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Open source pick and place demo
- Nathaniel demoed an open source pick and place machine building small proto boards at his home lab.
- This significantly sped up assembling the root of trust carrier boards that have about 40 parts each.
Proto boards as hardware unit tests
- Prototyping hardware is like unit testing; small modular boards carry fewer design commitments and reduce risk.
- Gemini board was overly integrated, which slowed development and reduced longevity.
Hand-built power module board
- Eric made a power module board to power gimlet boards from a stock power supply instead of relying on a bus bar.
- He had to trim the boards manually with tin snips to fit right angle connectors because straight connectors were unavailable.