EP#156: Are you ready to Tango?
Jan 23, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 156
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Episode description
- Parker
- Wagon Chime Module
- Installed back on Wagon and It works!
- USB Type-C Article Update
- Have the Type-C to FT230X complete
- Design Block for Eagle
- ESD protection on the CC Pins?
- IP4234CZ6,125 USB ESD protection
- Wagon Chime Module
- Stephen
- Found the old ribbon mic from MEP EP#110: Dangling Transformers
- Going look at doing a quick spin of a stacked PCB based version instead of the 3d printed chassis
- Boards can screw together to clamp to the ribbon itself by having a gold pad on the PCB
- Need a way to do fine tune adjustments on the ribbon tension
- Embedded transformer
- 3D printed enclosure – Fusion 360 to 3d printing?
- PCM2912A
- Brian Benchoff’s Oreo Stackup PCB
- Found the old ribbon mic from MEP EP#110: Dangling Transformers
- R.F.O.
- MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Prototyping
- Will be announced at NAMM 2019 (Jan 24-27th)
- In prototyping phase
- Fully back compatible with 1.0
- Solder Surface Tension and Why You Should Care
- The Current Source aka Derek has a released a really cool video on surface tension and how it relates to PCB Assembly
- Derek was on MEP EP#103
- A Choice of Grippers Helps Dual-Arm Robot Pick Up Objects Faster Than Ever
- Dex-Net 4.0
- Multi tool picking robot
- Successfully grasp 95 percent of unseen objects at a rate of 300 per hour
- Humans do double that at near 100% success rate
- Learns how to grip things by simulation
- The physics it uses is slightly randomized to “cover up” sensor defects
- The Basics of USB Battery Charging: A Survival Guide
- Maxim app note on Lithium Battery charging over USB
- A bit dated as it only covers BC 1.1 but still applicable to USB 2.0 devices
- New Mouser interface?
- Part Searching just got more time consuming?
- MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Prototyping
Tags: Chime Module, electronics podcast, EQ Build, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, USB Type-C, ribbon microphone, PCM2912, Oreo Stackup, MIDI 2.0, Solder Surface Tension, Derek, Derek Brodeur, The Current Source, Dex-Net 4.0, Maxim, Mouser
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