EP#51: No Flex Allowed
Jan 20, 2017•44 min•Ep. 51
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Podcast Notes
- Parker's Jeep Radio should be finished next week! Will have a write up either on the MacroFab blog or his personal blog.
- Crazy awesome PLC for the SAIM we found. See Figure 1.
- ATMEGA2540
- ESP8266 with expanded memory
- Protected I/O
- Relays
- Built in Speaker and Screen
- $90!
- Stephen's FX Dev Board is 29% funded! Thanks everyone! New Content soon!
- FXdevboard.com is up and templates are available. Stephen just finished tubescreamer clone using the templates.
- The greatest resistor in the world is on order - Double Sided for resistors and caps.
- Will Super Caps ever replace regular batteries?
- AutoDesk moves Eagle to Subscription only.
- Free version, Standard is $100/yr or $15/month, Premium is $500/yr or $65/month.
- Has a chart comparing the price of Eagle per day and Coffee? Error in chart.
- LEDs categorized by product bin?
- Part Number: L130-6580002011001
- Digikey Article
- Stephen did actual silicon die ICs in college! See Figure 2.
- New to the MEP! Discussions about PCB assembly and design practices! Mounting holes on PCBs. What to look out for?
- iPhone inner layer repair video.
- Be careful with ceramic capacitors near mounting holes.
- IPC standard for board flex in enclosures?
- Let Parker and Stephen know what future topics you want to listen to.
Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!
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