Best Michai Ramakers Podcasts (2024)

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episode 45: glucometer, fuel consumption and vacuum cleaner 31:28

2+ y ago31:28

31:28

(Michai is too lazy to make shownotes now, check again later. :-)By Michai Ramakers

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episode 44: DMX512, ground reference and LED decoration stuff 24:15

3+ y ago24:15

24:15

Hi, and an extremely good 2021 to all of you. We start off this brand new year talking about some totally unrelated and slightly more related new year's resolutions, a miniscule car fix, and glueing with a 3D printing pen. All in not much more detail than stated here. Continuing on last episode's VGA generator board, I added a DMX512 interface as s…

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episode 43: DMM probes, laundry fix and light-hangout 11:06

4y ago11:06

11:06

Welcome to a pretty boring episode - just as you're used to by now! Prepare yourself for epic or less epic talk about a mains test jig that proved very useful, some awesome Probe Master DMM probes well worth the money, and both me and occasional cohost Domen fixing household stuff, and the subtle psychology of starting a repair. Homebrew-wise, the …

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episode 42: exploding cap, 3D-printing and planet decoration 17:53

4y ago17:53

17:53

The thrilling tale of 4 months of doing pretty much nothing interesting is coming to a podcast near you today! After hearing about the hilarious exploding electrolytic, we continue with some lame or slightly-less-lame tools one can just buy off-the-shelf: using H-field probes for injecting magnetic fields into a PCB, the Aim-TTi I-prober 520 for me…

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episode 41: oversized test-jig, spiky LED ball and knowing your equipment 18:34

4+ y ago18:34

18:34

In this time of global turmoil, the CBA Podcast once again proves to be your one-stop source of distraction and meh-grade information. We start off by a quick list of how to keep busy in a sort of useful way, followed by a short talk about a 230 Vac test-jig and designing for test-jig repairability. Already mentioned in a previous episode, I finall…

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episode 40: xmas smoothness, deadlifts and resistive load 25:29

4+ y ago25:29

25:29

By Michai Ramakers

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episode 39: crossing borders, intensity curves and anti-theft socks 17:52

5y ago17:52

17:52

4.5 months is still not enough to make you forget this podcast, is it? (And also, sorry about the long gap.) Another mixed bag as usual. 2 meetups with the CBA Quality Team for some Quality Time. Eindhoven Hackerspace Hackalot moved to a new location, and I put some LED decorative stuff there, making use of a light intensity curve for a better visu…

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episode 38: LEDstrip fun, rand, and voltage drops 12:45

5+ y ago12:45

12:45

Hi there! Thanks for tuning in (or reading this text and then deciding not to tune in at all). Another episode with a mixed bag of semi-interesting topics. Thanks for the feedback - the inter-segment jingle will be a bit less loud from now on. Poor ears. We start off by counting pass & fail on this year's new year's resolutions, followed by mention…

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episode 37: past events, lasercutting and fear of breaking the rope 18:03

5+ y ago18:03

18:03

You thought that we finally learned from our mistakes and abandoned this podcast, and you thought wrong. Once again it's time to lower your standards, and enjoy a new episode of the CBA Podcast. We start with some PCB failures and flaws, followed by a very brief review of the Hackalot lasercutter & vinylcutter workshop. We attended T-DOSE, which is…

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episode 36: triple screw-up, LED lamp biopsy and bodyfat measurement 16:08

5+ y ago16:08

16:08

After more than 1 month of laziness, let's kickstart this episode with some failures and apologies. Next up is a summary of Hackalot's part in the Open Hackerspace Day 2019, and a teardown of a cheap and somewhat boring Aldi 230 Vac LED lamp. Finally, some very-voodoo and somewhat-less-voodoo methods of measuring the percentage of bodyfat in humans…

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episode 35: home sensors, disco LED hack and airplanes 19:08

5+ y ago19:08

19:08

After 5 weeks or so, we're finally back! You'd think this episode is filled with 5 weeks worth of exciting techie stuff, but don't get your hopes up yet. Because it's not. Domen joins in to talk about his experiments with home automation, and a sowing exhibition lacking electronics and software. Furthermore, we talk about a disco LED box hack, and …

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episode 34: Rust, coroutines and cohosting 20:52

5+ y ago20:52

20:52

Finally, the "we" in announcements doesn't just mean the royal we / majestic plural, but there's an actual co-host! Introduction is in the audio contents, so I guess you'll just have to listen. We talk about first contact with the Rust programming language, coroutines for implementing lightweight tasks/threads, various smaller topics and some upcom…

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episode 33: new year's resolutions, SD-card interfacing and programming-meeting 11:19

5+ y ago11:19

11:19

HNY2019! Not a whole lot of stuff to talk about, so this is quite a short episode. You're welcome. After some fluffy and unrelated list of New Year's Resolutions, we talk about progress for a decorative VGA generator device w.r.t. mechanics and software. I had never been to the monthly HCC!programmeren meeting, so let's talk a bit about that a bit …

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episode 32: a lying oscilloscope, TV repair attitude and VGA generation 18:22

6y ago18:22

18:22

Apologies for the apparently low volume and low tone of voice - I think someone might have been tired. This episode discusses ongoing PCB failures, oscilloscope overdrive recovery, a BT-enabled headphone that would just keep connecting, some local events (GLOW, Awesome Space repair day, and the HCC Retro quarterly meeting). Finally, an experiment g…

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episode 31: one year anniversary, RC2018/09 results, FPGA and Forth 21:56

6y ago21:56

21:56

Yay, after one year we're still polluting the virtual airwaves, so let's review the last year of podcasting (only takes about 8 minutes - don't cry). RetroChallenge RC2018/09 has finished, so we take a look at its winners and honourable mentions. Minor topics include a Hackalot visit, USB nullmodem hack, breadboard fail and fried scope probe clip. …

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episode 30: social stuff, Ruby and a USB logic analyser 17:16

6y ago17:16

17:16

Lots of little topics this time, woven together by clever commentary. That's CBA Podcast for you. In the spotlight this time: a shout-out to the Quality Team behind this podcast, impressions from the recent Eindhoven Maker Faire, HCC Retro and Bonami Homecomputer visits, a look back at the current (finished?) RetroChallenge, how to learn Ruby, a DI…

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episode 29: feedback, cleaning PCBs, scripting again 12:17

6y ago12:17

12:17

You can, of course, send feedback to the show using the email-adress listed at the top of the page. Today's episode briefly touches on PCB-cleaning, meta- and actual work for the RetroChallenge 2018/09, scripting-languages (again - a never-ending story), and upcoming local events. Relevant links: RetroChallenge 2018/09 Electrolube SWAS flux-cleaner…

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episode 28: EMFcamp review, mini-CPU and more PCB-fail 13:57

6y ago13:57

13:57

Just back from the ElectroMagnetic Fields (EMF) camp in the UK, so there's a little review of that. Furthermore, we talk about a LED-strip decoration, badge-sized mini-version of an 1-bit CPU, PCB-failures (and successes!), the upcoming RetroChallenge and my entry for that, and 2 small talks I can now get nervous about. Links and shownotes: Electro…

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episode 27: new TS100-tip, MP3-player innards and controlling a WS2811 LED-strip 14:06

6y ago14:06

14:06

Recorded from my cellphone + external mic this time, so feedback w.r.t. sound-quality (or anything else!) is welcome, as usual. This episode is about getting a new solder-iron tip for the TS100 iron, progress for hand-milling PCB's, a look inside a small MP3-player, and looking at how WS281x works and how to control it. Links: Miniware TS100 solder…

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episode 26: DIN-rail prototyping, coffee-machine revisited and another zap 13:16

6y ago13:16

13:16

To counter the evil midsummer heat, we bring you another cool and refreshing episode. Topics include a 45 Vdc SMD LED, DIN-rail prototyping, reconsidering the workings of a previously disassembled coffee-machine, getting zapped by a vintage coffee-grinder, and an unused yet brand new angle-grinder. Also, I am currently too lazy to make show-notes.…