Armchair Military Strategists

January 22, 2022 Hosted by Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

How do we secure the global electronics supply chain while also preventing World War III? Stephen and Parker discuss TSMC and Taiwan this week.

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

  • Destroy TSMC if China invades, to make Taiwan ‘unwantable’, says US military paper
  • 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”

Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Credits

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!