MEP EP#184: Like a Satellite Out of Hell

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Parker

Trophy Software?

WiFi connectivity - Comitup
Python GUI - guizero

PinoTaur

LED boards using the APA-102C-NEW-260

Make them low cost and easy to assemble

Build up 2 more REV1 for testing purposes

Next project Sponsored by Mouser

IoT Compressor revitalization
Started on MEP EP#68
Uses a Particle Photon
PX3AN2BS250PAAAX

HoneyWell Pressure Transducer

6225AXXSZS-DC3
Need a new enclosure that is industrial and ruggedized

Stephen

Linear power supply design

Roz transformer and the appropriate taps
How do you estimate the dc output voltage given a transformer spec?
Vdc = 2*Vmax/pi
Power supplies for valve amplifiers Page 38

Very cool chart for determining DC output voltage from rectifiers with series resistance

http://www.hammondmfg.com/pdf/5c007.pdf

Drilling and tapping the trophy

Just got the parts day of recording

R.F.O.

Glasgow tongue has a taste for whisky

Glasgow University researchers have made a bionic tongue which can tell the difference between Glenfiddich, Laphroaig, Glen Marnoch and between different vintages of each brand sampled at the ages 12, 15 and 18.

So, you want to build a CubeSat?

Al Williams covered this topic!
Lots of CubeSat data here
What kind of CubeSat would you design?

How to Master PCB Repairs and Why You Should

Hardest thing about repairing circuit boards is knowing what the part was before it let the smoke out!

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