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July 07, 2021

MEP EP#284: Real Engineering for a Real Engineer

51 minutes

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?

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