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274

Parker Dillmann | April 28, 2021

MEP EP#274: The Pinch Load

Podcast Notes

Thermal Management Part two!
- Interesting thermal management designs and devices
  - Copper “fingers”
  - Thermal Jumpers
Common DRC Problems
- Annular ring
- Copper to Board Edge
- Tolerances of the checks?
  - Why?
  - -0.1mil or -0.00254mm
Record Player Deconstruction
- Tube Amp Schematic
Possible Fake components?
- From the thermal discussion from last week’s podcast
- LM338 or LM317…
Opamp Stability
- Interesting issue with opamps and comparators with latest design
- Make sure to add extra component pads for analog design prototyping!

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.