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Circuit Break

a MacroFab Podcast

Parker and Stephen explore topics in engineering each week.

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Repairing the Retro Future

This week we dive into the fascinating world of vintage tech repair, focusing on efforts to preserve General Motors' futuristic '80s digital displays.

April 26, 2024

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Vector Simulations for Samsung Capacitors

Parker makes small progress on the SDR Wagon Project and Stephen officially launches his new blog Analogeng.com.

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Classy NASCAR Badgelife

Stephen creates a new blog and starts documenting his projects and Parker pitches a SDR based car radio.

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The Hamster That Chirps

Parker opens the Wagon's chime module and Stephen finishes his uTracer project!

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Injection Molded Enclosure Design with John Teel

John Teel of Predictable Designs returns to the podcast to discuss designing for Injection Molded Enclosures for MFG.

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Tales From an Electrical Engineer - Ideas on Mechanical Design

Parker modifies car parts and assembles the Thermal Detonator and Stephen starts working with STM32 microcontrollers.

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Does not respond after opening LOUD?

Stephen and Parker announce the MacroFab Design Contest and discuss learning about FPGAs and the uTracer.

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Scott Swaaley and MAKESafe Tools

Scott Swaaley joins Parker and Stephen to talk about power electronics, induction motors, and rewiring tall ships.

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Free Form Jazz Welding

Parker talks LED patterns on the MEP SAO, Stephen uses a CNC machine, and RadioShack returns?

Trebuchet vs opamps

Trebuchet VS Opamps

Stephen and Parker reminisce about building trebuchets and break down the A/C control module electrical schematic.

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Git on the Darwin Wagon

Parker discusses his MEP SAO and finding unobtainium connectors for the Jeep while Stephen looks for version control.

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Tariff Impacts with Chris Church

Chris Church talks about the potential impact on the Electronic Manufacturing industry by the latest Tariffs.

Space engineering

Space Engineering

Stephen picks an enclosure for the uTracer project and Parker gets a new Jeep Grand Wagoneer.

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The Open Source Episode with Robert Keim

Robert Keim joins Parker and Stephen to talk about Open Source Information and its impact on the EE community.

Letting loaf

Letting The Loaf Out

Parker breaks down a Ford Climate Controlled Seat Module and Stephen has scope creep in his uTracer project.

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Jiggling Jumper Cables

Stephen is back! He calls in from Colorado to talk about his new occupation and how to read temperature thermistors.

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Brandon Satrom and the LANoT

Parker talks with Brandon Satrom of Particle about the future of IoT and then design and prototype an IoT device.

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Choose Your Own Adventure Level Shifter

Parker and Stephen examine an interesting mute circuit Stephen designed for his amplifier and the SN74LVC8T245.

Tell people hurt

Tell Me How People Hurt You

Parker and Stephen hang out and chat with Elecia White and Christopher White of the Embedded.FM podcast!

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Mastery of Skills and Wonder

Parker and Stephen chat about the recent Nintendo Switch hack and Stephen moving to Colorado.

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Battlestar Gallactic Grounds

Parker tries out the new Eagle 9 and Stephen fixes Jerry's Amp and talks about PCB ground configurations.

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Trey German Strikes Back

Trey German is back! Military vehicles, free lance engineering, and flying make for an interesting podcast.

Standard ish

Standard-ish

Stephen hacks an oscilloscope into a dynamic signal analyzer and Parker gets some verilog code to compile.

From a current perspective

From A Current Perspective

Parker talks about revitalizing old projects, Stephen discusses all pass filters, and side entry into SMT pads.

Chasing oscillations

Chasing Oscillations

Stephen hunts oscillations in the Serengeti while Parker watches out for danger noodles.

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