MEP EP#252: Kicking Troglodytes Off The Stage

<h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep252-kicking-troglodytes-off-the-stage">MEP EP#252: Kicking Troglodytes Off The Stage</a><br></h4><h4>Parker</h4> <ul> <li>PCB serial numbering or other unique marking <ul> <li>I have batches of boards and need to put some unique numeric identifier and a MAC address on each board.</li> <li>Besides stickers, laser etching, scratching or DIY stencil and paint, what are folks doing?</li> </ul> </li> <li>PinoTaur REV 3 boards arrived <ul> <li>REV 4 changes already ;)</li> </ul> </li> <li>Ben Jordan of Autodesk will be a guest on the podcast <ul> <li>Product manager and is responsible for the EAGLE product</li> <li>Get your Eagle questions in early!</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>Stephen</h4> <ul> <li>Adventures in Rpi 4 <ul> <li>Midi overkill</li> <li>Clock master</li> <li>Possibly be a usb midi device?</li> <li>Reset?</li> </ul> </li> <li>Repairs <ul> <li>Roland TR-606 drum matrix <ul> <li>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</li> <li>None of the buttons have memory - they do not “store” anything</li> <li>Upd444c obsolete - 6514 SRAM is a drop in replacement</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>The FX Dev board returns <ul> <li>2 versions of the fx dev board now exist <ul> <li><a href="https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/protoboard/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ProtoBoard</a></li> <li><a href="https://mimmotronics.com/protis1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Protis 1</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Both look like they ditched my ac power supply for a charge pump design</li> <li>Both opted to not do the integrated soldered breadboard</li> </ul> </li> </ul>