MacroFab Engineering Podcast EP 347

Out Of Bounds Engineering

October 6, 2022 Hosted by Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Light pipes and panel mount indicators out of your projects budget? Listen for a FREE HACK on how to use the FR4 substrate as a light diffuser!

November 5, 2022 – Extra Life

- I play games for children’s hospitals
- Raised $5,169.42 last year
- Was the number one raiser for the Texas Children’s Hospital
- What game for this year?
- What should I make for the stream?
  - API for Extralife
  - Duke Nukem Forever and Aliens Colonial Marines
  - Custom Stream plugin for the games

Live podcast Nov 22 in Houston

Hacking FR4 for light transmission

Using FR4 as a light diffuser
Things to consider
- FR4 material
  - Yellow
  - Blue Green
  - Gray
- Distance
- LED Angle
- LED brightness
Light Bleed
- Pipes
- Dividers

PCB Ruler Redux

James Pleger from slack channel
- “Credit card” style
- Different stackups of material

Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

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