MEP EP#201: The Wheels Are Finally Off

Parker

• Air Raid Siren Update
• Ordered Power System for Badge Testing
  • Will post the design when it is verified to work
  • Looking for IC’s for the lithium battery version
  • Type-C USB and power delivery would be nice features
• Brewery Building
  • Soldered some stainless steel
  • Electrical Box almost completed
  • Need to wire up the pump switches
  • The joke is that brewing is 90% cleaning and 10% paperwork

Stephen

• How easy is it to make a game console?
  • Had the idea from the pi touchscreen
  • Only solder. No electronic design
  • LCD Screen
  • Power boost 1000
  • Lipo Battery
  • Raspberry pi zero
  • Aluminum - $30
  • Buttons and dpad?
    • Tactile buttons dont feel right
    • I dont like the idea of sawing up a SNES controller pcb
    • Adafruit ideas

R.F.O.

• DeepPCB: Pure AI-Powered, Cloud-Native Printed Circuit Board Routing
  • 24 hr turn around
  • The hardest part of PCB routing is Placement
• Solder mask color clearance?
  • Check with your pcb manufacturer!
• Has the water analogy gone too far?