Interesting Links and Articles
- Stealing Credit Cards from FUZE via Bluetooth
- FUZE is “all in one” smart credit card
- ICE9 reverse engineered the Bluetooth protocol to have the FUZE device spit out the stored credit card numbers
- The hardware engineering behind the FUZE credit card is impressive
- Kapton: Miracle Material with a Tragic History
- The rise and fall of kapton as a wire insulation
- A Concise Guide to Ceramic Capacitor Types
- Covers the different classes of capacitors
- Explains the 3 character dielectric code
- Choosing and Using Bypass Capacitors
- Tons of detail presented in a way that takes away a lot of the mystery behind bypass cap choices
- The intersil document on bypass caps is fascinating – “Mike Williams”
- Apple Plans to use its own chips in Macs
- Moving from Intel to an in house design
- ARM perhaps?
- Low Inductance Ceramic Capacitors
- Changing from 0603 to 0306 style chip parts
- For reducing the size of current loops which lowers the parasitic inductance
- Using USB Type-C on hobbyist projects
- Updating the USB micro connector to the new Type-C for USB 2.0 projects
MacroFab Engineering Podcast
This week on the MEP EP #114: Chasing Oscillations, Stephen and Parker discuss dramatic op amps, the Magic DAC, and hunting oscillations in the Serengeti. Listen here.MacroFab Platform Updates
- Continuing work on updating the look an feel of the MacroFab Platform to more closely align to the new PCB interface
- Improved performance on the parts placement screen
- Knowledge Base rework in progress
MacroFab IRL Events
- Twitter Chat Info
- Join Parker on twitter to talk about PCB design, assembly, and the latest hashtags
- April 6th Friday at 1PM CST
- Hardware & Electronics Engineering Meetup by MacroFab & Mouser Electronics
- Parker will discuss Key Parts of an Arduino
- Trey German will talk about taking off-shelf enclosures and customizing them
- Trey was on the podcast MEP EP #10 and MEP EP #38
- Date moving to April 18, 2018
- Houston Hardware Happy Hour
- First Thursday of each month
- Bring hacks and hang out
- 6PM CST on May 3rd at Slowpokes