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167

Parker Dillmann | April 10, 2019

MEP EP #167: BenHeck and the PinoTaur

Podcast Notes

Benjamin Heckendorn

A console modder and famous computer engineer
Better known as Ben Heck on the Internet
Independent filmmaker and he was the star of element14’s The Ben Heck Show, a popular online series, until leaving the show in late 2018
Previous guest on episodes

PinoTaur Pinball Platform

Plans for PinoTaur
- EP#85: Space Engineers VS Caffeinated Chipmunks
- Reducing the cost of the PinHeck
- Enabling easier programming
- High Def Graphics
ATSAMD21G18A
Reducing wiring complexity
- Serial Switches
- Serial Lights
- Connectors

USB Text Adventure Game

Scope of the project
Story Ideas?
Zork messes with you

Epic Game Store

Is this bad for gamers and the industry?

Announcements!

KiCon 2019 is a user conference for the popular open source CAD program KiCad. Happening April 26th and 27th 2019 in Chicago IL, this is the first and largest gathering of hardware developers using KiCad. Talks at the conference will span hardware design, revision control, scripting, manufacturing considerations, proper library management and getting started developing the underlying tools. All announced talks have been listed on the conference site.

Visit our Public Slack Channel and join the conversation in between episodes!

Benjamin Heckendorn with his trusty soldering iron.

Serial Switch testing for the PinoTaur.

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.