Macrofab Engineering Podcast

MEP EP#260: A Couple Months Ago...Parker Homebrew going big Uncle runs a brewpub down in Alvin, Tx Going to help him repair and rebuild the brewery for post COVID Building more electrical boxes Chip shortages hit even as auto chip sales climb Ford and Fiat Chrysler are temporarily closing factories due to limited supplies of electronic components that are used in displays and transmissions Apple wants to make a self-driving electric car by 2024 VLSI Research report 4th quarter auto chip sales improved by 30% over the third quarter, reaching $6.2 billion Which is 11% above fourth quarter in 2019 Overall auto IC sales for 2020 were down about 6.4% from 2019 Tesla may be the best example of what happened in 2020, reaching sales of 499,000 new cars in all of 2020, an increase of 36% Stephen Searching for components kind of sucks sometimes. New idea for making this easier Connectors LDOs and other ICs Simple search removal that doesn't require that the engineer perform their own lo