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116

Parker Dillmann | April 18, 2018

MEP EP#116: Standard-ish

Podcast Notes

Stephen
- Using an oscilloscope as a dynamic signal analyzer
- Analog scopes
Parker
- Gameboy update
  - Code compiles! Quartus II still compiled my Gameboy Project
  - 1.25mm? pitch 21 pin. Connectors are hard to find.
  - Custom flexi cable to solve the problem?
  - Should have board laid out next week
- Arduino Article
  - Raspberry pi addon boards are called HATs – Hardware attached on top
  - Missed opportunity for calling them pi plates 🙁
RFO
- Fatberg follow up
  - First mentioned on MEP EP#85 Space Engineers VS Caffeinated Chipmunks
- QHL600/750 Series DC-DC Brick Converters by XP Power
  - 600 W or 750 W and are designed for 300 VDC nominal input applications
  - 180V to 425V DC input
  - 4.60″ x 2.40″ x 0.50″
  - Ideal for AC input applications with PFC, baseplate cooled ESG solutions and high voltage battery applications such as electric vehicles
- Found a 300V capacitor repackaged as 450V
  - How to test the voltage rating on caps?
- Have listeners ever purchased counterfeit or fake parts? Let us know!
Announcements
- Twitter Chat Info
  - April 20th Friday at 1PM CST
- Meetup Info
  - May 23rd 6PM at MacroFab HQ in Houston
  - Brandon Satrom from Particle. Going to give a talk about IoT fundamentals.
- Houston Hardware Happy Hour
  - First Thursday of each month
  - May 3rd at Slowpokes
  - Bring hacks and hang out

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Tek 465 scope Parker owns. Works mostly…

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.