MEP EP#252: Kicking Troglodytes Off The Stage

MEP EP#252: Kicking Troglodytes Off The Stage

Parker

• PCB serial numbering or other unique marking
  
  
  • I have batches of boards and need to put some unique numeric identifier and a MAC address on each board.
  
  
  • Besides stickers, laser etching, scratching or DIY stencil and paint, what are folks doing?
  
  
  
  


• PinoTaur REV 3 boards arrived
  
  
  • REV 4 changes already ;)
  
  
  
  


• Ben Jordan of Autodesk will be a guest on the podcast
  
  
  • Product manager and is responsible for the EAGLE product
  
  
  • Get your Eagle questions in early!
  
  
  
  

Stephen

• Adventures in Rpi 4
  
  
  • Midi overkill
  
  
  • Clock master
  
  
  • Possibly be a usb midi device?
  
  
  • Reset?
  
  
  
  


• Repairs
  
  
  • Roland TR-606 drum matrix
    
    
    • Looks like a possible ram IC issue. The unit functions and does things that only a processor could do like blink leds at a particular rate
    
    
    • None of the buttons have memory - they do not “store” anything
    
    
    • Upd444c obsolete - 6514 SRAM is a drop in replacement
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• The FX Dev board returns
  
  
  • 2 versions of the fx dev board now exist
    
    
    • ProtoBoard
    
    
    • Protis 1
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Both look like they ditched my ac power supply for a charge pump design
  
  
  • Both opted to not do the integrated soldered breadboard