The Amp Hour

Occam's Engineering Razor

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  • Dave has been troubleshooting his solar panel's lower output
  • Occam's (engineering) razor
  • Timelapse capture of the sun hitting the panels
  • Data from the inverter shows a 20% output drop
  • Lots of theories about what it could be. Micro cracks, like in the MJLorton video?
  • Nope, turns out it was the TV antenna
  • Chris and his wife were discussing their daughter's education and the desire for a child to be curious and rigorous
  • Chris gave the example of Ben Krasnow's video about putting traces onto plastic (which is normally made by a company by past guest Andreas Spiess)
  • Article about someone leaving STEM Field because they didn't like not knowing. "The importance of stupidity in scientific research"
  • Troubleshooting
  • During Dave's recent mailbag video, he reviews the Xdevs workbench
  • Jay Carlson also posted about workbenches/shops, specifically using the tray method for organizing projects
  • Adam Savage's tour of Grant Imahara's shop (RIP)
  • Chris has been trying out different screw mounting methods with his 3D printing (thermal set, printing a nut into it, screw direct into plastic)
  • Intel likely won't be making auto chips
  • List of different semiconductor fabricaiton facilities
  • Demos over deadlines
  • GANTT (waterfall) vs Agile
    • Razor photo by Erik Mclean from Pexels
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