Podcast Notes
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Parker
- PinoTaur Updates
- Simulated Mosfet Driving
- Limiting the 74hc595 driver to 10mA
- Solenoid Mosfet Current Sensing
- Simulated Mosfet Driving
- DOOM SAO
- Hardware Repo is assembled
- Software Next
- Detailed instructions on building the environment
- How the main code functions
Stephen
- Fredman clip
- Parker brought up the SM57 microphone holder he 3D printed to compare to the clip that was bought online
- Text Based Adventure Update
- Majority of the story, characters, and environment are designed
R.F.O.
- Cheeseburger Wind Tunnel Tests
- Could this be McDonald’s wind tunnel tests so you can eat burgers faster?
- Millennium Falcon wind tunnel tests at Mach 3!
- Wire Bender Aims To Take Circuit Sculptures To The Next Level
- Great example of 3d printing done right!
- Apparatus For Facilitating The Birth of A Child by Centrifugal Force
- Patent
- If you could design something that would operate by using Centrifugal Force what would it be?
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Simulation schematic for the PinoTaur. IRL540 mosfet with a 100 ohm resistor to keep the drive strength of the 74HC595 in check.
Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!