MEP EP#264: Electronic Wear Items

<ul> </ul><h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep264-electronic-wear-items/">MEP EP#264: Electronic Wear Items<b><br></b></a></h4><ul><li aria-level="1"><a href="https://hackaday.com/2021/02/11/tesla-recalls-cars-with-emmc-failures-calls-part-a-wear-item/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Tesla Recalls Cars With EMMC Failures, Calls Part A ‘Wear Item’</b></a></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li aria-level="2">Wear items on cars are designed to be “easily” serviced <ul> <li aria-level="3">Is this just a cop out to avoid warranty issues and recall problems?</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="2">If the EMMC is a wear item it should have a recommended service interval but it does not</li> <li aria-level="2">Derek Fronek from the slack channel: <ul> <li aria-level="2"><i>“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.......”</i></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><b>Resealing 12oz cans?</b></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li aria-level="2">3D printed a sealing cap that screws onto a Yeti can insulator</li> <li aria-level="2">Testing it out over the weekend</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/chip-shortage-causes-gm-to-extend-three-vehicle-plant-shutdowns-to-more-than-a-month" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>GM to extend vehicle plant shutdowns to more than a month</b></a></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li aria-level="2">The chip shortages we have been talking about? GM expects it to get worse.</li> <li aria-level="2">Ford cutting Pick Up Truck production! </li> <li aria-level="2">Shortage could lower Ford’s earnings in 2021 by $2.5 Billion</li> <li aria-level="2">Suppliers are saying by mid June they will be caught up</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><b>PinoTaur REV 4 Prototype ordered</b><