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How soft are your diodes

How Soft Are Your Diodes?

Parker's pinball controller has gone gold! Revision 3 is being fabricated! Stephen then explores the softness factor of diodes and the SSPS returns?

Keeping the spirit costs extra

Keeping The Spirit Costs Extra

Revitalizing older products for next gen manufacturing can be tough. Does updating the design alter the spirit of the original? Oh and Tariffs.

To bake an apple pie

To Bake an Apple Pie

There is a new regulatory stamp in town now. Brexit has spurred the formation of the UKCA mark to replace the CE mark in the Queen's land.

Doing something magical

Doing Something Magical

Will graphene allow us to transcend to the next level of existence with free energy? Parker and Stephen discuss limitless power and the iPhone 12.

K factoring a gumbo

K-Factoring a Gumbo

Stephen finally gets a license for the Eagle EDA Tool but not for the reasons you would expect! Also, sheet metal design and IoT device security!

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Comic-Con for Engineers – Chris Carter

Chris Carter joins Parker and Stephen to discuss Design for Manufacturing for PCB Assemblies. Part one of a series of podcasts!

Schematics and connectors name a more iconic duo

Schematics and Connectors, Name a More Iconic Duo…

Stephen deeps dives into schematics and connectors this week by asking what is the best way to draw symbols for connectors on schematics? Net Names!

The heartbeat of cats and leds

The Heartbeat of Cats and LEDs

How do you know if an electrical component is inexpensive? When it says "Cost Effective" as a main bullet point on the datasheet!

Failing to electrocute the chicken

Failing to Electrocute the Chicken

The history banana connectors with Stephen! Then Parker brings up Elon Musk's Neuralink Implant for happy pigs and why projects take forever.

Disturbed solder accuracy

Disturbed Solder Accuracy

Do you get a warm, fuzzy feeling inside you when you find that exact electrical part you are looking for? If so, come listen to this podcast!

Frictionless spherical cow transformers

Frictionless Spherical Cow Transformers

Need to find a transformer for your product design? Stephen goes through the process of getting a custom transformer manufactured for a new product!

Better encryption than zoom firmware stacks with and xor

Better Encryption than Zoom, Firmware Stacks with AND!XOR

Hyr0n and Zapp are back! This time to discuss Firmware Stacks, Real Time Operating Systems, and more #Badgelife shenanigans.

Ice cream solder paste equipotential

Ice Cream Solder Paste Equipotential

High voltage and low current measuring got you down? Stephen looks into how he is going to measure the specifications for his tubes.

Excited electrons

Excited Electrons

Is lead forming components a lost art? What specifications of a solar panel is important for an embedded system? Find out more on this weeks episode!

Solar freaking cat feeders

Solar Freaking Cat Feeders

Parker's Cat Feeder Unreminder now has a parts list! Listen as Parker explains his electrical component choices and Stephen discusses CNC upgrades.

Bashing leds

Bashing LEDs

One week from start to finish on a product? Stephen explains his latest project at WMD for improving testing and calibration routines, the Sub Volt!

Good enough for a bagel

Good Enough for a Bagel

The bagel pin is back! Parker and Stephen discuss if it is possible to make the Cat Feeder Unreminder with the famous bagel pin IC, the PT8A2514APE.

Chonky motherboards

Chonky Motherboards

Parker discusses his latest project. An electronic device to ensure his pet cat does not become a chonker. A lawd its processing!

Throw the bacon across the stage

Throw The Bacon Across The Stage

Danny Rankin, an instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, returns to the podcast to discuss education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are all idiots together on this planet

We Are All Idiots Together On This Planet

What is your EDA Tool workflow? Where do you start with a new design? When is it O.K. to rely on another part footprint? Are JEDEC standards fine?

Get cute this weekend

Get Cute This Weekend

The Brewery LIVES! Parker turns on his electric brewery for the first time! Tips and tricks about homebrewing on this episode of the MacroFab Podcast!

Weapons of mathewson destruction

Weapons of Mathewson Destruction

William Mathewson of WMD joins Parker and Stephen to discuss what is was like starting a hardware manufacturing business and is hardware hard?

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Ultrasonic Beer Science – Eli Hughes of Tzero

Eli Hughes of Tzero Brew joins the podcast to discuss the research and development of the Ultrasonic Tzero Fermentation Sensor.

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Chickens and Tea leaves, Al’s Simulation Recipe

Al Williams returns to the podcast for the fourth time! This time to discuss the importance of circuit simulation and what it can teach engineers.

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