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Beating the heat

Beating the Heat

The PinoTaur has reached production status but not without supply chain issues..OF COURSE! Bonus discussion about thermal management for PCBA.

The digital mattress

The Digital Mattress

Hyron and Zapp from the AND!XOR group joins the podcast this week to continue the discussion on the Right to Repair and Non Fungible Tokens.

The right to repair

The Right to Repair

What is the Right to Repair and what could be the impacts for electrical engineers, designers, contract manufactures and component suppliers.

Radio frequency eyeballs

Radio Frequency Eyeballs

A light at the end of the Supply Chain tunnel? IC manufacturers are spinning up new fabs in the United States but are they going to solve the crisis?

Illuminati moment

Illuminati Moment

Is there a statue of limitations on open source hardware projects? This week, Stephen and Parker dive into what open source means for both of them.

Avoid the extremes

Avoid The Extremes

Controlling PCB costs of your next product is all about avoiding the extremes of the manufacturing specifications. Don't let your EDA tool fool you!

Honey i shrunk the parts

Honey, I Shrunk The Parts

Components for PCB Assembly are getting unimaginably smaller. What PCB design specifications do you consider when using the smallest of components.

The expert

The Expert

Design for Testing means enabling your product to be tested easier or quicker. But what about the documentation and implementation of the testing?

Nufuel and gas classic

NuFuel and Gas Classic

Parker and Stephen discover new EDA tool features in both Eagle and Diptrace! The Auto industry is now waking up to a new tech order of the world.

Electronic wear items

Electronic Wear Items

Chip and component shortages continue! This week's episode covers Ford and GM automotive supply chain problems and EMMC wear chips for Tesla cars.

Hoarders edition

Hoarders Edition

This week on the MacroFab Hoarders Podcast, Chris Carter returns to discuss Supply Chain Safety for different levels of project scopes.

Flex pcb primers

Flex PCB Primers

Stephen gives the MEP an introduction on Flex and Rigid-Flex PCB assemblies while Parker looks at an automotive Analog Devices application note.

Critical path components

Critical Path Components

Designing a new product but worried about all these component shortages and increasing lead times? This week, Parker discusses designing around this.

A couple months ago

A Couple Months Ago…

Meta data for electronic components? Stephen talks about categorizing components to make it easier to get to that part that you really need.

Troncrete

Troncrete

Are engineers the non-believers of the world? Can Solar Freaking Roadways convert Stephen and Parker to be believers in a Tron like future?

Chainsaws wasps doom and gloom

Chainsaws, Wasps, Doom, and Gloom

COVID-19 Conspiracies! How will the governments liquid electronic vaccine protect you from the virus. Also, LNY supply chain disruptions and tariffs.

Viciously different creams

Viciously Different Creams

Does anyone actually use the metric sizing for chip components? The ole' 0603 metric and 0201 imperial chip component switcheroo on this episode.

Color clashing chip consolidation

Color Clashing Chip Consolidation

What is the worst thing about the Analog Devices and Linear Technologies merger? The incompatible color schemes of course.

Fifth annual macrofab star wars christmas special neo jedi

Fifth Annual MacroFab Star Wars Christmas Special – Neo Jedi

On this episode, Josh Rozier joins to discuss Star Wars. Is the force a glitch in the Matrix? How much energy does it take to vaporize a Jawa?

Ridiculous relay ratings

Ridiculous Relay Ratings

On this episode, Parker sifts through marketing gimmicks for component ratings and Stephen discusses dual rail power supply designs.

Benjamin jordan of autodesk

Benjamin Jordan of Autodesk

Senior Product Manager for ECAD in Autodesk Fusion 360, Ben Jordan, joins Stephen and Parker to discus the future of ECAD, Eagle, Autodesk, and PCBs.

Kicking troglodytes off the stage

Kicking Troglodytes Off The Stage

PCB serial numbering? Parker and Stephen cover their thoughts on applying a unique identifier to PCBs in production for inventory and testing control.

Loopholes or equivalent

Loopholes or Equivalent

Is this the coolest* electrical engineering podcast ever? Parker and Stephen think so. Synth Repair, floating IC pins, and wiring harness drawings.

Artisan sudo toasters

Artisan Sudo Toasters

Stephen debarks into the cold void that is linux. Will he survive the frozen sudo tundra? Adventures in Rapsberry Pis and Wiring Hardness designs!

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