MEP EP#284: Real Engineering for a Real Engineer

<ul> </ul><h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep284-real-engineering-for-a-real-engineer" target="_blank">MEP EP#284: Real Engineering for a Real Engineer</a><strong><br></strong></h4><ul><li><strong>When to Schedule Python for Engineers Intro Stream?</strong> <ul> <li>This Saturday July 10 at 6PM central</li> <li><a href="http://www.twitch.tv/macrofab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitch URL for the stream</a></li> <li>Overview of the Topics <ul> <li>Setting up a python environment on Windows PC</li> <li>Python script talking to an embedded device over serial communication</li> <li>Not a how to write python/code stream</li> <li>Might get into Tkinter for GUI stuff</li> <li>Embedded Device will be Arduino</li> <li>SCPI to handle the coms</li> </ul> </li> <li>List of items <ul> <li>Arduino</li> <li>Windows PC</li> <li>PyCharm</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>PinoTaur Production Update</strong> <ul> <li>Production is going well, boards are slated to be completed soon</li> <li>The Future of the Supply Chain <ul> <li>Finding part alts that work for you</li> <li>Finding different temperature ranges, packages, and even packaging</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Adventures in Plastic Injection Molding</strong> <ul> <li>We have reached 1 Mega presses</li> <li>First analysis - Images below</li> <li>All “failures” were due to test bed</li> <li>Could probably go more than 1 million presses <ul> <li>Will repeat 3 or 4 more times</li> </ul> </li> <li>New batch of actuators due any day now</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Finally Real Engineering</strong> <ul> <li>Ran into my very first honest to god Differential Equation…</li> <li>Got around it with excel</li> <li>To all college students - Do well but….</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>What is the most computational intensive work you have had to do on the job?</strong></li> </ul>