MEP EP#312: Armchair Military Strategists

<h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep312-armchair-military-strategists">MEP EP#312: Armchair Military Strategists</a><br></h4><h4>Destroy TSMC if China Invades, To Make Taiwan 'unwantable', Says US Military Paper</h4> <ul> <li aria-level="1">Link to <a href="https://www.eenewsanalog.com/news/destroy-tsmc-if-china-invades-make-taiwan-unwantable-says-us-military-paper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a></li> <li aria-level="1">Why? Destroy the economic and technological reason for China to want Taiwan</li> <li aria-level="1">Military Paper written by Jared McKinney and Peter Harris</li> <li aria-level="1">How do you keep a free Taiwan and not enter WWIII?</li> <li aria-level="1">How would any invasion of Taiwan affect the already unstable global electronics supply chain <ul> <li aria-level="2">Fabless chip makers <ul> <li aria-level="3">Apple</li> <li aria-level="3">AMD</li> <li aria-level="3">Nvidia</li> <li aria-level="3">Broadcomm</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="3">TSMC basically manufactures integrated circuits for almost every manufacturer</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>Mega Load Resistor</h4> <ul> <li aria-level="1">Stephen needs a dummy load for testing the output of amplifiers</li> <li aria-level="1">300W dissipation minimum</li> <li aria-level="1">Multiple impedance taps - 2,4,8,16 ohm</li> <li aria-level="1">Is it best to buy more lower watt resistors and spread them out or is it best to buy fewer larger ones?</li> </ul> <h4><b>Don't Goop Your Electronics</b></h4> <ul> <li aria-level="1">Don't try to obscure your design by putting smoo all over your PCB assembly</li> <li aria-level="1">Your schematic and board layout are not your trade secrets</li> </ul> <h4>Golf Cart Project</h4> <ul> <li aria-level="1">Completed!</li> <li aria-level="1">Added a "user" mode switch to switch between speed and throttle response settings</li> <li aria-level="1">Had to lengthen the intermediate steering shaft length to prevent "loss of steering"</li> <