Macrofab Engineering Podcast

MEP EP#257: Viciously Different CreamsParker The ole ordered a 0603 and it was metric instead resulting in an 0201 imperial chip component. 0.6mm x 0.3mm = 0.024” x 0.012” 0201 imperial chip size only size that does not match the actual size Imperial 0201 is 24mil x 12mil... not 20mil x 10mil like the name implies Imperial 0603 is 60mil x 30mil 0603 metric is the only standard metric size that has the same size code as an imperial one! Does anyone actually use the metric sizing for chip components? Stephen Hardware v software - Features and their impact Hardware needs a lot of motivation to make a feature. It is slow and deliberate. Removing features is a big deal features by default cannot break the device unless extreme cases are encountered Software is "easier" to flip the switch on features. Have to consider all the ways this will break things. Kicad - Panelization Moving between layers has hotkeys - yay Middle mouse now by default pans and wheel is zoom Snap to