Circuit Break Podcast by MacroFab Will No Longer Continue We've truly enjoyed every moment of bringing this content to you, and we're incredibly grateful for your support and engagement. While we won't be producing new episodes, all of our previous episodes will remain available on your favorite platforms for you to revisit anytime. Thank you once again for being a part of our journey.
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MacroFab Engineering Podcast

Conversations about electronics, hardware, and the engineering life. Hosted by Parker Dillmann and Stephen Kraig.

The Gamification of PCB Assembly
EP 311 January 14, 2022

The Gamification of PCB Assembly

One faithful evening, Parker received a marketing email about gamifying the MacroFab platform and thought it might be a good podcast topic.

2022 New Year Engineering Resolutions
EP 310 January 7, 2022

2022 New Year Engineering Resolutions

With 2021 behind us it is time to look forward to 2022. Will Parker and Stephen cross off all there new year resolutions or will they be forgotten?

Perpetual Prototypes
EP 309 December 29, 2021

Perpetual Prototypes

Did Stephen and Parker complete there holiday projects as mentioned in last weeks episode or will they slip further behind with feature creep?

The Bad Hunch
EP 307 December 16, 2021

The Bad Hunch

Six times! Y'all let us talk about Star Wars 6 years in a row! Roz, Hyr0n, Stephen, Chris, and Parker discuss the latest in Star Wars media and tech.

Removing The Barriers
EP 306 December 8, 2021

Removing The Barriers

Electronic bench equipment for hardware development. Stephen and Parker dive into a high level of what kind of equipment is needed to outfit a bench.

Electron Congo Line
EP 305 December 1, 2021

Electron Congo Line

Are the founders of electrical engineering lizard people or is big electricity have a dark secret that they don't want you to know about? Tune in!

Cow Field
EP 304 November 24, 2021

Cow Field

This week Stephen and Parker were supposed to discuss bench equipment for development and testing but got distracted by talking about home-brewing beer.

Tip Resurrection Cream
EP 303 November 17, 2021

Tip Resurrection Cream

How is it possible that Stephen and Parker can talk about solder and soldering supplies for over one hour. Listen to this weeks episode to find out!

A 1 Dollar Chips Matter
EP 302 November 10, 2021

A 1 Dollar Chips Matter

What kind of soldering equipment should an engineer look at getting for their bench? Parker and Stephen start discussing equipment and supplies!

Crispy Currents
EP 301 November 3, 2021

Crispy Currents

The engineering mind. Stephen and Parker discuss if the process engineers use to solve problems is inherent to engineers or is there something more?

Tradition is Peer Pressure From the Dead
EP 300 October 27, 2021

Tradition is Peer Pressure From the Dead

Is the DIY maker movement now dead or is it shifting to be less commercialized now? Chris Gammell joins our podcast to discuss is DIY Dead?

Operation Scope Creep
EP 299 October 20, 2021

Operation Scope Creep

Multi-layer PCB designs. As an engineer, how do you decide when it is time to increase layer count and how do you decide what goes on those layers?