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Podcast

133

Parker Dillmann | August 15, 2018

MEP EP #133: Tales From an Electrical Engineer – Ideas on Mechanical Design

Podcast Notes

Parker

Building the electronics for the Thermal Detonator
- Arduino Nano
- LM386 amplifier
PinHeck REV8 update!
- PCM5122 moving on PCB
Fabricating a rear window wiper for the Wagon
- Forum post on modifying a Dodge Durango rear wiper motor

Stephen

uTracer PCB arrived
STM32 Microcontroller
- STM32CubeMX
- System Workbench for STM32
- NUCLEO-L476RG

RFO

MacroFab Design Contest: Blink an LED Sponsored by Mouser Electronics
- Have entries already!
  - The Bouncy Thief LED Blinking Machine by Paul Gallagher
  - A simple countdown timer by CDM
  - Disintegrated LM3909 by Dillon
- Check out all the projects submitted to the contest by checking this link
Electrical Engineering phone applications
- Bubble level
- Calc-P
- Cutter
- Color Detector
- Sound Meter
- Function generator
- FFT
Ask Hackaday: Is There a Common Mechanical Parts Library?

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<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4224" class="wp-image-4224 size-large" src="https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_145759-700x525.jpg" alt="Wiper motor assembly from a 1999 Dodge Durango." width="700" height="525" srcset="https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_145759-700x525.jpg 700w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_145759-250x188.jpg 250w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_145759-768x576.jpg 768w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_145759-600x450.jpg 600w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_145759-120x90.jpg 120w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_145759.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />

Wiper motor assembly from a 1999 Dodge Durango.

Wiper motor assembly from a 1999 Dodge Durango.

<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4225" class="wp-image-4225 size-large" src="https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_152524-700x525.jpg" alt="Wiper assembly installed in the tailgate of the 1990 Grand Wagoneer with modified bracket." width="700" height="525" srcset="https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_152524-700x525.jpg 700w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_152524-250x188.jpg 250w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_152524-768x576.jpg 768w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_152524-600x450.jpg 600w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_152524-120x90.jpg 120w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_152524.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />

Wiper assembly installed in the tailgate of the 1990 Grand Wagoneer with modified bracket.

Wiper assembly installed in the tailgate of the 1990 Grand Wagoneer with modified bracket.

<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4223" class="wp-image-4223 size-large" src="https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_134745-700x525.jpg" alt="The Dodge Durango the wiper assembly was liberated from." width="700" height="525" srcset="https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_134745-700x525.jpg 700w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_134745-250x188.jpg 250w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_134745-768x576.jpg 768w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_134745-600x450.jpg 600w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_134745-120x90.jpg 120w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180814_134745.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />

The Dodge Durango the wiper assembly was liberated from.

The Dodge Durango the wiper assembly was liberated from.

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The T-Rex skull Parker is painting.

The T-Rex skull Parker is painting.

<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4226" class="wp-image-4226 size-large" src="https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/utracerPCB-700x525.jpg" alt="uTracer PCB Stephen just received!" width="700" height="525" srcset="https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/utracerPCB-700x525.jpg 700w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/utracerPCB-250x188.jpg 250w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/utracerPCB-768x576.jpg 768w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/utracerPCB-600x450.jpg 600w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/utracerPCB-120x90.jpg 120w, https://mxcdn.macrofab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/utracerPCB.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />

uTracer PCB Stephen just received!

uTracer PCB Stephen just received!

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!

About The Hosts

Parker Dillmann is MacroFab's Co-Founder, and Lead ECE with backgrounds in Embedded System Design, and Digital Signal Processing. He got his start in 2005 by hacking Nintendo consoles into portable gaming units. He also runs the blog, longhornengineer.com, where he posts his personal projects, technical guides, and appnotes about board layout design and components. Parker graduated with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas.

Stephen Kraig began his electronics career by building musical oriented circuits in 2003. Stephen is an avid guitar player and, in his down time, manufactures audio electronics including guitar amplifiers, pedals, and pro audio gear. Stephen graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.