MacroFab Engineering Podcast EP 220

Blinky is 90% of Your Project

April 15, 2020 Hosted by Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Is Molex or JST the new Xerox for Electrical Engineers? Stephen explores this while trying to find that elusive JST style battery connector.

Parker

Hoppes #9
- for the printer seems to work well
- Will it hold up long term?
- Still waiting on fans for the printer and other various parts
Jeep Fan Evolution
- Fabio and Roger on the MacroFab Slack channel has suggested the nRF Series
- NRF52-DK Arduino compatible

Stephen

Connector Woes
- JST style connectors
- A family big enough to have their own wiki
- Hackaday has a good article
- Looking at XH series
  - 2.5mm RC battery pack connector
CNC radiator
- 5 gallons of DI water with automotive antifreeze
- Warmed up after 3 hours of cutting

Rapid Fire Opinion

The Myth of the three capacitor values
- Could this be the next project for the MEP?

Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

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