MEP EP#277: Bunch of Nibbles

<ul><p> </p></ul><h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep277-bunch-of-nibbles/">MEP EP#277: Bunch of Nibbles</a><b><br></b></h4><ul><p></p></ul><ul><p><li><b>Tasty Chips segment</b> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/h/harwin/ez-cable-clips" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harwin EZ-Cable Clips</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mac8japan.com/products/833" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mac-Eight CZ series</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><b>Update</b> - <b>E-Z Hook Insulation Piercing Wire Clamp - 8507</b> <ul> <li>Built a housing to isolate the wire clamps</li> </ul> </li> <li><b>COM port snooper / sniffer?</b> <ul> <li>Ended up using '<a href="https://freeserialanalyzer.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Free Serial Analyzer</a>'</li> </ul> </li> <li><b>Automating Testing Clock Drift</b> <ul> <li>Using an oscilloscope?</li> <li>SCPI or some other method? </li> <li><a href="https://siglentna.com/USA_website_2014/Documents/Program_Material/SIGLENT_Digital_Oscilloscopes_Remote%20Control%20Manual.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">115 pages of commands</a></li> <li>What is inside a scope probe? 10X?</li> </ul> </li> <li><b>Rotary switch pcb - interesting bug?</b> <ul> <li>Pcb is 99% done - currently reviewing</li> <li>MF platform experience</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/analogeng">https://github.com/analogeng</a></li> <li>49 unique resistor values 92 total resistors <ul> <li>List of most used resistors</li> </ul> </li> <li>Potentially bad bug in Diptrace <ul> <li>Causes lots of headaches</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><b>Injection Molded Actuators</b> <ul> <li>They work great</li> <li>Shrinkage - Identifying and dealing with it</li> <li>Voids - problematic for light passage</li> </ul> </li> </p><p><br></p></ul>