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Circuit Break

a MacroFab Podcast

Parker and Stephen explore topics in engineering each week.

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How soft are your diodes

How Soft Are Your Diodes?

Parker's pinball controller has gone gold! Revision 3 is being fabricated! Stephen then explores the softness factor of diodes and the SSPS returns?

Hungry hungry op amps

Hungry Hungry Op Amps

Parker and Stephen just talk about Projects... Just Projects for 30 minutes.

You wont believe this one weird engineering trick

You won’t believe this ONE WEIRD Engineering trick

Parker and Stephen talk about the Analog board of the SSPS and clickbait engineering article titles.

Dissolving energon cubes

Dissolving Energon Cubes

Stephen and Parker chat about updates to the SSPS and FX Dev board.

Super simple buss bars of power

Super Simple Buss Bars of Power

Parker and Stephen talk about the SSPS Energon Cube and Eagle Part Libraries.

Lousy datasheet buyouts

Lousy Datasheet Buyouts

Stephen and Parker rant (again) on bad datasheets, ARM being bought out by SoftBank, and general project updates.

Pokey datasheets incognito arduinos

Pokey Datasheets and Incognito Arduinos

This week Stephen and Parker rant about terrible datasheets and incognito Arduinos.

Let rf hit noise floor

Let The RF Hit The Noise Floor

This week Stephen and Parker have Dustin Holliday as a guest to chat about the FCC and KiCad Python.

Panning caps

Panning for Caps

Stephen and Parker discuss Gameboys using Raspberry Pi Zero, the FAA's new anti-drone system, and project updates.

Ridiculously blinking led

Ridiculously Blinking LED

Stephen is now almost done with the FX Development Board's final layout and enclosure design.

Discrepant diodes

Discrepant Diodes

Stephen makes progress on the FX Dev Board and Parker keeps working on the Stupid Simple Power Supply.

Robots with feelings

Robots with Feelings

Stephen does a full on simulation of analog section of the SSPS in MultiSim and Parker is working on a ESP8266 devboard.

Bits that dont quit

Bits That Don’t Quit

Stephen and Parker discuss how the digital and analog side of the SSPS will work and interface with each other.

Mythical transistors

Mythical Transistors

Parker is working on the front panel for the SSPS, Rigol DP832 woes, and Stephen does a guest lecture for the Iron Yard.

Mechanical multisim monsters

Mechanical MultiSIM Monsters

Stephen continues his work on the SSPS and Parker gets busy building an X-Y gantry.

Opamp timal power supply

Opamp-timal Power Supply

Stephen talks about the Stupid Simple Power Supply (SSPS). He designed a OPA541 breakout board for testing.

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