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 Sep 201627min
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 Sep 201633min
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 Aug 201634min
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 Aug 201627min
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 Aug 201631min
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 Aug 201636min
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 Juli 201631min
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 Juli 201631min
