The Simple Electronics Podcast

In this episode of The Simple Electronics Podcast, I am joined with Another Maker on his third suck of the sav, as some listeners will have heard before. We get to talking about the weather, about my attempt to upgrade a 3d printer, about a bus conversion Another Maker is working on and about some sneak previews for the future of the channel and where my ambitions are taking me. Here are the promised links:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AnotherMaker

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnff93wD8YCxnC6MWAx-5qw 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_FksrzP3q-IuoWTiG501LQ 

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Welcome back to another episode of The Simple Electronics Podcast. This episode features nothing special at all! There is no cool guest - just me! I deliver a a small channel update, what has been going on as well as taking a verbal walk through a few of my larger ongoing projects at the moment - including my commission project, some 3d printing stuff (both a custom build and an upgrade path) and some upcoming remote control vehicle stuff. I also go though what is upcoming in the near future and tease some distant future stuff!  

Here are the add-a-fuse things I refer to: (Affiliate) https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9QB2tZ 

Check out some of these channels: 

https://www.youtube.com/c/GadgetReboot 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_fBCntMUjKPICoqFUlfdqg 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm8tKK42_q0tljXDXmrCudQ 

https://www.youtube.com/c/AnotherMaker 

https://www.youtube.com/c/DevelopWithDan 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp_5PO66faM4dBFbFFBdPSQ 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rQKO2XhPnvhnyV1eALa6g 

https://www.youtube.com/user/pileofstuff 

https://www.youtube.com/c/billieruben

This week's guest is South Africa's own Faffa! Faffa is a teacher in South Africa's oldest technical school, Daniel Pienaar Technical Highschool, teaching electronics and digital circuits, and is starting up a robotics program using Arduinos and all sorts of awesome gadgetry! I strongly recommend you check out his YouTube channel and subscribe!  Check him out here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1cvH4fNvsfkN12EpXTVrZA 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_kGc0FI5CCKYGiEmPaUDsg

https://instagram.com/tiere_dp_?r=nametag 

https://www.facebook.com/www.danielpienaar.co.za/ 

https://www.danielpienaar.co.za

In this week's episode we have the king of the 3D printing kickstarters - Joe, the 3D Printing Professor! Joe has has the opportunity to work with and review all kinds of machines and his 3D CAD skills are darn good - especially since he's using Blender for his projects. We chat about the genesis of his kickstarter campaigns and the philosophy that is driving the Printablok projects, as well as tons of other cool topics! Go check out his website and his channel and make sure you subscribe to him - or even better - toss a few bucks into the kickstarter campaign and get some awesome STL files in exchange! 

Find him here: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJk5KVaJVBEEl_jP5gKjoDw 

https://www.3dpprofessor.com/ 

https://www.patreon.com/3DPrintingProfessor 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3dpprofessor/printablok-mechs

In this episode of The Simple Electronics Podcast we have another maker who is making projects 10x better than his sub count - Matou! We chat about all sorts of things including a deep dive into his last two massive projects - the cable cam (sky cam) and the 3d printer that physically plays chess against you! The cable cam is still a work in progress but the concept actually works! The little camera happily glides along over the workbench carrying around a 360 camera, and the 3d printer happily tosses its enemy chess pieces off the chessboard and freaks out when it loses! I hope you will all go and subscribe to Matou's channel!

Find him here:

https://www.youtube.com/matoumakes

https://www.patreon.com/matoumakes

https://matoumakes.net/

https://twitter.com/matoumakes

In this week's episode of the Simple Electronics Podcast - Dave from Usagi Electric! Electric is the correct word because he's been busy making silicon-free logic circuits and attempting to work his way all the way up to a full vacuum tube computer! We talk about what he's been doing since the pandemic started, the motivation for his hobbies and even delve into old cars! Dave is a cool guy and I hope you'll go subscribe to his channel - as his videos punch WAY above his subscriber count! 

Find him here: 

https://www.youtube.com/c/nakazoto 

https://www.discord.gg/p7UsfHD 

https://twitter.com/UsagiElectric

In this episode I get to sit down with ping-pong ball aficionado and overall wirelessly-connected maker, BitLuni! The conversation goes all the way from automotive history, to ride-on projects, to LED wall and everything in between! Please go check out his channel and I am sure you'll find yourself among fantastic content!  - And don't forget to subscribe!  

Here is the video BitLuni was referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwT00w_U24c 

Find BitLuni here: 

https://www.youtube.com/BitLunisLab 

https://www.youtube.com/BitLunisTrash 

https://www.discord.gg/MT5RbJt 

https://www.Patreon.com/BitLuni

In this week's episode, I have a chat with Adafruit's lead on Circuit Python and self-admitted hardware start-up abandoner Scott Shawcroft! Scott and I chat about Adafruit's quest to simplify and streamline the Circuit Python experience, especially for newcomers, his time working on the Google maps team, and why starting a hardware based company is much harder than it seems! Make sure to check him out on his GitHub and have a look at some Adafruit stuff and see if any of it meets your needs! 

Find Scott here: 

https://github.com/tannewt/ 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOXBHlu9msoXq2jQN4JpCk8A

www.tannewt.org 

https://twitter.com/tannewt 

Find Adafruit here: 

adafru.it/discord 

https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython

www.adafruit.com

In this episode; a guest especiale! This week I talk to head of IoT and Pro at Arduino, Andrea Richetta! Andrea is coming to us from Italy where he has worked for Ardunio for quite a few years! We chat about how Arduino feels about counterfeit vs clone vs genuine Arduino boards, using Arduino in your commercial products! We also chat about Arduino's involvement in the rise of the maker movement and what Arduino company culture is all about! Andrea is also an electronics Hobbyist with his own weather station type projects and even some modifications incoming to his Roomba! 

You can find him on his LinkedIn profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrearichetta/

Brian might be one of the spookiest guests to grace the podcast since he is one of those fancy word-weavers that makes machines do his bidding - that's right, a software developer! Brian and I chat about microcontrollers, specifically of the wifi-handling variety, motivation and the importance of getting projects (and code) out there for all to see! We also chat about how his world has become intermingled with another great YouTuber - Destin from Smarter Every Day. Make sure to check out Brian's channel and drop him a subscribe here: 

www.youtube.com/BrianLough

www.twitter.com/witnessmenow

https://github.com/sponsors/witnessmenow/ 

and here are some links to the two videos we discussed in the episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xmqb4W2T0M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya9ctX3Te2E