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Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast

Dive into the electrifying world of electrical engineering with Circuit Break, a MacroFab podcast hosted by Parker Dillmann and Stephen Kraig. This dynamic duo, armed with practical experience and a palpable passion for tech, explores the latest innovations, industry news, and practical challenges in the field. From DIY project hurdles to deep dives with industry experts, Parker and Stephen"s real-world insights provide an engaging learning experience that bridges theory and practice for engineers

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75:03

MEP EP#364: Product of many Imaginations

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2023/02/03

MEP EP#364: Product of many ImaginationsPrevious Episodes Misha last heard on MEP EP #142: Supply Chain Conspiracy Securities Chris last heard on MEP EP#212: The End of Electronics Manufacturing?! The State of Digital Manufacturing What is digital manufacturing? Is there a definition of digital manufacturing? Other players in this space. Some business models are winning, some models are stuck in neutral. New Round of Investment Why does a manufacturer need investment? The nature of

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60:26

MEP EP#363: Breadboarding for Success

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2023/01/29

MEP EP#363: Breadboarding for SuccessBreadboarding your circuits Why even do it? Time savings Quick check of your ideas Leave breadboard assembled for future pcbs Breadboards do not break physics - all the same rules apply What you put into it you get out Cleanliness matters Plan out your circuits You will likely find that you do not need extra jumpers if you plan the circuit Measure and bend leads - 0.1” pitch Use good components Use the bus strips for power and

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49:22

MEP EP#362: It is 2023, Why Does Footprint Design...

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2023/01/21

MEP EP#362: It is 2023, Why Does Footprint Design Still Suck?First R2R bill passes and it is… NY gov Kathy Hochul signed into law one of the first R2R bills Hochul agreed to sign the bill with some last minute changes Hochul wrote in a memo that the legislation, as it was originally drafted, "included technical issues that could put safety and security at risk, as well as heighten the risk of injury from physical repair projects." Changes Stripping requirement for OEMs to provide to

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49:17

MEP EP#361: Cold Welding This Podcast Together

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2023/01/14

MEP EP#361: Cold Welding This Podcast TogetherAdding Cold Welding Function to any Welder Cold spot weld function Most tig welders interface with a 5 pin foot controller 3 pins for potentiometer - analog signal telling how much amperage 2 pin switch for initiating the arc Made a circuit to spoof the footswitch 555 timer to set the duty cycle Monostable mode Capacitively coupled to allow for single button presses Range: 1ms to 100ms

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59:49

MEP EP#360: Current Conscience Comparator

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2023/01/06

MEP EP#360: Current Conscience ComparatorFramework, Noctua, and other brands add official 3D models to Printables Prusa Research’s “Printables” website added a new section called “Brands” Manufacturers and OEMs can upload verified models for their products CNC Update All of the fasteners arrive this week along with the aluminum extrusions Build weekend Developed a 3d printable cable tie for 4040 t-slots 3d prints with planned bending sections Other than iteration and experience

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51:40

MEP EP#359: Datasheet Lore

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/12/31

MEP EP#359: Datasheet LorePicking a part for your design What is your process for selecting a part for your design? What is your preferred method of learning about electronics? How would you make the process of selecting parts for your design easier? The Return of the Cat Feeder Unreminder Experimenting with the AEM10941 User Interface changes? Segmented LCD VI-422DPRCS Driver? Need 3VAC - 6VAC Made an oscillator with a 4049 hex inverter More power reduction? CD4047

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64:09

MEP EP#358: The Social Media Nightmare

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/12/24

MEP EP#358: The Social Media NightmarePorsche’s synthetic gasoline factory comes online today in Chile Way back on episode 265 (Feb 2021) we talked about this announcement from Porsche. Production 34,000 gallons (130,000 L) a year 14.5 million gallons (55 million L) a year by 2024 145 million gallons (550 million L) a year by 2026 Wind power to electrolysis water into hydrogen and oxygen The hydrogen is then combined with carbon captured from the air or industrial sources to

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188:27

MEP EP#357: Seventh Annual MacroFab Star Wars...

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/12/16

MEP EP#357: Seventh Annual MacroFab Star Wars Christmas Special – We're the Rebel Codebreakers!Spoilers for recent Star Wars shows like Andor included for free! This Year's Guests Josh Rozier A business intelligence and data analytics professional for a large, east-coast insurance monolith. In his spare time, Roz spends his time building and tweaking guitar amplifiers and pedals. Co-owner of Empire Engineering with Stephen. Chris Kraft A tinkerer currently working as a software

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63:09

MEP EP#356: Don't Let AI Brew Your Beer

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/12/10

MEP EP#356: Don't Let AI Brew Your BeerPDA - Parkers Death Amp Going to do a restoration on it and a recover Need to get rid of the death parts Some scary stuff after looking at the schematic Chat GPT-3 AI computer model for conversations / text generation People have been putting assembly into and and asking for notes on what the code does The AI sounds very sure of itself when giving completely wrong answers Suggested as a replacement for general internet searching How do you

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56:01

MEP EP#355: The One They Talk About Football Fields...

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/12/02

MEP EP#355: The One They Talk About Football Fields For a Long TimeEnd of 2022 Engineering Questions? What trends in the past few years have changed PCBAs the most in the last few years? Weird SMT packages are starting to become more normal PCBs themselves are being used more as a structural part of the overall product What do you think will be the next “big” thing that will change the way EEs design PCBs? Rigid Flex changed the way compact consumer devices where

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56:52

MEP EP#354: A Consumable For Your Wallet

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/11/28

MEP EP#354: A Consumable For Your WalletLouis Rossmann’s fresh start in Austin, Tx Moved his business from New York to Austin, Texas Learn how to open and fix things Classes will be free Mercedes Makes Better Performance a $1,200 Subscription in Its EVs Subscription to make your car vroom vroom faster Acceleration from 0-60 mph is said to improve by 0.8-1.0 seconds and the overall characteristics of the electric motors are supposed to change as well Microjet Spray System Started

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55:05

MEP EP#353: The Name Will Arrive

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/11/18

MEP EP#353: The Name Will ArriveJeep Prop Fan Thingy Jeep Prop Fan thingy Spec Sheet Connectors The Quest for 25 Amps TE Connectivity 1-1418362-3 Pg 63 of this catalog Haltech released a new PDM 10 8A 4 25A 2 Push Pull Arduino Opta Arduino's First Micro PLC supporting standard languages including LD (Ladder Logic Diagram) and FBD (Function Block Diagram) STMicro STM32H747XI dual-core microcontroller Opta Lite, Opta RS485, Opta WiFi High-power relay switching (4 x

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56:37

MEP EP#352: CNC Crafting

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/11/16

MEP EP#352: CNC CraftingNovember 5, 2022 - Extra Life Recap Improvements to the script Thank you to everyone that hung out, supported, and donated! What is next for CNC Parametric cnc model in fusion Model by Ed Frazier https://grabcad.com/library/parametric-cnc-router-1 Changed to a 5x5 cutting surface All 8020 construction with good bit of milled aluminum Added a 40 series table ATP-5 aluminum by vista

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46:26

MEP EP#351: Signal Switching for Maximum Offness

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/11/04

MEP EP#351: Signal Switching for Maximum OffnessPython Demo for Extra Life API Stream Date: November 5th, 2022 Python to OBS functioning! Websockets. What are they? HTTP is unidirectional where the client sends the request and the server sends the response Websocket data is continuously pushed/transmitted into the same connection OBS has a built in local server that you can establish a websocket with another application Python module obswebsocket Provides a wrapper for all

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60:46

MEP EP#350: Estimating Effort

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/10/28

MEP EP#350: Estimating EffortPython Demo for Extra Life API Stream Date: November 5th, 2022 Functionality so far Check Extralife API for donations This is done with the requests module This endpoint seems to return old and new donations There isn't a “new donation” end point it seems Get the donation IDs and compare them to a local file Local file is made with the pickle module Pickle allows you to take any data structure in python and “package it” into a binary file for

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61:36

MEP EP#349: Connector Catalogs

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/10/23

MEP EP#349: Connector CatalogsNovember 5, 2022 - Extra Life Haven't had a chance to work on this yet Going to stream working on it? Adventures in injection molding PINNACLE 5112C3 8% haze - this is pretty low. Any lower and it would be considered “clear” Low melt flow, excellent processability - Voids Two ways to create diffusion Haze Surface Texture Jeep Prop Fan Half bridges for each output Current sensing INA219 Inputs Found a product that will do the

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59:24

MEP EP#348: AVRDUDE All The Way Down

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/10/14

MEP EP#348: AVRDUDE All The Way DownNovember 5, 2022 - Extra Life Content for the stream API for Extralife Custom plugin that goes to a Duke Nukem Sound Board Trying to get it to play gifs Working with Open Broadcast Software now Live podcast Nov 22 in Houston Microchip woes? Microchip has got back to us about the firmware - no issues on their end Suggested using the command line interface Originally thought pullups on the reset line but they are not needed Tried them with no

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43:53

MEP EP#347: Out Of Bounds Engineering

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/10/07

MEP EP#347: Out Of Bounds EngineeringNovember 5, 2022 - Extra Life I play games for children's hospitals Raised $5,169.42 last year Was the number one raiser for the Texas Children's Hospital What game for this year? What should I make for the stream? API for Extralife Duke Nukem Forever and Aliens Colonial Marines Custom Stream plugin for the games Live podcast Nov 22 in Houston Hacking FR4 for light transmission Using FR4 as a light diffuser Things to

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53:17

MEP EP#346: Calibrating CNCs with PCB Rulers

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/09/30

MEP EP#346: Calibrating CNCs with PCB RulersNovember 5, 2022 - Extra Life I play games for children's hospitals Raised $5,169.42 last year Was the number one raiser for the Texas Children's Hospital What game for this year? CNC Calibration 90 Dust Collection 2/4/5/6 in pipe Thinking I will do an overhead PVC solution Have to design a skirt capable of interfacing with a 4 in hose Battleship Texas Going to try to get someone on to talk about the restoration PCB Ruler

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68:40

MEP EP#345: The Hot List of Tasty Chip Fabs

Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast ·

2022/09/23

MEP EP#345: The Hot List of Tasty Chip FabsPool Shark Update! Wolfspeed fab for NC is latest on CHIPS Act list 668,000 domestic manufacturing jobs Global Unemployment. Do we have enough people for this? What technology are they aiming for? Here’s the latest hot list of cool chip fabs coming to the US GlobalFoundries 180nm down to 12nm Intel Ohio New Mexico Arizona Micron Memory Chips Samsung High end computing Texas Instruments 45nm+ analog, embedded

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