible from back sideFront will be mintList of equipment MOTU 8pre USB interfaceART P16 XLR Balanced Patchbay2 of Shure SM7B Vocal Dynamic Microphone, Cardioid2 of Shure SM58-LC Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone2 Mindprint DTC tube preamps and compressor/limiters Dual tube channelStephen picked up for $200 valued at $3,000 eachParker’s Geophysical services - vintage rack mountPOW Aylons showed off a really neat way to reflow FPGA BGAs at home in our Slack ChannelClothes iron with a thermocouple attachedRegulate temperature via PID (Person In Dominion)Multimeter set in Diode modeConnected to an I/O pin on the PCB and GND on PCBWhen the meter beeps you reflowed!RFO Sewer in London’s East End Menaced by Giant Fatberg - New York TimesWhitechapel fatbergOccupying a sixth of a mile of sewer under Whitechapel Road140 Tonsof fat and wet wipesLee Irving described the experience of encountering a fatberg as overwhelming, with a smell that mixes rotting meat and smelly toiletA Question from our CEO Chris Church "Do engineers in space helmets work faster, or slower, than caffeinated chipmunks?"And a bonus question. “... and which does less damage?”

14 Sep 201739min