MEP EP#276: Skippy Documentation
- Fake LM338 Voltage Regulators?
- X-RAY results
- Should we Xray legit LM137 and see if the XRAY matches?
- SCPI or Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
- IEEE 488.2-1987
- Send command strings over serial to configure and get results from test equipment
- Test equipment mostly adhere to this with some weird gotchas
- COM port snooper / sniffer?
- Is there good software out there that can sniff the buffers / communication string between Windows and a hardware device?
- Is bad documentation worse than no documentation?
- “With no documentation you know immediately you're fucked.”
- Bringing back the Tasty Chips segment - E-Z Hook Insulation Piercing Wire Clamp - 8507
- Spring loaded clamp that has teeth
- When you insert a wire the teeth slice into the insulation making contact
- Datasheet specifications are interesting to say the least!
- Max Current 1 AMP
- Max Voltage 0 V ?!?
- Covering the Amplifier
- Update on Parker’s Amp “refinishing” project
- Adventures in plastic molding
- Getting custom actuator parts injection molded
- First prototype parts got shot this week
- What to expect
- Provide model to company
- Initial review
- DFM report
- Release for prototype
- 5 to 6 weeks for the initial mold to be cut
- Prototype units are shot and sent for approval
- Second round of mold adjustments are cut - 2 weeks
- Second prototype units are shot and sent for approval
- Mold is sent to US
- Production is run
- Mold cost ~12k
- Half up front
- Remainder at time of delivery
- Includes all DFM and both prototypes
- Previous solution was about $35/unit
- New solution with dome snap switches and injection molded plastic is about $23 to $27/unit
