I've recently seen in job listings, contract requirements etc. references to desiring engineers who are "experienced with Maker boards". What exactly is a Maker board? I gather it's not a brand name, but some general concept ... it sounds a little new-age or something. Is there a specific meaning? Steve
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On 3/4/2017 10:35 PM, Steve Pope wrote:> I've recently seen in job listings, contract requirements etc. > references to desiring engineers who are "experienced with Maker boards". > > What exactly is a Maker board? I gather it's not a brand name, > but some general concept ... it sounds a little new-age or something. > Is there a specific meaning?Embedded CPU/MCU boards. -- Rick C
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rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:>On 3/4/2017 10:35 PM, Steve Pope wrote:>> I've recently seen in job listings, contract requirements etc. >> references to desiring engineers who are "experienced with Maker boards". >> >> What exactly is a Maker board? I gather it's not a brand name, >> but some general concept ... it sounds a little new-age or something. >> Is there a specific meaning?>Embedded CPU/MCU boards.Yes, but these have been around for decades without anyone calling them "Maker boards". Steve
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On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 05:03:47 +0000 (UTC), spope33@speedymail.org (Steve Pope) wrote:>rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On 3/4/2017 10:35 PM, Steve Pope wrote: > >>> I've recently seen in job listings, contract requirements etc. >>> references to desiring engineers who are "experienced with Maker boards". >>> >>> What exactly is a Maker board? I gather it's not a brand name, >>> but some general concept ... it sounds a little new-age or something. >>> Is there a specific meaning? > >>Embedded CPU/MCU boards. > >Yes, but these have been around for decades without anyone calling >them "Maker boards". > >SteveIt's part of the "maker movement" or "maker culture" where people make stuff instead of buy it. I like that people are interested in making things again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_culture --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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<eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> wrote:>On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 05:03:47 +0000 (UTC), spope33@speedymail.org (Steve>Pope) wrote: > >>rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:>>>On 3/4/2017 10:35 PM, Steve Pope wrote:>>>> I've recently seen in job listings, contract requirements etc. >>>> references to desiring engineers who are "experienced with Maker boards".>>>> What exactly is a Maker board? I gather it's not a brand name, >>>> but some general concept ... it sounds a little new-age or something. >>>> Is there a specific meaning?>>>Embedded CPU/MCU boards.>>Yes, but these have been around for decades without anyone calling >>them "Maker boards".>It's part of the "maker movement" or "maker culture" where people make >stuff instead of buy it. I like that people are interested in making >things again.If so it's a re-branding .. and a bit paradoxical. We used to design our own CPU/MPU boards not purchase them. Because, we likes to roll our own unlike the modern-breed "Makers". Heck, we'd wind our own transformers. And .. and .. well you get the point. S.
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On 3/5/2017 12:30 AM, Steve Pope wrote:> <eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> wrote: > >> On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 05:03:47 +0000 (UTC), spope33@speedymail.org (Steve > >> Pope) wrote: >> >>> rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> On 3/4/2017 10:35 PM, Steve Pope wrote: > >>>>> I've recently seen in job listings, contract requirements etc. >>>>> references to desiring engineers who are "experienced with Maker boards". > >>>>> What exactly is a Maker board? I gather it's not a brand name, >>>>> but some general concept ... it sounds a little new-age or something. >>>>> Is there a specific meaning? > >>>> Embedded CPU/MCU boards. > >>> Yes, but these have been around for decades without anyone calling >>> them "Maker boards". > >> It's part of the "maker movement" or "maker culture" where people make >> stuff instead of buy it. I like that people are interested in making >> things again. > > If so it's a re-branding .. and a bit paradoxical. We used to design > our own CPU/MPU boards not purchase them. Because, we likes to roll our > own unlike the modern-breed "Makers". > > Heck, we'd wind our own transformers. And .. and .. well you > get the point.Yeah, you likely make your CPUs with relays, but we don't do that anymore either. ;) It's a bit difficult to make your own PCBs using BGAs and stacked package RAM. I don't think I would want to make a Beagle Bone board professionally much less at home. -- Rick C
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Reply by ●March 5, 20172017-03-05
On 03/04/2017 11:30 PM, Steve Pope wrote:> <eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> wrote: > >> On Sun, 5 Mar 2017 05:03:47 +0000 (UTC), spope33@speedymail.org (Steve > >> Pope) wrote: >> >>> rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> On 3/4/2017 10:35 PM, Steve Pope wrote: > >>>>> I've recently seen in job listings, contract requirements etc. >>>>> references to desiring engineers who are "experienced with Maker boards". > >>>>> What exactly is a Maker board? I gather it's not a brand name, >>>>> but some general concept ... it sounds a little new-age or something. >>>>> Is there a specific meaning? > >>>> Embedded CPU/MCU boards. > >>> Yes, but these have been around for decades without anyone calling >>> them "Maker boards". > >> It's part of the "maker movement" or "maker culture" where people make >> stuff instead of buy it. I like that people are interested in making >> things again. > > If so it's a re-branding .. and a bit paradoxical. We used to design > our own CPU/MPU boards not purchase them. Because, we likes to roll > our own unlike the modern-breed "Makers". > > Heck, we'd wind our own transformers. And .. and .. well you > get the point. >My father told stories of making 10 micro-farad capacitors in 10 gallon fish tanks. Believe the working voltage may have ~100 to 200V. Don't recall the dielectric. His stories dated to the late 20's and early 30's.
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Steve Pope wrote:> I've recently seen in job listings, contract requirements etc. > references to desiring engineers who are "experienced with Maker boards". > > What exactly is a Maker board? I gather it's not a brand name, > but some general concept ... it sounds a little new-age or something. > Is there a specific meaning? > > Steve >Arduinos and Raspberry Pi are market leaders in "maker" market space. "Maker" is a sort of movement where kids learn electronics in a club environment using these and small breadboard-style peripherals. If the codicil to the ads is a filter for da yout' then interpret that as you see fit. If it's trying to see if you have an open mind, then that's different. -- Les Cargill
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On Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 7:16:51 AM UTC-5, radam...@gmail.com wrote:> We could use a bit more "maker" orientation in our schools ... >=20 > https://youtu.be/aIhk9eKOLzQ >=20yeah, i coulda benefited from that. we had some of this in college, but th= at was back in the days of 1/4 watt resistors and 0.1" spacing on the IC pi= ns. how can you do "maker" stuff with modern ICs having hundreds of pins? you = need to have a PC fab facility that you can download your PCB CAD files to. that's what these maker places (like https://artisansasylum.com/ in Sommerv= ille MA or https://generatorvt.com/ in Burlington VT) need to have. the ab= ility to make PC boards and mount modern MPU or DSP (and other chips with f= ewer pins) and tiny-little resistors onto. and, at least, 4 layers. and maybe a manner to independently program some FLASH memory like we used = to the old EPROMs to put on boot code. if it only costs like $20 + parts/supplies to spin a board, and when it doe= sn't work to spin another one right away with as little waste as possible, = that might make it easy for experimenters to experiment. r b-j
