MEP EP#312: Armchair Military Strategists

Destroy TSMC if China Invades, To Make Taiwan 'unwantable', Says US Military Paper

• Link to article
• Why? Destroy the economic and technological reason for China to want Taiwan
• Military Paper written by Jared McKinney and Peter Harris
• How do you keep a free Taiwan and not enter WWIII?
• How would any invasion of Taiwan affect the already unstable global electronics supply chain
  • Fabless chip makers
    • Apple
    • AMD
    • Nvidia
    • Broadcomm
  • TSMC basically manufactures integrated circuits for almost every manufacturer

Mega Load Resistor

• Stephen needs a dummy load for testing the output of amplifiers
• 300W dissipation minimum
• Multiple impedance taps - 2,4,8,16 ohm
• Is it best to buy more lower watt resistors and spread them out or is it best to buy fewer larger ones?

Don't Goop Your Electronics

• Don't try to obscure your design by putting smoo all over your PCB assembly
• Your schematic and board layout are not your trade secrets

Golf Cart Project

• Completed!
• Added a "user" mode switch to switch between speed and throttle response settings
• Had to lengthen the intermediate steering shaft length to prevent "loss of steering"