MacroFab Engineering Podcast
Conversations about electronics, hardware, and the engineering life. Hosted by Parker Dillmann and Stephen Kraig.
Has Open Source Hardware Run Its Course?
Ben Heckendorn and Chris Kraft rejoin the podcast to discuss if Open Source Hardware has run its course or is the dream still alive in our souls.
Modern College Education with Derek Fronek
Derek Fronek is a current engineering student at Purdue University. We dive into how education has changed with COVID and a decade of automation.
IdeaFab – Does This Podcast Change The World?
No, but come listen to Scott and Eric of the Ideatank Podcast and your hosts Parker and Stephen talk about ideas that can possibly do so!
Design For Everything
DFM, DFT, DFA? What does it all mean to product designers and engineers? Stephen and Parker cover what Designing For really means.
Twisted Pairs
Ethernet vs USB? Which is better for communicating and automating test equipment and devices? Is it easy to implement Ethernet on an embedded system?
Tom Anderson, the Gold Ear Sympathetic
Tom Anderson joins Parker and Stephen to discuss metrology and how taking measurements relate to electrical engineering and product design.
Scott Hinson of Pecan Street Inc.
Scott Hinson of Pecan Street Inc. joins Parker and Stephen to discuss the most important of topics. Is its Pa-kawn or Pee-can?
Vaporized Copper Stiction
Stephen starts to finialize the hardware of his tube amp bias test system and Parker looks into Jiva Materials, a new type of PCB substrate.
Avoiding Bean Counters
Leaded verse non-leaded surface mount packages? What should engineers choose when designing a product? We go deep into a PCBA cost comparison!
Snicker Bar Integrated Components
Texas Instrument SOIC package oddities? Has Stephen unearthed some counterfeit components or is it just a new manufacturing process from TI?
We Have Clearance, Clarence
On this episode, there are some AND!XOR hints for DC29 and we discuss the difference between PCB DRC specifications for clearance and creepage.
Biased For Arduino
On this episode, Stephen talks about his new bias test system hardware and software. The bias test system is a purpose built test hardware system!