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https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/retrogadgets-oscilloscope-cameras/ | Retrogadgets: Oscilloscope Cameras | Al Williams | [
"classic hacks",
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"camera",
"oscilloscope",
"polaroid"
] | Today, if you want to get a picture from your oscilloscope — maybe to send to a collaborator or to stick in a document or blog post — it is super easy. You can push an image to a USB stick or sometimes even just use the scope’s PC or web interface to save the picture directly to your computer. Of course, if it is on th... | 23 | 18 | [
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"comment_id": "8060705",
"author": "Jon H",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T18:30:16",
"content": "I like how the HP has a manual shutter release, not something electronic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8060729",
"author": "The Commenter ... | 1,760,371,735.086541 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/building-a-motor-feed-for-the-ue1-vacuum-tube-computers-paper-tape-reader/ | Building A Motor Feed For The UE1 Vacuum Tube Computer’s Paper Tape Reader | Maya Posch | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"paper tape",
"tape reader"
] | Building a paper tape reader by itself isn’t super complicated: you need a source of light, some photoreceptors behind the tape to register the presence of holes and some way to pull the tape through the reader at a reasonable rate. This latter part can get somewhat tricky, as
Usagi Electric
‘s [David Lovett] discovere... | 9 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060443",
"author": "sbrk",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T00:13:01",
"content": "I’d like to see someone make a punch…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8060586",
"author": "BaZ",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T10:48:42",
... | 1,760,371,735.202597 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/component-tester-teardown/ | Component Tester Teardown | Al Williams | [
"Teardown",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"Component Tester",
"hameg",
"oscilloscope"
] | In the modern age, when you hear “component tester” you probably think of one of those cheap microcontroller-based devices that can identify components and provide basic measurements on an LCD screen. However, in the past, these were usually simple circuits that generated an XY scope plot. The trace would allow an expe... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060398",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-10T20:59:13",
"content": "So, it’s a curve tracer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8060620",
"author": "Aqib Idrees",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,371,735.588079 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/building-a-diy-nipkow-disk-display/ | Building A DIY Nipkow Disk Display | Al Williams | [
"classic hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"nipkow",
"nipkow disk",
"television"
] | Before flat screen technologies took over, we associate TV with the CRT. But there were other display technologies that worked, they just weren’t as practical. One scheme was the Nipkow disk, and [Bitluni] decided to build
a working demonstration
of how such a system works.
Essentially, there’s a spinning disk with a s... | 28 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060293",
"author": "Frank Wilhoit",
"timestamp": "2024-11-10T12:50:24",
"content": "The CBS color system was not based on the Nipkow principle.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8060400",
"author": "The Commenter Former... | 1,760,371,735.469979 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/a-beautifully-illustrated-guide-to-making/ | A Beautifully Illustrated Guide To Making | Navarre Bartz | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"book",
"diy",
"projects"
] | If you’ve ever been wondering what you should make next, it can be a daunting task to decide with the firehose of inspiration coming straight from the series of tubes that makeup the World Wide Web. Perhaps a more curated
digital catalog of projects
would help?
Featuring “1000 Useful Things to Make,” [NODE]’s
Make it Y... | 13 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060252",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-11-10T09:38:37",
"content": "If in doubt, make tools to help you make more things!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8060257",
"author": "Prfesser",
"timestamp": "2024... | 1,760,371,735.639366 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/inside-an-arcade-joystick/ | Inside An Arcade Joystick | Al Williams | [
"Games",
"Teardown"
] | [
"arcade game",
"Joystick"
] | If you ever played an arcade game and wondered what was inside that joystick you were gripping, [Big Clive] can
save you some trouble
. He picked up a cheap replacement joystick, which, as you might expect, has a bunch of microswitches. However, as you can see in the video below, there are some surprising features that... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060349",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2024-11-10T17:40:23",
"content": "Why most of the early coin op games just had those flat buttons that could be abused and not break. I had wished back then that joysticks had switches that would open back up if pushed hard or just tilt... | 1,760,371,735.248716 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/brick-layers-the-promise-of-stronger-3d-prints-and-why-we-cannot-have-nice-things/ | Brick Layers: The Promise Of Stronger 3D Prints And Why We Cannot Have Nice Things | Maya Posch | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"FDM",
"patents"
] | It is a fact of life that 3D printed parts from an FDM (fused deposition modeling) printer have weaknesses where the layers join. Some of this is due to voids and imperfect layer bonding, but you can — as [Geek Detour] shows us —
work around some of this
. In particular, it is possible to borrow techniques from brick l... | 87 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060226",
"author": "krbindustries",
"timestamp": "2024-11-10T07:08:28",
"content": "Both the article and the original video discuss that the 2020 patent is invalid. So how can we ensure this patent is removed? Unfortunately, it seems unless another business tries to use the “invent... | 1,760,371,735.401064 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/heres-code-for-that-ai-generated-minecraft-clone/ | Here’s Code For That AI-GeneratedMinecraftClone | Donald Papp | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Games"
] | [
"ai",
"diffusion model",
"game engine",
"image generator"
] | A little while ago
Oasis
was showcased on social media, billing itself as the world’s first playable “AI video game” that responds to complex user input in real-time.
Code is available on GitHub
for a down-scaled local version if you’d like to take a look. There’s a bit more detail and background in the accompanying
pr... | 19 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060113",
"author": "LordNothing",
"timestamp": "2024-11-10T00:16:50",
"content": "my only complaint is that it was only compatible with the worst possible browser (chrome).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8060238",
"a... | 1,760,371,735.148038 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/all-aboard-the-good-ship-benchy/ | All Aboard The Good Ship Benchy | Jenny List | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"3D printed boat",
"Benchy"
] | We’ll go out on a limb here and say that a large portion of Hackaday readers are also boat-builders. That’s a bold statement, but as the term applies to anyone who has built a boat, we’d argue that it encompasses anyone who’s run off a Benchy, the popular 3D printer test model. Among all you newfound mariners, certainl... | 26 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060062",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2024-11-09T22:26:56",
"content": "Funny. Seven years, two printers and many thousands of prints here. Not one has been a Benchy. I guess I’m a minority.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id... | 1,760,371,735.019544 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/hidman-brings-modern-input-to-vintage-pcs/ | HIDman Brings Modern Input To Vintage PCs | Heidi Ulrich | [
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"ch559",
"kvm",
"microcontroller",
"mouse",
"PS/2",
"usb"
] | Retro computing enthusiasts, rejoice!
HIDman
, [rasteri]’s latest open source creation
, bridges the gap between modern USB input devices and vintage PCs, from the IBM 5150 to machines with PS/2 ports. Frustrated by the struggle to find functioning retro peripherals, [rasteri] developed HIDman as an affordable, compact... | 34 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059993",
"author": "macsimski",
"timestamp": "2024-11-09T18:39:35",
"content": "I really dig the configuration interface. very elegant. teminds me of talking to a computer with an asr33 or vt320",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id":... | 1,760,371,735.542944 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/the-badge-hacks-of-supercon/ | The Badge Hacks Of Supercon | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"2024 Hackaday Supercon",
"2024 Hackaday Superconference",
"badge hacks"
] | We just got home from Supercon and well, it was super. It was great to see everyone, and
meet a whole bunch of new folks to boot!
The talks were great, and you can
see a good half of them already on the Hackaday YouTube channel
, so for that you didn’t even have to be there.
The badge hacks
were, as with most years, ou... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059970",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2024-11-09T17:09:25",
"content": "Sounds like an incredible time. Thank you for sharing the experience with us through YouTube. Seeing Connie’s experience really highlights how fun it must be to learn and be inspired by such a great gro... | 1,760,371,735.689939 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/nix-automated-fuzz-testing-finds-bug-in-pdf-parser/ | Nix + Automated Fuzz Testing Finds Bug In PDF Parser | Donald Papp | [
"Security Hacks",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"bug",
"fuzz testing"
] | [Michael Lynch]’s adventures in
configuring Nix to automate fuzz testing
is a lot of things all rolled into one. It’s not only a primer on fuzz testing (a method of finding bugs) but it’s also a how-to on automating the setup using Nix (which is a lot of things, including a kind of package manager) as well as useful in... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059903",
"author": "Harry Pray IV",
"timestamp": "2024-11-09T14:28:25",
"content": "Nice to see Nix mentioned on here. Hackaday in particular has so many writeups where the author is simply spending the whole time talking about how to install some tooling to do what they did. The... | 1,760,371,736.826536 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/exploring-the-physics-behind-cooling-towers/ | Exploring The Physics Behind Cooling Towers | Maya Posch | [
"Science"
] | [
"evaporative cooling"
] | A characteristic of any thermal power plant — whether using coal, gas or spicy nuclear rocks — is that they have a closed steam loop with a condenser section in which the post-turbine steam is re-condensed into water. This water is then led back to the steam generator in the plant. There are many ways to cool the steam... | 21 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059837",
"author": "Illucidator",
"timestamp": "2024-11-09T09:41:55",
"content": "Totally unrelated, but it made me revisit my mild obsession with Ranque-Hilsch vortex tubes. I swear their voodoo coolers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"com... | 1,760,371,736.262363 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/retrotechtacular-computer-generate-video-1968-style/ | Retrotechtacular: Computer-Generate Video 1968 Style! | Al Williams | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"demoscene",
"Retrotechtacluar"
] | [Classic Microcomputers] read in a book that there was
a computer-generated film
made in the late 1960s, and he knew he had to watch it. He found it and shared it along with some technical information in the video below.
Modern audiences are unlikely to be wowed by the film — Permutations — that looks like an electroni... | 11 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059869",
"author": "Tom G",
"timestamp": "2024-11-09T12:07:29",
"content": "I remember going, in the mid/late 70s, to a cinema screening of several of Whitney’s works, including Permutations. They were clearly ground-breaking, albeit a little tedious en masse.",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,371,736.666691 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/ramsey-numbers-and-the-appearance-of-order-in-random-numbers/ | Ramsey Numbers And The Appearance Of Order In Random Numbers | Maya Posch | [
"Science"
] | [
"mathematics",
"Ramsey theory"
] | Proof without words of the two-color case of Ramsey’s theorem. (Credit: CMG Lee,
Wikimedia
)
Generally when assuming a chaotic (i.e. random) system like an undirected graph, we assume that if we start coloring these (i.e. assign values) with two colors no real pattern emerges. Yet it’s been proven that if you have a gr... | 25 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059806",
"author": "Mystick",
"timestamp": "2024-11-09T05:40:11",
"content": "Perhaps we will discover a message in the pattern that instructs us to build a device that will permit a traveler to go through a wormhole to another star system to initiate contact with an alien species…... | 1,760,371,736.781714 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/videonics-the-dawn-of-home-video-editing-revisited/ | Videonics: The Dawn Of Home Video Editing, Revisited | Heidi Ulrich | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"directed plus",
"editing",
"vcr",
"VHS",
"video",
"videonics",
"youtube"
] | Here’s a slice of history that will make any retro-tech fan grin: before TikTok and iMovie, there was a beast called
the Videonics DirectED Plus
. This early attempt at democratizing video editing saved enthusiasts from six-figure pro setups—but only barely. Popular Science recently brought this retro marvel back to li... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060731",
"author": "Felix Domestica",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T20:02:40",
"content": "I had a high-end consumer JVC camcorder and compatible VCR where it was possible to program in a sequence of cuts to be copied from the camcorder onto a tape on the VCR, with clean transition bet... | 1,760,371,736.713469 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-all-the-espionage/ | Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With All The Espionage | Kristina Panos | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"biblically accurate",
"espionage",
"IBM Selectric",
"macro cube",
"Selectric II",
"stenography",
"toyota racing development",
"USSR",
"wooden keyboard"
] | [Ziddy Makes] describes this cute little guy as
a biblically-accurate keyboard
. For the unfamiliar, that’s a reference to biblically-accurate angels, which have wings (and sometimes eyes) all over the place. They’re usually pretty scary to behold. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Image by [Ziddy Makes] via
GitHub
But this... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060675",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T16:53:44",
"content": "Nice range of the subject!Good work Kristina!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8060687",
"author": "craig",
"times... | 1,760,371,736.392736 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/the-constant-monitoring-and-work-that-goes-into-jwsts-optics/ | The Constant Monitoring And Work That Goes Into JWST’s Optics | Donald Papp | [
"Science",
"Space"
] | [
"jwst",
"mirrors",
"webb"
] | The James Webb Space Telescope’s array of eighteen hexagonal mirrors went through an intricate (and lengthy) alignment and calibration process before it could begin its mission — but the process is far from being a one-and-done. Keeping the telescope aligned and performing optimally requires
constant work from its own ... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,371,736.620101 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/why-the-saturn-v-used-kerosene-for-its-hydraulics-fluid/ | Why The Saturn V Used Kerosene For Its Hydraulics Fluid | Maya Posch | [
"Space"
] | [
"fueldraulics",
"hydraulics",
"saturn v"
] | We usually think of a hydraulic system as fully self-contained, with a hydraulic pump, tubing, and actuators filled with a working fluid. This of course adds a lot of weight and complexity that can be undesirable in certain projects, with the Saturn V Moon rocket demonstrating a solution to this which is still being us... | 38 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060575",
"author": "shinsukke",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T09:41:22",
"content": "Kerosene! How could they!-t. Reader wholly ignorant about hydraulic systems",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8060607",
"author": "CRJEEA",... | 1,760,371,736.582118 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/cheap-sensor-changes-personality/ | Cheap Sensor Changes Personality | Al Williams | [
"home hacks",
"Microcontrollers",
"Teardown"
] | [
"home automation",
"humidity sensor"
] | If you want to add humidity and temperature sensors to your home automation sensor, you can — like [Maker’s Fun Duck] did — buy some generic ones for about a buck. For a dollar, you get a little square LCD with sensors and a button. You even get the battery.
Can you reprogram the firmware to bend it to your will
? As [... | 27 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060530",
"author": "The one",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T06:23:47",
"content": "Its very much just a flashing manual for the custom firmware that Victor pvvx made:https://github.com/pvvx/THB2Even trying to hide it as much as possible by a fork…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1... | 1,760,371,736.200363 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/welcome-to-subtropolis-the-limestone-mine-turned-climate-controlled-business-complex/ | Welcome To SubTropolis: The Limestone Mine Turned Climate-Controlled Business Complex | Maya Posch | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"cave",
"climate control"
] | After extracting all the useful stuff from a mine, you are often left with a lot of empty subterranean space without a clear purpose. This was the case with the Bethany Falls limestone mine, near Kansas City, Missouri, which left a sprawling series of caverns supported by 16′ (4.9 meter) diameter pillars courtesy of th... | 32 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060492",
"author": "Eric Mockler",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T03:46:34",
"content": "There’s one in Rosendale, NY also",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8060493",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T03:49:53",
... | 1,760,371,736.332867 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/hackaday-links-november-11-2024/ | Hackaday Links: November 10, 2024 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"hackaday links"
] | Fair warning, while the first item this week has no obvious connection to hacking,
when 43 Rhesus monkeys escape from a lab
, it’s just something that needs to be discussed. The tiny primates broke free from Alpha Genesis, a primate research facility in South Carolina. The monkey jailbreak seems to have occurred someti... | 21 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060445",
"author": "a_do_z",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T00:42:56",
"content": "Monkey story not hack related?Do we know for sure that the monkeys didn’t hack their way out?Some careless lab tech leaves YouTube playing videos from “The Lock Picking Lawyer” in the lab and chaos ensues.... | 1,760,371,736.943622 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/ask-hackaday-how-much-would-you-stake-on-an-online-retailer/ | Ask Hackaday: How Much Would You Stake On An Online Retailer | Jenny List | [
"Ask Hackaday",
"Interest"
] | [
"amazon",
"counterfeit",
"tools"
] | On the bench where this is being written, there’s a Mitutoyo vernier caliper. It’s the base model with a proper vernier scale, but it’s beautifully made, and it’s enjoyable to see younger hardware hackers puzzle over how to use it. It cost about thirty British pounds a few years ago, but when it comes to quality metrol... | 69 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059425",
"author": "Tadpole",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T12:07:42",
"content": "It is important, especially in this day and age, to remove liablity responsibilites from platforms such as amazon if we want to encourage their growth, and corrospondily the growth in GDP that the country... | 1,760,371,737.051047 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/teaching-a-pi-pico-e-ink-panel-new-tricks/ | Teaching A Pi Pico E-Ink Panel New Tricks | Al Williams | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"e-ink",
"pi pico",
"rp2040"
] | We’ve noticed that adding electronic paper displays to projects is getting easier. [NerdCave] picked up a 4.2-inch E-ink panel but found its documentation a bit lacking when it came to using the display under MicroPython.
Eventually he worked it out
, and was kind enough to share with the rest of the class.
These paper... | 13 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059473",
"author": "Tutunkommon",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T13:49:34",
"content": "Awesome! I’m actually working on a project now using the Waveshare Pico-ePaper-2.9 Using C instead of python. They really are cool, though finicky, devices.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,... | 1,760,371,737.205234 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/07/help-wanted-keep-the-worlds-oldest-windmills-turning/ | Help Wanted: Keep The World’s Oldest Windmills Turning | Navarre Bartz | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"engineering",
"generation",
"mill",
"milling",
"milling grain",
"power",
"wind power",
"Wind turbine"
] | While the Netherlands is the country most known for its windmills, they were originally invented by the Persians. More surprisingly,
some of them are still turning after 1,000 years
.
The ancient world holds many wonders of technology, and some are only now coming back to the surface like the
Antikythera Mechanism
. Mi... | 35 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059379",
"author": "Oliver",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T07:09:35",
"content": "But a thousand year functional product is bad for the bottom line!! Planned obsolecense?!Bte what date is DATE? Placeholder left behind?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,371,737.439499 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/07/using-ai-to-help-with-assembly/ | Using AI To Help With Assembly | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Artificial Intelligence"
] | [
"6502",
"6510",
"assembly",
"commodore",
"developer",
"generative AI",
"large language model",
"programming",
"sprite",
"video game"
] | Although generative AI and large language models have been pushed as direct replacements for certain kinds of workers, plenty of businesses actually doing this have found that using this new technology can cause more problems than it solves when it is given free reign over tasks. While this might not be true indefinite... | 30 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059331",
"author": "Garth Wilson",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T03:15:46",
"content": "I find, in my work, that the first, and possibly hardest part of the programming work is understanding the problem and its interrelated factors, and what kind of approach you want to the solution. I... | 1,760,371,737.308197 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/07/diy-lock-nuts/ | DIY Lock Nuts | Al Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"lathe",
"lock nut",
"locknut",
"nylock"
] | If you have a metal lathe just looking for some work, why not make your own lock nuts? That’s what [my mechanics insight] did when
faced with a peculiar lock nut that needed replacing in a car
. We can’t decide what we enjoyed more in the video you can watch below: the cross-section cut of a lock nut or the oddly calmi... | 19 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059270",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T00:13:26",
"content": "Nice work, but I wonder if you could just mill a depression inside the nut and then pour some compound into the head of the nut and then mill most of the hardened compound out to get the equivalent of a... | 1,760,371,737.363157 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/07/disposable-vape-batteries-power-ebike/ | Disposable Vape Batteries Power EBike | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"battery",
"bms",
"disposable",
"ebike",
"recycling",
"vape",
"waste"
] | There are a lot of things that get landfilled that have some marginal value, but generally if there’s not a huge amount of money to be made recycling things they won’t get recycled. It might not be surprising to most that this is true of almost all plastic, a substantial portion of glass, and even a lot of paper and me... | 14 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059213",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2024-11-07T21:39:52",
"content": "Oh, this should be an interesting set of comments. Volatile. Inflammatory, even.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8059221",
"author": "Mike Barber",... | 1,760,371,737.489247 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/07/2023-hackaday-supercon-one-year-of-progress-for-project-boondock-echo/ | 2023 Hackaday Supercon: One Year Of Progress For Project Boondock Echo | Lewin Day | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"2022 Hackaday Prize",
"2023 Hackaday Supercon",
"2023 Hackaday Superconference",
"boondock echo",
"Hackaday Prize",
"radio"
] | Do you remember the fourth-place winner in the 2022 Hackaday Prize? If it’s slipped your mind, that’s okay—it was Boondock Echo. It was a radio project that aimed to make it easy to record and playback conversations from two-way radio communications. The project was entered via
Hackaday.io,
the judges dug it, and it wa... | 2 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059408",
"author": "zoenagy3466",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T10:03:11",
"content": "Repeat after me, Meshtastic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8059465",
"author": "Helena",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T13:38:54",
... | 1,760,371,737.535863 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/diy-digital-caliper-measures-up/ | DIY Digital Caliper Measures Up | Al Williams | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"calipers",
"position sensing"
] | You might wonder why [Kevin] wanted to
build digital calipers
when you can buy them for very little these days. But, then again, you are reading Hackaday, so we probably don’t need to explain it.
The motivation, in this case, was to learn to build the same mechanism the commercial ones use for use in precise positionin... | 15 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059758",
"author": "Shara",
"timestamp": "2024-11-09T00:19:29",
"content": "Brilliant! Then, we need to put this into 3D printer / CNC for absolute positioning head",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8059830",
"author": ... | 1,760,371,737.731277 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/a-tiny-chemistry-lab/ | A Tiny Chemistry Lab | Bryan Cockfield | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"Chemistry",
"glucose",
"microcontroller",
"modular",
"optical",
"sensors",
"syringe pump"
] | While advances in modern technology have allowed average people access to tremendous computing power as well as novel tools like 3D printers and laser cutters for a bare minimum cost, around here we tend to overlook some of the areas that have taken advantage of these trends as well. Specifically in the area of chemist... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059713",
"author": "ereIamJH",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T22:06:30",
"content": "Anyone know where the design files or more information on this can be found?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8059737",
"author": "Ostracus",
... | 1,760,371,737.594628 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/combination-safety-glasses-and-measurement-tool/ | Combination Safety Glasses And Measurement Tool | Navarre Bartz | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"analog measurement",
"brass",
"eyeglasses",
"measurement",
"ruler",
"safety glasses",
"simone giertz"
] | While rulers and tape measures are ubiquitous, they always seem to disappear when you need them. We know you’d never forget your safety glasses (safety first!), so what if
they were also a measuring tool
?
Starting by snapping pieces from a folding yardstick, [Simone Giertz] and [Laura Kampf] worked out a rough prototy... | 20 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059643",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T19:47:38",
"content": "But what if I need a tape measure and need to wear safety glasses at the same time? OH NOEZ!Seriously, this has a nerd-cool look but from a practical perspective it’s like having a pencil on the end of you... | 1,760,371,737.808934 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/the-rogue-emperor-and-what-to-do-about-them/ | The Rogue Emperor, And What To Do About Them | Jenny List | [
"Featured",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"community",
"governance",
"open source software"
] | The chances are if you know someone who is a former Apple employee, you’ll have heard their Steve Jobs anecdote, and that it was rather unflattering to the Apple co-founder. I’ve certainly heard a few myself, and quick web search will reveal plenty more. There are enough of them that it’s very easy to conclude the guy ... | 134 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059578",
"author": "scott_tx",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T18:12:26",
"content": "My hope is the AI take over soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8059596",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T18:39:14",
... | 1,760,371,738.022887 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/hackaday-podcast-episode-295-circuit-graver-zinc-creep-and-video-tubes/ | Hackaday Podcast Episode 295: Circuit Graver, Zinc Creep, And Video Tubes | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts",
"Slider"
] | [
"Hackaday Podcast"
] | With Superconference 2024 in the books, Dan joined Elliot, fresh off his flight back from Pasadena, to look through the week (or two) in hacks. It was a pretty good crop, too, despite all the distractions and diversions. We checked out the cutest little quadruped, a wireless antenna for wireless communications, a price... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "8060647",
"author": "David Plass",
"timestamp": "2024-11-11T15:11:22",
"content": "Best use of bleeps during What’s That Sound.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,738.059846 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/fuzzy-skin-finish-for-3d-prints-now-on-top-layers/ | Fuzzy Skin Finish For 3D Prints, Now On Top Layers | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"fuzzy skin",
"non-planar",
"slicer"
] | [TenTech]’s
Fuzzyficator
brings fuzzy skin — a textured finish normally limited to sides of 3D prints — to the top layer with the help of some non-planar printing, no hardware modifications required. You can watch it in action in the video below, which also includes details on how to integrate this functionality into y... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059558",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T17:29:19",
"content": "Sounds like a great idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8059586",
"author": "Harvie.CZ",
"timestamp": "2024-11-... | 1,760,371,738.115099 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/this-week-in-security-linux-vms-real-ai-cves-and-backscatter-tor-dos/ | This Week In Security: Linux VMs, Real AI CVEs, And Backscatter TOR DoS | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Security Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"backscatter",
"LLM",
"This Week in Security",
"tor"
] | Steve Ballmer famously called Linux “viral”, with some not-entirely coherent complaints about the OS. In a hilarious instance of life imitating art, Windows machines
are now getting attacked through malicious Linux VM images
distributed through phishing emails.
This approach seems to be intended to fool any anti-malwar... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059562",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T17:37:33",
"content": "OT:?Speaking of LLMs, I’m surprised how well the Markov Chain on my Android devices are at guessing my next word. So, do they start out as a generic model and then adapt to my... | 1,760,371,738.157814 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/07/hear-a-vintage-sound-chip-mimic-the-real-world/ | Hear A Vintage Sound Chip Mimic The Real World | Donald Papp | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"70s",
"80's",
"audio",
"AY-3-8910",
"vintage"
] | Sound chips from back in the day were capable of much more than a few beeps and boops, and [InazumaDenki] proves it in a video recreating
recognizable real-world sounds with the AY-3-8910
, a chip that was in everything from arcade games to home computers. Results are a bit mixed but it’s surprising how versatile a vin... | 12 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059114",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-11-07T17:29:21",
"content": "And now it’s sound chips on motherboards.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8059133",
"author": "Kelly",
"timestamp": "2024-11-07T18:09:26",
... | 1,760,371,738.31172 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/07/mechanisms-tension-control-bolts/ | Mechanisms: Tension Control Bolts | Dan Maloney | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"Bolts",
"civil engineering",
"construction"
] | If there’s an enduring image of how large steel structures used to be made, it’s probably the hot riveting process. You’ve probably seen grainy old black-and-white films of a riveting gang — universally men in bib overalls with no more safety equipment than a cigarette, heating rivets to red heat in a forge and tossing... | 54 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059048",
"author": "m1ke",
"timestamp": "2024-11-07T15:17:24",
"content": "Nice quality article. Thank you for teaching me something new.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8059293",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Kno... | 1,760,371,738.260006 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/07/the-most-inexpensive-apple-computer-possible/ | The Most Inexpensive Apple Computer Possible | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Mac Hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"apple",
"emulation",
"mac",
"macintosh",
"Raspberry Pi Pico",
"retro",
"retro computing",
"vga"
] | If Apple has a reputation for anything other than decent hardware and excellent industrial design, it’s for selling its products at extremely inflated prices. But there are some alternatives if you want the Apple experience on the cheap. Buying their hardware a few years out of date of course is one way to avoid the bu... | 20 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058953",
"author": "CJay",
"timestamp": "2024-11-07T12:32:04",
"content": "“If Apple has a reputation for anything other than decent hardware and excellent industrial design, it’s for selling its products at extremely inflated prices.”*grabs popcorn, soda, sits back and waits for t... | 1,760,371,738.43386 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/07/reviewing-the-worlds-2nd-smallest-thermal-camera/ | Reviewing The World’s 2nd Smallest Thermal Camera | Al Williams | [
"Repair Hacks",
"Reviews",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"ir camera"
] | A thermal camera is a very handy tool to have, and
[Learn Electronics Repair] wanted to try out the Thermal Master P2
for electronic repair, especially since it claims to have a 15 X digital zoom and 1.5 degree accuracy. The package proudly states the device is the “World 2nd Smallest Thermal Camera” — when only the
se... | 27 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058905",
"author": "Thomas Anderson",
"timestamp": "2024-11-07T09:16:34",
"content": "I have an Infiray camera that’s much smaller than this, I guess I own the world’s smallest IR camera :))",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "80... | 1,760,371,738.375409 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/check-your-clip-leads/ | Check Your Clip Leads | Al Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"clip leads",
"fake chips"
] | [Matthias] bought cheap clip leads online and, wisely, decided to check them. We’ve had the same experience that he’s had. Sometimes, these cheap leads are crimped and don’t make good contact. However, you can usually solder them and completely fix them.
Not this time
, however, as you can see in the video below.
The r... | 53 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058876",
"author": "The Gerb",
"timestamp": "2024-11-07T06:16:06",
"content": "I ended up junking the “fake” wire, and reusing the clips with pieces of regular hookup wire. If the clips were bad, replaced them with some good quality Japanese small alligator clips I found cheaply on... | 1,760,371,738.522309 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/leaf-mission-seeks-to-grow-plants-on-the-moon/ | LEAF Mission Seeks To Grow Plants On The Moon | Maya Posch | [
"green hacks",
"Space"
] | [
"hydroponics",
"moon"
] | Credit: Space Lab
We have seen a recent surge of interest in whether it’s possible to grow potatoes and other plants in Martian soil, but what is the likelihood that a future (manned) lunar base could do something similar? To that end [Space Lab] is developing
the LEAF project
that will be part of NASA’s upcoming
Artem... | 12 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058872",
"author": "KDawg",
"timestamp": "2024-11-07T05:43:52",
"content": "Pretty sure if plant life could exist it would exist without mankind’s intervention. Otherwise you do it in an artificial environment… like a greenhouse… with we have been doing for a very long time",
... | 1,760,371,738.574588 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/clever-circuit-makes-exercise-slightly-less-boring/ | Clever Circuit Makes Exercise Slightly Less Boring | Dan Maloney | [
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bounceless",
"counter",
"retroreflector",
"stairs"
] | We say this with the greatest respect, but [Joel] — your exercise routine is horrible! Kudos for getting up and doing something, but 108 trips up and down the stairs? That sounds like torture, not exercise. Even [Joel] admits that it’s so boring that he loses count, and while we’d bet that he isn’t likely to restart th... | 11 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058825",
"author": "PWalsh",
"timestamp": "2024-11-07T01:48:54",
"content": "I had the same problem.I go to the gym and walk around the jogging ring and get so lost in thought I lose track of how many circuits I make.…so I bought one of those mechanical click counters on eBay for $... | 1,760,371,738.619936 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/rapid-prototyping-pcbs-with-the-circuit-graver/ | Rapid Prototyping PCBs With The Circuit Graver | Dave Rowntree | [
"PCB Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"carving",
"craver",
"flexure",
"pcb",
"rapid prototyping"
] | Walking around the alley at Hackaday Supercon 2024, we noticed an interesting project was getting quite a bit of attention, so we got nearer for a close-up.
The ‘Circuit Graver’ by [Zach Fredin]
is an unconventional PCB milling machine, utilizing many 3D printed parts, the familiar bed-slinger style Cartesian bot layou... | 27 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058767",
"author": "adobeflashhater again",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T22:22:29",
"content": "Seems we’ve re-discovered the idea behind “Shaper” machines.Learning what tool point geometries and feed velocities give the smoother cuts in a chosen material can be a large curve. Check ar... | 1,760,371,738.776575 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/floss-weekly-episode-808-curl-gotta-download-em-all/ | FLOSS Weekly Episode 808: Curl – Gotta Download ’em All | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts",
"Slider"
] | [
"curl",
"FLOSS Weekly"
] | This week,
Jonathan Bennett
and
Randal Schwartz
chat with
Daniel Stenberg
about curl! How many curl installs are there?! What’s the deal with CVEs? How has curl managed to not break its ABI for 18 years straight? And how did Daniel turn all this into a career instead of just a hobby? Watch to find out!
https://daniel.h... | 9 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058738",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T20:08:03",
"content": "Your link for Daniel Stenberg takes us to Xitter, which he no longer uses. How about this link instead?https://daniel.haxx.se/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"com... | 1,760,371,738.823676 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/supercon-2023-restoring-the-apollo-guidance-computer/ | Supercon 2023: Restoring The Apollo Guidance Computer | Lewin Day | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"2023 Hackaday Supercon",
"2023 Hackaday Superconference",
"agc",
"apollo",
"Apollo Guidance Computer",
"Apollo program",
"nasa"
] | Humans first visited the Moon in 1969. The last time we went was 1972, over 50 years ago. Back then, astronauts in the Apollo program made their journeys in spacecraft that relied on remarkably basic electronics that are totally unsophisticated compared to what you might find in an expensive blender or fridge these da... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058718",
"author": "a_do_z",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T18:40:31",
"content": "English to English translation: “dab hand at” = “good at”Now I dig you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8059518",
"author": "abjq",
... | 1,760,371,739.102468 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/hardware-in-the-loop-continuous-integration/ | Hardware-in-the-Loop Continuous Integration | Elliot Williams | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"hardware testing",
"test rig"
] | How can you tell if your software is doing what it’s supposed to? Write some tests and run them every time you change anything. But what if you’re making hardware? [
deqing] has your back with the
Automatic Hardware Testing rig.
And just as you’d expect in the software-only world, you can fire off the system every time... | 22 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058659",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T17:00:31",
"content": "Been on a few projects that do this. For github you set the pi as a self hosted runner. Typically compilation isn’t done on the raspberry pi as it’s not got a great amount of compute. The raspberry pi CI st... | 1,760,371,738.984377 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/what-happens-if-you-speedrun-making-a-cpu/ | What Happens If You Speedrun Making A CPU? | Julian Scheffers | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"8-bit CPU",
"CPU architecture",
"speedrun"
] | Usually, designing a CPU is a lengthy process, especially so if you’re making a new ISA too. This is something that can take months or even years before you first get code to run. But what if it wasn’t? What if one were to try to make a CPU as fast as humanly possible? That’s what I asked myself a couple weeks ago.
Rel... | 28 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058563",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T15:12:31",
"content": "FPGA?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8058574",
"author": "ono",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T15:19:29",
... | 1,760,371,739.173684 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/amazon-receives-faa-approval-for-mk30-delivery-drone/ | Amazon Receives FAA Approval For MK30 Delivery Drone | Maya Posch | [
"drone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"amazon",
"Amazon Prime Air",
"robot delivery"
] | It’s been about a decade since Amazon began to fly its delivery drones, aiming to revolutionize the online shopping experience with rapid delivery of certain items. Most recently Amazon got
permission from the FAA
to not only start flying from its new Arizona-based location, but also to fly beyond-visual-line-of-sight ... | 23 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058507",
"author": "Then",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T14:01:34",
"content": "Medication? Does bubbletea count? Thats all I see delivered here in Shenzhen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8059068",
"author": "Anon",
... | 1,760,371,738.908428 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/a-co2-traffic-light-on-an-sao/ | A CO2 Traffic Light On An SAO | Dave Rowntree | [
"cons",
"home hacks"
] | [
"2024 Supercon",
"air quality",
"co2",
"micropython",
"sao",
"SCD40"
] | [David Bryant] clearly has an awareness of the impact of an excess concentration of CO
2
in the local environment and has designed an
SAO board to add a CO
2
traffic light indicator
to one of the spare slots on the official Hackaday Supercon 2024 badge.
The part used is the Sensirion SCD40 ‘true’ CO2 sensor, sitting at... | 12 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058433",
"author": "Per Jensen",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T09:24:17",
"content": "There’s an ‘i’ missing in Sensirion :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8058453",
"author": "Dave Rowntree",
"timestamp": "2024-1... | 1,760,371,739.040207 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/flirting-with-kessler-why-space-debris-physics-make-it-such-an-orbital-pain/ | Flirting With Kessler: Why Space Debris Physics Make It Such An Orbital Pain | Maya Posch | [
"Featured",
"Science",
"Slider",
"Space"
] | [
"orbital debris",
"orbital mechanics",
"space debris"
] | Picture in your mind a big parking lot with 131 million cars on it. Now imagine that they are spread out over the entire Earth’s inhabited areas. Although still a large number, it is absolutely dwarfed by the approximately 1.47 billion cars registered and in use today, with room to spare for houses, parks and much more... | 37 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058210",
"author": "metalman",
"timestamp": "2024-11-05T15:49:57",
"content": "Humanity’s record for cleaning up our messes is a very large data setthat does not bode well for our near earth orbital environmentespecialy considering the monitisation,militerisation,and politisisation... | 1,760,371,740.942982 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/ai-not-needed-for-hackaday-projects/ | AI Not Needed For Hackaday Projects | Jenny List | [
"Artificial Intelligence"
] | [
"computational linguistics",
"generative text"
] | It was Supercon this weekend, and Hackaday staffers made their way to Pasadena for what was by all accounts an excellent event. Now they’re all on their way home on red-eye flights and far from their benches, so spare a thought for the lonely editor holding the fort while they’ve been having fun. The supply of cool hac... | 19 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058155",
"author": "Stph",
"timestamp": "2024-11-05T12:24:36",
"content": "The “cardboard drone” part has already been worked out:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-03/ukraine-war-australian-made-cardboard-drones-russia-warfare/102804120",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,371,740.859149 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/flaming-power-wheels-skeleton-wins-halloween/ | Flaming Power Wheels Skeleton Wins Halloween | Jenny List | [
"Holiday Hacks"
] | [
"ESP32",
"FPV",
"halloween",
"Power Wheels"
] | When the project description starts with the sentence
“I use an RC remote and receiver, an esp32, high-current motor drivers, servos, an FPV camera, and a little propane”,
you know that this is one which deserves a second look. And so [gearscodeandfire]’s Halloween project caught our eye. It’s
a pink Power Wheels jeep ... | 48 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058128",
"author": "Ian",
"timestamp": "2024-11-05T10:53:15",
"content": "Real fire seems totally unnecessary for a Halloween prop.Doubley so for one that gets driven around in public.This would break several city ordinances here.You want to have a pyro display in your yard?Fine. G... | 1,760,371,740.807697 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/ipod-clickwheel-games-preservation-project/ | IPod Clickwheel Games Preservation Project | Navarre Bartz | [
"Games",
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"ipod",
"ipod games",
"virtual machine"
] | The iPod once reigned supreme in the realm of portable music. Hackers are now working on
preserving one of its less lauded functions — gaming
. [via
Ars Technica
]
The run of 54 titles from 2006-2009 may not have made the iPod a handheld gaming success, but many still have fond memories of playing games on the devices.... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,371,740.7139 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/humble-television-tubes-make-an-fm-regenerative-radio/ | Humble Television Tubes Make An FM Regenerative Radio | Jenny List | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"radio",
"regenerative receiver",
"tube radio"
] | The regenerative radio is long-ago superseded in commercial receivers, but it remains a common project for electronics or radio enthusiasts seeking to make a simple receiver. It’s most often seen for AM band receivers or perhaps shortwave ham band ones, but it’s a circuit which also works at much higher frequencies. [P... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058135",
"author": "Awen",
"timestamp": "2024-11-05T11:15:37",
"content": "It’s a superregen circuit but this article talks about regen :/ two different beasts",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8058253",
"author": "Josh... | 1,760,371,741.274573 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/a-lesson-in-rf-design-thanks-to-this-homebrew-lna/ | A Lesson In RF Design Thanks To This Homebrew LNA | Dan Maloney | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"bandpass",
"bias tee",
"LNA",
"low noise amplifier",
"LRPT",
"Noise figure",
"PGA-103",
"satellite",
"vna"
] | If you’re planning on working satellites or doing any sort of RF work where the signal lives down in the dirt, you’re going to need a low-noise amplifier. That’s typically not a problem, as the market is littered with dozens of cheap options that can be delivered in a day or two — you just pay your money and get to wor... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058302",
"author": "DerAxeman",
"timestamp": "2024-11-05T20:18:51",
"content": "Be careful joining ground pours across filter elements(for some it can be done with no ill effects). It can cause signals to leak along the ground pour before reaching the ground plane through the vias.... | 1,760,371,740.677229 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/power-over-skin-makes-powering-wearables-easier/ | Power-Over-Skin Makes Powering Wearables Easier | Navarre Bartz | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"health",
"wearable",
"Wearables",
"workout"
] | The ever-shrinking size of electronics and sensors has allowed wearables to help us quantify more and more about ourselves in smaller and smaller packages, but one major constraint is the size of the battery you can fit inside. What if you could
remotely power a wearable device instead
?
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon ... | 33 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057969",
"author": "Bear Naff",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T21:20:47",
"content": "It’s almost a little sad to see the Personal Area Network (PAN) concept from the 90’s devolve into a “mere” power-delivery system. The original idea had been to use this technology to link worn compone... | 1,760,371,741.225866 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/random-wire-antenna-uses-no-wire/ | Random Wire Antenna Uses No Wire | Al Williams | [
"Radio Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"antenna",
"carbon fiber",
"ham radio"
] | Ideally, if you are going to transmit, you want a properly-tuned resonant antenna. But, sometimes, it isn’t practical. [Ham Radio Rookie] knew about random wire antennas but didn’t want a wire antenna. So, he took carbon fiber extension poles and Faraday tape and made a “
random stick
” antenna. You can check it out in... | 40 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058398",
"author": "LordNothing",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T06:14:54",
"content": "im more interested in the measurement accuracy of that tattoo over time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8058434",
"author": "Andrew",
... | 1,760,371,741.089986 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/zinc-creep-and-electroplasticity-why-arecibo-collapsed/ | Zinc Creep And Electroplasticity: Why Arecibo Collapsed | Dan Maloney | [
"News"
] | [
"Arecibo",
"collapse",
"electroplasticity",
"spelter socket",
"zinc creep"
] | It’s been nearly four years since the Arecibo Telescope collapsed, an event the world got to witness in unprecedented detail thanks to strategically positioned drones. They captured breathtaking video of one of the support cables pulling from its socket as well as the spectacularly destructive results of 900 tons of sc... | 33 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058383",
"author": "Mystick",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T03:14:45",
"content": "Bottom line: a structure well advanced into it’s functional lifespan and inadequate maintenance. With all of the infrastructure built around the telescope over the years and the fruits of the research car... | 1,760,371,741.015554 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/picorom-a-dip-32-8-bit-rom-emulator/ | PicoROM, A DIP-32 8-Bit ROM Emulator | Dave Rowntree | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"arcade",
"DIP-32",
"emulation",
"eprom",
"MiSTER",
"rom",
"rp2040",
"usb",
"USB C"
] | As we all know, when developing software for any platform or simply hacking a bit of code to probe how something works, the ability to deploy code rapidly is a huge help. [Martin Donlon], aka [wickerwaka], is well known in retro gaming and arcade hardware reverse engineering circles and had the usual issues figuring ou... | 13 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058369",
"author": "Vincent P Crabtree",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T02:02:35",
"content": "Anyone know where I can just buy this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8058392",
"author": "pelrun",
"timestamp": "2024-... | 1,760,371,741.32111 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/split-flap-clock-flutters-its-way-to-displaying-time-without-numbers/ | Split-Flap Clock Flutters Its Way To Displaying Time Without Numbers | Donald Papp | [
"Art",
"clock hacks"
] | [
"art",
"clock",
"split flap"
] | Here’s a design for a split-flap clock that doesn’t do it the usual way. Instead of the flaps showing numbers ,
Klapklok
has a bit more in common with flip-dot displays.
Klapklok updates every 2.5 minutes.
It’s an art piece that uses custom-made split-flaps which flutter away to update the display as time passes. An ar... | 18 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058316",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-11-05T21:29:41",
"content": "…Put it inside a frame designed after the old-school Macintosh cursor wristwatch",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8058318",
"author": "Hirudinea",
... | 1,760,371,741.41745 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/open-source-robot-transforms/ | Open-Source Robot Transforms | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"articulating arms",
"configuration",
"ESP32",
"open source",
"platform",
"robot",
"transformer",
"walking",
"wheels"
] | Besides Pokémon, there might have been no greater media franchise for a child of the 90s than the Transformers, mysterious robots fighting an intergalactic war but which can inexplicably change into various Earth-based object, like trucks and airplanes. It led to a number of toys which can also change shapes from fight... | 2 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "8059504",
"author": "Jackantubis",
"timestamp": "2024-11-08T15:06:19",
"content": "Tachikoma is on the way :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8061114",
"author": "tyler?",
"timestamp": "2024-11-12T18:14:36",
... | 1,760,371,741.361522 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/ubiquitous-successful-bus-hacking-usb-2-hubs/ | Ubiquitous Successful Bus: Hacking USB 2 Hubs | Arya Voronova | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"hardware",
"Slider"
] | [
"usb",
"usb 2",
"USB hub"
] | We’ve been recently looking into USB 2.0
– the ubiquitous point-to-point communications standard. USB 2 is completely different from USB 3, the blue-connector next-generation USB standard. For instance, USB 2 is a full-duplex pseudo-differential bus, and it’s not AC-coupled. This makes USB2 notoriously difficult to gal... | 28 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058252",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-05T18:10:52",
"content": "Inre: 4 port hubsLast month I dug through a box of parts and it had maybe 5 or more USB (1.1?) hubs in it…Plus another 3 elsewhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,371,741.747443 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/tracking-hydrogen-in-space-with-a-home-radio-telescope-for-21-cm-emissions/ | Tracking Hydrogen In Space With A Home Radio Telescope For 21 Cm Emissions | Maya Posch | [
"how-to",
"Space"
] | [
"milky way",
"Radio Telescope"
] | What do you get when you put a one-meter parabolic dish, an SDR, a Raspberry Pi, and an H1-LNA for 21 cm emissions together? The answer is: a radio telescope that can track hydrogen in the Milky Way as well as the velocities of hydrogen clouds via their Doppler shifts, according to a paper by [Jack Phelps] titled “
Gal... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8058244",
"author": "cmholm",
"timestamp": "2024-11-05T17:54:53",
"content": "I used to have a one meter for long distance wifi, shame I gave it away during a major move.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8058256",
"author": "... | 1,760,371,741.677259 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/supercon-2024-badge-add-on-winners/ | Supercon 2024: Badge Add-On Winners | Tom Nardi | [
"cons",
"Featured",
"Slider"
] | [
"2024 Hackaday Supercon",
"2024 Hackaday Superconference",
"Simple Add-On"
] | This year we challenged the Hackaday community to develop
Shitty
Simple
Supercon Add-Ons (SAO) that did more than just blink a few LEDs
. The SAO standard includes I2C data and a pair of GPIO pins, but historically, they’ve very rarely been used. We knew the talented folks in this community would be able to raise the b... | 5 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057889",
"author": "Markus Bindhammer",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T18:10:31",
"content": "Congratulations to the winners. So many nice entries!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8057979",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly... | 1,760,371,741.63262 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/pi-zero-to-ar-building-diy-augmented-reality-glasses/ | Pi Zero To AR: Building DIY Augmented Reality Glasses | Heidi Ulrich | [
"Raspberry Pi",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"ar",
"augmented reality",
"bluetooth",
"goggles",
"lens",
"pi zero",
"resin"
] | If you’re into pushing tech boundaries from home, this one’s for you.
Redditor [mi_kotalik] has crafted ‘Zero’
, a custom pair of DIY augmented reality (AR) glasses using a Raspberry Pi Zero. Designed as an affordable, self-contained device for displaying simple AR functions, Zero allows him to experiment without break... | 36 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057866",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T17:37:07",
"content": "Blurry!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8057929",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T19:51:11",... | 1,760,371,741.825667 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/i-installed-gentoo-so-you-dont-havtoo/ | I Installed Gentoo So You Don’t Havtoo | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Featured",
"Linux Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"compile",
"customization",
"gentoo",
"init system",
"installations",
"linux",
"macbook",
"old hardware",
"source",
"source code",
"USE flags"
] | A popular expression in the Linux forums nowadays is noting that someone “uses Arch btw”, signifying that they have the technical chops to install and use Arch Linux, a distribution designed to be cutting edge but that also has a reputation of being for advanced users only. Whether this meme was originally posted serio... | 72 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057805",
"author": "Mandlebrot",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T15:22:32",
"content": "Ah, memories of a Pentium III building the kernel for hours… only to realise I’d forgotten to build in file system support for ext3. Was powerful in that you could avoid unnecessary junk, and have opti... | 1,760,371,742.121371 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/reusing-an-old-android-phone-for-gpio-with-external-usb-devices/ | Reusing An Old Android Phone For GPIO With External USB Devices | Maya Posch | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"smart phone",
"upcycling"
] | Each year millions of old smartphones are either tossed as e-waste or are condemned to lie unloved in dusty drawers, despite the hardware in them usually being still perfectly fine. Reusing these little computers for another purpose once the phone’s manufacturer drops support is made hard by a range of hardware and sof... | 44 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057767",
"author": "Pete",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T13:35:20",
"content": "I really wish there were a nice looking, flush wall mount with a bezel for some of these older devices. They would make great HA control panels, and would even have enough processor to run a SLM voice assis... | 1,760,371,742.013813 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/how-to-shoot-actors-with-arrows-sans-cgi/ | How To Shoot Actors With Arrows Sans CGI | Navarre Bartz | [
"News"
] | [
"film",
"movie magic",
"movies",
"practical effect",
"special effects",
"visual effect"
] | Today, movie effects are mostly done in CGI, especially if they’re of the death-defying type. [Tyler Bell] shows us how they
shot actors with arrows before CGI
.
Almost every medieval movie has someone getting shot with an arrow, but how do you do that non-destructively? [Bell] shows us two primary methods that were us... | 20 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057710",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T09:44:47",
"content": "It’s a bit wild just how tame 150 arrows fired at once looks. Google suggests that the English army at the battle of Agincourt had about 5,000 archers, so one volley of arrows would be about 30 times as many... | 1,760,371,742.176598 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/03/building-a-discrete-14-bit-string-dac/ | Building A Discrete 14-Bit String DAC | Maya Posch | [
"hardware"
] | [
"dac",
"digital to analog"
] | The discrete 14-bit DAC under test. (Credit: Sine Lab, YouTube)
How easy is it to build your own Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)? Although you can readily purchase a wide variety of DACs these days, building your own can be very instructive, as the [Sine Lab] on YouTube
explores in a recent video
with the constructio... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057733",
"author": "helge",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T10:51:07",
"content": "I’d have loved to hear a side-by-side comparison of DAC8831 vs. the discrete DAC. With its wonky INL and below-commercial-grade DNL, one can imagine that if there is any audible signature associated with th... | 1,760,371,741.936531 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/03/gnss-reception-with-clone-sdr-board/ | GNSS Reception With Clone SDR Board | Alexander Rowsell | [
"gps hacks",
"News",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"gnss",
"PocketSDR",
"RF",
"sdr"
] | We love seeing the incredible work many RF enthusiasts manage to pull off — they make it look so easy! Though RF can be tricky, it’s not quite the voodoo black art that it’s often made out to be. Many radio protocols are relatively simple and with tools like gnuradio and PocketSDR you can quickly put together a small s... | 14 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057675",
"author": "shinsukke",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T06:35:56",
"content": "Maybe its my low IQ that I never understood the purpose of using I-Q while sampling RF signals. No explanation really made sense at a base level.Or maybe because I have a CS degree.",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,371,742.297597 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/02/measuring-temperature-without-a-thermometer/ | Measuring Temperature Without A Thermometer | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bunsen burner",
"calorimetry",
"physics",
"specific heat",
"thermometer"
] | If you need to measure the temperature of something, chances are good that you could think up half a dozen ways to do it, pretty much all of which would involve some kind of thermometer, thermistor, thermocouple, or other thermo-adjacent device. But what if you need to measure something really hot, hot enough to destro... | 21 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057456",
"author": "I Alone Possess The Truth",
"timestamp": "2024-11-03T03:09:20",
"content": "Insert your own “not a hack” comment here. You’re actually using a thermometer to MEASURE TWO temperatures, then CALCULATING a third.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repli... | 1,760,371,742.234223 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/02/the-phantom-psp-crafting-the-handheld-sony-never-sold/ | The Phantom PSP: Crafting The Handheld Sony Never Sold | Heidi Ulrich | [
"Games",
"handhelds hacks",
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"console",
"handheld",
"PCBWay",
"phantom playstation",
"playstation",
"playstation portable",
"sony"
] | In the world of retro gaming, some legends never die – especially the ‘phantom’ PSP, Sony’s mythical handheld that never saw the light of day. While that elusive device remains a dream, hacker and gaming wizard
[Kyle Brinkerhoff]
built his own – and Macho Nacho made a video about it. His creation, which also goes by th... | 7 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057472",
"author": "shinsukke",
"timestamp": "2024-11-03T06:46:21",
"content": "Raspi zero feels like a bit anemic to me for this purpose but then again the creator tweaked the actual emulator code to make it better so maybe it’s okay.My biggest gripe is the screen. Its tiny, and d... | 1,760,371,742.440359 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/02/3d-printed-hardware-sorter-keeps-it-simple/ | 3D Printed Hardware Sorter Keeps It Simple | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"elevator",
"hardware",
"mechanical",
"sorter",
"sorting"
] | If you’re like us, you’ve got at least one bin dedicated to keeping the random hardware you just can’t bear to part with. In our case it’s mostly populated with the nuts and bolts left over after finishing up a car repair, but however it gets filled, it’s a mess. The degree to which you can tolerate this mess will vary... | 9 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057427",
"author": "Alyx",
"timestamp": "2024-11-02T22:08:01",
"content": "Clever device, though requires the screws to have approximately the same head height and shape (probably chokes on button heads) for them to roll straight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repli... | 1,760,371,742.490032 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/02/supercon-2024-streaming-live/ | Supercon 2024: Streaming Live | Tom Nardi | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"2024 Hackaday Supercon",
"2024 Hackaday Superconference"
] | The 2024 Hackaday Supercon is on in Pasadena, but if you couldn’t make it to sunny California this year, don’t worry. We’ve got a
live streams of the main stage talks
, and all of the second track talks are being recorded and will be put up on the YouTube channel after the con.
If you’re watching from home and want to ... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057631",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-03T23:57:12",
"content": "They did that last year too, so this year I knew to look further.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,742.526551 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/02/dont-forget-your-curve-tracer/ | Don’t Forget Your Curve Tracer | Jenny List | [
"Tech Hacks"
] | [
"curve tracer",
"oscilloscope",
"tester"
] | As cheap microcontrollers have given us an impressive range of test equipment trinkets to play with, it’s easy to forget some of the old standabys. A curve tracer for example, the relatively simple circuit allowing the plotting of electronic component response curves on an oscilloscope. Lest we forget this useful devic... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057380",
"author": "AZdave",
"timestamp": "2024-11-02T17:33:15",
"content": "I once planned to do the same thing … 60 Hz transformer for the x-axis, some FET current sources for the drive steps, and some floating current sensors for the y-axis readout. I went with the DCA75 Pro in... | 1,760,371,742.569545 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/02/the-tsushin-booster-a-pc-engine-modem-add-on-with-a-twist/ | The Tsushin Booster – A PC Engine Modem Add-on With A Twist | Dave Rowntree | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"basic",
"dial-up",
"games",
"map editor",
"modem",
"NEC",
"PC engine",
"pots",
"programming",
"sprite editor"
] | Sometimes, hardware projects get cancelled before they have a chance to make an impact, often due to politics or poor economic judgment. The
Tsushin Booster
for the PC Engine is one such project, possibly the victim of vicious commercial games between the leading Japanese console manufacturers at the tail end of the 19... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057362",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-02T16:26:53",
"content": "Where’s the SuperCon live stream?B^)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8057366",
"author": "0xdeadbeef",
... | 1,760,371,742.727756 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/02/how-purdue-hackers-made-a-big-sign-that-theyre-really-proud-of/ | How Purdue Hackers Made A Big Sign That They’re Really Proud Of | Lewin Day | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"ESP32",
"led",
"purdue",
"university"
] | Let’s say you’ve got a fun little organization that does things together under a collective branding or banner. Maybe you want to celebrate that fact with some visually appealing signage? Well, that’s pretty much how [Jack] of the Purdue Hackers felt,
so he and the gang put together a sizable logo sign to advertise the... | 11 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057264",
"author": "Geoffrey",
"timestamp": "2024-11-02T11:29:13",
"content": "As a European I am confused, the sign looks great, but I was thinking first about some similar named thing that may or may not have caused an opioid epidemic in the USA.",
"parent_id": null,
"dep... | 1,760,371,742.778445 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/03/hackaday-links-november-3-2024/ | Hackaday Links: November 3, 2024 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links",
"Slider"
] | [
"atlas",
"chopsticks",
"gait",
"hackaday links",
"hull crack",
"infinite monkey",
"liberty ship",
"SpaceX"
] | “It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times?”
Perhaps not anymore, if
this Ig Nobel-worthy analysis of the infinite monkey theorem
is to be believed. For the uninitiated, the idea is that if you had an infinite number of monkeys randomly typing on an infinite number of keyboards, eventually the complete works... | 22 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057638",
"author": "Robert",
"timestamp": "2024-11-04T00:55:41",
"content": "“If you’re British and think a billion is a million million”No, we don’t. Back in Victorian times there was a British Billion of 10^12, back then we called 10^9 a Milliard. Nowadays every Brit regards a bi... | 1,760,371,742.982735 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/03/all-you-need-for-artificial-intelligence-is-a-commodore-64/ | All You Need For Artificial Intelligence Is A Commodore 64 | Maya Posch | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Retrocomputing",
"Software Development"
] | [
"artificial intellegence",
"basic",
"commodore 64"
] | Artificial intelligence has always been around us, with [Timothy J. O’Malley]’s 1985 book on
AI projects for the Commodore 64
being one example of this. With AI defined as being the theory and development of systems that can perform tasks that normally requiring human intelligence (e.g. visual perception, speech recogn... | 49 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057594",
"author": "WacKEDmaN",
"timestamp": "2024-11-03T21:19:09",
"content": "yawn…. there where earlier books on AI for the amstrad CPC…from 1984…“On the Road to Artificial Intelligence : Amstrad CPC 464”..on writing AI programs in BASICanyone who reads these old books will real... | 1,760,371,742.866499 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/03/polygons-on-a-lathe/ | Polygons On A Lathe | Anne Ogborn | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"machining",
"manual machining"
] | Most professionals would put a polygon on the end of a turned part using a milling machine. But many a hobbyist doesn’t have a mill. And if the polygon needs to be accurately centered, remounting the stock costs accuracy.
[Mehamozg]
demonstrates you can turn a polygon on a lathe
.
Polygons on shaft ends are surprisingl... | 16 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057561",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-11-03T18:49:20",
"content": "But many a hobbyist doesn’t have a millCool trick, but many a hobbyist’s lathe can’t do that turny tool trick either. My Chinesium lathe can’t, but I do also have a Chinesium mill.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,371,742.920341 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/03/oscillator-needs-fine-tuning/ | Oscillator Needs Fine-Tuning | Bryan Cockfield | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"clock",
"frequency",
"oscillator",
"oven oscillator",
"temperature controlled oscillator",
"temperature-control",
"txco"
] | Since their invention more than a century ago, crystal oscillators have been foundational to electronic design. They allow for precise timekeeping for the clocks in computers as well as on our wrists, and can do it extremely accurately and inexpensively to boot. They aren’t without their downsides though; a quartz watc... | 26 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057525",
"author": "BobH",
"timestamp": "2024-11-03T15:55:17",
"content": "Maybe they are on the surplus market because they are out of spec?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8057528",
"author": "Jan",
"timesta... | 1,760,371,743.252439 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/03/m-2-makes-an-unusual-microcontroller-form-factor/ | M.2 Makes An Unusual Microcontroller Form Factor | Jenny List | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"M.2",
"rp2040"
] | When we think of an m.2 slot in our laptop or similar, it’s usually in the context of its PCI connectivity for high-speed applications such as solid state disks. It’s a connector that offers much more than that interface though, making it suitable for some unexpected add-ons. As an example [MagicWolfi]
has produced an ... | 41 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057504",
"author": "alialiali",
"timestamp": "2024-11-03T12:30:16",
"content": "The M.2 connector has an issue that is becoming increasingly more common.It started with USB in a small way, then PCI, USB-C expanded it and M.2 inherited it somewhat.What is it, what device can I plug ... | 1,760,371,743.150356 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/03/beth-deck-is-a-framework-powered-gaming-handheld/ | Beth Deck Is A Framework-Powered Gaming Handheld | Navarre Bartz | [
"Games",
"handhelds hacks"
] | [
"diy handheld",
"framework",
"Framework laptop",
"handheld gaming"
] | DIY gaming handhelds have long been the purview of the advanced hacker, with custom enclosures and fiddly soldering making it a project not for the faint of heart. [Beth Le] now brings us a custom handheld for the beginner that
can be assembled in 15 minutes and doesn’t require any soldering
.
These claims might seem s... | 22 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057487",
"author": "Bastet",
"timestamp": "2024-11-03T08:37:23",
"content": "Oh, fancy, me like ❤️One little downer is the arrangement of the controls, i don’t like the current trend with one analog up and one analog down, but it can’t be helped if we are going to reuse a ready mad... | 1,760,371,743.316437 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/02/transforming-pawn-changes-the-game/ | Transforming Pawn Changes The Game | Navarre Bartz | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3D printed mechanism",
"3d printer",
"3d printing",
"chess",
"chess piece",
"game",
"mechanism",
"transformation"
] | 3D printing has allowed the hobbyist to turn out all sorts of interesting chess sets with either intricate details or things that are too specialized to warrant a full scale injection molded production run. Now, the magic of 3D printing has allowed [Works By Design] to change the game by making pawns that can
automatic... | 14 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057474",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2024-11-03T07:25:56",
"content": "Very cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8058534",
"author": "helge",
"timestamp": "2024-11-06T14:20:12",
"content": "I ag... | 1,760,371,743.072259 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/02/an-rp2040-based-pc-fx-development-cartridge/ | An RP2040-based PC-FX Development Cartridge | Dave Rowntree | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"cartridge",
"emulation",
"FX-BMP",
"NEC",
"PC-FX",
"rp2040",
"sram"
] | [David Shadoff] has a clear soft spot for the NEC console systems and has been collecting many tools and data about them. When developing with these old systems, having a way to upload code quickly is a real bonus, hence the creation of the
PC-FX Dev Cart
. Based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040, the custom cartridge PCB has... | 3 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057259",
"author": "ono",
"timestamp": "2024-11-02T10:46:55",
"content": "This is a spot where the RP2040 particularly shines. Its PIO cores makes it super easy to implement a hardware interface. Sigh, if only its GPIOs where 5V tolerant, it would even by easier, not mandating leve... | 1,760,371,743.188467 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/a-neat-trick-to-3d-print-with-fewer-warping-issues/ | A Neat Trick To 3D Print With Fewer Warping Issues | Lewin Day | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"print bed",
"print warping",
"warping"
] | Warping! It messes up your 3D printed parts, turning them into a useless, dimensionally-inaccurate mess. You can design your parts around it, or try and improve your printer in various ways. Or, you can check out
some of the neat tricks [Jan] has to tackle it.
The basic concept is a particularly valuable one. [Jan] not... | 25 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057204",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-11-02T05:33:39",
"content": "Enclosed bed chamber is another.https://www.wevolver.com/article/3d-print-warping",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8057340",
"author": "Set... | 1,760,371,743.384656 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/apple-forces-the-signing-of-applications-in-macos-sequoia-15-1/ | Apple Forces The Signing Of Applications In MacOS Sequoia 15.1 | Maya Posch | [
"News",
"Software Development"
] | [
"apple",
"appledrm",
"drm",
"macOS"
] | The dialogue that greets you when you try to open an unsigned application in MacOS Sequoia 15.1.
Many MacOS users are probably used by now to the annoyance that comes with unsigned applications, as they require a few extra steps to launch them. This feature is called Gatekeeper and checks for an Apple Developer ID cert... | 137 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057184",
"author": "dianea",
"timestamp": "2024-11-02T03:11:30",
"content": "Looks like Linux is back on the menu",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8057268",
"author": "ono",
"timestamp": "2024-11-02T11:40:19",
... | 1,760,371,743.70381 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/fix-that-old-remote-with-graphite/ | Fix That Old Remote With Graphite | Danie Conradie | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"button",
"graphite powder",
"IR remote"
] | A button that stopped working has probably led to more than a few smashed remotes over the years. Fortunately [pescado99] has shared a beautifully simple
cure for dead or dying remote buttons
: graphite dry lubricant.
Most remotes operate by pushing a conductive carbon coating on the back of the button onto a pair of c... | 47 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057148",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2024-11-01T23:08:15",
"content": "In the past, I’ve used CA glue to attach a little dot of aluminum foil to the button",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8057312",
"author": "alia... | 1,760,371,743.788647 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/building-a-hydrogen-powered-foam-dart-cannon/ | Building A Hydrogen-Powered Foam Dart Cannon | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"blaster",
"hho gas",
"nerf blaster",
"water"
] | Nerf blasters are fun and all, but they’re limited by the fact they have to be safe for children to play with. [Flasutie] faced no such restrictions when building
his giant 40 mm foam dart launcher
, and it’s all the better for it.
This thing is sizeable—maybe two to four times bigger than your typical Nerf blaster. Bu... | 18 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057120",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-01T20:44:04",
"content": "Nice build. Nice video.Where are the STLs?obSafetyNanny: because it uses ignited expanding gas, it would be classified as a firearm in the USA",
"parent_id": null,
"dep... | 1,760,371,743.844134 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/the-nixie-tube-multimeter-that-almost-made-a-comeback/ | The Nixie Tube Multimeter That Almost Made A Comeback | Heidi Ulrich | [
"Repair Hacks",
"Teardown"
] | [
"AVO",
"avometer",
"da14",
"multimeter",
"nixie",
"nixie multimeter",
"teardown"
] | In a world of digital monotony, the Avo DA14 digital multimeter, with its vintage nixie tube charm, is a refreshing gem.
Recently refurbished by [Thomas Scherrer]
, this multimeter video review is a blend of nostalgia and tech savvy. The DA14 not only has style, but substance — delivering resistance, current, and volta... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057131",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-11-01T21:36:18",
"content": "Maybe this could help him with driving the Nixies:https://electronbunker.ca/eb/Nixie.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,371,743.883968 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/capturing-light-in-a-vacuum-the-magic-of-tube-video-cameras/ | Capturing Light In A Vacuum: The Magic Of Tube Video Cameras | Jenny List | [
"Featured",
"Slider",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"camera tube",
"newvicon",
"vidocon"
] | Cameras are a funny rabbit hole to fall down as a hacker, because we have well over a century of items to pick and choose from, a lot of which can be had for relative pennies. In my case I have more of them than I’d care to mention, mostly film cameras and 8mm movie cameras, but there are one or two that are entirely d... | 33 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057060",
"author": "abjq",
"timestamp": "2024-11-01T17:06:39",
"content": "“the idea of everyone watching the same show together is now more than faintly ridiculous”What about live sports?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8057... | 1,760,371,743.978191 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/10/30/kolibrios-the-operating-system-that-fits-on-a-1-44-mb-3-5-floppy-disk/ | KolibriOS: The Operating System That Fits On A 1.44 MB 3.5″ Floppy Disk | Maya Posch | [
"Reviews",
"Software Development"
] | [
"KolibriOS",
"MenuetOS",
"operating systems"
] | While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure x86 assembly and as a result small and lightweight enough to run off a standard 1.44 MB floppy disk, as demonstrated in
a recent video
by [Michael].
Screenshot of the KolibriOS desktop on first boot with default wallpaper.
As a fork of ... | 29 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8056573",
"author": "scott_tx",
"timestamp": "2024-10-31T02:06:06",
"content": "I was just thinking about menuet today after I took the new BeOS for a test spin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8056640",
"author": "Jos... | 1,760,371,744.094634 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/10/30/pi-pico-lays-down-the-groove/ | Pi Pico Lays Down The Groove | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"drum machine",
"groovebox",
"live music",
"loop",
"pi pico",
"raspberry pi",
"sequencer"
] | From the 60s to perhaps the mid-00s, the path to musical stardom was essentially straight with very few forks. As a teenager you’d round up a drummer and a few guitar players and start jamming out of a garage, hoping to build to bigger and bigger venues. Few people made it for plenty of reasons, not least of which was ... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8056545",
"author": "Tomsz",
"timestamp": "2024-10-30T23:12:20",
"content": "Roland MC-101.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8056571",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2024-10-31T01:55:17",
"content": "Basically a MO... | 1,760,371,744.023351 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/10/30/tearing-down-nintendos-alarmo-alarm-clock/ | Tearing Down Nintendo’s Alarmo Alarm Clock | Maya Posch | [
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"alarm clock",
"nintendo",
"Nintendo Alarmo"
] | All your Nintendo Alarmo are belong to mew~ (Credit: GaryOderNichts, Blogspot)
Most of us will probably have seen Nintendo’s latest gadget pop up recently. Rather than a Switch 2 announcement, we got greeted with a Nintendo-branded alarm clock. Featuring a 2.8″ color LCD and a range of sensors, it can detect and respon... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8056697",
"author": "Craig",
"timestamp": "2024-10-31T11:54:00",
"content": "Will u actually be able to make the screen brighter the one i got which is my second because I thought it was broke is really dull even with brigh turned up 🤷 Craig in Yorkshire",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,371,744.138485 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/10/30/floss-weekly-episode-807-bitten-by-the-penguin/ | FLOSS Weekly Episode 807: Bitten By The Penguin | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts"
] | [
"3d printing",
"ActivityPub",
"FLOSS Weekly",
"mastodon"
] | This week,
Jonathan Bennett
and
Dan Lynch
chat with Josh Bressers, VP of Security at Anchore, and host of the Open Source Security and Hacker History podcasts. We talk security, SBOMs, and how Josh almost became a Sun fan instead of a Linux geek.
–
https://opensourcesecurity.io
–
https://hackerhistory.com
–
https://inf... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,371,744.175827 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/10/30/haiku-oss-beta-5-release-brings-us-into-a-new-beos-era/ | Haiku OS’s Beta 5 Release Brings Us Into A New BeOS Era | Maya Posch | [
"Featured",
"Software Development"
] | [
"BeOS",
"haiku",
"operating system"
] | The name BeOS is one which tends to evoke either sighs of nostalgia or blank stares, mostly determined by one’s knowledge of the 1990s operating system scene. Originally released in 1995 by Be Inc., it was featured primarily on the company’s PowerPC-based BeBox computers, as well as being pitched to potential customers... | 28 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8056464",
"author": "Mark Topham",
"timestamp": "2024-10-30T18:01:02",
"content": "It’s been a while since I used BeOS; the first time from a CD included with a magazine, a runnable demo, that ran even better if you cloned the CD filesystem to a HD…(ran completely unlike a demo at t... | 1,760,371,744.246671 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/10/30/use-picoglitcher-for-voltage-glitching-attacks/ | Use PicoGlitcher For Voltage Glitching Attacks | Dave Rowntree | [
"Security Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"fault injection",
"pi pico",
"rp2040",
"voltage glitch",
"voltage glitching"
] | We see a fair few glitcher projects, especially the simpler voltage glitchers. Still, quite often due to their relative simplicity, they’re little more than a microcontroller board and a few components hanging off some wires.
PicoGlitcher
by Hackaday.IO user [Matthias Kesenheimer] is a simple voltage glitcher which aim... | 5 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8056460",
"author": "sjm4306",
"timestamp": "2024-10-30T17:50:50",
"content": "I swear the timing of some of some of these articles is uncanny. I literally just made my own glitcher for a problem we’ve come across at work. It’s got a screen and buttons to make adjustments afk. I’d t... | 1,760,371,744.291082 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/10/30/supercon-2023-cuddly-companion-bots/ | Supercon 2023: Cuddly Companion Bots | Lewin Day | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"companion",
"companion bot",
"companion bots",
"companion robots",
"cuddly",
"robot",
"robotics",
"robots",
"soft",
"textile arts"
] | Even in the advanced world of 2024, robots are still better in science fiction than in reality.
Star Trek
gave us the erudite and refined Data,
Rogue One
gave us the fierce yet funny K-2SO, and
Big Hero 6
gave us the caring charmer named Baymax. All these robots had smarts, capability, and agency. More than that, thoug... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8056696",
"author": "zoenagy3466",
"timestamp": "2024-10-31T11:52:02",
"content": "We need silent servos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8056806",
"author": "Foldi-One",
"timestamp": "2024-10-31T17:52:58",
... | 1,760,371,744.553786 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/producing-an-exquisite-wooden-keyboard/ | Producing An Exquisite Wooden Keyboard | Lewin Day | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"keyboard",
"wood",
"wooden"
] | Keyboards! They’ve been almost universally made out of plastic since the dawn of the microcomputer era. Meanwhile, wood is a rather desirable material and it lends itself rather well to touch-heavy human interface devices. As [ProcessX] shows us, though, it can take quite a bit of work
to fabricate a keyboard entirely ... | 41 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "8057026",
"author": "DougM",
"timestamp": "2024-11-01T15:39:14",
"content": "adding to my future project list.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8057027",
"author": "Christoph",
"timestamp": "2024-11-01T15:48:00",
"con... | 1,760,371,744.628697 |
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