Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast

MEP EP#184: Like a Satellite Out of Hell

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Parker

  • Trophy Software?
    • WiFi connectivity - Comitup
    • Python GUI - guizero
    • PinoTaur
      • LED boards using the APA-102C-NEW-260
        • Make them low cost and easy to assemble
        • Build up 2 more REV1 for testing purposes
        • Next project Sponsored by Mouser
          • IoT Compressor revitalization
          • Started on MEP EP#68
          • Uses a Particle Photon
          • PX3AN2BS250PAAAX
            • HoneyWell Pressure Transducer
            • 6225AXXSZS-DC3
            • Need a new enclosure that is industrial and ruggedized

              • Stephen

              • Linear power supply design
                • Roz transformer and the appropriate taps
                • How do you estimate the dc output voltage given a transformer spec?
                • Vdc = 2*Vmax/pi
                • Power supplies for valve amplifiers Page 38
                  • Very cool chart for determining DC output voltage from rectifiers with series resistance
                  • http://www.hammondmfg.com/pdf/5c007.pdf
                  • Drilling and tapping the trophy
                      • Just got the parts day of recording

                        • R.F.O.

                        • Glasgow tongue has a taste for whisky
                          • Glasgow University researchers have made a bionic tongue which can tell the difference between Glenfiddich, Laphroaig, Glen Marnoch and between different vintages of each brand sampled at the ages 12, 15 and 18.
                          • So, you want to build a CubeSat?
                            • Al Williams covered this topic!
                            • Lots of CubeSat data here
                            • What kind of CubeSat would you design?
                            • How to Master PCB Repairs and Why You Should
                              • Hardest thing about repairing circuit boards is knowing what the part was before it let the smoke out!

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