- Episode 100 is coming up! It’ll be a Q&A session - so send in your questions to [email protected]
- 2nd Annual Star Wars Xmas Special Engineering Podcast. Check out the video from last year!
- Parker
- Built a mounting surface for the Jeep Electronics
- Stephen
- Failure of the Science Museum Project
- Was expecting soft foam at the bottom of the "well" to move the cones of the drill bit
- Hard plastic was installed instead
- Coupling bent up that connects the rotational shaft to the large nema 34 stepper
- Safety first, equal amounts of time spent on safety as engineering the rest of the project
- Pick Of the Week (POW)
- How to reduce Arduino Uno power usage by 95% - Deferred Procrastination
- Replace the linear regulator with a DC-DC converter
- Adjust the USB-to-Serial circuit so it’s only powered from the USB port
- Cut out (or desolder) the always-on LED’s on the board
- Use the processor sleep mode.
- Before: 53mA After: 2.5mA
- DC -DC convertor used was a Traco TSRN-1 for $6.07
- Rapid Fire Opinion (RFO)
- Internet of Toilet Paper Holder - HackADay
- Revolutionized entire toilet paper supply management life cycle
- Tracks usage statistics - Manage wiping data and share on social media
- Instructables to make your own!
- Man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat - The Washington Post
- Self-taught rocket builder Mike Hughes - 61 yr old limo driver
- Holds record for biggest limo jump
- Plans to launch himself 1,800 feet high
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "told me they would not allow me to do the event ... at least not at that location," Will have to reschedule the launch
- Not atmosphere its atmosflat
- $20,000 rocket had a fancy coat of Rust-Oleum paint and “RESEARCH FLAT EARTH” inscribed on the side
Tags: Arduino, electronics podcast, Houston Museum of Natural Science, IoT Toilet Paper, Jeep, Low Power, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, Man, MEP, Podcast, Rocket