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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Stephen’s MacroAmp PCB render. This project is sponsored by Mouser Electronics!
Simulation schematic for the PinoTaur. IRL540 mosfet with a 100 ohm resistor to keep the drive strength of the 74HC595 in check.
Current of charging up the gate on the IRL540 in the simulation.
The compairson between the two SM57 clips. Parker’s 3D printed one is on the right.
Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!