MEP EP#183: Feel the Hum

Podcast Notes

The MacroFab Engineering Podcast Design Contest sponsored by Mouser Electronics currently going on! The topic is Useless Machines! We have cash prizes up to $1000 for the winners. The deadline is August 10th and it is closing fast! More information can be found on here!

Zapp

• Was on previous podcast episodes:
  • Incognito Mode which was episode number 69
  • Arduino, The Gateway Drug To #BadgeLife which was episode number 109
• Badges?
  • AND!XOR Badge is going to be free to people at the conference thanks to sponsors and philanthropists
  • Design elements – dithered silk, exposed copper, light pipes
  • Major hardware elements
    • IQS333, BMD340, FT2232
  • FT2232 Hardware Hacking Swiss Army Knife
  • Release Trailer
  • Really cool Hackaday article covering the Badge and SAOs

CrabFoam

• DOOM SAO is out in the wild
  • We managed to implement all the features!
  • Github is public. Open Sourced!
• PinoTaur is flipping a pinball machine
  • Only one Hardware bug
  • Implemented MPF so that works!

Blitz

• MacroAmp is complete
  • Built and functioning
  • Bad datasheets – Dont trust footprints
• Design Contest Enclosure for Trophy
  • Overly beefy
  • Made from a piece of 10” x 36” x 0.25”

R.F.O.

• Honey, I Shrunk the Raspberry Pi!
  • ArduCam shrunk the Raspberry Pi to a small System-on-Module board with castellated edges
  • Broadcom SoC is not publically available so how did they do it?
• USB Type-C Raspberry Pi 4 issues!
  • Recognized as an Audio device
• Sony Crowdfunded personal A/C?
  • Reon Pocket wearable A/C and Heater
  • Uses a peltier cooler
• Micro-Sized Flex For Commercial Quality Bodging
  • Could be a good fix for the Raspberry Pi Foundation 😉
• DefCon is next week: What are y’all excited about?

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