MEP EP#184: Like a Satellite Out of Hell

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
  
  
  
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    • 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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