MEP EP#308: Ghost of Projects Past Due

Podcast Notes

Christmas Projects

Tube Compressor – A Decade in the making
Synchrotron phaser
Tig Welding
Parker’s Mother’s Golf Cart
Red Jeep Update

Local Electronic Store Talk

What local stores can you still buy electronic supplies and parts at?
Are there any Radioshacks left?
Electronic Parts Outlet
Ace Electronics

The MacroFab Engineering Podcast Christmas Project Ghost Names

The Ghost of Christmas Past represents memory
- Ghost of Projects Past Due
The Ghost of Christmas Present represents generosity and good will
- Ghost of project ideas
The Ghost of Christmas Future represents fear of death
- Ghost of unused parts

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.