MEP EP#277: Bunch of Nibbles

MEP EP#277: Bunch of Nibbles

• Tasty Chips segment
  
  
  
  • Harwin EZ-Cable Clips
  
  
  • Mac-Eight CZ series
  
  
  
  


• Update - E-Z Hook Insulation Piercing Wire Clamp - 8507
  
  
  
  • Built a housing to isolate the wire clamps
  
  
  
  


• COM port snooper / sniffer?
  
  
  
  • Ended up using 'Free Serial Analyzer'
  
  
  
  


• Automating Testing Clock Drift
  
  
  
  • Using an oscilloscope?
  
  
  • SCPI or some other method?
  
  
  • 115 pages of commands
  
  
  • What is inside a scope probe? 10X?
  
  
  
  


• Rotary switch pcb - interesting bug?
  
  
  
  • Pcb is 99% done - currently reviewing
  
  
  • MF platform experience
  
  
  • https://github.com/analogeng
  
  
  • 49 unique resistor values 92 total resistors
    
    
    • List of most used resistors
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Potentially bad bug in Diptrace
    
    
    • Causes lots of headaches
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Injection Molded Actuators
  
  
  
  • They work great
  
  
  • Shrinkage - Identifying and dealing with it
  
  
  • Voids - problematic for light passage