MEP EP#199: High Voltage Gyrators and KiCad Plugins
Parker
- 50V power pack update
- Managed to safely remove the cells
- Protection circuit is functioning correctly
- One of the 4 banks is “bad”
- Scrapping all the 18650’s for future projects
- Helping Ben debug the Atari Junior 2600 Single Chip system
- Atari 2600's typically have 3 main ICs
- 6507 CPU
- RIOT (RAM and I/O)
- TIA (Graphics and Sound)
- Air Raid Siren all printed
- Needs final fitment and assembly to be completed!
Stephen
- Rackmount case
- Designed a rackmount case for a 1u preamp
- New v-score bend method that works great on aluminum
- A mixture of chamfer and cut relief
- Can be bent by hand
- Back to Gyrators
- 300V 4 band EQ using high voltage Mosfets as gyrators
- Gyrators first mentioned on Episode 173 of the MEP
- Wanted to solve the issue of not having to make more power supply rails
- About +/- 12is db per band
- 80hz, 220hz, 750hz and 2k
R.F.O.
- KiCad Action Plugins
- Run your KiCad Python scripts direct inside the UI now!
- RF tools - a very cool curved trace plugin
- Parker's major complaint about Zoom Centering in KiCad hasn't been an issue for atleast 2 years now
- Why did no one tell Parker :(
- EE Web - now with more TOOLS!
- All about Arrow
- More EDA tools then you can shake a stick at!
- Apple H1 Chip?
- Silly marketing wank
- Its just a custom MCU