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Podcast

233

Parker Dillmann | July 15, 2020

MEP EP#233: Good Enough for a Bagel

Podcast Notes

Parker

The Cat Feeder Unreminder
- Bagel Pin Toaster Controller usable?
  - PT8A2514APE
- MC14536B
  - 24 stage stage counter with on board RC oscillator

Stephen

SPI Code Bytes
- Working on the second PCB revision of a product
- Code that worked on previous revision didn’t work on the new prototype!
- Changed Chip Select pin for the SPI buss

R.F.O.

Grant Imahara passes at 49
Maxim is being purchased by Analog for 21 billion dollars

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.