MEP EP#219: Virtual Earth Mixers

MEP EP#219: Virtual Earth Mixers
Parker

Brewery Update

Still bending tubes
Going cheap and buying a roll of stainless steel tubing was a mistake

Started looking into the Jeep Fan controller project again

Evolving into a Body control module
Investigating the best way to add wireless remote control?

Pinotaur LED REV2 design is completed

Using those APA-102C-NEW-260
Working on a motor controller add-on for the Pinotaur board

Socketed motor controllers allow stepper or DC motor control

Stephen

Rotary switches

Three datasheets and all are wrong…
VAAPA: Variable Architecture And Parameters Amplifier

CNC Update

Working on greater accuracy
Most cuts are within 0.005 but certain situations can make it up to 0.01
Got a O flute bit in.
Feeds and speeds

Analog tricks

Clipping opamp in feedback
Virtual earth mixer is no longer a virtual earth

Rapid Fire Opinion

Arrow Electronics launches European FPGA Developer Contest 2020

Entry via the Arrow European FPGA Developer Contest 2020 web page and choose from the following Intel FPGA development boards: MAX1000, CYC1000 or AnalogMAX /DAQ1/2/3
Projects can involve anything from software, special IPs/interfaces and soft cores, to board modifications, adapter creation, adding a PMOD/Arduino, creating an IoT device, and programming algorithms for AI/CNN