EP#347: Out Of Bounds Engineering

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