MacroFab Engineering Podcast
Conversations about electronics, hardware, and the engineering life. Hosted by Parker Dillmann and Stephen Kraig.
Riley Hall - Can Fictiv Make Beef Flags?
This week, Riley Hall of Fictiv joins the podcast to discuss how Fictiv connects engineers and designers to job and machining shops.
Making Money the Hard Way
The US Mint Denver produces 30 million coins a day. Denes, the tooling department manager, discusses with us how production at this scale functions.
The Yeti Job Hunt
Stephen is on the hunt for the next step in his electrical engineering career and shares the shifts in the industry and what employers are looking for.
The Thermal Hum of the Universe
Relay manufactures hate this one simple trick that makes your “sealed” relays last longer! Except TE connectivity who has an note about this relay feature.
Vapor Wave Reflow
How do you shop for automated electronic assembly machines that cost upwards of a quarter million dollars?
Laser Cutting Tolerancing
They may be known for being electrical engineers but on this episode, Parker and Stephen dig into the more mechanical aspects of their current projects
Let’s Segway into the Next Topic
AI and ChatGPT have been in the news about how it will change world views or will it be relegated, making sure NPCs in video games don’t repeat dialog?
Product of Many Imaginations
MacroFab's Misha Govshteyn and Chris Church check in with Parker and Stephen to give his take on supply chains, nearshoring and reshoring.
Breadboarding for Success
This week we are talking about Breadboards. Is breadboarding a circuit or design still applicable in today's SMT component dominated world?
It is 2023, Why Does Footprint Design Still Suck?
Why is there such a disconnect between component datasheet drawings and EDA footprint layout tools? Stephen and Parker dive into this on this podcast.
Cold Welding This Podcast Together
Will this podcast hold together? Or will the tig welder that Stephen is modifying tear the podcast apart at the seams? Only 555 timers can save us!
Current Conscience Comparator
How low can the power consumption of the Cat Feeder Unreminder go? Parker and Stephen discuss leakage current on this episode of the podcast!