EP#138: MacroFab Design Contest: Blink an LED – MEP Favorite

We would like to thank everyone that entered into the MacroFab Design Contest: Blink an LED Sponsored by Mouser Electronics. The winner for the Pragmatic Blinky was Dillon with the  Disintegrated LM3909 – 1.5V LED Flasher. The winner for the Most Complicated Blink was Paul Gallagher with  The Bouncy Thief LED Blinking Machine. And The winner for the Wearable blink was Gerben with the Led eyelashes.

• MacroFab Engineering Podcast Favorite discussion
  • Winner : Bobricius with the Solar-powered flashing LED heart pendant PCB coil
• Stephen
  • TPS4021 4.5-V to 52-V Input Current Mode Boost Controller
    • PMP8621 TI app note for doing an 18V to 300V@ 10mA supply
    • Datasheet issues 
      • Two dimension drawings?
      • The thermal pad - What do you connect it to?
  • TPA3116 - 30W from an 18V supply
• R.F.O.
  • RE: Simulation talk from last week 
    • David Patterson emailed in and suggested HyperLynx Design Rule Checking (DRC)
  • RE: Jeep Wagoneer Project 
    • Brian Gosney emailed in about his '77 Dodge Colt Radio project 
      • Taking the stock AM radio, removed electronics and replaced them with Brian’s own design
      • Bluetooth connectivity
      • Fuel Injection: MegaSquirt?
  • OpenMV Cam H7 - Machine Vision w/ MicroPython
    • The OpenMV Cam H7 is an open-source MicroPython powered machine vision camera designed for low-power real-time applications
    • More powerful than the previous version (2x)
    • Removable camera modules: Global shutter and thermal sensor support
    • Kwabena was on MEP EP#27: If There is a Bug, You Can Fix It

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