MEP EP#183: Feel the Hum

MEP EP#183: Feel the Hum

Zapp

• Was on previous podcast episodes:
  
  
  
  • Incognito Mode which was episode number 69
  
  
  • Arduino, The Gateway Drug To #BadgeLife which was episode number 109
  
  
  
  


• Badges?
  
  
  
  • AND!XOR Badge is going to be free to people at the conference thanks to sponsors and philanthropists
  
  
  • Design elements - dithered silk, exposed copper, light pipes
  
  
  • Major hardware elements
    
    
    
    • IQS333, BMD340, FT2232
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • FT2232 Hardware Hacking Swiss Army Knife
  
  
  • Release Trailer
  
  
  • Really cool Hackaday article covering the Badge and SAOs
  
  
  
  

CrabFoam

• DOOM SAO is out in the wild
  
  
  
  • We managed to implement all the features!
  
  
  • Github is public. Open Sourced!
  
  
  
  


• PinoTaur is flipping a pinball machine
  
  
  
  • Only one Hardware bug
  
  
  
  
  

Blitz

• MacroAmp is complete
  
  
  
  
  • Bad datasheets - Dont trust footprints
  
  
  
  


• Design Contest Enclosure for Trophy
  
  
  
  • Overly beefy
  
  
  • Made from a piece of 10” x 36” x 0.25”
  
  
  
  

R.F.O.

• Honey, I Shrunk the Raspberry Pi!
  
  
  
  • ArduCam shrunk the Raspberry Pi to a small System-on-Module board with castellated edges
  
  
  • Broadcom SoC is not publically available so how did they do it?
  
  
  
  


• USB Type-C Raspberry Pi 4 issues!
  
  
  
  • Recognized as an Audio device
  
  
  
  


• Sony Crowdfunded personal A/C?
  
  
  
  • Reon Pocket wearable A/C and Heater
  
  
  • Uses a peltier cooler
  
  
  
  


• Micro-Sized Flex For Commercial Quality Bodging
  
  
  
  • Could be a good fix for the Raspberry Pi Foundation ;)
  
  
  
  

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