MEP EP#265: NuFuel and Gas Classic

MacroFab Engineering Podcast

English - February 24, 2021 23:48 - 1 hour - 99.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
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MEP EP#265: NuFuel and Gas Classic
Resealing 12oz cans?

FAIL!
Worked till can shaken a bunch
Improvements

Working on finding a softer sealing surface

Currently using a Shore 55A neoprene rubber sheet

Increase seal pressure on can

Carmakers wake up to new pecking order as chip crunch intensifies

Follow up from last week's discussion on Auto industry shutting down production due to lack of electrical components.
Both automakers and chip manufactures are pointing fingers

Chip makers point at the auto industry in that they are quick to cut production and cancel orders when car sales slump

Auto industry where used to being the center of attention for chip and electrical component manufacturers

The industry spends around $40 billion dollars a year on chips
By Comparison, Apple spends more on chips just to make iPhones!
Chips used in Auto tend to be more basic products and older micro controllers, Something that chip fabs do not really want to invest more production into
Chip Fabs are prioritizing higher margin, leading edge components

OnSemi plans to be back on schedule by 3rd Quarter

Eagle EDA Tool Designing parts from the bottom!

Starting a small business to sell hardware?

Tips for Parker?
This will be covered next week

DipTrace - PCB teardrops

Benefits

Stronger pad adhesion making for better reworkability
Prevents acid traps at sharp corners where traces meet a pad

This really is not an issue anymore

Inspect your board and run your DRC

Potentially make shorted pins appear worse
Interesting tombstone issue

Coolio opamp - TLV915x

Pricing