MacroFab Engineering Podcast
Conversations about electronics, hardware, and the engineering life. Hosted by Parker Dillmann and Stephen Kraig.
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.
Clipping and Clamping OpAmps
Are rules of thumb obsolete? Validate your thumbs on this episode of the MacroFab Engineering Podcast while Parker discusses progress on the brewery!
The Normal Chaos
Stephen adventures into thermal testing of oscillators and analog circuits while Parker gets greasy with timing chains on the Wagon.
The Inverted Success Funnel – IdeaFab
The IdeaTank hosts, Scott Hansen and Eric Benzenhoefer, are back to share their million dollar ideas for free! Totally free. No strings attached.
Turning It On – New Design Checklists with James Lewis
James Lewis is back to discuss testing and validating your new PCB Assembly design and what to look for in electronic lab equipment.
ThunderOhm Style
Josh Rozier returns for the 5th time on the podcast which might be some kind of record. This time Josh talks about his beginnings in laying out PCBs.
Blinky is 90% of Your Project
Is Molex or JST the new Xerox for Electrical Engineers? Stephen explores this while trying to find that elusive JST style battery connector.
Virtual Earth Mixers
Datasheets are usually an engineer's friend. However, Stephen finds that his rotary switch's datasheets do not match the physical device.
Like Old Cheese
What separates good documentation from bad and which kind of application notes do you like? Also, Ancient Chinese Semiconductor 7-segment drivers!
I’d Buy That For Five Dollars
Stephen solves his VFD EMC problem and surfaces the spill board on the CNC machine. Parker starts working on Zebra Printers and learning ZPL and JS.
Just Another Meatloaf Title
Why are all Python PDF creator modules just terrible to work with? Does anyone have one they like? Help me. Oh and Stephen's CNC machine is moving!
It is Probably Safe
Stephen's rebuild of the CNC is getting close to being completed but first he needs to modify his gantry carriage for the new water cooled spindle!