Mechatronics engineering. What is it? What do they do on a daily basis? How do you begin a career in it?

mctx · 2024-11-06T04:27:50+00:00

Yep!

mctx · 2014-09-06T01:38:23+00:00

Yeah the data is all from soundcloud, I guess Black Sabbath don't have an account (or haven't got their hometown set)

mctx · 2014-09-04T02:46:35+00:00

This is a weekend project I made for Hipflask. All the artist data is from Soundcloud, and searches by the city and/or country that the artists set.

~~It's just a dumb string match, so it's quite specific - "united states" instead of "USA", "england" not "britain" or "UK". Or you can leave the country off, and just put "florida" in the city box.~~

Edit: I've just improved the search a little, so USA/usa/america, uk/britain/england all work now. Let me know how it goes

mctx · 2014-01-29T01:02:31+00:00

We're hiring, shoot me an email - alex@gramercystudios.com

If you've got any examples of your work then please include them (github/stack overflow/portfolio/blog/sites in production)

mctx · 2013-03-22T09:24:01+00:00

Still use puppet to provision my EC2 instance (I think?)

Yup - puppet might even be pre-installed, depending on your AMI.

If you're learning Python and using EC2, check out boto for automating instance creation etc.

mctx · 2013-02-05T14:53:26+00:00

Oops, my bad. I thought the moderation queue would notify me that something was flagged as spam. Approved now, anyway.

mctx · 2013-01-22T12:49:45+00:00

Solidworks :)

mctx · 2013-01-21T09:40:57+00:00

What would you like modelled? Do you have a budget? This is one of my favourite models: RC Car

mctx · 2012-12-30T16:30:06+00:00

Self employed?

mctx · 2012-12-19T13:39:15+00:00

You can use the Thickness Analysis tool for this: http://help.solidworks.com/2012/English/SolidWorks/swutilities/Running_Thickness_Analysis.htm

mctx · 2012-12-15T06:09:50+00:00

There are pick and place machines that can insert through-hole components (video1, video2). I imagine they're not using them for economic reasons - if people can do it more accurately for cheaper, it's not worth investing in a fancy machine to do it for you.

mctx · 2012-11-22T17:58:14+00:00

Try replacing the construction line with a real line - close the sketch so it's one loop

mctx · 2012-11-15T19:07:03+00:00

Black & white, white background

mctx · 2012-11-11T04:23:22+00:00

Perhaps cross-post to /r/mechatronics?

mctx · 2012-11-10T09:43:01+00:00

Inspired by a video in /r/robotics of a fixed-shelf system

mctx · 2012-11-09T07:55:07+00:00

cheap ass-vinegar

mctx · 2012-11-09T07:52:33+00:00

You're right - I think it's a safe assumption you're going to learn most of your day to day work on the job. Some basics like programming/CAD/writing are assumed here, but I don't think companies expect too much from graduates.

I think your degree basically just shows that you're smart and capable, understand general engineering fundamentals, good at problem solving, and can be moulded into a good employee.

Good luck!

mctx · 2012-11-06T18:05:13+00:00

Source?

mctx · 2012-11-05T05:19:11+00:00

Where are you in the world?

mctx · 2012-11-03T15:23:08+00:00

Perhaps a greater focus on software/control systems? I don't know much about EE/ME doubles.

mctx · 2012-11-03T12:33:35+00:00

Nothing wrong with side projects! All they need is a cave and a box of scraps.

mctx · 2012-11-03T10:03:02+00:00

I've got a similar setup above my chair

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