Are you ready to Tango?

Parker
- Wagon Chime Module
  - Installed back on Wagon and It works!
  - USB Type-C Article Update
    - Have the Type-C to FT230X complete
    - Design Block for Eagle
    - ESD protection on the CC Pins?
    - IP4234CZ6,125 USB ESD protection
Stephen
- Found the old ribbon mic from MEP EP#110: Dangling Transformers
  - Going look at doing a quick spin of a stacked PCB based version instead of the 3d printed chassis
  - Boards can screw together to clamp to the ribbon itself by having a gold pad on the PCB
  - Need a way to do fine tune adjustments on the ribbon tension
  - Embedded transformer
  - 3D printed enclosure – Fusion 360 to 3d printing?
  - PCM2912A
  - Brian Benchoff’s Oreo Stackup PCB
R.F.O.
- MIDI Association Announces MIDI 2.0 Prototyping
  - Will be announced at NAMM 2019 (Jan 24-27th)
  - In prototyping phase
  - Fully back compatible with 1.0
- Solder Surface Tension and Why You Should Care
  - The Current Source aka Derek has a released a really cool video on surface tension and how it relates to PCB Assembly
  - Derek was on MEP EP#103
- A Choice of Grippers Helps Dual-Arm Robot Pick Up Objects Faster Than Ever
  - Dex-Net 4.0
  - Multi tool picking robot
  - Successfully grasp 95 percent of unseen objects at a rate of 300 per hour
  - Humans do double that at near 100% success rate
  - Learns how to grip things by simulation
    - The physics it uses is slightly randomized to “cover up” sensor defects
- The Basics of USB Battery Charging: A Survival Guide
  - Maxim app note on Lithium Battery charging over USB
  - A bit dated as it only covers BC 1.1 but still applicable to USB 2.0 devices
- New Mouser interface?
  - Part Searching just got more time consuming?

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Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

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