MEP EP#249: How Soft Are Your Diodes?

<h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep249-how-soft-are-your-diodes/">MEP EP#249: How Soft Are Your Diodes?</a><br></h4><h4>Parker</h4> <ul> <li>Signed up for the <a href="https://www.extra-life.org/participant/422809" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EXTRA LIFE charity</a> this year to raise money for the Texas Children's Hospital <ul> <li>This Saturday (Nov 7th) Parker will be broadcasting a 24 hour video game stream</li> <li>Will be playing the Half-Life 2 video game all the way through <ul> <li>This includes the two episode expansions to the base campaign</li> <li>Difficulty level will be set to 'Hard' and I will be attempting to unlock all the achievements at the same time.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Donations are tax-deductible and 100% of it goes to the hospital</li> <li>Learning some <a href="https://codepen.io/johnchristopherjones/post/how-do-i-use-the-steam-api-in-my-web-app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">javascript</a> to build plugins for the stream</li> </ul> </li> <li>PinoTaur REV3 has gone gold <ul> <li>Added more current sensing <ul> <li>Low Current Allegro <a href="https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/allegro-microsystems/ACS70331EESATR-005B3/8120680" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ACS70331EESATR-005B3</a></li> <li>High Current Allegro <a href="https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/allegro-microsystems/ACS711KEXLT-15AB-T/3868194" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ACS711KEXLT-15AB-T</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Changed Relay to a socketed relay type <ul> <li>ISO micro relays type</li> </ul> </li> <li>On PCB flyback diodes for coils <ul> <li>MRA4004</li> </ul> </li> <li>Relay is driven by both the MCU and the Fault pin on the high current sensing IC</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/walmart-fires-store-robots-but-bossa-nova-remains-bullish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Walmart fires store robots</a> <ul> <li>Saw improvements in inventory control with the robots, but not enough of an im