MEP EP#351: Signal Switching for Maximum Offness

<h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep351-signal-switching-for-maximum-offness">MEP EP#351: Signal Switching for Maximum Offness</a><b><br></b></h4><p><b>Python Demo for Extra Life API</b></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1">Stream Date: <a href="https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Parker-Dillmann" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 5th, 2022</a></li> <li aria-level="1">Python to OBS functioning!</li> <li aria-level="1">Websockets. What are they? <ul> <li aria-level="2">HTTP is unidirectional where the client sends the request and the server sends the response</li> <li aria-level="2">Websocket data is continuously pushed/transmitted into the same connection</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1">OBS has a built in local server that you can establish a websocket with another application</li> <li aria-level="1">Python module obswebsocket <ul> <li aria-level="2">Provides a wrapper for all the OBS websocket functions</li> <li aria-level="2">Can basically control anything in OBS it seems</li> <li aria-level="2">Documentation is a bit lacking and module is out of date</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1">Build animations and transitions in OBS and modify them with the python connection</li> <li aria-level="1">Building a donation progress tracker?&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><b>Signal switching tips</b></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1">Maneuvering signals around your design</li> <li aria-level="1">Methods of switching on and off portions of your circuit <ul> <li aria-level="2">Series</li> <li aria-level="2">Shunt</li> <li aria-level="2">Series-shunt</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1">Relays</li> <li aria-level="1">DG series of analog switches <ul> <li aria-level="2">Virtually every configuration</li> <li aria-level="2">single, dual, quad SPSTs and SPDTs, 4:1 and 8:1 multiplexers</li> <li aria-level="2">Many have separate control and signal voltage inputs</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><b>Estimating project time</b></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1">Follow up from slac