EP#157: Power Hungry Venti-Q

• Parker
  • Star Wars Detonator is 95% complete
    • It is inside the enclosure and works!
    • Stand needs to be printed and wrap up the paint
    • Original STL files for the detonator by Roel Veldhuyzen
    • Future of this project?
  • USB Type-C Article Update
    • USB Type-C -> FTDI FT230X -> Parallax Propeller is completed
    • Example is on our githubs
    • Next is going to be a direct to MCU style like an ATmega32u4 unless someone else has a better idea from the slack channel?
• Stephen
  • EQ is functioning!
    • Grtyvr from our Slack Channel came up with a good name – The Venti-Q
    • Power Hungry
    • Most of the bands work
      • 1 band has an oscillation problem
      • 1 band is pulling too much current
      • 2 or 3 bands are weak
    • Building a test harness to test each band individually
  • The Super Simple Ribbon Mic live design
    • Saturday Feb 2 @ 6pm Central on the MacroFab Twitch Channel
    • Preamp design for the Microphone
    • Mechanical Design (design of the ribbon frame and the case)
    • Audio Connection (USB? XLR?)
• R.F.O.
  • One board dev kit has three snap off STM 8 microcontrollers
    • One development board with three break off boards
    • Has three different tiers of 8-bit STM microcontrollers: STM8L001J3, STM8L050J3, STM8S001J3
    • STM8-SO8-DISCO
  • Don’t Toss That Bulb, It Knows Your Password
    • Smart Bulbs contain your WiFi credentials in plain text. Surprise!
  • Common Electrical Engineering Interview Topics
    • Luke Metro has been interviewing with Bay Area startups and big tech companies during his last year of college
    • A good list to start becoming a better Electrical Engineer

Tags: electronics podcast, EQ Build, FT230X, FTDI, Interview topics, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, Ribbon Mic, ST Microcontrollers, Star Wars Detonator, USB Type-C, Venti-Q