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	Podcast:		The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
	Episode:		#620 – Engineering Education with Dr Don Wilcher
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		01:15:40
	Publish Date:		2023-02-20 21:24:31
	Description:		Welcome, Dr Don Wilcher! He joins us right as he’s about to release a new book, M5 Stack Electronic Blueprints He worked at Willow Run early in his career (facility now closed) Henry Ford Community College Larry Sears Having joy in the courses The Knack John Davis joined on a previous episode to talk about Industrial machines What is a PLC? Relay ladder logic Industrial Computer vs Controller Scan loop on a PLC XIC / XIO A Distributed Control System (DCS) networks many controllers together Don taught a blueprint reading class Chris asked about why connectors are drawn the way they are Later in his career, Don moved from the industrial space to design in cars Wiring harness Body controller module CAFE laws – California Air Fuel Economy 68hc11 Wetting current for switches CAN Cigarette lighters in cars Don was working on the (Jeep) Grand Cherokee Decoding CAN with a scope Packard electric connectors Cars have a “shower curtain” for water in the door Don got his PhD and switched to education He taugh courses like Electric Circuits 1 / 2 Intro to robotics Automated system and diagnosis Electronics Industrial Maintenance Instructors putting bugs into the system to test students PLCs still reign supreme Arduino recently released the Opta, which is targeted at the industrial market Don writes for Control.com OpenPLC is software that can run on a variety of accessible platforms (like ESP32/Arduino/etc) Industrial I/O OpenPLC based on IEC spec (61131-3) Different programming styles of programming Blackhat (movie) with Chris Hemsworth Stuxnet worm He wrote and article about using OpenPLC with Arduino Dr Don has a new book that was just released! The M5 stack book Continuing Education Courses IEEE certificate Dr Don will be speaking at the Embedded Online conference coming up in April
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