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Whether you're a student eager to grasp what the job market seeks, or an engineer keen to stay ahead in the fast-paced tech world, Circuit Break is your go-to. The hosts, alongside a vibrant community of engineers, makers, and leaders, dissect product evolutions, demystify the journey of tech from lab to market, and reverse engineer the processes behind groundbreaking advancements. Their candid discussions not only enlighten but also inspire listeners to explore the limitless possibilities within electrical engineering...
Episode 100 is coming up! It’ll be a Q&A session - so send in your questions to podcast@macrofab.com
2nd Annual Star Wars Xmas Special Engineering Podcast. Check out the video from last year!
Parker
Update on the Jeep Electronics
LM22678TJ-5.0/NOPB
5V switcher regulator with 5A capacity
Used Ti Webench to design it
ADP3338AKCZ-3.3-RL
3.3V LDO Linear Regulator with 1A capacity
CU40045-UW1J
40 x 4 VFD
Propeller code for driving this display
Keep Tabs on this project on github!
Decent cheap toggle switches on Amazon
Stephen
Science Museum Update
Video screen that plays animation - in house engineer setting it up and built an Arduino circuit around Stephen’s project
DipTrace update 3.2
You can now rotate and flip by groups, when making patterns WOOT!
Rapid Fire Opinion (RFO)
Solder? What is the best kind? What about Flux?
The Amazing $1 Microcontroller - Jay Carlson
Best comparison of MCUs I have seen
Goes through IDEs, Performance, Peripherals of each IC
Alibaba buys into CPU company to support AliOS - Electronics Weekly
Alibaba has bought a stake in a Chinese microprocessor manufacturer to promote development of of processors which support Alibaba’s operating system – AliO
AliOS has two flavours – called AliOS Cloud Link for cloud computing, and AliOS Things for IoT
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