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Circuit Break - A MacroFab PodcastEP#412: Great Classes, Odd Teachers, Chickens, SnakesA recent Circuit Break Community thread about K-map design inspired a tangential conversation about how well certain subjects are taught in college. Parker and Stephen love a good tangent, thank you, and so they dug in by recalling their own experiences at school with excellent professors who clearly wanted electrical engineers to succeed, while other instructors and their teaching methods were challenging or else just downright bizarre. Other topics covered here include:How a terrible electronics professor can impact someone’s careerIs a “self-paced” classroom really just lazy teaching?Still not knowing how Bode plots workA strange digital circui...2024-01-0950 min
Circuit Break - A MacroFab PodcastMEP EP#297: Modern College Education with Derek FronekMEP EP#297: Modern College Education with Derek FronekBefore we begin this episode I have a quick announcement. If you are currently enrolled in college we would love to chat with you. We have some ideas for future podcast content that you could perhaps help us with. Also, we would love to get to know our listeners more. Please send a hello email to podcast@macrofab.com.
Derek Fronek
Third year EE Co-op student at Purdue University
Last on the podcast episode #146 where he spoke about his...2021-10-061h 10
Circuit Break - A MacroFab PodcastMEP EP#264: Electronic Wear Items
MEP EP#264: Electronic Wear ItemsTesla Recalls Cars With EMMC Failures, Calls Part A ‘Wear Item’
Wear items on cars are designed to be “easily” serviced
Is this just a cop out to avoid warranty issues and recall problems?
If the EMMC is a wear item it should have a recommended service interval but it does not
Derek Fronek from the slack channel:
“So it finally happened.... after all these years of using SD cards on pi's ive never had an SD card fail on me, until today.......”
Resealing 12oz cans?
...2021-02-1851 min
EmbeddedTrain Me LaterShruthi Jaganathan spoke with us about recycling, machine learning, and the Jetson Nano (@NVIDIAEmbedded). More about the Green Machine, the computer vision, machine learning, augmented reality way to sort your lunch leavings. The code is available. The system was on a Jetson TX2 developer kit and Shruthi has been moving it to the physically smaller and only $99 Jetson Nano developer kit (buy). Shruthi has been getting into AI with the Jetson Two Days to a Demo as well as NVIDIA’s free Getting Started with AI on the Jetson Nano online course. For mor...2019-07-2645 min
Circuit Break - A MacroFab PodcastEP#146: The TechHOUNDSJohn WaidnerElectronics Engineer with a background in Logic design, analog circuit, system integration and testingCurrently John is a mentor for the TechHOUNDS and volunteers for the Boy Scouts of AmericaDerek Fronek High school student from Carmel High SchoolPart of the Carmel High School robotics team the TechHOUNDSTechHOUNDSWhat are the TechHOUNDS and how did you start?Leadership? Who leads the group?DivisionsRobot OpsProgramming/ElectricalConstructionInformation TechnologyPublic RelationsHow do you handle the overlap between divisions?Derek - What division are you most involved with?John - How involved are you in the process?What is FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and T...2018-11-1453 min
EmbeddedSmall Parts Flew EverywhereDerek Fronek spoke with us about FIRST robotics. His TechHOUNDS (@TechHOUNDS868) team is based in Carmel, Indiana. They won the state competition and placed 5th in the high school FRC championship. Derek mentioned the roboRIO controller board, TalonSRX speed controller, and the Spark motor controller. Many of these offer deep discounts to FIRST robotics participants. Check out FirstInspires.org to find a team near you. The game comes out in January but many teams start forming in September. Derek’s personal website includes his other projects and a way to contact him. ...2018-08-2457 min