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https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/raspberry-pi-scanner-digitizes-on-the-cheap/ | Raspberry Pi Scanner Digitizes On The Cheap | Kristina Panos | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"document scanner",
"Pi camera",
"raspberry pi",
"Raspberry Pi 4B",
"Raspberry pi camera"
] | It’s pretty important in 2024 to be able digitize documents quickly and easily without necessarily having to stop by the local library or buy an all-in-one printer. While there are plenty of commercial solutions out there, [Caelestis Cosplay] has created
a simple document scanner that takes documents, as [Caelestis Cos... | 29 | 10 | [
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"author": "alialiali",
"timestamp": "2024-04-18T06:15:56",
"content": "What I really want from a digitiser (software really) is a way to integrate multiple scans into a single clean image.I typically make two scans, affine register them in GIMP and then paint each in and o... | 1,760,371,943.896106 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/source-code-to-the-1999-fps-game-descent-3-released/ | Source Code To The 1999 FPS GameDescent 3Released | Maya Posch | [
"Games",
"News"
] | [
"classic gaming",
"first person shooter",
"source code"
] | On April 16th of this year, [Kevin Bentley]
released the source code
to the Sci-Fi FPS game
Descent 3
. Originally released in 1999 for Windows, the game has you control a flying ship which you have to guide through both in- and outdoor environments, while shooting at robots that have been infected with an alien virus ... | 48 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750996",
"author": "nerd65536",
"timestamp": "2024-04-18T02:37:12",
"content": "Freespace 2, closely related to the Descent series, also had its code open-sourced, and it has a healthy community around it, continuously improving the engine.https://wiki.hard-light.net/index.php/Sour... | 1,760,371,944.131131 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/floss-weekly-episode-779-errata-prevention-specialist/ | FLOSS Weekly Episode 779: Errata Prevention Specialist | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Podcasts"
] | [
"amateur radio",
"FLOSS Weekly",
"ham radio",
"linux distro"
] | This week Jonathan Bennett and
Dan Lynch
sit down with Andy Stewart to talk about
Andy’s Ham Radio Linux (AHRL)
! It’s the Linux distro designed to give hams the tools they need to work with their radios. What’s it like to run a niche Linux distro? How has Andy managed to keep up with this for over a decade? And what’s... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6751077",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2024-04-18T10:24:04",
"content": "What is the big announcement? No, I don’t want to listen to the podcast, sorry.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,943.557921 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/this-go-kart-rides-on-a-pallet/ | This Go-Kart Rides On A Pallet | Bryan Cockfield | [
"News"
] | [
"engine",
"four speed",
"go-kart",
"pallet",
"transmission",
"woodworking"
] | Many beginner woodworkers, looking to offset the introductory costs of starting a hobby, will source their wood from pallets. Generally they’re easily found and can be low or no cost, but typically require a bit of work before they’re usable in a project. [Garage Avenger] is looking to do something a little outside of ... | 16 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750886",
"author": "Mayhem",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T20:56:47",
"content": "“Most pallets are made of pine which is flexible.” Most pallets are made of “swamp” oak. I dare you to try driving a nail into a hard oak pallet. The guys who repair pallets use fuel driven nail guns beca... | 1,760,371,943.664708 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/compiling-and-running-turbo-pascal-in-the-browser/ | Compiling And Running Turbo Pascal In The Browser | Maya Posch | [
"Software Development"
] | [
"Pascal",
"turbo pascal"
] | When a friend of [Lawrence Kesteloot] found a stack of 3.5″ floppy disks, they found that it contained Turbo Pascal code which the two of them had worked on back in the Summer of 1989.
Amidst reminiscing
about the High School days and watching movies on VHS, [Lawrence] sought a way to bring these graphical applications... | 15 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750858",
"author": "rclark",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T19:33:46",
"content": "Neat! But JavaScript…. Yikes.I use Free Pascal and Lazarus on my Linux machines now for Pascal. It’s available on Windows too for those that are still on that platform. But Borland Pascal came out while... | 1,760,371,944.023692 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/vcf-east-2024-was-bigger-and-better-than-ever/ | VCF East 2024 Was Bigger And Better Than Ever | Tom Nardi | [
"cons",
"Featured",
"Retrocomputing",
"Slider"
] | [
"VCF",
"VCF 2024",
"VCF East",
"Vintage Computer Festival"
] | I knew something had changed before I even paid for my ticket to this year’s
Vintage Computer Festival East
at the InfoAge Science and History Museum in Wall, New Jersey.
Over the last couple of years, attendance has been growing to the point that parking in the lot directly next to the main entrance has been reserved ... | 16 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750832",
"author": "Inhibit",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T18:46:51",
"content": "That was a fun show, thanks to everyone who took the time to stop in and show off some aging silicon. Extra points for the European contingents with all the non-US released hardware!",
"parent_id": nu... | 1,760,371,943.828718 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/custom-dog-door-prevents-culinary-atrocities/ | Custom Dog Door Prevents Culinary Atrocities | Bob Baddeley | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"cat poop",
"dog",
"dog poop",
"magnets",
"poop",
"reed switch"
] | Riley, an 8 lb pug, has more beauty than brains, and a palate as unrefined as crude oil. While we hate criticizing others’ interests and tastes, his penchant for eating cat poop needed to stop. After a thorough exploration of a variety of options, including cat food additives that make its excrement taste worse (HOW? W... | 32 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750758",
"author": "Per Jensen",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T15:52:56",
"content": "Put the litter tray on a platform where the can can get to with no problems, but where the pug cannot easily go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,371,943.96604 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/human-interfacing-devices-hid-over-i2c/ | Human-Interfacing Devices: HID Over I2C | Arya Voronova | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"device",
"hacking",
"hid",
"i2c",
"peripheral",
"reverse engineering"
] | In the previous two HID articles, we talked about
stealing HID descriptors
,
learned about a number of cool tools
you can use for HID hacking on Linux, and created a touchscreen device. This time, let’s talk about an underappreciated HID standard, but one that you might be using right now as you’re reading this article... | 22 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750750",
"author": "ziggurat29",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T15:15:22",
"content": "Excellent; I’d click a like button but we don’t have that.C++ wants to be your friend; be not afraid.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6750987",
... | 1,760,371,944.207695 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/getting-started-with-radio-astronomy/ | Getting Started With Radio Astronomy | Al Williams | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"Radio Astronomy",
"society of amateur radio astronomers"
] | There are many facets to being a radio hobbyist, but if you’ve ever had the urge to dabble in radio astronomy, check out “
The Novice’s Guide to Amateur Radio Astronomy
,” a presentation at the 2024 conference of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers. In that presentation (see the video below), [Nathan Butts] covers... | 14 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750829",
"author": "Scotr",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T18:43:08",
"content": "Excellent article, It confirms my working theory of natural radio, I’ve made many recordings using a SDR and it really is transformative, I even stopped buying ABBA vinyl records for the summerScott, Neath"... | 1,760,371,943.614201 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/a-rog-ally-battery-mod-you-ought-to-try/ | A ROG Ally Battery Mod You Ought To Try | Arya Voronova | [
"Battery Hacks",
"handhelds hacks",
"how-to"
] | [
"battery swap",
"gaming console",
"handheld gaming console",
"ifixit",
"rog ally"
] | Today’s hack is an unexpected but appreciated contribution from members of the
iFixit
crew, published by [Shahram Mokhtari]. This is an ROG Ally Asus-produced handheld gaming console mod that
has you upgrade the battery
to an aftermarket battery from an Asus laptop to double your battery life (40 Wh to 88 Wh).
There ar... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750637",
"author": "Bob the builder",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T10:06:41",
"content": "Neat trick. I got a Steam Deck and when I travel, I use the ModCase and that comes with, what looks a bit like, a watch. That’s a mounting system that let’s me mount a battery bank to the back of ... | 1,760,371,944.260456 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/cyberpunk-guitar-strap-lights-up-with-repurposed-pcbs/ | Cyberpunk Guitar Strap Lights Up With Repurposed PCBs | Kristina Panos | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"7 segment leds",
"battery",
"Circuit Playground Express",
"RGB LEDs",
"sound reactive"
] | Sometimes, whether we like it or not, ordering PCBs results in extra PCBs lying around, either because of board house minimums, mistakes on either end, or both. What’s to be done with these boards? If you’re Hackaday alum [Jeremy Cook],
you make a sound-reactive, light-up guitar strap
and rock out in cyberpunk style.
T... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750681",
"author": "Jeremy Cook",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T12:11:06",
"content": "Thanks so much for the writeup!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6750797",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T18:01:45",
"conten... | 1,760,371,944.3027 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/still-up-and-coming-non-planar-fdm-3d-printing-with-3-or-6-axes/ | Still Up And Coming: Non-Planar FDM 3D Printing With 3 Or 6 Axes | Maya Posch | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"non-planar 3D printing",
"non-planar layer FDM"
] | Printing the non-planar PLA part on top of the non-planar side of the PETG part. (Credit: Michael Wüthrich)
Most of the time FDM 3D printing involves laying down layers of thermoplastics, but the layer lines also form the biggest weakness with parts produced this way. Being able to lay out the lines to follow the part’... | 9 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750555",
"author": "Alexander Pruss",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T02:21:31",
"content": "I wonder if a low-hanging fruit might not be non-planar infill for a slicer. The slicer could look for tall rectangular prism areas inside the object, and then add a bit of a non-planarity to the ... | 1,760,371,944.354226 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/more-microwave-metal-casting/ | More Microwave Metal Casting | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"brass",
"casting",
"ceramic",
"forge",
"investment",
"Kapton",
"microwave",
"silicon carbide",
"vacuum"
] | If you think you can’t do investment casting because you don’t have a safe place to melt metal, think again. Metal casting in the kitchen is possible, as demonstrated by
this over-the-top bathroom hook repair using a microwave forge
.
Now, just because it’s possible doesn’t mean it’s advisable. There are a lot better w... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750545",
"author": "todd3465",
"timestamp": "2024-04-17T01:27:02",
"content": "Going to have to try this one day soon (outside). Melting stuff in a microwave just says ‘Try me you know you want to’.Stupid question, Is the use of the word “forge” for a melting furnace a British Engl... | 1,760,371,944.400541 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/recycling-wires-for-breadboarding/ | Recycling Wires For Breadboarding | Al Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"breadboard",
"breadboard hacks"
] | It is easy to take things for granted, but if you work with students, you realize that even something as simple as a breadboard needs explanation. [0033mer] recently shared a tip about how he wires both solderless breadboards and prototype boards on the cheap. Instead of buying special wires, he
salvages riser cables o... | 37 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750451",
"author": "Clovis Fritzen",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T20:10:12",
"content": "I actually abandoned doing this after figuring out about the jumper wires sold in Aliexpress, at around 2013. Commercially made ones are much neater.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,371,944.985201 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/the-next-evolution-of-the-raspberry-pi-recovery-kit/ | The Next Evolution Of The Raspberry Pi Recovery Kit | Tom Nardi | [
"Cyberdecks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"pelican case",
"portable computer",
"Recovery Kit",
"ruggedized"
] | At Hackaday, the projects we cover are generally a one-off sort of thing. Somebody makes something, they post it online, we share it with our audience — rinse and repeat. If a project really captures people’s imaginations, it might even inspire a copy or two, which is gratifying for everyone involved. But on the rarest... | 25 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750438",
"author": "Ethan Waldo",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T19:10:57",
"content": "With any luck, we’ll see a Raspberry Pi 5 update tohttps://hackaday.com/2015/06/20/the-first-pipboy-well-see-this-year/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment... | 1,760,371,945.254375 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/microsoft-killed-my-favorite-keyboard-and-im-mad-about-it/ | Microsoft Killed My Favorite Keyboard, And I’m Mad About It | Lewin Day | [
"Featured",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"dongle",
"keyboard",
"keyboards",
"logitech",
"microsoft",
"Rant",
"replacable"
] | As a professional writer, I rack up thousands of words a day. Too many in fact, to the point where it hurts my brain. To ease this burden, I choose my tools carefully to minimize obstructions as the words pour from my mind, spilling through my fingers on their way to the screen.
That’s a long-winded way of saying I’m p... | 74 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750397",
"author": "jenningsthecat",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T17:22:42",
"content": "Now that you have a suitable replacement, I would suggest starting to set aside money to buy at least one more – perhaps two or three – and find some way of storing the spare(s) securely offsite. W... | 1,760,371,945.471271 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/fail-of-the-week-can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-remove-bubbles-from-resin/ | Fail Of The Week: Can An Ultrasonic Cleaner Remove Bubbles From Resin? | Donald Papp | [
"Fail of the Week",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bubbles",
"degas",
"epoxy resin"
] | [Wendy] asked a very good question.
Could putting liquid resin into an ultrasonic cleaner help degas it
? Would it help remove bubbles, resulting in a cleaner pour and nicer end product? What we love is that she tried it out and shared her results. She purchased an ultrasonic cleaner and proceeded to mix two batches of... | 23 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750372",
"author": "0xfred",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T15:33:16",
"content": "It also doesn’t work to agitate FeCl when etching PCBs – using a sealed plastic container in a water bath to protect the cleaner, obviously.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,371,944.912655 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/linux-fu-stupid-systemd-tricks/ | Linux Fu: Stupid Systemd Tricks | Al Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"systemd"
] | Last time, I gave a whirlwind introduction to a very
small slice of systemd
. If you aren’t comfortable with systemd services, timers, and mounts, you might want to read that now. Otherwise, press on to see a few interesting uses for custom systemd units, including running a few things on a schedule and automatically m... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750349",
"author": "Brian Masney",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T14:35:39",
"content": "For #2 to turn of Baloo, I think you can run ‘systemctl –user mask kde-baloo’ and that should stop it from starting in the first place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,371,945.113015 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/why-pulse-current-charging-lithium-ion-batteries-extends-their-useful-lifespan/ | Why Pulse Current Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries Extends Their Useful Lifespan | Maya Posch | [
"Science"
] | [
"lithium ion",
"Lithium-ion battery"
] | For as much capacity lithium-ion batteries have, their useful lifespan is generally measured in the hundreds of cycles. This degradation is caused by the electrodes themselves degrading, including the graphite anode in certain battery configurations fracturing. For a few years it’s been known that pulsed current (PC) c... | 62 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750308",
"author": "cyclops",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T12:20:56",
"content": "This reminds me a little bit ofhttps://www.rctalk.com/dyna-pro-digital-discharger/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6750309",
"author": "thom",
... | 1,760,371,945.354606 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/analyzing-the-code-from-the-terminators-hud/ | Analyzing The Code From The Terminator’s HUD | Lewin Day | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"t-1000",
"terminator",
"the terminator"
] | The T-800, also known as the Terminator, was like some kind of non-giving up robot guy. The robot assassin viewed the world through a tinted view with lines of code scrolling by all the while. It was cinematic shorthand to tell the audience they were looking through the eyes of a machine.
Now, a YouTuber called [Open S... | 39 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750117",
"author": "UnderSampled",
"timestamp": "2024-04-15T15:53:07",
"content": "> It suggests perhaps someone involved with the movie was also involved or had access to an early copy of Nibble MagazineOr, hear me out, maybe the T-1000 is a time-traveler!",
"parent_id": null,... | 1,760,371,945.059819 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/remembering-peter-higgs-and-the-gravity-of-his-contributions-to-physics/ | Remembering Peter Higgs And The Gravity Of His Contributions To Physics | Maya Posch | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Science"
] | [
"gauge boson",
"Peter Higgs"
] | There are probably very few people on this globe who at some point in time haven’t heard the term ‘Higgs Boson’ zip past, along with the term ‘God Particle’. As during the 2010s the scientists at CERN were trying to find evidence for the existence of this scalar boson and with it evidence for the existence of the Higg... | 9 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750148",
"author": "Pat",
"timestamp": "2024-04-15T17:30:23",
"content": "“To resolve this, the Higgs mechanism was introduced, which involved the Higgs field and a short-lived scalar boson particle that had no spin, no charge, but a significant mass which could be imparted on gaug... | 1,760,371,945.587434 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/how-do-you-make-a-repairable-e-reader/ | How Do You Make A Repairable E-Reader | Jenny List | [
"handhelds hacks"
] | [
"ifixti",
"kobo",
"repair",
"right to repair"
] | Mobile devices have become notorious for their unrepairability, with glued-together parts and impossible-to-reach connectors. So it’s refreshing to see something new in that field from the e-book reader brand Kobo in the form of
a partnership with iFixit to ensure that their new reader line can be fixed
.
Naturally, we... | 40 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750052",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2024-04-15T11:52:13",
"content": "I hope laptop follows this soon. Replacing a broken power connector shouldn’t require the use of 3 very small screwdrivers to remove 157 tiny screws, unplugging a few connectors (keyboard, trackpad, LCD, CPU... | 1,760,371,945.540713 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/waveform-generator-teardown-is-nearly-empty/ | Waveform Generator Teardown Is Nearly Empty | Al Williams | [
"Teardown",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"teardown",
"test equipment"
] | We always enjoy [Kerry Wong]’s insightful teardowns, and recently, he opened up a UTG1042X arbitrary waveform generator. Getting inside was a bit of a challenge since there were no visible screws. Turns out, they were under some stickers. We always dislike that because it is very difficult to get the unit to go back to... | 26 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750034",
"author": "paulvdh",
"timestamp": "2024-04-15T09:35:53",
"content": "I find this trend quite annoying. A few years ago I was seriously considering to buy a desktop DMM, and those also have those big empty boxes. If someone would ask me, it’s time for the Test & measurement... | 1,760,371,945.646322 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/a-buggy-entry-in-the-useless-robot-category/ | A Buggy Entry In The Useless Robot Category | Orlando Hoilett | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"bugs life",
"happy birthday",
"robotics",
"useless machine",
"useless robot"
] | No one loves a useless robot more than we do here at Hackaday. But if anyone does it might be [ARC385] with her
Bug Bite Bot
.
A true engineering marvel, [ARC385]’s bug bot extinguishes the candle on its own little birthday cupcake. Yup. That’s it! Even more peculiar, (and to be fair, somewhat fittingly) before her bug... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750303",
"author": "ono",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T11:58:53",
"content": "Absolutely amazing. It´s so mesmerizing, I´m flabbergasted!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,945.685541 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/voice-control-for-a-vintage-heathkit-radio/ | Voice Control For A Vintage Heathkit Radio | Al Williams | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"heathkit",
"teardown"
] | Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know many people who use it often. When a transmitter is in VOX mode, it starts transmitting when you talk, and then, when you pause for a second or two, the transmitter turns off. Many old ham transmitters, though, didn’t support VO... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750094",
"author": "Panondorf",
"timestamp": "2024-04-15T14:17:34",
"content": "If you have a selenium rectifier and a low-enough resistance load that can also handle a lot of watts… you can make a really great e-incense.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,371,945.730207 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/hackaday-links-april-14-2024/ | Hackaday Links: April 14, 2024 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links",
"Slider"
] | [
"bridge",
"collapse",
"cvs",
"D-17",
"eclipse",
"flare",
"hackaday links",
"Minuteman",
"prominence",
"RCS",
"SCCS",
"solar",
"source control"
] | The Great American Eclipse v2.0 has come and gone, sadly without our traveling to the path of totality as planned; family stuff. We did get a report from friends in Texas that it was just as spectacular there as expected, with the bonus of seeing a solar flare off the southwest limb of the disk at totality.
Many people... | 10 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749952",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T23:36:08",
"content": "” the vessel imparted something like 26 million pounds of force on the bridge.”For reference, the ship mass was 300 million pounds. The force exerted was less than ten percent of the mass of the ship.For th... | 1,760,371,945.775446 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/porting-modern-windows-applications-to-windows-95/ | Porting Modern Windows Applications To Windows 95 | Maya Posch | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Reverse Engineering",
"Software Development"
] | [
".NET",
"windows 95"
] | Windows 95 was an amazing operating system that would forever transform the world of home computing, setting the standard for user interaction on a desktop and quite possibly was the OS which had the longest queue of people lining up on launch day to snag a boxed copy. This raises the question of why we still don’t wri... | 82 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749913",
"author": "Jamie",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T20:07:49",
"content": "Windows 95 boot time: 2s to full operation. 99MHz 1st Gen single-core pentium with no graphics support, 8MB of ram and a couple meg HD.Windows 11 boot time: 1 minute+ to full operation. 4GHz i9 processor wi... | 1,760,371,945.88536 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/danish-vintage-lrc-meter-reveals-inside/ | Danish Vintage LRC Meter Reveals Inside | Al Williams | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"teardown",
"test equipment"
] | Modern test equipment is great, but there’s something about a big meter with a swinging needle and a mirror for parallax correction that makes a device look like real gear. [Thomas] shows us a
Danish LCR
meter (or, as it says on the front, an RLC meter). The device passes AC through the component and uses that to deter... | 7 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749900",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T18:09:38",
"content": "I have an AVO Model 7 meter from the early 1950s that has a “Capacity” setting as well as the usual V and R. But you have to supply your own 50 Hz AC at “62V to 250V”, ie probably UK mains! First you apply you... | 1,760,371,946.296253 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/the-bbc-micro-lovingly-simulated-in-vr/ | The BBC Micro, Lovingly Simulated In VR | Donald Papp | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Virtual Reality"
] | [
"BBC Micro",
"emulator",
"vr",
"webxr"
] | The BBC Micro was many peoples’ first exposure to home computing, and thanks to [Dominic Pajak], you can
fire up this beloved hardware in WebXR
. Is it an emulator? Yes, but it’s also much more than that.
The machine, the CRT, the keycaps, and even the sounds of the original keypresses are all brought to life as accura... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749921",
"author": "LookAtDaShinyShiny",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T20:41:57",
"content": "chuckie egg in VR, how far we’ve come in 45 years…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6750010",
"author": "Axel",
"timestam... | 1,760,371,946.506322 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/dump-a-code-repository-as-a-text-file-for-easier-sharing-with-chatbots/ | Dump A Code Repository As A Text File, For Easier Sharing With Chatbots | Donald Papp | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Software Development"
] | [
"ai",
"chatbot",
"coding",
"github",
"LLM",
"programming assistant",
"text file"
] | Some LLMs (Large Language Models) can act as useful programming assistants when provided with a project’s source code, but experimenting with this can get a little tricky if the chatbot has no way to download from the internet. In such cases, the code must be provided by either pasting it into the prompt or uploading a... | 16 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749876",
"author": "Hamish",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T13:26:44",
"content": "Doing this to a github repo makes sense, and is a definite hack for the current gen of LLM systems. I have a hotkey’d script in VS Code that copies every file with some specified extensions into the clipbo... | 1,760,371,946.245295 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/a-slew-of-ai-courses-to-get-yourself-up-to-speed/ | A Slew Of AI Courses To Get Yourself Up To Speed | Al Williams | [
"Artificial Intelligence"
] | [
"ai",
"online learning"
] | When there’s a new technology, there’s always a slew of people who want to educate you about it. Some want to teach you to use their tools, some want you to pay for training, and others will use free training to entice you to buy further training. Since AI is the new hot buzzword, there are plenty of free classes from ... | 13 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749855",
"author": "shinsukke",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T08:12:24",
"content": "I tried a few courses but I always abandon them when they finish teaching about linear regression and other basic stuff and tell you to import one of the example image data sets.That’s just disillusioni... | 1,760,371,946.348439 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/when-your-level-shifter-is-too-smart-to-function/ | When Your Level Shifter Is Too Smart To Function | Arya Voronova | [
"Parts"
] | [
"1.8v logic",
"level shifter",
"level shifting",
"logic levels",
"txb0104",
"txb010x"
] | By now, 3.3V has become a comfortable and common logic level for basically anything you might be hacking. However, sometimes, you still need to interface your GPIOs with devices that are 5 V, 1.8 V, or something even less common like 2.5 V. At this point, you might stumble upon autosensing level shifters, like the TXB0... | 9 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749844",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T05:46:39",
"content": "Usually the tolerances are wide enough that it doesn’t really matter. Maybe it would cause problems with some finicky and sensitive circuits, but most of the time things will still recognize the logic levels. ... | 1,760,371,946.551575 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/m17-digital-communications-go-from-strength-to-strength/ | M17 Digital Communications Go From Strength To Strength | Jenny List | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"amateur radio",
"digital radio",
"m17"
] | The world of amateur radio is like many other fields in that there has been a move underway from analogue to digital modes. In fact, amateur radio has often led the way in digital innovation. There’s a snag, though: many of the digital speech modes are proprietary. To address this along comes
the M17 project
, an effo... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749871",
"author": "Hal",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T12:05:27",
"content": "“You can read some of our previous M17 coverage here”….. was the ‘here’ supposed to be a link or was that an invitation to search the archives?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,371,946.190193 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/picontrol-brings-modern-controllers-to-atari-2600/ | PicoNtrol Brings Modern Controllers To Atari 2600 | Tom Nardi | [
"Games",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"atari 2600",
"bluetooth",
"game controller",
"pi pico"
] | While there’s an argument to be made that retro games should be experienced with whatever input device they were designed around, there’s no debating that modern game controllers are a lot more ergonomic and enjoyable to use than some of those early 8-bit entries.
Now, thanks to the
PicoNtrol project from [Reogen]
, yo... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749811",
"author": "LordNothing",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T00:15:44",
"content": "im of the opinion that modern controllers are not very good. retrocontrollers are also not very good. there was a sweet spot somewhere around the mid to late 90s where you could get some really awesom... | 1,760,371,946.743045 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/whos-afraid-of-a-crt/ | Who’s Afraid Of A CRT? | Jenny List | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"crt",
"high voltage",
"repair"
] | Older consumer electronic devices follow a desirability curve in which after they fall from favour they can’t be given away. But as they become rarer, they reach a point at which everyone wants them. Then, they can’t be had for love nor money. CRT TVs are now in the first stage, they’re bulky and lower-definition than ... | 25 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749785",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-04-13T20:24:11",
"content": "I’m a long way from that point mentioned. I have all sorts of retro stuff repaired and in working order, from 1950s valve/tube radios to 1970s hi-fi to 1980s home computers, but the one thing I do not miss is ... | 1,760,371,946.608338 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/delays-and-timers-in-ltspice-no-555/ | Delays And Timers In LTSpice (no 555) | Al Williams | [
"Parts"
] | [
"RC delay line",
"timer"
] | If you need a precise time, you could use a microcontroller. Of course, then all your friends will say “Could have done that with a 555!” But the 555 isn’t magic — it uses a capacitor and a comparator in different configurations to work. Want to understand what’s going on inside? [Mano Arrostita] has a video about
simu... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749857",
"author": "shinsukke",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T08:20:53",
"content": "Oscillators take a bit of coaxing to get to working in LTSpice. Usually it involves setting the initial voltage of a node as 0V or skipping initial operating point evaluation",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,371,946.647088 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/__trashed-9/ | A Bend Sensor Developed With 3D Printer Filament | Jenny List | [
"Science"
] | [
"bend sensor",
"gray code",
"optical transmission"
] | PhD students spend their time pursuing whatever general paths their supervisor has given them, and if they are lucky, it yields enough solid data to finally write a thesis without tearing their hair out. Sometimes along the way they result in discoveries with immediate application outside academia, and so it was for [P... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749776",
"author": "BrendaEM",
"timestamp": "2024-04-13T18:17:55",
"content": "I have seen experiments in fiber-optic gyroscopes and fiber-interfermeters where a loop is placed to adjust the polarization. I am unsure how new the method is. Also, the Sagnac effect might be an issue ... | 1,760,371,946.689792 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/vintage-particle-counter-is-a-treasure-trove-of-classic-parts/ | Vintage Particle Counter Is A Treasure Trove Of Classic Parts | Dan Maloney | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"clean room",
"helium-neon",
"lasr",
"particulate",
"pm2.5",
"teardown",
"z80"
] | If you need a demonstration of just how far technology has come in the last 40 years, just take a look at
this teardown of a 1987 laser particle counter
.
Granted, the laser-powered instrument that [Les Wright] scored off of eBay wasn’t exactly aimed at consumers. Rather, this was more likely an instrument installed in... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749860",
"author": "Fil Fer",
"timestamp": "2024-04-14T09:05:36",
"content": "Similar technology is also used to measure grain-size distribution f.ex:https://www.malvernpanalytical.com/en/products/technology/light-scattering/laser-diffractionwhich is quite important in civil engine... | 1,760,371,946.84158 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/hackaday-europe-2024-is-live/ | Hackaday Europe 2024 Is Live | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"2024 hackaday europe"
] | Hackaday Europe 2024
is on! We’re all here in Berlin, and the talks are about to begin.
If you’re not, you can join us in spirit on our livestream! And if you’re following along, drop comments here. | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,371,946.873996 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/rabbit-sighted-in-the-wild/ | Rabbit Sighted In The Wild | Jenny List | [
"Phone Hacks"
] | [
"CT2",
"phone",
"rabbit"
] | Here at Hackaday we’re suckers for old abandoned technologies, the more obscure the better. The history of the telephone has plenty to capture our attention, and it’s from that arena that something recently floated past our timeline. [IanVisits]
reports a sighting of a Rabbit in a London Underground station
. The bunny... | 21 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749730",
"author": "limroh",
"timestamp": "2024-04-13T09:16:07",
"content": "Now turn the logo upside down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749780",
"author": "Jii",
"timestamp": "2024-04-13T19:29:18",
... | 1,760,371,946.944987 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/retrotechtacular-the-other-kind-of-fallout-show/ | Retrotechtacular: The Other Kind Of Fallout Show | Dan Maloney | [
"Retrotechtacular"
] | [
"atomic",
"cold war",
"dosimetry",
"Fallout",
"food safety",
"nuclear",
"polish",
"radiation",
"retrotechtacular",
"survival",
"water"
] | Thanks to the newly released Amazon Prime series, not to mention nearly 30 years as a wildly successful gaming franchise,
Fallout
is very much in the zeitgeist these days. But before all that, small-F fallout was on the minds of people living in countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain who would have to deal with th... | 29 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750283",
"author": "tym0tym",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T09:13:34",
"content": "Some of this advice was implemented into practice on 29.4.1986 when Poland (without being informed by USSR what happened on the previous day) took some action. Among other measures, grazing cows outdoors ... | 1,760,371,947.041058 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/alternate-threaded-inserts-for-3d-prints/ | Alternate Threaded Inserts For 3D Prints | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"threaded insert"
] | The usual way to put a durable threaded interface into a 3D print is to use a heat-set insert, but what about other options? [Thomas Sanladerer]
evaluates a variety of different threaded inserts
, none of which are actually made with 3D printing in mind but are useful nevertheless.
There are a number of other easily-av... | 21 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750271",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T07:05:38",
"content": "Good point. Without watching the video I think we can all agree that the answer to the big question will be: “it depends…”. Another question is would be “is it really important”, but also that depends.",
... | 1,760,371,947.104379 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/building-a-tape-echo-in-a-coke-can-tape-player-that-doesnt-really-work/ | Building A Tape Echo In A Coke Can Tape Player That Doesn’t Really Work | Lewin Day | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"cassette",
"tape",
"tape deck",
"tape echo"
] | Back in the 1990s, you could get a tape player shaped like a can of Coca Cola. [Simon the Magpie] scored one of these decks and decided to turn it into
a tape echo effect instead.
It didn’t work so well, but the concept is a compelling one. You can see the result in the video below.
The core of the effect is a tape loo... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750307",
"author": "mrehorst",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T12:15:01",
"content": "Many years ago I had an Akai reel to reel tape deck that had a monitor loop. The sound would go on the tape at the record head and then play back a short time later through the playback head. I once cu... | 1,760,371,947.220799 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/compaq-portable-iii-is-more-than-meets-the-eye/ | Compaq Portable III Is More Than Meets The Eye | Lewin Day | [
"computer hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"compaq",
"compaq portable III",
"portable III"
] | The Compaq Portable III hails from the 386 era — in the days before the laptop form factor was what we know today. It’s got a bit of an odd design, but a compelling one, and the keyboard is pretty nifty, too. [r0r0] found one of these old-school machines and decided it was well worth refitting it
to give it some modern... | 11 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750222",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2024-04-16T00:21:23",
"content": "Nice build! I was always envious of those “lunch box” form factors with amber plasma displays.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6750264",
"author":... | 1,760,371,947.264719 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/plasma-cutter-on-the-cheap-reviewed/ | Plasma Cutter On The Cheap Reviewed | Al Williams | [
"Reviews",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"plasma cutter"
] | If you have a well-equipped shop, it isn’t unusual to have a welder. Stick welders have become a commodity and even some that use shield gas are cheap if you don’t count buying the bottle of gas. But plasma cutters are still a bit pricey. Can you get one from China for under $300? Yes.
Do you want one that cheap?
[Meta... | 24 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750200",
"author": "quietfox",
"timestamp": "2024-04-15T21:09:53",
"content": "Jared at Questionable Garage did a rundown of some inexpensive plasma cutters recently as well:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOdOSYH8Yww",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,371,947.176626 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/3d-printing-a-cassette-is-good-retro-fun/ | 3D Printing A Cassette Is Good Retro Fun | Lewin Day | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d print",
"cassette",
"tape"
] | The cassette is one of the coolest music formats ever, in that you could chuck them about with abandon and they’d usually still work. [Chris Borge] recently decided to see if he could recreate these plastic audio packages himself,
with great success.
He kicked off his project by printing some examples of an open source... | 10 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750182",
"author": "Bear Naff",
"timestamp": "2024-04-15T19:35:03",
"content": "The compact cassette was definitely superior in one fashion. You could replay them with a simple electromechanical system and they kept their place when power was lost – making them perfect for audio b... | 1,760,371,947.310483 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/logic-analyzers-decoding-and-monitoring/ | Logic Analyzers: Decoding And Monitoring | Arya Voronova | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"how-to",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"logic analyzer",
"protocol decoder",
"pulseview",
"reverse engineering",
"sigrok"
] | Last time, we looked into
using a logic analyzer to decode SPI signals of LCD displays,
which can help us reuse LCD screens from proprietary systems, or port LCD driver code from one platform to another! If you are to do that, however, you might find a bottleneck – typically, you need to capture a whole bunch of data a... | 8 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6750161",
"author": "Drone",
"timestamp": "2024-04-15T18:08:32",
"content": "Thank you! IMO sigrock/Pulseview deserves much more attention here on Hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6750225",
"author": "Steve",
... | 1,760,371,947.360547 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/this-week-in-security-batbadbut-dlink-and-your-tv-too/ | This Week In Security: BatBadBut, DLink, And Your TV Too | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Security Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"BatBadBut",
"d-link",
"Libfreeimage",
"This Week in Security"
] | So first up, we have
BatBadBut
, a pun based on the vulnerability being “about batch files and bad, but not the worst.” It’s a weird interaction between how Windows uses
cmd.exe
to execute batch files and how argument splitting and character escaping normally works. And what is apparently
a documentation flaw in the Wi... | 23 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749577",
"author": "Jouni",
"timestamp": "2024-04-12T14:07:06",
"content": "Find 99% of stupid exploits from C code:Find usage of strcat,strcpy or sprintf.Done. Shouldn’t be that difficult to find and fix.Usage of non-“n” C std buffer function should be punishable by law.",
"pa... | 1,760,371,947.442417 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/the-future-looks-bleak-for-alexa-skill-development/ | The Future Looks Bleak For Alexa Skill Development | Tom Nardi | [
"home hacks",
"News"
] | [
"alexa",
"alexa skill",
"amazon",
"smart home"
] | While the average Hackaday reader is arguably less likely than most to install a megacorp’s listening device in their home, we know there’s at least some of you out there that have an Amazon hockey puck or two sitting on a shelf. The fact is, they offer some compelling possibilities for DIY automation, even if you do h... | 30 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749538",
"author": "Darren duNord",
"timestamp": "2024-04-12T11:40:11",
"content": "Those “two of you” could be disabled persons.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749603",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-04... | 1,760,371,947.578297 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/make-your-music-simpler-with-the-user-unfriendliest-cassette-deck-ever/ | Make Your Music Simpler With The User-Unfriendliest Cassette Deck Ever | Dan Maloney | [
"Art",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"cassette",
"UI",
"unfriendly",
"user friendly"
] | Call us crazy, but music was a whole lot more fun when it was on physical media. Or perhaps just easier to use, especially in the car. Whether your particular vintage favored CDs, cassettes, or even 8-tracks, being able to fish out that favorite album and slam it in the player while never taking your eyes off the road ... | 18 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749529",
"author": "jpa",
"timestamp": "2024-04-12T10:44:00",
"content": "Well, at least you don’t need to crank it with a pencil.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749539",
"author": "Jarek",
"timestamp": "202... | 1,760,371,947.629071 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/the-aimbot-v3-aims-to-track-terminate-you/ | The Aimbot V3 Aims To Track & Terminate You | Richard Baguley | [
"Weapons Hacks"
] | [
"bb gun",
"computer vision",
"robots"
] | Some projects we cover are simple, while some descend into the sort of obsessive, rabbit-hole-digging-into-wonderland madness that hackers everywhere will recognize. That’s precisely where [Excessive Overload] has gone with the
AimBot V3, a target-tracking BB-gun
that uses three cameras, two industrial servos, and an i... | 18 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749513",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2024-04-12T07:40:58",
"content": "H E A V YI’ll just wait until your arms are tired before shooting you :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749604",
"author": "TG",
"ti... | 1,760,371,949.545933 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/tearing-into-a-sparky-sandwich/ | Tearing Into A Sparky Sandwich | Navarre Bartz | [
"Battery Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"Chevy Spark EV",
"electric vehicle",
"ev",
"Li battery",
"Li-ion",
"Li-ion polymer",
"Lithium-ion battery"
] | We’re still in the early days of modern EV infrastructure, so minor issues can lead to a full high voltage pack replacement given the lack of high voltage-trained mechanics. [Ed’s Garage] was able to source a Spark EV battery pack that had succumbed to a single bad cell and takes us along for the
disassembly of the fau... | 35 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749497",
"author": "Observer",
"timestamp": "2024-04-12T04:24:34",
"content": "Bad idea to wear ANY kind of jewelry when working with battery packs…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749505",
"author": "Manfred",
... | 1,760,371,949.613798 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/small-quiet-air-compressor-puts-3d-printed-parts-to-best-use/ | Small, Quiet Air Compressor Puts 3D-Printed Parts To Best Use | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"air",
"compressor",
"delrin",
"piston",
"polyoxymethylene",
"pom",
"valve"
] | When the only tool you’ve got is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail. Similarly, while a 3D printer is a fantastic tool to have, it can make you think it’s possible to build all the things with printed parts. Knowing when to print ’em and when to machine ’em is important, a lesson that [Diffraction Limit... | 14 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749468",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T23:42:59",
"content": "Having the electric motor in the base should make it stable, and fits the overall size of the crankcase.Elegant indeed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": ... | 1,760,371,949.30615 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/garage-door-automation-with-no-extra-hardware/ | Garage Door Automation With No Extra Hardware | Bryan Cockfield | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"garage door",
"home automation",
"home-assistant",
"microcontroller",
"shelly uni",
"wifi"
] | Home automation projects have been popular as long as microcontrollers have been available to the general public. Building computers to handle minutiae so we don’t have to is one of life’s great joys. Among the more popular is adding some sort of system to a garage door. Besides adding Internet-connected remote control... | 10 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749449",
"author": "Concerned Reader",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T21:23:46",
"content": "“Garage Door Automation With No Extra Hardware”“a Shelly Uni was added”That’s the same as saying you’re making a shake without milk, then the first instruction is to add milk.",
"parent_id": ... | 1,760,371,949.353147 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/no-lathe-build-your-own/ | No Lathe? Build Your Own | Al Williams | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"lathe",
"woodworking"
] | If you need to make round things, you probably need a lathe. Can you build one as nice as one you can buy? Probably not. But can you build one that will work and allow you to do more things than having no lathe at all? [Mikeandmertle] say
absolutely
! You can see the contraption in operation in the video below.
The bui... | 16 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749723",
"author": "paulvdh",
"timestamp": "2024-04-13T07:15:20",
"content": "It’s a very simple project, and thus there is not much to write about it, but the design looks useful, and it’s probably designed around parts that were already available, but still…I’d prefer to use a ha... | 1,760,371,949.498292 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/git-good-by-playing-a-gamified-version-of-git/ | Git Good, By Playing A Gamified Version Of Git | Donald Papp | [
"Games",
"Software Development"
] | [
"educational",
"game",
"Git",
"godot",
"open source"
] | What better way to learn to use Git than a gamified interface that visualizes every change? That’s the idea behind
Oh My Git!
which aims to teach players all about the popular version control system that underpins so many modern software projects.
Git good, with a gameified git interface.
Sometimes the downside to a to... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749755",
"author": "Valentijn Sessink",
"timestamp": "2024-04-13T14:15:23",
"content": "It’s been made pretty well. The prompt is an actual prompt within a game-made git directory. Everything works – except you won’t be leaving the directory – probably to guard you from becoming lo... | 1,760,371,949.162623 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/electromagnets-make-vertical-cnc-cutter-a-little-stickier/ | Electromagnets Make Vertical CNC Cutter A Little Stickier | Dan Maloney | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"electromagnet",
"LinuxCNC",
"plasma",
"sheet steel",
"torch"
] | Workholding is generally not a problem on a big CNC plasma cutter.; gravity does a pretty good job of keeping heavy sheet steel in place on the bed. But what if your CNC table isn’t a table? The answer:
magnets — lots of magnets
.
The backstory on this is a bit involved, but the condensed version is that [Lucas] needed... | 12 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749695",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-04-13T00:35:36",
"content": "The magnets messing up the plasma cutter is definitely the most interesting part. Pretty smart to just cram a cnc machine in vertically if you don’t have the shop space",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,... | 1,760,371,949.258805 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/hdmi-ddc-keypad-controls-monitor-from-rack/ | HDMI DDC Keypad Controls Monitor From Rack | Kristina Panos | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"DDC",
"hdmi",
"keyboard",
"pic18"
] | Sometime last year, [Jon Petter Skagmo] bought a Dell U3421WE monitor. It’s really quite cool, with a KVM switch and picture-by-picture support for two inputs at the same time. The only downside is that control is limited to a tiny joystick hiding behind the bezel. It’s such a pain to use that [Jon] doesn’t even use al... | 22 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749663",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-04-12T20:12:50",
"content": "Nice job on the rack mount faceplate!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749678",
"author": "Hirudinea",
... | 1,760,371,949.447709 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/crank-powered-train-uses-no-batteries-or-plugs/ | Crank-Powered Train Uses No Batteries Or Plugs | Kristina Panos | [
"classic hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"generator",
"reed switch",
"relay",
"supercapacitor",
"train"
] | The prolific [Peter Waldraff] is at back it with
another gorgeous micro train layout
. This time, there are no plugs and no batteries. And although it’s crank-powered, it can run on its own with the flip of a switch. How? With a supercapacitor, of course.
The crank handle is connected a 50 RPM motor that acts as a gene... | 5 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749660",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-04-12T19:57:49",
"content": "He does such great work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6749682",
"author": "David Bower",
"timestamp": "2024-04... | 1,760,371,949.206822 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/hackaday-podcast-episode-266-a-writers-deck-patching-your-battleship-and-fact-checking-the-eclipse/ | Hackaday Podcast Episode 266: A Writer’s Deck, Patching Your Battleship, And Fact-Checking The Eclipse | Tom Nardi | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts",
"Slider"
] | [
"Hackaday Podcast"
] | Before Elliot Williams jumps on a train for Hackaday Europe, there was just enough time to meet up virtually with Tom Nardi to discuss their favorite hacks and stories from the previous week. This episode’s topics include the potential benefits of having a dual-gantry 3D printer, using microcontrollers to build bespoke... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,371,949.388485 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/beating-ibms-eagle-quantum-processor-on-an-ising-model-with-a-classical-tensor-network/ | Beating IBM’s Eagle Quantum Processor On An Ising Model With A Classical Tensor Network | Maya Posch | [
"Science"
] | [
"quantum computing"
] | The central selling point of qubit-based quantum processors is that they can supposedly solve certain types of tasks much faster than a classical computer. This comes however with the major complication of quantum computing being ‘noisy’, i.e. affected by outside influences. That this shouldn’t be a hindrance was the p... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749673",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2024-04-12T21:28:00",
"content": "It used to be that mathematicians could do calculus faster in their head faster than a computer compute it. Progress has a way of making claims of superiority by old means over a burgeoning technology seem... | 1,760,371,949.768325 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/cryo-em-freezing-time-to-take-snapshots-of-myosin-and-other-molecular-systems/ | Cryo-EM: Freezing Time To Take Snapshots Of Myosin And Other Molecular Systems | Maya Posch | [
"Science"
] | [
"cryo-EM",
"cryomicroscopy",
"electron microscopy"
] | Using technologies like electron microscopy (EM) it is possible to capture molecular mechanisms in great detail, but not when these mechanisms are currently moving. The field of cryomicroscopy circumvents this limitation by freezing said mechanism in place using cryogenic fluids. Although initially X-ray crystallograph... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749440",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T20:19:58",
"content": "How tailored does the solution need to be towards the problem? That could limit commercial designs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6749446",
"a... | 1,760,371,949.728752 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/do-you-trust-your-cheap-fuses/ | Do You Trust Your Cheap Fuses? | Jenny List | [
"Parts"
] | [
"fuse",
"protection",
"testing"
] | When a fuse is fitted in a power rail, it gives the peace of mind that the circuit is protected. But in the case of some cheap unbranded fuses of the type that come in kits from the usual online suppliers that trust can be illusory, as they fail to meet the required specification.
[Andreas Spiess] has used just these f... | 34 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749388",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T16:22:28",
"content": "Wish some were cheap (use to be $8).* Fan goes through them quick.*https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004TRXGVA/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6... | 1,760,371,950.581646 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/linux-fu-getting-started-with-systemd/ | Linux Fu: Getting Started With Systemd | Al Williams | [
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"systemd"
] | I will confess. I started writing this post about some stupid systemd tricks. However, I wanted to explain a little about systemd first, and that wound up being longer than the tricks. So this Linux Fu will be some very fundamental systemd information. The next one will have some examples, including how to automount a ... | 45 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749352",
"author": "Zoe Nagy",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T14:13:15",
"content": "Supervisord should be instead, it’s like cron for services, one file to overview.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749635",
"author": "It'... | 1,760,371,950.516769 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/wspr-to-the-wind-with-a-pi-pico-high-altitiude-balloon/ | WSPR To The Wind With A Pi Pico High Altitiude Balloon | Richard Baguley | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"baloons",
"gps",
"radio",
"wspr"
] | They say that if you love something, you should set it free. That doesn’t mean that you should spend any more on it than you have to though, which is why [EngineerGuy314] put together this
Raspberry Pi Pico high-altitude balloon tracker
that should only set you back about $12 to build.
This simplified package turns a P... | 19 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749306",
"author": "ubr",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T11:24:27",
"content": "The Github link seems to be broken.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6749307",
"author": "pe7er",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T11:26:19",
"content... | 1,760,371,950.372408 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/let-your-finger-do-the-soldering-with-solder-sustainer-v2/ | Let Your Finger Do The Soldering With Solder Sustainer V2 | Dan Maloney | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"extruder",
"feed",
"glove",
"solder",
"soldering",
"tool",
"wearable",
"wire"
] | Soldering is easy, as long as you have one hand to hold the iron, one to hold the solder, and another to hold the workpiece. For those of us not so equipped, there’s
the new and improved Solder Sustainer v2
, which aims to free up one of however many hands you happen to have.
Eagle-eyed readers will probably recall
an ... | 20 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749269",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T08:19:29",
"content": "That looks pretty neat and somehow even practical, bonus points for the futuristic and use of velcro.But… the PCB is dangling on the side and without proper strain relief on the wires, it’s a matter of very s... | 1,760,371,950.678618 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/exploring-the-bendix-g-15s-typewriter/ | Exploring The Bendix G-15’s Typewriter | Maya Posch | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"Bendix",
"Electric Typewriter"
] | The Bendix Corporation’s Bendix G-15 was introduced in 1956 as an affordable system for industrial and scientific markets. As with any computer system, a range of peripheral devices for input and output were available, which includes an electric typewriter. Produced by IBM, this typewriter was heavily modified by Bendi... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749386",
"author": "Kurt Freiberger",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T16:17:59",
"content": "I helped restore a CDC 1604-A at my university that used one of these. We cornered the market on 2N1711s. I was told it was an IBM “Soroban”. Narrow carriage. First job when we had it running... | 1,760,371,950.413781 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/synesthetic-clock-doesnt-require-synesthesia/ | Synesthetic Clock Doesn’t Require Synesthesia | Kristina Panos | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"clock",
"ESP32",
"round display",
"rtc",
"synesthesia"
] | We often think of synesthetes as those people who associate say, colors with numbers. But the phenomenon can occur with any of the senses. Simply put, when one sense is activated, synesthesia causes one to experience an unrelated, activated sense. Sounds trippy, no?
Thankfully,
[Markus Opitz]’s synesthetic clock
doesn’... | 15 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749249",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T04:48:53",
"content": "I’m around 80% convinced that the grand majority of people self-reporting synesthesia are making it up",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749250",
... | 1,760,371,950.229387 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/how-decs-lanbridge-100-gave-ethernet-a-fighting-chance/ | How DEC’s LANBridge 100 Gave Ethernet A Fighting Chance | Maya Posch | [
"History",
"Network Hacks"
] | [
"DEC",
"ethernet",
"networking"
] | Alan Kirby (left) and Mark Kempf with the LANBridge 100, serial number 0001. (Credit: Alan Kirby)
When Ethernet was originally envisioned, it would use a common, shared medium (the ‘Ether’ part), with transmitting and collision resolution handled by the
carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
(CSMA/CD) m... | 17 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749007",
"author": "Alex365",
"timestamp": "2024-04-10T05:06:04",
"content": "Now having read it, it’s rather obvious, but it hadn’t occured to me that the “Ether” part in Ethernet refers to the hypothetical ether. Learned something new again.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": ... | 1,760,371,950.798557 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/emails-over-radio/ | Emails Over Radio | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"amateur radio",
"digirig",
"digital",
"email",
"ham radio",
"mobile",
"QRP",
"radio",
"uhf",
"VHF",
"Winlink"
] | The modern cellular network is a marvel of technological advancement that we often take for granted now. With 5G service it’s easy to do plenty of things on-the-go that would have been difficult or impossible even with a broadband connection to a home computer two decades ago. But it’s still reliant on being close to c... | 38 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748967",
"author": "okto",
"timestamp": "2024-04-09T23:54:26",
"content": "Why use a proprietary protocol when AX.25 has already been the standard for thirty years? APRS has email entry nodes, doesn’t involve proprietary anything, and leverages an existing network of thousands of n... | 1,760,371,950.176148 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/soldering-the-elusive-usb-c-port/ | Soldering The Elusive USB C Port | Al Williams | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"hot air rework",
"hot air soldering",
"smd",
"USB C"
] | Many SMD components, including some USB C ports, have their terminals under the component. When installed, the pins are totally hidden. So, how do you solder or unsolder them? That’s the problem [Learn Electronics Repair] encountered when fixing a Lenovo Yoga, and he shows us
his solution
in the video below.
He showed ... | 10 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748921",
"author": "Clovis Fritzen",
"timestamp": "2024-04-09T20:09:14",
"content": "That’s one of those areas of electrical/electronics that has a lot of room for implementation of different techniques; what I like to do is from time to time watch videos of people working (looking... | 1,760,371,950.625927 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/double-checking-nasas-eclipse-estimate-at-home/ | Double-Checking NASA’s Eclipse Estimate At Home | Tom Nardi | [
"Current Events",
"Solar Hacks"
] | [
"eclipse",
"home solar",
"nasa"
] | If you were lucky enough to be near the path of totality, and didn’t have your view obscured by clouds, yesterday’s eclipse provided some very memorable views. But you know what’s even better than making memories?
Having cold hard data to back it up
.
Hackaday contributor [Bob Baddeley] was in Madison, Wisconsin for th... | 26 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748895",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-04-09T19:03:53",
"content": "We had overcast skies.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6748898",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,371,950.741561 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/on-cloud-computing-and-learning-to-say-no/ | On Cloud Computing And Learning To Say No | Maya Posch | [
"internet hacks",
"Network Hacks"
] | [
"html",
"servers",
"web hosting"
] | Do you really need that cloud hosting package? If you’re just running a website — no matter whether large or very large — you probably don’t and should settle for basic hosting.
This is the point that [Thomas Millar] argues
, taking the reader through an example of a big site like Business Insider, and their realistic ... | 44 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748820",
"author": "Clovis Fritzen",
"timestamp": "2024-04-09T16:01:09",
"content": "Well, every technology has to have advantages over its competitors, otherwise why even bother? so I think both use cases are worthy and valid. Spending a bit more money to be on the safe (in this c... | 1,760,371,951.061089 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/in-a-twist-humans-take-jobs-from-ai/ | In A Twist, Humans Take Jobs From AI | Al Williams | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Featured",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"ai",
"rants"
] | Back in the 1970s, Rockwell had an ad that proudly proclaimed: “The best electronic brains are still human.” They weren’t wrong. Computers are great and amazing, but — for now — seemingly simple tasks for humans are out of reach for computers. That’s changing, of course, but computers are still not good at tasks that r... | 41 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748790",
"author": "Clovis Fritzen",
"timestamp": "2024-04-09T14:16:20",
"content": "When it comes to humans, we will always need each other, be it to be served or directed. IMO assistive technologies like smart watches, cellphones, home assistants are still far far away from being... | 1,760,371,950.880826 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/adjustable-lights-help-peer-inside-chips-with-ir/ | Adjustable Lights Help Peer Inside Chips With IR | Dan Maloney | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"angle",
"azimuth",
"ir",
"jubilee",
"microscope",
"motion control",
"reverse engineering",
"silicon",
"zenith"
] | If you’re used to working through a microscope, you’ve probably noticed that the angle of the light greatly affects how your workpiece looks. Most of us prefer the relatively flat lighting provided by a ring light, but
variable angle side lighting can be useful too
, especially when you’re peering inside ICs to make su... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748743",
"author": "pelrun",
"timestamp": "2024-04-09T11:22:33",
"content": "The real trick with IRIS is that you don’t need to replicate Bunnie’s setup to validate your chips; it’s only needed to get good quality images of a known good IC for use in subsequent validation.Much crud... | 1,760,371,950.933064 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/floss-weekly-episode-778-octoprint-people-are-amazing-at-breaking-things/ | FLOSS Weekly Episode 778: OctoPrint — People Are Amazing At Breaking Things | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts",
"Slider"
] | [
"3d printing",
"FLOSS Weekly",
"Octoprint",
"raspberry pi"
] | This week Jonathan Bennett and
Katherine Druckman
sit down with
Gina Häußge
to talk
OctoPrint
! It’s one of our favorite ways to babysit our 3D printers, and the project has come a long way in the last 12 years! It’s a labor of love, primarily led by Gina, who has managed to turn it into a full time job. Listen in to h... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749255",
"author": "Thomas",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T05:41:39",
"content": "Thanks for all your work Gina!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749425",
"author": "Paul d'Aoust",
"timestamp": "2024-04-11T18:45:19... | 1,760,371,950.979015 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/baseboard-heaters-get-automated/ | Baseboard Heaters Get Automated | Bryan Cockfield | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"baseboard heater",
"electric heater",
"ESP8266",
"heater",
"heating",
"home automation",
"hvac",
"line voltage",
"smart switch"
] | If you’re lucky enough to have central heating and/or air conditioning, with an automatic thermostat, you probably don’t have to worry too much about the outside temperature. But central HVAC is far from the only way of maintaining temperature in a home. From wood stoves to boilers there are many options depending on y... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749208",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-04-10T22:57:31",
"content": "So do countries that have gone ‘metric’ still read blood pressure in inches of mercury?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,371,951.666305 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/chandra-x-ray-observatory-threatened-by-budget-cuts/ | Chandra X-ray Observatory Threatened By Budget Cuts | Tom Nardi | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Slider",
"Space"
] | [
"Chandra",
"Chandra X-ray Observatory",
"nasa",
"space telescope"
] | Launched aboard the Space Shuttle
Columbia
in July of 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory is the most capable space telescope of its kind. As of this writing, the spacecraft is in good health and is returning valuable scientific data. It’s currently in an orbit that extends at its highest point to nearly one-third the ... | 39 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749174",
"author": "Clovis Fritzen",
"timestamp": "2024-04-10T18:58:41",
"content": "Yep, all earthly problems that do need to be addressed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6749181",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp... | 1,760,371,951.622477 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/homebrew-network-card-with-no-cpu/ | Homebrew Network Card With No CPU | Al Williams | [
"Network Hacks"
] | [
"ethernet",
"homebrew cpu",
"Network interface controller",
"nic"
] | A modern normal network card will have onboard an Ethernet controller which, of course, is a pre-programmed microcontroller. Not only does it do the things required to keep a computer on the network, it can even save the primary CPU from having to do certain common tasks required for communicating. But not [Ivan’s]. Hi... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749136",
"author": "Les Wright",
"timestamp": "2024-04-10T16:10:26",
"content": "This is superb! With blinkenlights as well, absolutely fantastic!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6749166",
"author": "Clovis Fritzen",
"t... | 1,760,371,951.370311 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/get-todays-forecast-in-classic-90s-weather-channel-style/ | Get Today’s Forecast In Classic 90s Weather Channel Style | Dan Maloney | [
"classic hacks",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"cable",
"crt",
"forecast",
"Local on the 8s",
"modulator",
"raspberry pi",
"weather channel",
"zenith"
] | Remember when The Weather Channel actually had weather? It’s been a while, but we sure remember what a boon
Local on the 8’s
was when getting ready for the day. Not having to wait for the low-information national forecast on the morning shows or putting up with the antics of [Willard Scott] or [Al Roker] was just icing... | 10 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749099",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2024-04-10T12:46:19",
"content": "If you want the look but not the power drain then you can simply incorporate an NTSC simulator!https://hackaday.com/2022/12/25/encoding-ntsc-with-your-hands-tied/WeatherStar 4000+ emulator:https://github.c... | 1,760,371,951.415827 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/wozamp-turns-apple-ii-into-music-player/ | Wozamp Turns Apple II Into Music Player | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"apple",
"apple II",
"dac",
"media",
"mp3",
"music",
"retrocomputing",
"serial card",
"surl-server"
] | Besides obvious technological advancements, early computers built by Apple differed in a major way from their modern analogs. Rather than relying on planned obsolescence as a business model, computers like the Apple II were designed to be upgradable and long-term devices users would own for a substantially longer time ... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749060",
"author": "the gambler",
"timestamp": "2024-04-10T08:29:51",
"content": "“You can enhance the experience further by replacing your serial cable with a gold-plated serial cable (*actual results may vary).”just might be one of the best thing posted on a web page in a long ti... | 1,760,371,951.310002 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/hackaday-europe-is-almost-here-last-call-for-tickets/ | Hackaday Europe Is Almost Here, Last Call For Tickets | Tom Nardi | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"2024 hackaday europe",
"berlin",
"hackaday europe"
] | By the time this post hits the front page, we’ll be just a few days away from the kickoff of
Hackaday Europe 2024
!
For those of you joining us in Berlin this weekend, we’ve got an incredible amount of content planned for you. Things get rolling on Friday with a pre-event meetup. But Saturday is when things really kick... | 12 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6749047",
"author": "oli",
"timestamp": "2024-04-10T07:33:37",
"content": "sigh… I´m unable to attend the event I booked. Got an early birdie ticket, and I´m willing to part it for same price i paid… but on the other hand I´d really love to have the goodies bag at least. Wenn jeman... | 1,760,371,951.546111 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/1950s-switching-power-supply-does-it-mechanically/ | 1950s Switching Power Supply Does It Mechanically | Al Williams | [
"Repair Hacks",
"Teardown"
] | [
"Mr Carlson",
"vibrator"
] | When you hear about a switching power supply, you think of a system that uses an inductor and a switch to redistribute energy from the input to the output. But the original switching power supply was the vibrator supply, which was common in automotive applications back in the middle part of the last century. [Mr. Carls... | 26 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748526",
"author": "localroger",
"timestamp": "2024-04-08T17:04:22",
"content": "A vibrator is in no sense what we would today call a switching power supply. It is a simple transformer AC inverter, same as the class D transistor based one that used to charge camera flash capacitor... | 1,760,371,951.730375 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/heating-mars-on-the-cheap/ | Heating Mars On The Cheap | Lewin Day | [
"Featured",
"Original Art",
"Science",
"Slider"
] | [
"mars",
"science",
"terraforming"
] | Mars is fairly attractive as a potential future home for humanity. It’s solid, with firm land underfoot. It’s able to hang on to a little atmosphere, which is more than you can say about the moon. It’s even got a day/night cycle remarkably close to our own. The only problem is it’s too darn cold, and there’s not a lot ... | 78 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748484",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-04-08T14:18:47",
"content": "April 1st was last week.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6748539",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2024... | 1,760,371,951.846566 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/fortran-and-webassembly-bringing-zippy-linear-algebra-to-nodejs-browsers/ | Fortran And WebAssembly: Bringing Zippy Linear Algebra To NodeJS & Browsers | Maya Posch | [
"Software Development"
] | [
"FORTRAN",
"wasm"
] | With the rise of WebAssembly (wasm) it’s become easier than ever to run native code in a browser. As mostly just another platform to target, it would be remiss if Fortran was not a part of this effort, which is why a number of projects have sought to get Fortran supported on wasm.
For the ‘why’,
[George Stagg] makes th... | 15 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748439",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2024-04-08T12:08:55",
"content": "Oh God make it stop WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?Yet another opportunity to take Fortran behind the garden shed and put it out of its misery missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,371,951.947569 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/kanachord-is-a-macro-pad-for-japanese-input/ | KanaChord Is A Macro Pad For Japanese Input | Kristina Panos | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"cherry mx",
"macro keyboard",
"macro pad",
"Raspberry Pi Pico"
] | There are various situations that warrant additional keyboards on your desk, and inputting a second language is definitely a good one.
That’s the idea behind KanaChord,
which generates Unicode macros to render Japanese Kana characters using chords — pressing multiple keys at once as you would on a piano.
The Japanese w... | 13 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748399",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2024-04-08T08:46:56",
"content": "As Japanese would say: SUGO!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6748678",
"author": "Mac Cody",
"timestamp": "2024-04-09T05:03:41",
... | 1,760,371,951.896492 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/fixing-an-expensive-smart-toaster-is-worth-the-time/ | Fixing An Expensive Smart Toaster Is Worth The Time | Al Williams | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"nichrome wire",
"toaster"
] | There was a time when the simplest and cheapest kitchen appliance you could think of was a toaster. Some nichrome wire, a spring, and a mechanical thermostat were all you needed. Those days are gone and today’s toasters are full of special features, network connections, and fancy cases.
Take [boilerbot]’s
Breville die-... | 49 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748367",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2024-04-08T06:12:12",
"content": "Would you like some toast?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6748376",
"author": "Menno",
"timestamp": "2024-04-08T07:08:59",
... | 1,760,371,952.04087 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/a-spark-gap-transmitter-characterized/ | A Spark Gap Transmitter, Characterized | Jenny List | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"early radio",
"spark gap transmitter"
] | When we think of a spark gap radio transmitter, most of us immediately imagine an early twentieth century ship’s radio room or similar. Most of us know these transmitters as the first radio systems, and from there we’ll probably also know that they were phased out when better circuits arrived, because of their wide ban... | 32 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748340",
"author": "Lynn Richardson",
"timestamp": "2024-04-08T03:28:56",
"content": "In 1966 I used a 9000v neon sign transformer, it had 60ma current limiting built in. I used window glass and aluminum foil taped on both sides to make the capacitor, no antenna. Spark gap was a c... | 1,760,371,952.11051 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/hackaday-links-april-7-2024/ | Hackaday Links: April 7, 2024 | Tom Nardi | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links",
"Slider"
] | [
"hackaday links"
] | Folks with a bit of knowledge about network security commonly use virtual private networks (VPNs) when out and about. Whether you’re connecting to public WiFi or somebody passes you a questionable Ethernet cable at a hacker con, it’s nice to have a secure endpoint to tunnel all of your traffic. As a secondary bonus, co... | 12 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748316",
"author": "Piecutter",
"timestamp": "2024-04-08T00:30:34",
"content": "The ducks seem to represent an outlier in the Anatidae family, and should be revised. Everyone knows that most duck species rarely excede two bananas.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repli... | 1,760,371,952.176621 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/emergency-dip-pin-repair-for-anyone/ | Emergency DIP Pin Repair For Anyone | Jenny List | [
"Parts",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"IC pin",
"rework",
"soldering"
] | Who has not at some point in their lives experienced the horror of a pin on a DIP package breaking off? It’s generally game over, but what if you don’t have another chip handy to substitute? It’s time to
carefully grind away some of the epoxy and solder on a new pin
, as [Zafer Yildiz] has done in the video below the b... | 20 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748286",
"author": "some guy",
"timestamp": "2024-04-07T20:31:34",
"content": "This video and this guy, i won’t comment. I just want to say that having a rotating cutting/grinding disk next or even on top of your finger(s) is *probably* not a good idea… Use pliers or sth ffs!",
... | 1,760,371,952.282734 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/squishy-miter-saw-shroud-spares-you-the-sneezy-bits/ | Squishy Miter Saw Shroud Spares You The Sneezy Bits | Sonya Vasquez | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"chop saw",
"dust",
"dust collector",
"miter saw"
] | Let’s be honest. When it comes to operating miter saws, these tools kick dust out the back like a spray paint can. Most of us have accepted this quirk as-is, but not [Inspire Woodcraft] who’s on a mission to achieve near perfect dust collection. And he nearly has it. With a
budget dust collection setup
, he’s able to e... | 8 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748231",
"author": "H Hack",
"timestamp": "2024-04-07T17:15:06",
"content": "Using my non existent fortune telling powers, I can still see someone filling a patent for this in a few weeks time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,371,952.223154 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/the-easy-way-to-make-a-smart-appliance/ | The Easy Way To Make A Smart Appliance | Jenny List | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"home-assistant",
"IoT",
"rice cooker",
"smart plug"
] | It seems that finding an appliance without some WiFi connectivity and an app to load your laundry data into the cloud is an increasingly difficult thing to do in the 2020s. Many of us resolutely refuse to connect these smart appliances to the Internet, but not because we don’t see the appeal — we just want to do it on ... | 32 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748192",
"author": "nottinghamcitytraveller",
"timestamp": "2024-04-07T14:12:07",
"content": "This is an interesting idea. Could be expanded to monitoring a washing machine by using a microphone and esp32. Maybe even a breath detector from a discarded e-cig could be sensitive enoug... | 1,760,371,952.355602 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/comparing-desoldering-tools/ | Comparing Desoldering Tools | Al Williams | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"desoldering station"
] | [Lee] has a Hakko FR301 desoldering gun and a Duratool knockoff. He freely admits that the Hakko is probably better, but he wonders if it’s
good enough to justify being four times as expensive
. He shows both of them off in a recent video that you can see below.
Often, desoldering doesn’t get as much attention as solde... | 27 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748166",
"author": "Mcinsand",
"timestamp": "2024-04-07T12:54:15",
"content": "After 30 years of using a $10 Radio Shack spring-loaded desoldering tool, I bought an FR301 last year. The ‘301 is a bargain!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"c... | 1,760,371,952.659658 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/jpegli-googles-better-jpeg-and-possible-death-knell-for-webp/ | Jpegli: Google’s Better JPEG And Possible Death Knell For WebP | Maya Posch | [
"Software Development"
] | [
"image compression",
"JPEG"
] | Along with the rise of the modern World Wide Web came the introduction of the JPEG image compression standard in 1992, allowing for high-quality images to be shared without requiring the download of a many-MB bitmap file. Since then a number of JPEG replacements have come and gone – including JPEG 2000 – but now Google... | 56 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748131",
"author": "weewe45rt",
"timestamp": "2024-04-07T08:05:22",
"content": "very good is still ‘Real’ compression, why not put stream compresson (and stream change data, for example stock price changes every minutes in table), partial different compression (for example backgrou... | 1,760,371,952.592721 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/inside-a-hisense-tv-repair-attempt/ | Inside A Hisense TV Repair Attempt | Al Williams | [
"Repair Hacks",
"Teardown"
] | [
"backlight",
"hisense",
"tv"
] | Many of us misspent our youth fixing televisions. But fixing a 1970s TV is a lot different than today — the parts were big and tubes were made to be replaced. Have you torn into a big flat screen lately? It is
a different world
, as [The Fixologist] shows us in the video below.
The TV in question was rescued from a nei... | 18 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748124",
"author": "Mend It, Australia",
"timestamp": "2024-04-07T07:06:32",
"content": "Love the boro style patch on your jeans!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6748126",
"author": "Mend It, Australia",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,371,952.784268 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/how-to-properly-patch-your-iowa-class-battleship/ | How To Properly Patch YourIowa-Class Battleship | Tom Nardi | [
"Engineering",
"History"
] | [
"battleship",
"museum",
"US Navy",
"wwii"
] | There’s a saying among recreational mariners that the word “boat” is actually an acronym for “bring out another thousand”, as it seems you can’t operate one for long without committing to expensive maintenance and repairs. But this axiom isn’t limited to just civilian pleasure craft, it also holds true for large and co... | 28 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6748104",
"author": "HaHa",
"timestamp": "2024-04-07T03:51:11",
"content": "Quick research:Original cost: about $100,000,000 1938 dollars2024 equivalent: about 2 billion dollars.Rule of thumb for boats: 10% of original cost/year in upkeep (freshwater).200 megabucks/year.They claim t... | 1,760,371,952.72838 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/a-simple-line-injector-shows-you-the-wonderful-world-of-psrr/ | A Simple Line Injector Shows You The Wonderful World Of PSRR | Arya Voronova | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"line injector",
"psrr"
] | [limpkin] writes us to show
a line injector
they’ve designed. The principle is simple — if you want to measure how much PSU noise any of your electronic devices let through, known as PSRR (Power Supply Rejection Ratio), you can induce PSU noise with this board, and then measure noise on your device’s output. The board ... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6747869",
"author": "icehouse",
"timestamp": "2024-04-06T04:29:22",
"content": "such elegant simplicity! replicating the datasheet PSRR plot of the LT3045 makes me want to replicate their setup and try some measurements of my own",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies... | 1,760,371,952.825165 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/3d-printer-hot-off-the-griddle/ | 3D Printer Hot Off The Griddle | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"heated bed",
"twin gantry"
] | If you look at [Proper Printing’s] latest video — see below — you’ll immediately get the idea behind his latest printer. There are
two heads on two separate gantries
, which, of course, opens up many possibilities. But when you think you’ve seen enough, you find out the heated bed is a kitchen griddle, and… well, for u... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6747831",
"author": "Ccecil",
"timestamp": "2024-04-05T23:15:33",
"content": "For an earlier version of a more polished (and expensive) multi gantry setup look into the machine Titan Robotics made for Autodesk’s “Project Escher”. Was back about 8 years ago.Biggest issue from my und... | 1,760,371,952.871399 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/esp32-provides-distraction-free-writing-experience/ | ESP32 Provides Distraction-Free Writing Experience | Tom Nardi | [
"Cyberdecks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"distraction free",
"handwired keyboard",
"ortholinear keyboard",
"writerdeck"
] | Writing out a few thousand words is easy. Getting them in the proper order, now that’s another story entirely. Sometimes you’ll find yourself staring at a blank page, struggling to sieve coherent thoughts from the screaming maelstrom swirling around in your head, for far longer than you’d care to admit. Or so we’ve hea... | 23 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6747786",
"author": "Clovis Fritzen",
"timestamp": "2024-04-05T20:03:20",
"content": "Great hacking, put the available technology to a good use really.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6747977",
"author": "Un Kyu Lee",
... | 1,760,371,952.938861 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/a-drone-motor-does-e-bikes/ | A Drone Motor Does E-Bikes | Jenny List | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"drone motor",
"e-bike",
"motor"
] | On paper, the motors from both an electric bicycle and a drone can both take about 500 watts or so of power. Of course, their different applications make them anything but equivalent, as the bike motor is designed for high torque at low speed while the drone motor has very little torque but plenty of speed. Can the dro... | 37 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6747777",
"author": "dianea",
"timestamp": "2024-04-05T19:23:17",
"content": "Are there ESC modules that can do regenerative braking?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6747787",
"author": "Per Jensen",
"timestamp... | 1,760,371,953.01275 |
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