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https://hackaday.com/2011/11/26/arm-programming-primer-getting-the-usart-running/ | ARM Programming Primer; Getting The USART Running | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"arm",
"discovery board",
"stm32",
"usart"
] | We find it interesting that PIC and AVR programming is very common in hobby electronics but ARM doesn’t have nearly the same foothold. This is partly because there’s a knowledge barrier involved with making the transition (the other part is probably the lack of DIP packaged chips). But if you’ve worked with 8-bit micro... | 13 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "520044",
"author": "exuvo",
"timestamp": "2011-11-27T04:33:36",
"content": "I have recently started programming for an ARM Cortex-M3 (LPC1768). It is great to have the added processing power and peripherals, no more time spent wondering if it’s possible to cram that extra function i... | 1,760,377,019.128995 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/25/beer-dispenser-talks-to-customers-announces-office-parties-via-twitter/ | Beer Dispenser Talks To Customers, Announces Office Parties Via Twitter | Mike Nathan | [
"Beer Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"Arnie",
"beer",
"vending machine"
] | Just about the only thing better than beer
is free beer.
Staff at the Arnold Worldwide ad agency are free to imbibe in the office’s lounge area, but a few employees thought that it would be pretty awesome to have their beer stash offered up by a vending machine. Using a grant that the company sets aside for “creative p... | 15 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "518841",
"author": "Godi",
"timestamp": "2011-11-25T20:09:20",
"content": "We need more beer hacks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "518851",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2011-11-25T20:24:18",
"content": "And more f... | 1,760,377,019.312144 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/25/a-trojan-horse-full-of-music/ | A Trojan Horse Full Of Music | Brian Benchoff | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"contact microphone",
"midi",
"pinata"
] | With a Sound + Vision exhibition coming up, the folks over at Seaweed Factory decided they needed something
big.
Somehow they landed on building a giant pinata that responds to being walloped with a stick by playing
MIDI notes
. The end result is called the Trojan Chorus. Instead of Greek soldiers, though, the pinata i... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "519611",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2011-11-26T15:24:03",
"content": "This seems overly complicated. You could have just sat a small kid in there with his finger on a remote. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,019.168091 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/25/making-a-privacy-monitor-from-an-old-lcd/ | Making A Privacy Monitor From An Old LCD | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"lcd",
"monitor",
"polarizing flm",
"privacy"
] | [dimovi] had a spare LCD monitor sitting around and thought it would be great to convert it into
a “privacy” monitor.
The process is simple enough for anyone comfortable with disassembling electronics. He took apart the monitor’s plastic frame, cutting out the polarized film with a utility knife. Once the film was remo... | 94 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "518665",
"author": "Andrew Smith",
"timestamp": "2011-11-25T16:02:31",
"content": "haha that is awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "518666",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2011-11-25T16:14:14",
"content": "Did ... | 1,760,377,019.43511 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/24/uberfridge-helps-keep-beer-production-going-through-the-dog-days-of-summer/ | UberFridge Helps Keep Beer Production Going Through The Dog Days Of Summer | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Beer Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"beer",
"fermentation",
"kitchen",
"pid"
] | [Elco Jacobs] used to let his beer ferment in the kitchen, but when things got too hot over the summer, he had to suspend his ale making for a few months. Not wanting to have to put production on hiatus again, he modified an old refrigerator into an awesome fermentation unit he calls
the UberFridge.
The refrigerator fe... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "518346",
"author": "Rog",
"timestamp": "2011-11-25T03:16:20",
"content": "Useful project, great write-up, minimal cost, energy efficient.What’s not to like?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "518508",
"author": "Scorp-D",
"... | 1,760,377,019.47839 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/24/toaster-oven-reflow-control-without-modifying-the-oven/ | Toaster Oven Reflow Control Without Modifying The Oven | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"attiny45",
"pid",
"reflow",
"solder",
"thermistor",
"toaster oven"
] | [Eberhard] wanted his own reflow oven but didn’t really want to mess around with the internals that control the heating element. He put his microcontroller programming experience to work and came up with an
add-on module that controls the oven
by switching the mains power.
The image above shows a board in the midst of ... | 34 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "518157",
"author": "Marcus",
"timestamp": "2011-11-24T20:23:59",
"content": "I made something similar to this to make a sous vide machine once but the clicking of the relay made me go crazy. I’ll switch it to a solid state FET or something similar.",
"parent_id": null,
"dept... | 1,760,377,019.642599 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/24/internet-controlled-robotic-arm-2/ | Internet Controlled Robotic Arm | Brian Benchoff | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"internet controlled",
"kinematic",
"robot arm"
] | The guys over at Rusty Nail Workshop have put up an
Internet controlled robotic arm
for your amusement. While you’re waiting for the turkey to be done (or, you know, working), try your hand at moving some LEGO pieces around with a remote-controlled robotic arm.
The build log
goes through the parts needed for the build.... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "518127",
"author": "Icarus",
"timestamp": "2011-11-24T19:38:21",
"content": "actually tilt is for up/down (or vertical) motionrotate would be the correct word in this casenice build",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "518148",
"... | 1,760,377,019.262506 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/24/hackaday-links-november-24-2011/ | Hackaday Links: November 24, 2011 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"arduino",
"beat box",
"Experiments",
"googly eyes",
"heat sink",
"lego",
"mpc",
"painting",
"remote control",
"servos"
] | Finally an Arduino shield that does nothing
The folks at Evil Mad Scientist labs have finally created the
Googly Eye Shield
for Arduinos. With it’s pass-through .100 headers, it adds googly eyes to your Arduino projects. Of course,
instead of
in addition to the googly eyes you could add a breadboard, making it somewhat... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "517979",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2011-11-24T16:09:28",
"content": "For low power densities, the thermal paste doesn’t make any noticeable difference as long as both surfaces actually touch for the most part.It’s common knowledge among any who has overclocked a computer. Unles... | 1,760,377,019.217578 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/23/name-these-parts-verifone-payment-module-tear-down/ | Name These Parts: Verifone Payment Module Tear Down | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"handheld",
"payment",
"verifone",
"vx570"
] | [Jerzmacow] got his hands on this Verifone Vx570 handheld payment terminal at a flea market. It’s got a thermal printer, a magnetic card reader, and then there’s the big LCD screen and buttons. In other words, lots of parts for his hacking amusement. But first, he decided to
take a look at the parts that went into the ... | 39 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "517396",
"author": "Per Jensen",
"timestamp": "2011-11-24T00:22:06",
"content": "I’ve seen a similiar board to that shown at 1:51 – it’s a high security board, that sits between the motherboard and the back of the case. It is multi layer, and tracks all over the place. The chip on t... | 1,760,377,019.715322 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/23/fixing-that-broken-laptop-power-jack/ | Fixing That Broken Laptop Power Jack | Mike Szczys | [
"laptops hacks",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"laptop",
"power jack",
"satellite",
"Toshiba"
] | It seems that there’s a whole range of Toshiba Satellite laptop computers that suffer from a power jack design that is prone to breaking. We see some good and some bad in this. The jack is not mounted to the circuit board, so if it gets jammed into the body like the one above it doesn’t hose the electronics. But what h... | 74 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "517331",
"author": "brncomputer",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T23:05:07",
"content": "rather than all that you could just glue it back in place… e6000 the technicians duck tape. -http://goo.gl/qkLKb",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "... | 1,760,377,019.810137 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/23/seeing-with-another-persons-eyes/ | Seeing With Another Person’s Eyes | Brian Benchoff | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"augmented reality",
"eyeSwap",
"team-building",
"viewfinders"
] | We suppose they could just trade shoes, but that wouldn’t be a hack. [Timothy] wanted to design a team-building exercise at work, and he figured the best way to get some empathy would be to
have people swap eyes
. He calls his project eyeSwap and it is supposed to, “put the eye back in team.”
[Tim] found a few CRT view... | 9 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "517374",
"author": "Wouter",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T23:43:15",
"content": "Almost the ‘point of view gun’ out of the HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy movie. Brilliant idea :D. You could start a team building firm with a few sets of these.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,019.85785 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/23/sparkfun-announces-free-day-2012/ | Sparkfun Announces Free Day 2012 | Mike Szczys | [
"News"
] | [
"free day",
"sparkfun"
] | We got word that it was coming, and now SparkFun has just announced that
Free Day 2012 will take place on January 11th
. This is the third time around for the purveyor of goodies for electronic enthusiasts. Each year the offer is a little different, but like in the past you stand to get $100 of free stuff!
The first Fr... | 22 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "517213",
"author": "Jeff S.",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T20:21:20",
"content": "Hmmm, maybe I’ll get lucky this time around. The first two years were insane.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "517368",
"author": "Danny",
... | 1,760,377,019.961688 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/23/reading-inputs-from-shift-registers-using-just-one-single-pin/ | Reading Inputs From Shift Registers Using Just One Single Pin | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"74hc165",
"input",
"rc",
"shift register"
] | Here’s an interesting article about
reading data from shift registers using less than three pins
. 74HC165 shift registers are a popular choice for adding inputs to a microcontroller. They have a parallel input register which can be read using the latch, then shifted into a microcontroller via the data and clock pins. ... | 11 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "517226",
"author": "Darkknight512",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T20:38:05",
"content": "That’s pretty nifty and useful, gotta keep this in mind when I am short on pins.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "517268",
"author": "The Lon... | 1,760,377,020.053483 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/23/gif-player-does-it-using-paper-medium/ | Gif Player Does It Using Paper Medium | Mike Szczys | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"animated",
"animation",
"GIF",
"strobe",
"stroboscope"
] | Ditch that fancy wide-format LCD monitor and go back to the days when animation was made up of moving frames played back by a specialized device. [Pieterjan Grandry]
built this gif player
which does just that. The frames of the animation are printed on a paper disk. When spun and viewed through a looking hole the same ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "517197",
"author": "gizmoguyar",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T19:47:30",
"content": "Nice, I’ve always liked those type of animation devices. Zoetropes and such…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "517200",
"author": "nyan",
"ti... | 1,760,377,019.897123 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/23/adventures-in-resurrecting-a-no-name-ip-webcam/ | Adventures In Resurrecting A No-name IP Webcam | Mike Nathan | [
"News",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"ip",
"repair",
"webcam"
] | As many of us do, [Steaky] serves as a kind of on-call help desk for his family. His father in law recently contacted him because
his pan and tilt webcam died
, and he wanted to see if it could be fixed. Never turning down a challenge, [Steaky] decided to give it a shot.
He ended up having to disassemble it since the c... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "517146",
"author": "AllThatJazz",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T18:04:39",
"content": "Woulda been nice if the link above actually led to the FIRST of the articles, instead of the last. For those interested, the article starts at:http://www.steaky.co.uk/?p=39",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,020.008433 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/26/pushing-chest-strap-heart-rate-to-a-stock-exerciser-display/ | Pushing Chest Strap Heart Rate To A Stock Exerciser Display | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"chest strap",
"exercise bike",
"heart rate",
"polar",
"schwinn"
] | This hack came out so well that [Levent] wishes he had tried it years ago. When exercising he wears a Polar heart rate monitor which sends data from a chest strap to his wristwatch. But his exercise bike also has a heart rate readout that depends on your hands touching metal contacts on the handlebars. He set out to se... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "519893",
"author": "OverFlow636",
"timestamp": "2011-11-26T23:33:44",
"content": "anyone know where to find a standalone RMCM01 chip. the sparkfun breakout is kind of expensive and i dont need the usb or features it offers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,377,020.47801 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/26/replacing-solder-tab-batteries/ | Replacing Solder Tab Batteries | Mike Szczys | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"solder tab"
] | There’s a ton of devices out there that have batteries in them but most people never think about it. That’s because they use rechargeables that are sealed inside and topped off with external chargers. [Todd Harrison] has a couple of them, including a cordless shaver and a Christmas light timer. He’s had these for years... | 40 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "519773",
"author": "ironring",
"timestamp": "2011-11-26T19:44:57",
"content": "I’ve done this, but the results are stochastic; even with a soldering gun you can ruin a fair number of batteries. If you check on EBay, there are a lot of outfits (like “Just Batteries” in Montreal) tha... | 1,760,377,020.385469 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/26/this-dongle-makes-any-screen-an-android-device/ | This Dongle Makes Any Screen An Android Device | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"bluetooth",
"cotton candy",
"dongle",
"hdmi",
"wifi"
] | Want that 70″ LCD television in your living room to be an Android device? This little guy can make it happen. With an HDMI port on one end, and a USB plug on the other for power, just plug in
FXI Technologies’ Cotton Candy dongle to create a 1080p Android
television.
The price isn’t set for the device, but it’s expecte... | 37 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "519736",
"author": "1000100 1000001 1010110 1000101",
"timestamp": "2011-11-26T18:49:46",
"content": "Ok, this is a whole new level of want.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "519749",
"author": "TWNB",
"timestamp": "2011-1... | 1,760,377,020.552905 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/26/full-featured-security-lock-demonstration/ | Full Featured Security Lock Demonstration | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"character lcd",
"keypad",
"lock",
"stepper"
] | [Arshad Pathan] let us know about his latest project,
a modular code lock that can be adapted to many different situations
.
The user interface is made up of a character LCD screen and a 3×4 keypad. For this example [Arshad] is using a stepper motor as the locking mechanism. When the board is first powered up it runs t... | 14 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "519702",
"author": "pittom",
"timestamp": "2011-11-26T17:58:58",
"content": "WOW you have 3 hands!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "519703",
"author": "lolhands",
"timestamp": "2011-11-26T17:59:18",
"content": "WOW! h... | 1,760,377,020.439395 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/26/rebuilding-a-mac-se-as-a-server-again/ | Rebuilding A Mac SE As A Server Again | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"Macintosh SE",
"PCIe",
"sata",
"server",
"sprite_tm"
] | Around this time last year, [Sprite_TM] took a 1980’s-era Macintosh SE and rebuilt it as a home file server. He used a Seagate Dockstar as the new motherboard, but over the past year he’s been annoyed with the fact that the Dockstar doesn’t have real SATA ports. Using USB to SATA converters on a server is a slow way of... | 12 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "519681",
"author": "512kdog",
"timestamp": "2011-11-26T17:09:15",
"content": "Man, that is the most coolest project i have seen on here! I am attached to the Vintage Mac projects here!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "519682",
... | 1,760,377,020.640143 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/26/weekly-roundup-112611/ | Weekly Roundup 11/26/11 | Jack Buffington | [
"Weekly Roundup"
] | [
"weekly roundup"
] | In case you missed them the first time, here are our most popular posts from the past week:
In first place is a post about
[Yves Rossy’s] flight suit
that he built that literally allows him to jump out of an airplane and really fly instead of falling with style.
Coming in at second place is one that brings our plans of... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,020.591556 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/25/etching-your-own-pcbs/ | Etching Your Own PCBs | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"direct etch",
"etch",
"ferric chloride",
"pcb",
"toner transfer"
] | When [Adr1an] wrote in to share
a link to his PCB etching tutorial
he mentioned that he knew we had already covered a ton of these guides. He’s absolutely right, not only have we featured a great number of them, but
we also wrote our own
quite a while ago. But that doesn’t mean we ignore them when they come in on the t... | 34 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "518963",
"author": "DeKay",
"timestamp": "2011-11-25T22:30:27",
"content": "Great detail in this writeup.I’m thinking of getting into PCB fab at home but taking the inkjet route with this kit that was featured on HaD a couple years ago. Anybody have any experience with it?http://ww... | 1,760,377,020.71343 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/23/kitchen-hacks-home-made-meat-smoker/ | Kitchen Hacks: Home Made Meat Smoker | Brian Benchoff | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"kitchen hacks",
"meat smoker",
"PID controller",
"smoker"
] | [Matt] noticed an overabundance of sous vide builds in the past week, so he decided to throw his
Home made meat smoker
into the ring. There’s not many things more delicious than a nice cut of smoked meat, and the fact that it’s very similar to the sous vide hacks we’ve seen is an added bonus.
[Matt] decided to build a ... | 21 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "517032",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T16:05:23",
"content": "Link is borked!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "517034",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T16:07:26",
"content": "Link is broken!",... | 1,760,377,020.975086 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/23/oh-boy-do-we-want-to-ride-a-giant-inflatable-robot/ | Oh Boy Do We Want To Ride A Giant Inflatable Robot | Brian Benchoff | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"biomechanics",
"inflatable robot",
"pneumatic robot",
"robots"
] | We’ve seen videos of people attaching chairs to gigantic welding robots and riding them around the shop, and while that would be fun for a little bit, the joy would be fleeting. Flight simulators built on a Stewart Platform are becoming old hat. Now there’s a
new robot we want to ride
.
[Saul Griffith] from Otherlab ha... | 11 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "516980",
"author": "Eirinn",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T15:02:36",
"content": "It’s not “walking” it’s boogying. Listen to those drum beats!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "516985",
"author": "Azurus Nova",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,377,020.920509 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/22/auto-focus-assist-hack-keeps-improving/ | Auto-Focus Assist Hack Keeps Improving | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"550ex",
"auto focus",
"canon"
] | [Adrian Onsen] keeps making
improvements on his auto-focus assist hack
for DSLR cameras. The module seen above is version 3.0, which makes a few changes to the previous hardware and also presents a much more finished look.
With
version 2
[Adrian] was using a defocused laser to illuminate dark subjects so the DSLR auto-... | 15 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "516482",
"author": "critic",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T23:19:51",
"content": "“Want’s” – really?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "516520",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2011-11-23T00:17:10",
"content": "my built in ... | 1,760,377,020.870954 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/22/simple-low-toner-workaround-squeezes-out-a-few-extra-pages-when-your-printer-refuses/ | Simple Low Toner Workaround Squeezes Out A Few Extra Pages When Your Printer Refuses | Mike Nathan | [
"Linux Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"low toner",
"postscript",
"printer"
] | [Andrew] was getting ready to print out an assignment when
his Samsung printer suddenly started blinking
a red error light at him. Unable to find any documentation explaining the issue, he called Samsung directly and found that it was indicating the toner cartridge was nearly empty.
He held down the button that prints ... | 88 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "516341",
"author": "Griffin",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T20:25:57",
"content": "At our home we have gotten around this with a shared printer by having a computer with the bare version of the driver do the printing. The basic driver is often unaware of the ink levels.",
"parent_id"... | 1,760,377,021.283515 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/22/a-doorbell-pleasing-to-both-the-ears-and-eyes/ | A Doorbell Pleasing To Both The Ears And Eyes | Mike Nathan | [
"home hacks",
"Musical Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"Campanello",
"doorbell",
"resonator bell",
"xylophone"
] | When [David] moved into his new house, one of the things he noticed was that
his doorbell was pretty lame.
Coming from a home equipped with a solenoid and chime bell, his new wireless solid state doorbell sounded terrible to him.
Crummy sound aside, the doorbell hardly ever worked properly, but alas, other projects cro... | 15 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "516290",
"author": "elektrophreak",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T19:18:37",
"content": "that’s pretty cool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "516311",
"author": "NeXTWay",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T19:43:47",
"content": "Gr... | 1,760,377,021.405212 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/22/c-bit-field-structures-for-microcontroller-multitasking/ | C Bit Field Structures For Microcontroller Multitasking | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"bit field",
"C language",
"c++",
"multitasking"
] | So you’re getting better at programming microcontrollers and now you want to do several things at once? You know better than that, microcontrollers are only capable of processing one thing at a time. But if you’re clever with your coding you can achieve something that behaves as if several things are going on at once. ... | 27 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "516146",
"author": "redneckJoe",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T17:03:10",
"content": "Booooo, me cannot see!!It says private video!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "516155",
"author": "Brad",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T17:14:38... | 1,760,377,021.578344 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/22/kitchen-hacks-sous-vide-builds-dont-need-to-cost-an-arm-and-a-leg/ | Kitchen Hacks: Sous Vide Builds Don’t Need To Cost An Arm And A Leg | Mike Szczys | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"crock pot",
"freecycle",
"pid",
"sous-vide",
"styrofoam"
] | It’s not that we haven’t seen inexpensive Sous Vide builds. It’s just that we enjoy the fact that [Kelvin’s]
Sous Vide machine gives new life to unused things
. The cooking vessel is a crock pot which he acquired for just $3. He housed it in a large Styrofoam box which he got for free through his local freecycle progra... | 30 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "516095",
"author": "hojo",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T16:05:02",
"content": "What’s a “cock pot”? :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "516118",
"author": "Aeva",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T16:25:25",
"conte... | 1,760,377,021.643803 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/power-strip-hack-reduces-standby-electricity-consumption/ | Power Strip Hack Reduces Standby Electricity Consumption | Mike Nathan | [
"computer hacks",
"home hacks",
"News"
] | [
"pc",
"power saving",
"standby",
"wake on lan",
"WOL"
] | For years, [Rasmus] has left his computer connected directly to the mains power so that he can turn it on via Wake on Lan. While powered down, it would still continuously consume about 6W of electricity, but now that he didn’t need it to be on standby so often,
he wanted to make it more energy efficient.
In Denmark, wh... | 31 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "515060",
"author": "Av",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T20:38:54",
"content": "Neat hack, but I must point out… the cost of electricity in Denmark is about 45 cents (US) per kilowatt-hour. With his computer consuming 6W when switched off, that means each day it consumes $0.0027 dollars. ... | 1,760,377,021.352705 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/simple-touch-sensors-with-the-arduino-capsense-library/ | Simple Touch Sensors With The Arduino CapSense Library | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"capsense",
"Teensy",
"touch sensor"
] | Ever thought of using touch sensors on your projects but didn’t because it would be too much work? [Paul Stoffregen] proves that
it can be pretty easy if you use the CapSense library
for Arduino. Here he’s created three touch sensors, connecting them to the Teensy microcontroller with two resistors each. The larger res... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "515085",
"author": "BrainSlugs83",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T21:35:14",
"content": "That’s really cool! It seems like this kind of thing could be done with a regular AVR and some clever interrupt coding.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comm... | 1,760,377,021.511483 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/siri-proxy-adds-tons-of-functionality-doesnt-require-a-jailbreak/ | Siri Proxy Adds Tons Of Functionality, Doesn’t Require A Jailbreak | Mike Nathan | [
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"dns",
"home automation",
"iPhone 4s",
"proxy",
"siri",
"ssl"
] | [Pete] has an iPhone 4s and loves Siri, but he wishes
she had some more baked-in capabilities.
While the application is technically still in beta and will likely be updated in the near future, [Pete] wanted more functionality now.
Since Apple isn’t known for their open architecture, he had to get creative. Knowing how ... | 24 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "514963",
"author": "9a3eedi",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T18:06:46",
"content": "This is pretty awesome.. too bad it requires having to have it running under a proxy rather than just editing an XML file or something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,021.465841 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/black-friday-deals-and-contest-giveaways/ | Black Friday Deals And Contest Giveaways | Mike Szczys | [
"News"
] | [
"black friday",
"laser cutter"
] | Winter is coming, and it’s a great time to start accumulating parts and tools to keep you occupied with projects during the dark and cold days ahead.
Black Friday
We got a tip from Pololu about their planned Black Friday deals, and thought we’d check with some of the other parts suppliers that cater to the hobby market... | 7 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "515037",
"author": "jethomson",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T19:54:40",
"content": "Hurray for Free Day!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "515112",
"author": "Dehole",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T21:57:48",
"content": "Free D... | 1,760,377,021.757972 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/stroboscope-project-uses-optical-drive-motor-and-arduino/ | Stroboscope Project Uses Optical Drive Motor And Arduino | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"brushless motor",
"optical drive",
"strobe",
"stroboscope"
] | In the quest for a diy laser cutter made from DVD burner parts (that hack’s still in the works) this guy ended up with a junk box full of optical-drive leftovers. He put some of that surplus to good use by
building this stroboscope
. As the media spins, the white LED just out of focus in the foreground strobes to freez... | 11 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "514863",
"author": "Rocz",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T16:06:12",
"content": "outstanding :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "514867",
"author": "YT2095",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T16:10:01",
"content": "neat idea, my dau... | 1,760,377,021.807465 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/experimenting-with-an-air-muscle-and-sensor-feedback/ | Experimenting With An Air Muscle And Sensor Feedback | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"air muscle",
"ATmega32",
"potentiometer"
] | Check out this setup
that [Ruenahcmohr] is using in his air muscle experiments. The orange mesh contains an air bladder that is connected to a hose on the right side. The bladder can be filled, or emptied with two solenoid valves not seen here (but you can get a good look in the video after the break). The muscle attac... | 29 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "514828",
"author": "kobilica",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T15:08:47",
"content": "Many of those could build some sort of very luxury stool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "514830",
"author": "nah!",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21... | 1,760,377,021.709443 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/ti-launchpad-adds-computer-control-to-a-robot-arm/ | TI Launchpad Adds Computer Control To A Robot Arm | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"fan8200",
"launchpad",
"MSP430G2553",
"robot arm",
"robotsee",
"ti",
"usb"
] | [Eric Gregori] had an OWI535 toy robotic arm. Although cheap (coming it at around $30) the arm is only set up to be used via a wired control box. [Eric] knew he could do better by
adding computer control via a TI Launchpad and motor driver peripheral
.
The arm has shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints, a rotating base, and... | 17 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "514785",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T14:23:59",
"content": "Cool. I was planning to do something similar!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "514809",
"author": "jean",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T14:37:25",
... | 1,760,377,021.95904 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/20/a-real-laser-based-3d-display/ | A Real, Laser-based 3D Display | Brian Benchoff | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"3d display",
"laser",
"plasma"
] | 3D display technology is fairly limited. Most 3D displays out there rely on either prisms refracting light from a normal flat-panel display, or shooting lasers into some sort of space-filling device. A few researchers in Japan
went with a more unconventional method
of making a 3D display that actually lives up to the p... | 43 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "514257",
"author": "J. Peterson",
"timestamp": "2011-11-20T22:44:48",
"content": "A version of this appeared at SIGGRAPH a few years ago. Definite contender for the whacko mad scientist award. Bright blue sparks floating in mid air, really LOUD arc-welder style buzz, the guys show... | 1,760,377,022.205699 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/20/an-exercise-in-servo-voice-control-with-android/ | An Exercise In Servo Voice Control With Android | Mike Nathan | [
"Android Hacks",
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"arduino",
"python",
"servo"
] | [Shazin] had some free time on his hands, so he settled in to do something he had been meaning to for a while –
learn Android programming.
He went an indirect route, and ended up using the Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A), which gave him a head start on the process. Sitting in between the Android API and scripting la... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "514246",
"author": "someboy",
"timestamp": "2011-11-20T22:14:07",
"content": "it would be cool if such things could be added to speaktoit app",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "514673",
"author": "leftthehypnotistearly",
"t... | 1,760,377,022.069443 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/20/this-giant-hand-made-led-matrix-must-be-ours/ | This Giant Hand Made LED Matrix Must Be Ours! | Mike Nathan | [
"LED Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"led",
"matrix",
"PLCC6",
"WS2801"
] | [Martin] wrote in to share a project his company has been working on for some time, a gigantic 1470 pixel LED wall. The group provides lighting for clubs, parties, etc, and their hand-built LED matrix is always certain to be the hit of the show.
The amazing matrix was designed from the ground up and built by hand in [M... | 16 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "514199",
"author": "Fernando",
"timestamp": "2011-11-20T20:33:55",
"content": "Two things:1. Cost is not mentioned in the article text.2. I´m not following how the pizza oven fits into this.ThanksI´ll watch the vids now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,377,022.127938 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/20/gridrunner-a-custom-part-for-measuring-in-eagle-cad/ | Gridrunner: A Custom Part For Measuring In Eagle CAD | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"eagle",
"mearsure",
"pcb",
"ruler"
] | [Koogar] came up with a useful tool for checking the measurements of your layouts in Eagle CAD. He calls it the Gridrunner;
a custom part that adds a 200mm ruler to your design
. Tick marks are in 1/10th of a millimeter increments for great accuracy when used with the zoom feature of Eagle. Once you’ve got the layout j... | 21 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "514132",
"author": "Ian Daniher",
"timestamp": "2011-11-20T19:14:48",
"content": "I’ve had very good luck using EAGLE with the CAM processor to build simple parts for laser cutting. The 2D drawing functionality seems ideally well suited for case / mounting bracket design and the abi... | 1,760,377,022.263994 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/20/experimenting-with-bridge-rectifers-for-ac-to-dc-power-conversion/ | Experimenting With Bridge Rectifers For AC To DC Power Conversion | Mike Szczys | [
"how-to"
] | [
"ac",
"bridge rectifier",
"converter",
"dc",
"diode",
"rectifier"
] | The folks over at Toymaker Television have put together another episode. This time
they’re looking at bridge rectifiers
and how they’re used in AC to DC converters.
This is a simple concept which is worth taking the time to study for those unfamiliar with it. Since Alternating Current is made up of cycles of positive a... | 28 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "514068",
"author": "Renee",
"timestamp": "2011-11-20T17:48:19",
"content": "Yeah, I fully admit that the flow of electrons confuses me.I’ve heard that it actually goes from – to + when looking at a circuit BUT I’ve also heard that it’s a misinterpretation of what’s really going on.T... | 1,760,377,022.475295 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/19/pushing-fpga-config-files-via-serial-using-cat/ | Pushing FPGA Config Files Via Serial Using ‘cat’ | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"arm",
"AVR",
"cat",
"serial",
"xilinx"
] | [Andrew] is trying to buckle down and hammer out his PhD project but was surprised by the sorry state of the configuration options for his FPGA/ARM dev board. Using JTAG was painfully slow, so he studied the datasheet to see if there was another way. It turns out the Xilinx FPGA he’s using does have a slave serial mode... | 20 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "513571",
"author": "marc",
"timestamp": "2011-11-19T23:34:38",
"content": "Error establishing a database connection",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "513582",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2011-11-19T23:59:01",
"conten... | 1,760,377,022.321216 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/19/nuclear-taco-helmet-measures-reaction-to-spicy-food/ | Nuclear Taco Helmet Measures Reaction To Spicy Food | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"altLab",
"beer helmet",
"spicy",
"tacos"
] | Apparently there was a Nuclear Taco eating contest at the 2010 Codebits Conference. The team from altLab, a Hackerspace in Lisbon, didn’t partake but the discomfort of those that did was burned into their memory. This year, the
altLab members decided to build a spciy taco monitoring helmet
as part of the conference’s 4... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "513551",
"author": "Hitek146",
"timestamp": "2011-11-19T22:43:23",
"content": "Very clever idea! I don’t understand why they couldn’t print out the graph and label, instead of scribbling them like a child’s school art project, though…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,377,022.362488 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/22/the-picture-post-observe-your-world-in-extreme-slow-motion/ | The Picture Post – Observe Your World In Extreme Slow Motion | Jeremy Cook | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"photography",
"picture post",
"time-lapse"
] | The
“Picture Post”
, a tool for a program going on through the University of New Hampshire, is a method of taking what amounts to extreme time-lapse photography. The purpose of this project is to observe the world around you with a 360 degree view taken at a regular interval.
The
setup
is quite simple consisting of a 9... | 9 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "516028",
"author": "tidux",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T15:13:22",
"content": "Well, that’s pretty awesome. I’m a UNH student and I’d never heard about this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "516288",
"author": "jgunn",
... | 1,760,377,022.409804 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/22/musical-greeting-card-with-minimal-parts/ | Musical Greeting Card With Minimal Parts | Brian Benchoff | [
"ATtiny Hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"attiny85",
"greeting card",
"Musical"
] | We’re all familiar with those musical greeting cards. Give the Hallmark store $10, and you have a card with a microcontroller inside that plays one of several songs available. [Jarv] was playing around with translating MIDI tracks to square wave songs with an Arduino earlier, so he decided to see how cheaply he could r... | 26 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "515961",
"author": "third",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T14:04:45",
"content": "Front page post with minimal text.Also: ATTiny hacks ftw",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "515968",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2011-... | 1,760,377,022.538875 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/human-flight-at-190-mph-with-no-steering/ | Human Flight At 190 MPH With No Steering | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"jet engine",
"jet turbine",
"jetman",
"kerosene",
"parachute",
"ted",
"wing"
] | It’s been a while since we looked in on a TED talk but this one is fantastic. [Yves Rossy] is
interviewed about his jet-powered flight wing
at the TED conference. He designed the unit as a form of personal flight. He straps it on, jumps out of a plane, then flies across the sky until he runs out of fuel. There’s no ste... | 48 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "515248",
"author": "aztraph",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T00:49:21",
"content": "“Yeah, I can Fly!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "515262",
"author": "DainBramage1991",
"timestamp": "2011-11-22T01:23:48",
"content": "A... | 1,760,377,022.614997 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/ill-see-your-launchpad-controlled-arm-and-raise-you-arduino-controlled-autonomy/ | I’ll See Your Launchpad Controlled Arm And Raise You Arduino Controlled Autonomy | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"motor shield",
"position sensor",
"potentiometer",
"robot arm"
] | This OWI robot arm has been
hacked to add position sensors and Arduino control
. [Chris Anderson] took one look at
the Launchpad controlled OWI
from earlier today and said “wait a minute, I’ve already posted my own version of that project”. Well, that will teach him not to
tip us off
about his hacks!
The position contr... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "515210",
"author": "Myke",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T23:28:20",
"content": "raiseyouArduinocontrolled autonomyThats interesting. In my book, raising means something better, not worse.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "516298",
... | 1,760,377,022.655908 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/tracking-satellites-with-an-arduino/ | Tracking Satellites With An Arduino | Brian Benchoff | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"gameduino",
"satellite"
] | The guys over at brainwagon just finished up ANGST, the
Arduino n’ Gameduinio Satellite Tracker
, a build that displays 160 different satellites in Earth orbit on any SVGA monitor.
The build is of course based off an Arduino and
Gameduino
shield. A real-time clock is always needed for a satellite tracker, so a DS1307 R... | 13 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "515132",
"author": "hpux735",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T22:20:06",
"content": "That is awesome, but it needs a few things to be truly useful:1. Able to get recent ephemeris data on its own. Any more than week-old data becomes unreliable.2. Updates more than once every 3 minutes. A ... | 1,760,377,022.881013 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/junkyard-tube-amp-gold/ | Junkyard Tube-amp Gold! | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"guitar amp",
"turntable",
"vacuum tube"
] | Why, oh why, oh why do people toss out awesome retro hardware?? Luckily, [Dino] visited the junk depot himself at just the right time. Even though you’re not supposed to take things others have dropped off he poached the retro portable turntable that was just sitting there. He cracked it open and figured out
how to tur... | 20 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "515208",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T23:27:36",
"content": "What’s a junk depot? Like one of those old-fashioned junkyards where people bring garbage to before there was garbage trucks/collection? Do those even exist any more?Maybe it’s just something I haven’t seen s... | 1,760,377,022.935629 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/21/think-you-can-take-kinect-to-the-next-level-check-out-kinect-accelerator/ | Think You Can Take Kinect To The Next Level? Check Out Kinect Accelerator | Mike Nathan | [
"Kinect hacks"
] | [
"Kinect",
"microsoft"
] | If you’ve got a crazy ingenious idea for Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral, but don’t have the means to make your dream a reality,
the Kinect Accelerator
just might be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.
Microsoft, having performed a complete 180-degree turnaround from their initial stance on Kinect hacking, is embrac... | 16 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "515082",
"author": "Zee",
"timestamp": "2011-11-21T21:26:40",
"content": "20k seems kind of low for a whole team of people.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "515155",
"author": "sneakypoo",
"timestamp": "2011-11-... | 1,760,377,022.830761 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/19/getting-useful-data-from-a-dirt-cheap-rfid-reader/ | Getting Useful Data From A Dirt Cheap RFID Reader | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"reverse engineering",
"rfid"
] | [Aaron] was looking for
a cheap RFID reader
that had some easy to follow documentation and a standardized interface. Most everything he saw was pretty expensive, so he decided to buy a cheap $10 reader from eBay to see how easy it would be to work with.
The reader came with very little documentation, but [Aaron] did kn... | 21 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "513520",
"author": "Deven",
"timestamp": "2011-11-19T21:54:13",
"content": "WOW, we didn’t expect this much traffic, please hold on for a bit (should be an hour or two) while we upgrade the server that currently hosts thetransistor.comThanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,025.208089 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/19/strap-yourself-in-and-let-this-robot-arm-shake-the-bejesus-out-of-you/ | Strap Yourself In And Let This Robot Arm Shake The Bejesus Out Of You | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"fighter",
"flight simulator",
"pilot"
] | This man is strapped onto the business end of a huge robotic arm. If you’ve seen videos of industrial robots on automobile assembly lines and the like, you know how fast and strong these machines are. But this isn’t headed for the factory floor, it’s
a new flight simulator built do train Australian fighter pilots
.
Res... | 35 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "513388",
"author": "ferdie",
"timestamp": "2011-11-19T19:32:41",
"content": "i have see a thing like that in the gadget showits the ultimet simulator to play inyou can do all kind of thing whit it i beleve you can play whit one in germany",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,024.988434 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/19/python-powered-sprinkler-system-wastes-no-water/ | Python Powered Sprinkler System Wastes No Water | Mike Nathan | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"automation",
"home",
"python",
"rain gauge",
"sprinklers"
] | One thing that annoyed [Jashua] to no end was
hearing his automated sprinkler system kick on
in the middle of the night, when it had rained earlier in the day. He wished that his sprinklers were a bit smarter, so he decided to give the system an upgrade.
Rather than pay hundreds of dollars for a more sophisticated auto... | 31 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "513323",
"author": "andar_b",
"timestamp": "2011-11-19T18:01:02",
"content": "In my old home town, there was actually an ordinance against watering in the middle of the day, and watering the sidewalks. The local groundwater table was very low and the local farmers were on drought w... | 1,760,377,024.717582 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/19/weekly-roundup-111911/ | Weekly Roundup 11/19/11 | Jack Buffington | [
"News"
] | [] | In case you missed them the first time around, here are our most popular posts from the past week.
Our top contender is a post about
a giant snake robot
that is modeled after a snake that we know of through fossil records that was up to 50 feet long. This one is pretty interesting.
Next in line is a post about a spec... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,024.610368 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/syneseizure-makes-objects-feel-loud/ | Syneseizure Makes Objects Feel Loud | Brian Benchoff | [
"Android Hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"arduino",
"processing",
"synesthesia"
] | Synesthesia is a mix-up in the wiring of the brain where sensory inputs are perceived differently than what ‘normal people’ usually experience. People with synesthesia can have visual input mapped to aural perception in the mind, or driving along a highway where there’s a recent skunk roadkill can smell ‘loud.’ It’s an... | 29 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "512711",
"author": "sariel",
"timestamp": "2011-11-19T00:41:46",
"content": "kinky…looks like a cyborg gimp mask from hell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "512943",
"author": "Hackerspacer",
"timestamp": "2011-... | 1,760,377,024.869341 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/fignition-flint-is-a-stripboard-build-of-the-simple-computer/ | FIGnition FLINT Is A Stripboard Build Of The Simple Computer | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"8 bit",
"ATmega168",
"computer",
"fignition",
"strip board"
] | If you want people to really be impressed by your projects it’s often better not to have a fully finished look. In this case, we think hooking the stripboard version of FIGnition up to your TV will raise a lot more eyebrows than the PCB version will.
[Julian] put together
a guide to building the computer on strip board... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "512744",
"author": "MattE",
"timestamp": "2011-11-19T02:09:50",
"content": "Jules, FIGnition takes another step to world domination, good stuff! All it needs* now is a set of shields, each with on-board Fcode drivers ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}... | 1,760,377,024.649619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/mame-cabinet-3d-modeled-and-cnc-milled/ | MAME Cabinet 3D Modeled And CNC Milled | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"3d model",
"laptop",
"mame",
"mdf",
"mill"
] | [Entropia] is just putting the final touches on
his bar-top MAME cabinet
(
translated
). The project started out as a 3D model to get the case dimensions just right. An old laptop is being, so the enclosure was designed to fit the bare LCD assembly and hide the rest of the computer. [Entropia] had access to a CNC mill ... | 8 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "512606",
"author": "DanAdamKOF",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T22:27:07",
"content": "It’s nice and all, but that button layout kinda sucks to be frank. True, it’s comfortable to put your right hand in at an angle hence it being a tilted 3×2, but that’s not how you do it. This site sho... | 1,760,377,024.916953 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/17/double-pendulum-spray-gives-this-graffiti-bot-some-style/ | Double-pendulum Spray Gives This Graffiti Bot Some Style | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"graffiti",
"pendulum",
"skateboard",
"spray paint"
] | Here’s an art exhibit that does its own painting. The
Senseless Drawing Bot
(
translated
) uses the back and forth motion of the wheeled based to get a double-pendulum arm swinging. At the end of the out-of-control appendage, a can of spray paint is let loose. We’re kind of surprised by the results as they don’t look l... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "511521",
"author": "macona",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T00:27:40",
"content": "I disagree. It does look like a machine made them. The constraints on the top and bottom would not be hard had they been done by a person freehand.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,377,025.149321 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/17/adding-keypad-security-to-your-automobiles-ignition-system/ | Adding Keypad Security To Your Automobile’s Ignition System | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"anit-theft",
"arduino nano",
"ignition",
"keypad",
"start button"
] | [BadWolf] managed to make some free time to get back to his own electronic projects. This time around he’s created
a security system for his car
. It’s patched into the ignition, preventing the engine from starting when the key is turned. A driver must first insert the key, then type the combination on a keypad in the ... | 62 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "511451",
"author": "Skeltorr",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T23:26:33",
"content": "You can buy this from china, it came with my alarm.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "511457",
"author": "xorpunk",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T23... | 1,760,377,024.812784 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/17/whole-house-battery-backup-used-for-lower-power-bills/ | Whole House Battery Backup Used For Lower Power Bills | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"battery backup",
"inverter",
"mains"
] | [Photonicinduction] has an impressive
battery backup installation that powers his whole house
. Unlike a standalone emergency generator which would require you to hook up all of the device you want to run, this setup sits in between the power meter and the breaker box, ready to step in when needed.
But get this, he’s n... | 78 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "511400",
"author": "anomdebus",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T22:28:45",
"content": "Must be nice to be given differential pricing. My utility accounts peak vs non-peak, but both are billed at the same rate.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comme... | 1,760,377,025.098531 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/17/polar-pen-plotter-draws-huge-images-very-slowly/ | Polar Pen Plotter Draws Huge Images Very Slowly | Brian Benchoff | [
"cnc hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"hanging string plotter",
"pen plotter",
"plotter",
"polar plotter"
] | [Euphy] just posted
an Instructable
of his Polargraph drawing machine that’s able to draw huge images slower than molasses in November. The plotter only uses two stepper motors to control the position of the pen and can be made nearly entirely from salvaged parts – [Euphy] built his for just about £150.
The Polargraph ... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "511366",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T21:34:19",
"content": "$240 for output like that? Neat hack, I suppose, but…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "511589",
"author": "Erik J",
"timestamp": "2011-... | 1,760,377,025.250158 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/17/building-a-heat-sealer-for-anti-static-bags/ | Building A Heat Sealer For Anti-static Bags | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"anti-static",
"heat sealer",
"melt",
"power resistor"
] | [Raphaël Assénat] needed anti-static bags for some boards he is selling. He had a lot of leftovers on hand (presumably from the components he ordered to assemble these boards) and wanted to reuse them. Instead of buying a heat sealer
he built his own to cut them down to size
.
His build starts with a transformer to dro... | 22 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "511284",
"author": "DooWeeNo",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T19:37:46",
"content": "Also try guitar wire. And a thin strip of PTFE vs wood to avoid the element getting too hot and having the bag stick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,377,025.520734 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/17/simple-telepresence-hack-lets-remote-user-rotate-this-laptop/ | Simple Telepresence Hack Lets Remote User Rotate This Laptop | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"laptops hacks"
] | [
"lazy susan",
"servo",
"telepresence"
] | [Kris] wanted to make the telecommuting employees at his office feel a little more in control of their virtual presence in the office. He gave them a way to look around without needing to go into full-blown robotics.
This laptop stand has a Lazy Susan connected to a servo motor
to give the user control of where the com... | 8 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "511262",
"author": "Abner88",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T19:16:58",
"content": "Throw some bluetooth at it and you have fully free spin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "511269",
"author": "WhyrequireTheseFields",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,025.463372 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/17/video-interrupts-on-the-atmega328p/ | Video: Interrupts On The ATmega328p | Jack Buffington | [
"News",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"3pi",
"interrupts",
"video"
] | This week, we are bringing you the final video in our series where [Jack] uses the 3pi robot as a fancy development board for the ATmega328p processor. Today’s video deals with interrupts. If you have been wanting to have your programs do more than one thing simultaneously, interrupts are the solution. [Jack] discusses... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "511442",
"author": "charliex",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T23:09:41",
"content": "Jack ?http://www.lunacynet.com/league/images/s1_mick.jpghttp://www.indymedia.org.uk/images/2007/02/363435.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,025.410805 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/the-cheapest-and-easiest-3d-printer-weve-seen-so-far/ | The Cheapest And Easiest 3D Printer We’ve Seen So Far | Brian Benchoff | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"printrbot",
"reprap"
] | 3D printers are
awesome
, but boy are they frustrating. If you’ve built a RepRap Mendel, Prusa or Huxely, you know there’s nothing quite like trying to get a washer off of a threaded rod without disassembling the entire machine. This frustration in part sourcing, assembling and correctly aligning a printer is where pri... | 30 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "512568",
"author": "bmsleight",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T21:51:12",
"content": "This really hits the spot. Okay, print area is only 5inches cubed. But as an entry point for 3d printing – it is great.For $500 or £320 and a couple of hours. I can start printing. A sweet spot for time... | 1,760,377,025.667115 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/video-display-from-rgb-strips-makes-it-seem-so-easy/ | Video Display From RGB Strips Makes It Seem So Easy | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"led strip",
"marquee",
"matrix",
"netduino",
"spi",
"video",
"xbee"
] | [Fabien] wrote in to share a link to
this RGB video display which he made
. He’s got some pretty cool routines that make it more functional than you would think, but first we want to comment on the construction. He used an RGB strip, which makes this look like an incredibly simple build. The strip has a data and power ... | 15 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "512378",
"author": "DanAdamKOF",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T19:06:53",
"content": "Very clever :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "512391",
"author": "demacus",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T19:23:15",
"content": "hmm, you c... | 1,760,377,025.722629 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/kitchen-hacks-microwave-plays-youtube-videos-matched-to-your-cooking-time/ | Kitchen Hacks: Microwave Plays YouTube Videos Matched To Your Cooking Time | Mike Szczys | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"microwave",
"tablet",
"uwave",
"youtube"
] | Behold the uWave,
a microwave oven that plays YouTube videos while it cooks
. [Kevin] and three classmates at the University of Pennsylvania developed the project for the 2011 PennApps hackathon. It uses a tablet computer to replace the boring old spinning food display microwaves are known for. Now, an Arduino reads th... | 26 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "512320",
"author": "Edward T.",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T18:16:21",
"content": "Loving this idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "512332",
"author": "aztraph",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T18:24:09",
"content": "OMG I WA... | 1,760,377,026.010369 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/a-diy-audio-player-for-when-all-that-matters-is-the-music/ | A DIY Audio Player For When All That Matters Is The Music | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"audio",
"diy",
"ipod"
] | [Grissini] hasn’t had the best of luck when it comes to
personal audio players.
He estimates that he’s gone through about half a dozen iProducts/iKnockoffs over the years, which ultimately adds up to a lot of money poured right down the drain. Rather than lay down his cold hard cash for yet another music player that wo... | 16 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "512260",
"author": "Darkknight512",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T17:16:42",
"content": "Probably more worth it to just buy an old Sansa player, or Ipod and install Rockbox on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "512285",
"author"... | 1,760,377,025.77743 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/lighting-leds-with-raindrops/ | Lighting LEDs With Raindrops | Mike Nathan | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"leds",
"piezo",
"rain"
] | [Steven] had one of those musical gift cards laying around, and thought he
might as well reuse the piezo speaker
inside it. Without a particular project in mind, he soldered an LED to the piezo and tapped on it, which caused the LED to illuminate as expected. He started to wonder what quantity of force would be require... | 40 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "512194",
"author": "Jeff S.",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T16:04:46",
"content": "Could look pretty in a garden. Imagine two dozen waterproof modules spread out, all flickering in the rain.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "512195"... | 1,760,377,025.954041 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/a-head-mounted-tesla-coil-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/ | A Head-mounted Tesla Coil – What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"halloween",
"high voltage",
"tesla coil"
] | We can hear the commercial now…
“Reeeeeeal men of geniuuuuuuus! Here’s to you Mr. no-fear,
singing Tesla coil on your hat wearing guy…”
Call him a genius or call him crazy – all we know is that [Tyler’s] Tesla coil hat is awesome! Even though it’s the middle of November, we couldn’t pass up this Halloween costume.
[Tyl... | 26 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "512148",
"author": "elektrophreak",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T15:14:27",
"content": "haha, that’s some ubergeek stuff right there!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "512154",
"author": "jarfil",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T15:2... | 1,760,377,025.884983 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/18/monitoring-batch-jobs-the-cylon-way-with-python-and-a-parallel-port/ | Monitoring Batch Jobs The Cylon Way With Python And A Parallel Port | Mike Nathan | [
"computer hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"cylon",
"larson scanner",
"led",
"mythtv"
] | If you happen to do a lot of video encoding, you know that your computer can really drag while the process is carried out. Our own [Mike Szczys]
transcodes videos at home fairly often
, and because the process is automated, he doesn’t always know if a conversion is taking place in the background.
He has been
tinkering ... | 14 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "512131",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T14:55:24",
"content": "Transcoding on a computer that has a parallel port?EWWWWW! No thanks, not interested in taking days for a bluray to transcode on such old hardware.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies"... | 1,760,377,025.827621 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/making-aerogel-at-home/ | Making Aerogel At Home | Brian Benchoff | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"aerogel",
"Chemistry",
"materials"
] | [Ben] outdid himself. He successfully made
monoliths of silica aerogel
in his garage. Aerogel, the light-weight solid that has been referred to as ‘hard air’ is
really freaking expensive
especially in non-granulated form.
The techniques
behind producing aerogels have been on the Internet for a fairly long time. A few u... | 30 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "510178",
"author": "Kevin Keith",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T17:06:20",
"content": "How uncanny, I was /just/ thinking about doing some research on this very subject! Anyway, awesome video. This guy is an unadulterated genius. I believe he also built an electron microscope and liqu... | 1,760,377,026.216936 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/ice-on-your-turkey-makes-it-tender-apparently/ | Ice On Your Turkey Makes It Tender, Apparently | Brian Benchoff | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"cooking",
"cooking hacks",
"kitchen hacks",
"turkey"
] | Turkey day is fast approaching and for those of us not cool enough to be rocking the deep-fried turkey this year we’ll have to suffer though a potentially dry oven-roasted bird. Chef [Justin] came up with a
great way
to prevent dried out white meat on a turkey using ice of all things.
The enemy of moist and tender brea... | 51 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "510125",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T15:38:09",
"content": "No, if you want to cook a turkey that people will talk about for months, all you need to do is brine that sucker in a 5 gallon bucket overnight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,377,026.113362 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/zero-g-experiments-will-make-some-pretty-pictures/ | Zero-G Experiments Will Make Some Pretty Pictures | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"spaceflight",
"water globe",
"zero g"
] | Does a yo-yo work in zero-g? How about a paper airplane? These questions were answered in 1985 on the Space Shuttle
Discovery,
but reproduction of results is the cornerstone of the scientific method. [Rob] is about to reproduce some of the awesome zero-g pictures by
riding on a vomit comet
and taking a few pictures of ... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "510284",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T19:19:30",
"content": "The piper cleaners on an otherwise very professional setup made me laugh. I guess if it works, it works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "510287",
... | 1,760,377,026.156269 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/15/a-technique-to-avoid-warping-on-large-3d-prints/ | A Technique To Avoid Warping On Large 3D Prints | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"warp",
"warping"
] | [Jamie Mantzel] figured out his own way of
3D printing large objects without fear of warping
. First a bit of background information. When using a 3D extrusion printer like the RepRap or Makerbot, prints that span a large area tend to warp. That’s because these printers lay down one thin layer of plastic at a time. If ... | 42 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "509534",
"author": "Brad",
"timestamp": "2011-11-15T23:19:04",
"content": "I’ve got no experience with 3d printing (for now), but isn’t that what the heated build platforms are intended to help combat? This is by no means a troll. I understand that heated platforms raise the monet... | 1,760,377,026.292448 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/15/diy-led-photography-lights/ | DIY LED Photography Lights | Mike Nathan | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"led",
"lights",
"photography",
"softbox"
] | [Markus] had been drooling over some LED panels to use as a soft light source for photography, but being a hobbyist, he
didn’t want to spend a ton of money to buy them.
He figured that he had enough electronics know-how to build his own panels, while saving a boatload of cash in the process.
He hoped to keep the total ... | 11 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "509530",
"author": "ino",
"timestamp": "2011-11-15T23:07:47",
"content": "That’s a pretty steep price for the result in my opinion.I mean, with one hundred pounds worth of CFLs, he could have build many soft boxes of this kind.Leds are cool but not always the answer.",
"parent_i... | 1,760,377,026.404401 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/15/snake-bot-gives-us-the-mechanical-heevy-jeevies/ | Snake-bot Gives Us The Mechanical Heevy-jeevies | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"eatArt",
"hydraulic",
"mondo spider",
"serpent",
"snake",
"titanoboa"
] | Basilisk? Nope, just your run-of-the-mill
giant serpentine robot build
. This build aims to recreate Titanoboa, a prehistoric snake which measured more than fifty feet long and weighted over a ton. They’re well on their way to completing the goal, as what you see above is fully operational, lacking only cosmetic niceti... | 30 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "509420",
"author": "Madness",
"timestamp": "2011-11-15T21:16:53",
"content": "Nuke it from orbit!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "509460",
"author": "austin",
"timestamp": "2011-11-15T21:50:28",
"conten... | 1,760,377,026.356453 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/15/stylophone-5-modernizing-the-best-of-the-1968-hardware/ | Stylophone 5 – Modernizing The Best Of The 1968 Hardware | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"midi",
"portal",
"stylophone",
"usb"
] | We love looking in on [Simon Inns’] projects, and this must be one of his very best. This is
the fifth version of his MIDI-capable stylophone
. The gist of the control system is that a conductive keyboard (made of a tinned PCB) is played by making a connection with the tip of a wired stylus — hence the name. The idea c... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "509387",
"author": "Yann",
"timestamp": "2011-11-15T20:31:43",
"content": "This totally rocks (literally and figuratively :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "509426",
"author": "asphyxiate",
"timestamp": "2011-11-15T21:28... | 1,760,377,026.797499 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/17/this-animatronic-horus-guard-mask-is-so-good-even-anubis-would-be-fooled/ | This Animatronic Horus Guard Mask Is So Good, Even Anubis Would Be Fooled | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"animatronics",
"arduino",
"Horus Guard",
"stargate"
] | [Jerome Kelty] is a big fan of the movie Stargate, and when he saw it for the first time, he wanted one of
the awesome helmets worn by the Horus Guards.
This isn’t the kind of thing you would normally find at your local costume shop, so he knew that he would have to build one of his own. After rejecting multiple design... | 32 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "511109",
"author": "John Berube",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T16:04:35",
"content": "Jafa KREE!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "511177",
"author": "Diego Spinola",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T17:41:07",
"cont... | 1,760,377,026.933183 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/17/kitchen-hacks-an-android-bartender/ | Kitchen Hacks: An Android Bartender | Brian Benchoff | [
"Android Hacks",
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"android",
"bartender"
] | [Nick] just
finished up bis barbot build
that is named after
our favorite bartender
. It’s an impressively capable even if it was done on the cheap.
The user chooses a libation for iZac to make via an Android tablet. This drink is interpreted by an
Android ADK
to have the mechanics of the robot swing into action and st... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "511485",
"author": "aztraph",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T23:43:12",
"content": "More of a drinking and partying hack, but cool anyway",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "511536",
"author": "Pup",
"timestamp": "2011-11-18T00:53... | 1,760,377,026.683696 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/brute-force-bios-hacking-using-the-arduino/ | Brute Force BIOS Hacking Using The Arduino | Jeremy Cook | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"bios",
"brute force",
"keyboard"
] | This clever hack
uses an Arduino to do a brute force attack on a computer’s BIOS. In theory, this technique could be used for other programs, but it’s use would be limited since there’s no way to account for too many wrong passwords.
The Arduino generates and outputs the possible password emulating a USB keyboard. When... | 37 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "510585",
"author": "cknopp",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T00:33:14",
"content": "keys per second?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "510598",
"author": "Harvie.CZ",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T00:44:01",
"content": "Try defaul... | 1,760,377,026.756717 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/eagleup-pulls-your-pcbs-into-sketchup/ | EagleUp Pulls Your PCBs Into SketchUp | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"eagle",
"eagle cad",
"eagleup",
"enclosure",
"pcb",
"sketchup"
] | [Karl] wrote in to tell us about a software package called EagleUp that will
import your Eagle CAD PCB designs into Google SketchUp
. It bridges the gap between the two using the
open source image processing software ImageMagick
.
As you can see above, you’ll end up with a beautifully rendered 3D model of your hardware... | 23 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "510533",
"author": "Zmaster",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T23:30:19",
"content": "Awesome, thanks for pointing out!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "510561",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2011-11-17T00:08:10",
"content"... | 1,760,377,026.866329 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/electronic-recorder-conversion/ | Electronic Recorder Conversion | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"flute",
"piezoelectric",
"propeller",
"recorder"
] | As we wrote the title to this feature we can see why [Jeff Ledger] calls it an electronic flute and not a recorder; this is a musical instrument and not something for archiving audio. Confusion aside, we’re all familiar with these plastic ‘musical’ instruments. Many elementary schools in our area require students to bu... | 19 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "510352",
"author": "Roman Dulgarov",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T20:04:06",
"content": "Flute Hero any one? Though yes I would personally prefer Ocarina, how cool would it be to have to actually play the tune….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"... | 1,760,377,027.091194 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/pov-bauble-uses-diy-accelerometer-to-sync-the-image/ | POV Bauble Uses DIY Accelerometer To Sync The Image | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"drinking straw",
"POV",
"reflective sensor"
] | So we saw this tip come in and thought–oh, another POV device. We watched the video (embedded after the break), took a sip of coffee, then almost sprayed the beverage all over the computer when we realized that
this uses a diy sensor to synchronize the POV image
.
[Ch00f] came up with the idea for the sensor after seei... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "510374",
"author": "PabloS",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T20:32:08",
"content": "I’ve done something similar with a small washer hanging from a wire and suspended between two pins. As it swings back and forth and contacts either post, I can sync my message.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,026.975619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/i-am-root-kindle-fire-edition/ | I Am Root! — Kindle Fire Edition | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks",
"Kindle hacks"
] | [
"amazon",
"kindle fire",
"root",
"superoneclick"
] | Amazon’s new tablet reader,
the Kindle Fire has been rooted
. Early this morning [Death2All110] posted the steps he took to gain root access to his device (which is so fresh out of the box it still smells new). The heavy lifting is done by
a package called SuperOneClick
which aims to root all manner of phones and devic... | 23 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "510258",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T18:42:22",
"content": "Hi there,Still doesn’t come with an SD Card slot so it can’t be Micheal Jacksoned ,(like Wubi) .END",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "510277",
"author... | 1,760,377,027.035177 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/theres-a-lot-packed-into-this-beagleboard-controlled-rover/ | There’s A Lot Packed Into This BeagleBoard Controlled Rover | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"beagleboard",
"digital compass",
"gps",
"rover",
"video"
] | That black box is hiding all kinds of
goodies that make this rover a hacking playground
. [Andrey] built the device around a BeagleBoard, which offers the processing power and modules that he needed to make the rest of it work.
The control unit shrinks the pilot down to the rover’s size, using a cockpit that has a stee... | 7 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "508648",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T23:19:49",
"content": "half of the cost is the model car, the other half is beagleboardjust watched their presentation, looks like all the work went into working around buggy incomplete omap4 h264 encoder (doesnt respect bitrate p... | 1,760,377,027.13417 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/taking-gps-where-no-man-has-gone-before/ | Taking GPS Where No Man Has Gone Before | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware"
] | [
"data logger",
"gps",
"mountain",
"mountaineering"
] | [Willem] has a friend that wanted to take a GPS datalogger up an unclimbed mountain the wilds of Kyrgyzstan. The
GPS logger
built for the expedition made it to the summit of
Eggmendueluek
, but it didn’t work the whole way up. Since the logger came back to London, [Willem] was able to do a complete teardown and failure... | 24 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "508510",
"author": "Roman Dulgarov",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T20:10:26",
"content": "Lol In “Mother Russia, you ‘LOG’ the GPS” hehe",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "508760",
"author": "Punkguyta",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,377,027.192119 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/the-international-obfuscated-c-code-contest-is-back/ | The International Obfuscated C Code Contest Is Back | Brian Benchoff | [
"Software Development"
] | [
"c programming",
"IOCCC",
"obfuscated c code",
"programming"
] | The
International Obfuscated C Code Contest
is back. The
stated goals
of the IOCCC are to, “Write the most obscure C program, show the importance of programming style (by doing the opposite), stress the preprocessor to the breaking point, and illustrate some subtleties of the C language.” If you think you’re up to the ... | 13 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "508475",
"author": "xeracy",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T19:13:53",
"content": "“want more precision? write a bigger program!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "508477",
"author": "Mhoriarty",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T19:20:3... | 1,760,377,027.347022 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/insane-macro-photography-rig/ | Insane Macro Photography Rig | Brian Benchoff | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"3d camera",
"macro photography"
] | [fotoopa] just put up a
Flikr build log
of his 3D macro photography rig he uses to
take pictures of insects in flight
. Outside Hollywood or
National Geographic
, we’ve never seen a crazier photography rig.
[fotoopa]’s build is based around two cameras – a Nikon D200 and D300. These cameras are pointed towards the subj... | 11 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "508437",
"author": "ColinB",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T18:23:50",
"content": "Insaneis no exaggeration. That is an impressive piece of work and Frans has my great admiration! He has put tremendous effort into this project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,377,027.3975 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/half-tone-cnc-with-man-powered-z-axis/ | Half-tone CNC With Man-powered Z Axis | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"drum",
"halftone",
"sharpie",
"stepper"
] | We think this is an intriguing take on half-tone art. It’s a CNC machine that uses
an Arduino and two stepper motors to draw on a paper-covered drum
. But you’re not just going to set it and forget it. To simplify the device, the Z-axis is not mechanized, but requires the dexterous opposing digit of a person to actuate... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "508334",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T17:08:10",
"content": "Hmm, isn’t this type of “CNC machine” more customarily known as adrum plotter?Let’s not go overboard with all that CNC stuff …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,027.44331 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/spaduino-heats-up-a-used-hot-tub/ | Spaduino Heats Up A Used Hot-tub | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"hot tub",
"solid state relay",
"spa",
"ssr",
"thermistor"
] | [Ryan] and the roomies decided that a hot tub was just what they needed to spice up the place. They hit Craig’s List and found one for the right price. After acquisition and setup they were pleased to find that the jets and pump worked great. But you’re not going to want to stick as much as your big toe into this ice-c... | 38 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "508294",
"author": "hot",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T16:11:22",
"content": "Careful!I have personal knowledge of a hot tub malfunction which caused the hot tub to overheat. Unfortunately the owner did not know that. He stuck his leg into the near boiling water, and was burned halfwa... | 1,760,377,027.872807 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/kitchen-hacks-dinos-egg-tricks/ | Kitchen Hacks: [Dino’s] Egg Tricks | Mike Szczys | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"eggs",
"espresso",
"hollandaise",
"kitchen hacks"
] | [Dino’s] latest weekly hack plays right into our Kitchen Hacks theme. He’s sharing
some obscure tips and tricks involving eggs
.
It should come as no surprise that he knows a thing or two about using eggs. After all,
he keeps chickens
and you’ve can’t just let good eggs go to waste. Which is where his first tip comes i... | 16 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "508251",
"author": "Phrankie",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T15:37:05",
"content": "Dude, I can hear the chickens in the background! This guy is scary, but he can cook me breakfast anytime.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "508254",
... | 1,760,377,027.70788 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/12/lego-nxt-creations-are-even-cooler-with-wifi-on-board/ | Lego NXT Creations Are Even Cooler With WiFi On Board | Mike Nathan | [
"News"
] | [] | The folks at Dexter Industries have just wrapped up
a week of Lego NXT projects
, most of which centered on the use of their NXT WiFi sensor. Developed over the last few months, the group has been hard at work refining their design and getting some of the kinks worked out, so now you too can control your NXT creations ... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "507073",
"author": "Nvoid82",
"timestamp": "2011-11-12T22:41:07",
"content": "Has anyone heard of the samantha module?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "508220",
"author": "signal7",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T14:52:31",
... | 1,760,377,027.911283 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/12/video-working-with-the-3pi-robots-line-sensors/ | Video: Working With The 3pi Robot’s Line Sensors | Jack Buffington | [
"News",
"Robots Hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"3pi",
"atmega328p",
"line sensor",
"robot"
] | This week, we are serving up part five in our series where we are using the Pololu 3pi robot as a fancy development board for the ATmega328p processor. This week we are taking a quick break from working with the perpherals specific to the processor and will show how to work with the 3pi’s line sensors. A quick look at ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "507879",
"author": "Gav",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T05:53:07",
"content": "Thanks for the vid. Those 3pi robots are a great piece of work, i love using them.My only complaint is that lack of onboard FTDI/USB means newbs have to buy a dedicated programmer and hack the arduino ide, whi... | 1,760,377,027.653509 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/12/adding-rs232-to-a-multimeter-the-hard-way/ | Adding RS232 To A Multimeter The Hard Way | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"16f688",
"dmm",
"multimeter",
"pic",
"rs232"
] | You might want to store information from a multimeter to be graphed over time. This comes with pretty much all of the high-end professional models. But if you buy a super cheap meter you can bet this isn’t an option. [Jazzzzzz] has found a way to
pull the data from a $4 meter via RS232
. It’s not impossible, but we def... | 23 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "506859",
"author": "steaky",
"timestamp": "2011-11-12T18:21:11",
"content": "Surely the hard way would be to reverse engineer the LCD display protocol and use that to get the data out",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "506875",
... | 1,760,377,027.970637 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/12/ghostly-images-appear-thanks-to-projections-on-fog/ | Ghostly Images Appear Thanks To Projections On Fog | Mike Szczys | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"fog",
"laminar",
"laminar flow",
"projector"
] | This wire-frame cube appears to be floating in mid-air because it actually is. This is a project which [Tom] calls a Laminar Flow Fog Screen. He built a device that puts out a faint amount of fog, which the intense light from a projector is able to illuminate. The real trick here is to get a uniformed fog wall, which i... | 28 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "506758",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2011-11-12T15:26:55",
"content": "Looks nice. Commercial laminar fog screens athttp://www.fogscreen.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "506770",
"author": "MikrySoft",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,377,028.072358 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/12/weekly-roundup-111211/ | Weekly Roundup 11/12/11 | Jack Buffington | [
"News",
"Weekly Roundup"
] | [
"weekly roundup"
] | In case you missed them the first time around, here are our most popular posts from the past week:
In the #1 spot, we had a post about a
tri-color laser projector
that really is a well-done project. This projector sweeps the lasers around in vector mode using a pair or mirror galvanometers so would be perfect for pla... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "507060",
"author": "yetihehe",
"timestamp": "2011-11-12T22:34:27",
"content": "In case nobody noticed, they identified the chips already.http://www.sparkfun.com/news/395",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,028.007755 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/11/youll-shoot-your-eye-out-with-this-laser-filled-tennis-ball/ | You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out With This Laser-filled Tennis Ball | Mike Nathan | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"lasers",
"Teensy"
] | We love lasers, you love lasers…who doesn’t love them?
[Matt Leone] recently
took his passion for lasers over the top
and built a little something called the Laser Ball. Fed up with the deluge of of LED cubes floating around online, he says that the Laser Ball is the new sheriff in town – and we’re inclined to agree.
H... | 48 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "506245",
"author": "goebish",
"timestamp": "2011-11-12T01:13:04",
"content": "What about eyes safety ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "506253",
"author": "Chalkbot",
"timestamp": "2011-11-12T01:27:03",
... | 1,760,377,028.152969 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/11/dad-hacks-his-son/ | Dad Hacks Cerebral Palsy, Upgrades Son’s Lifestyle | Brian Benchoff | [
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"cerebral palsy",
"kinesthetic",
"physical therapy"
] | [Jorge]’s son was born in 2004 after a troubling time in the womb. The son, [Ivo], wasn’t getting enough oxygen and unfortunately developed cerebral palsy. [Jorge] took it upon himself to improve his son’s life, so he
got busy building
some machinery for physical therapy. Today, [Ivo] is able to walk
very well
without ... | 44 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "506205",
"author": "Kyle Hotchkiss",
"timestamp": "2011-11-12T00:03:51",
"content": "Jorge, you are an awesome father and I respect you for this man. I know a life with CP would be hard and you really changed your sons life for the better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,028.227419 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/bluetooth-enabled-breathalyzer/ | Bluetooth Enabled Breathalyzer | Brian Benchoff | [
"Android Hacks",
"Beer Hacks"
] | [
"alcohol sensor",
"android",
"breathalyzer",
"ioio"
] | [Al] at Open Gadgets just put the finishing touches on his
Android breathalyzer
. It’s the perfect thing to install on ex-girlfriends’ phones to prevent 2 a.m. drunk dialing.
The project started off as a
talking breathalyzer
connected to a computer that tweeted your BAC, gave weather and stock readouts, and functioned ... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "508153",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2011-11-14T14:18:57",
"content": "My opinion: if they can’t stop driving when they’re drinking, they shouldn’t have a driving license in the first place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "508... | 1,760,377,028.274486 |
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