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https://hackaday.com/2009/07/06/parts-ferrite-beads/ | Parts: Ferrite Beads | Ian | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"choosing parts",
"electronics",
"ferrite beads",
"impedance",
"parts"
] | Ferrite beads
(L1 in the photo) filter high frequency power supply noise by converting it into a tiny amount of heat. Power supply noise can cause various problems for many parts, especially in analog audio and display circuits.
Ferrite beads are simple, but choosing one can be confusing because they’re not commonly us... | 34 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "80536",
"author": "MJS",
"timestamp": "2009-07-06T17:45:20",
"content": "I really wouldn’t mind seeing a post on buck-boost converters and the like :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80539",
"author": "Some MEng MIET",
"... | 1,760,377,632.090898 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/06/tennis-practice-for-hackers/ | Tennis Practice For Hackers | Caleb Kraft | [
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"tennis",
"wiimote"
] | Here’s an interesting WiiMote based project. [Mans] is a tennis fan, though a bit out of practice. With the tennis season coming to a rather climactic end, he got excited and wanted to brush up on his skills. He found the toss part of his serve to be very sloppy. Being a hacker, the first thing he thought was that ther... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "80504",
"author": "Cmore",
"timestamp": "2009-07-06T15:07:01",
"content": "Hey isnt the serve ‘Toss’, like the easiest part of tennis? Cant you just stand in one spot and practice just tossing?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,377,631.950797 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/06/automated-dorm-room-door/ | Automated Dorm Room Door | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"app",
"door",
"dorm",
"lock"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46s7nE72nvI]
[Chris] wrote in to tell us about this project he did while living in the dorms. He built a system to
automate his dorm room door
. It handles unlocking and opening/closing the door via iPhone, secret knock, and even the key. The lock/knob portion is handled by a se... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "80498",
"author": "George",
"timestamp": "2009-07-06T14:08:59",
"content": "A solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80500",
"author": "grovenstien",
"timestamp": "2009-07-06T14:27:41",... | 1,760,377,632.484947 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/03/tiniest-bot-sort-of-cnc-controlled/ | Tiniest Bot, Sort Of. CNC Controlled | Caleb Kraft | [
"cnc hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"magnetic",
"micro",
"small",
"tiny"
] | Here’s an interesting concept,
the bot pictured above has no internal control mechanisms
. His claims to have built the smallest bot are dubious, considering it requires a much larger control platform to function, so lets just set that aside and look at how it works. The bot itself is basically a hollow box with a hin... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "80250",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2009-07-03T15:52:54",
"content": "This thing is so cute! it would be a great hit at cocktail partys.Not a robot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80252",
"author": "andrew",
"times... | 1,760,377,632.018831 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/03/wtf-o-meter/ | WTF-O-meter | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"wtf"
] | Here’s something every office probably needs. Ours does at least. It’s a
WTF counter
. When the office gets just a little too weird, someone hits the button and it gets logged. It’s probably pretty easy to judge the day by the WTF chart. The button is connected to an Arduino that updates the status on a local web serve... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "80244",
"author": "zed",
"timestamp": "2009-07-03T14:49:04",
"content": "will order 10….NOW.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80245",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2009-07-03T14:58:53",
"content": "@zed, yeah, I t... | 1,760,377,632.150161 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/02/sparkfun-open-sources-latest-kits/ | SparkFun Open-sources Latest Kits | Zach Banks | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"adafruit",
"AVR",
"clockit",
"electronics",
"open source",
"osh",
"sparkfun"
] | SparkFun has started to
release some of their kits as open-source hardware
. Projects such as
ClockIt
, a simple alarm clock, have their schematics, board designs, and source code released under the
CC-by-sa
license. Although most of their widgets and projects already had example code and schematics available, they are... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "80164",
"author": "Brennen Bearnes",
"timestamp": "2009-07-03T00:23:22",
"content": "For what it’s worth, I’m a web developer / sysadmin / general purpose nerd at SFE, and we’re also working on being a little better at open source _methods_. I’m hoping to get most of our in-house pr... | 1,760,377,632.426178 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/02/self-portrait-machine/ | Self-portrait Machine | Zach Banks | [
"cnc hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"drawing",
"ink",
"portrait",
"robot",
"we make money not art",
"wmmna"
] | [Jen Hui Liao] created a device that guides the user into drawing a portrait of themselves. Dubbed
Self-Portrait Machine
, it comments on how much in society is created by machines and we are dependent on them. Unlike
previous drawing robots
, the user is part of the sketching process. The machine holds the users hands... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "80142",
"author": "Parker",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T21:45:24",
"content": "Weird. Cool idea!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80146",
"author": "Vince",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T22:01:37",
"content": "I would disagr... | 1,760,377,632.270255 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/02/crack-wep-using-backtrack/ | Crack WEP Using BackTrack | Zach Banks | [
"downloads hacks",
"Security Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"backtrack",
"lifehacker",
"linux",
"security",
"wep",
"wep cracking",
"wifi",
"wireless"
] | Lifehacker wrote a guide for
cracking a WiFi network’s WEP password using BackTrack
.
BackTrack
is a Linux live CD used for security testing and comes with the tools needed to break WEP. Not just any wireless card will work for this; you need one that
supports packet injection
. The crack works by collecting legitimate... | 48 | 48 | [
{
"comment_id": "80128",
"author": "poof",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T20:53:42",
"content": "If there are few users on the network and not many IVs are being captured, you can use an injecting attack to generate more. It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed it, but it really beats sitting around for an ... | 1,760,377,631.891812 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/02/scratchbot-whiskers-to-the-rescue/ | Scratchbot: Whiskers To The Rescue | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"rat",
"rescue",
"whisker"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTekO_RQCzE]
Scratchbot is designed as a rescue bot
, going places where there is low visibility. It’s defining feature is the fact that it uses “whiskers” to feel for things. We feel like this is a little gimmicky. If it is a low visibility situation, wouldn’t IR or audio, possi... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "80119",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T19:56:16",
"content": "The guy touches the wiskers, and the bot immediately points it’s ‘head’ at it. Without feeling where it is in the meantime…So I’d say there’s someting more complex going on.",
"parent_id": null,
"dept... | 1,760,377,632.526109 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/02/how-to-bus-pirate-probe-cable/ | How-to: Bus Pirate Probe Cable | Ian | [
"Featured",
"how-to",
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"bus pirate cable",
"cable",
"probe",
"test hooks",
"test lead",
"test probes",
"tweezer"
] | Update, Saturday July 4th, 2009:
All preorders are closed.
A probe cable makes it easy to connect
the Bus Pirate
to a circuit and get hacking. Good test clips make quick connections on cramped PCBs without causing short circuits. We made two cables for the
Bus Pirate v2
, keep reading for an overview of our designs and... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "80114",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T19:40:53",
"content": "Excellent info. I’ll have to make a set of each for my Bus Pirate. whenever it arrives.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80117",
"author": "brian redb... | 1,760,377,632.214648 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/05/battery-desulfator/ | Battery Desulfator | Eliot | [
"Tool Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"12v",
"ATmega169",
"automotive battery",
"battery",
"battery desulfator",
"desulfator",
"mikey sklar",
"youtube"
] | Hack a Day favorite [Mikey Sklar] is back with a new project.
Mini-D is a battery desulfator
. If a 12V lead-acid battery sits with a voltage below 12.3V, sulfur crystals will begin to form on the lead plates. This crystal growth increases the internal resistance and eventually makes the battery unusable. A battery des... | 30 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "80462",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2009-07-06T01:09:29",
"content": "this looks much similar than the last one you guys posted,http://hackaday.com/2009/02/07/desulfator-in-an-altoids-tin/since you don’t have to modify a charger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repl... | 1,760,377,632.713882 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/05/capacitive-discharge-spot-welder-update/ | Capacitive Discharge Spot Welder Update | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"capacitive dischage welding",
"capacitive discharge",
"podecoet",
"spot welder",
"update",
"welder"
] | It seems one of our commenters took great umbrage with [PodeCoet] not documenting his
capacitive discharge cutting
properly. [PodeCoet] had been waiting till he got the full spot welder working before publishing, but he’s expedited the work after all our whining. Check out his
full writeup of the device in its current ... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "80454",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2009-07-05T23:55:35",
"content": "Now that’s a capacitor",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80457",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2009-07-06T00:05:54",
"content": "And he sure... | 1,760,377,632.649644 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/05/home-power-monitoring/ | Home Power Monitoring | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"dns",
"ethernet shield",
"power monitor",
"webserver",
"wrt54g"
] | Reader [john]
finished up his home power monitor
over the holiday weekend. It uses a pair of current transducers clamped onto the mains. These output 0-3V and are read by the Arduino’s ADC. The Arduino averages samples over a 20 second period, calculates power used, and uploads it using an Ethernet Shield. The shield c... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "80456",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2009-07-06T00:03:25",
"content": "it would be easy to have it estimate something like cost per hour, and predict your electricity bill. install something like that in every US home, and I’ll bet energy consumption would drop significantly.",
... | 1,760,377,632.58967 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/04/world-smallest-tv-b-gone/ | World Smallest TV-B-Gone | Zach Banks | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"attiny85",
"AVR",
"controller",
"electronics",
"ir",
"ir leds",
"led",
"microcontroller",
"remote",
"tv",
"tv-b-gone",
"tvbgone"
] | The
TV-B-Gone
has proven to be a
dangerous
and versatile gadget. At Interactive Matter, they created an even smaller version with more sneaking potential. Called the µTVBG, it packs an entire TV-B-Gone in a 1.4 x 2.5 cm footprint and even has room for a programming header. He found some
high-powered surface-mount IR LE... | 41 | 41 | [
{
"comment_id": "80372",
"author": "jay",
"timestamp": "2009-07-04T18:04:37",
"content": "you missed the linkhttp://interactive-matter.org/2009/07/%C2%B5tvbg-tv-b-gone-clone/#more-319",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80376",
"author": "skinne... | 1,760,377,633.051904 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/04/capacitive-discharge-cutting/ | Capacitive Discharge Cutting | Steve Watkins | [
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"capacitive discharge",
"controller",
"diy",
"electronics",
"microcontroller",
"youtube"
] | Capacitive discharge cutting provides more control than linear transformer versions. A very large capacitor is charged to a precise voltage and then discharged through the material to produce a controlled cut. The same device can also be used for spot and tab welding. A video of copper roof flashing being cut is embedd... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "80352",
"author": "nemo",
"timestamp": "2009-07-04T15:04:17",
"content": "that looks scary and very dangerous, but awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80354",
"author": "nio",
"timestamp": "2009-07-04T15:23:37",
... | 1,760,377,633.112527 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/03/lego-modded-antenna-tuner/ | Lego Modded Antenna Tuner | Steve Watkins | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"electronics",
"gear",
"gear motor",
"lego",
"motor",
"radio",
"servo",
"tuner"
] | This
antenna tuner is controlled remotely
using geared motors and legos. The tuner needed to be closer to the antenna for performance reasons. This created a problem; most of the radio gear is inside while the tuner is outside. The
gear motors
and Legos combine to form a closed loop servo, operating two air core caps a... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "80297",
"author": "cirictech",
"timestamp": "2009-07-03T21:46:52",
"content": "really cool. i’ll be simple but pure genius.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80298",
"author": "macegr",
"timestamp": "2009-07-03T22:03:15",
... | 1,760,377,632.970887 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/03/last-day-to-preorder-your-bus-pirate/ | Last Day To Preorder Your Bus Pirate | Ian | [
"News"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"bus pirate order updates",
"news",
"preorder"
] | Update, Saturday July 4th, 2009:
All preorders are closed.
Today is the last day to pre-order a Bus Pirate.
Get your own Bus Pirate
, fully assembled and shipped worldwide, for only $30. We don’t plan to make more soon, this could be your last chance.
A special shout out to our partner,
Seeed Studio
, who handled the r... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "80273",
"author": "bro",
"timestamp": "2009-07-03T18:22:44",
"content": "yeah – we definitely need more like the bus-pirate project – especially for those people who don’t have the possibility to etch a pcb this is great.(yeah I know you can order the pcb from various sources – but ... | 1,760,377,633.1839 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/02/clever-stair-climbing-robot/ | Clever Stair Climbing Robot | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"bump sensor",
"climb",
"continuous rotation",
"mechanical design",
"microcontroller",
"pic",
"picaxe. picaxe28",
"robot",
"robots",
"servo",
"sharp IR",
"stair"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QReb1hLfdbE]
Stairs are one of the most commonly faced mobility challenges for a robot.
This robot’s design
eliminates the need for a complex drive train or computer, and instead uses a clever mechanical design to climb stairs. Version three of the robot uses five servos modified... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "80104",
"author": "googfan",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T18:39:52",
"content": "but what if the stairs are wider/smaller/steeper?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80105",
"author": "googfan",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T18:40:0... | 1,760,377,633.410502 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/02/t-g-i-m-b-o-e-j-turns-one/ | T.G.I.M.B.O.E.J. Turns One | Caleb Kraft | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"junk box",
"pay it forward",
"tgimboej"
] | The Great Internet Migratory Box of Electronics Junk, or
T.G.I.M.B.O.E.J. has turned one
. In the last year, they’ve learned a lot of things. They learned that lots of people are willing to contribute. Hundreds have signed up on the site to participate. Theyve also learned that laziness is the key road block on this pr... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "80071",
"author": "biqut2",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T14:08:43",
"content": "interesting project, been watching this since the inital post, reminds me of the early days of trading software through the mail",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comme... | 1,760,377,633.29573 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/01/poor-mans-thermographic-camera/ | Poor Man’s Thermographic Camera | Steve Watkins | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"home hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"electronics",
"Imaging",
"infrared",
"ir",
"Thermal",
"Thermographic",
"thermographic camera"
] | Using an IR thermometer, there are two ways to go about
building a thermographic camera
. The first uses a pan and tilt head. Scan lines are emulated, as a computer controls panning from left to right, taking a temperature sample from each step. Vertical resolution is accomplished by tilting. Another method uses a web ... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "80011",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T00:40:36",
"content": "Great stuff, I’ve been wondering how long until I see someone hack a handheld IR thermometer in this manner, mounting it on a couple of servos to scan an area & create a rudimentary thermal image.I’m still pla... | 1,760,377,633.245387 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/01/firework-ignitors-and-controllers-roundup/ | Firework Ignitors And Controllers Roundup | Steve Watkins | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Roundup"
] | [
"4th of july",
"arduino",
"cellphone",
"controller",
"diode",
"diy",
"electronics",
"fireworks",
"ignitors",
"match",
"microcontroller",
"wireless"
] | With the 4th of July around the corner, we thought it would be a good idea to give a controller wrap up and show you how to make some ignitors. Last year we covered a
microcontroller based fireworks launcher
. If you like the idea of a controller but don’t want to run all the wire, we have
the wireless fireworks contro... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "79977",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2009-07-01T21:56:43",
"content": "strand of steel wool < $.05",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79982",
"author": "xrazorwirex",
"timestamp": "2009-07-01T22:40:14",
"cont... | 1,760,377,633.36082 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/01/first-hovering-ornithopter-nav/ | First Hovering Ornithopter NAV | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"aerial",
"bird",
"drone",
"flap",
"flying",
"nav",
"ornithopter",
"wing"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cov7-XWUa18&w=470]
DARPA
has awarded an extension to AeroVironment for their work on the Nano Air Vehicle project
. The prototype seen above, called Mercury, is an ornithopter which means it flaps it’s wings. It is the first to show controlled hovering. Look closely, there’s no ... | 24 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "79957",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2009-07-01T20:01:39",
"content": "Found a page that has at least a 3-D render of the device.http://ftnews.firetrench.com/?p=14229Not sure if thats the final design, or an early concept render.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"rep... | 1,760,377,633.61454 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/01/twittering-keylogger/ | Twittering Keylogger | Zach Banks | [
"downloads hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"c++",
"keylogger",
"kyle",
"kyle mcdonald",
"kylemcdonald",
"openframeworks",
"software",
"twitter"
] | [Kyle McDonald] sent in his latest project,
a software keylogger that twitters what you type
. He wrote it using C++ and
OpenFrameworks
. It logs each keystroke, then it
posts to twitter
140 characters at a time. To protect himself, he set up a whitelist of private strings like passwords and credit card numbers that wo... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "79955",
"author": "Frank Groeneveld",
"timestamp": "2009-07-01T19:49:10",
"content": "I think you meant his private strings are on the _blacklist_ instead of the _whitelist_.Anyways, cool project :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,377,633.559443 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/01/mixed-voltage-interfacing-with-the-bus-pirate/ | Mixed Voltage Interfacing With The Bus Pirate | Ian | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"mixed voltage interfacing",
"open collector bus",
"pull-up resistors"
] | Most of the parts we use operate at 3.3volts, but we still run into a lot of old 5volt stuff, and an occasional 2.5volt or 1.8volt part. This post explains how to use the
Bus Pirate’s
open collector
pin mode to interface with parts at different voltages.
We’ve got more details and some example scenarios below the break... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "79948",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2009-07-01T19:02:23",
"content": "is the switch symbolizing the changing states in the PIC and everything right of the switch is outside the PIC? if not, i don’t think i understand.i hope the bus pirate is still so cool when i get mine in 7 we... | 1,760,377,633.658165 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/07/01/the-snow-clock/ | The Snow Clock | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"alarm clock",
"arduino",
"snow day"
] | Snow days are great, but generally you still have to wake up to find out if it is a snow day. [insingertech] decided to make a system to solve this problem. He made an
alarm clock that would automatically de activate if school is cancelled
. What a pleasant surprise it would be to just wake up and find that you had bee... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "79922",
"author": "Choscura",
"timestamp": "2009-07-01T15:15:31",
"content": "Great idea! I’ll certainly build one of these if I ever get to live in a place with snow again.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79924",
"author": ... | 1,760,377,633.760334 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/30/custom-car-door-keypad/ | Custom Car Door Keypad | Zach Banks | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"arduino nano",
"batchpcb",
"car",
"dodge caliber",
"door lock",
"keypad"
] | [Michael] has a keypad in his previous car’s door and he missed it enough to
hack one into his Dodge Caliber
. He bought a Ford keypad and mounted it inside his door with some
custom electronics
. He started with an Arduino nano to receive and authenticate button presses. This then splices into wires in the door that c... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "79843",
"author": "skitchin",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T20:25:15",
"content": "He did an absolutely flawless job on this whole project. I think whats most impressive would be the size of the set on this guy for dremeling into his own car",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"... | 1,760,377,633.821919 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/30/massive-led-screen-project/ | Massive LED Screen Project | Caleb Kraft | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"basicmicro",
"led",
"rgb"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nILHGU1qJzY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.basicmicro.com%2F&feature=player_embedded]
The folks over at basicmicro.com are working on a
massive LED display
. They currently have one 32×32 RGB panel working. It displays 50 fps at 140 hz but the one above is only running at about 24 fps. T... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "79833",
"author": "landon",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T19:23:19",
"content": "that is gonna be epic when its finished.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79837",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T19:42:19",
"conte... | 1,760,377,633.922015 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/30/parts-spi-eeprom-25aa25lc/ | Parts: SPI EEPROM (25AA/25LC) | Ian | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Parts",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"data storage",
"eeprom",
"parts",
"spi"
] | Microchip’s
25AA/25LC
EEPROMs
are data storage chips with a simple 3-wire interface. The 25AA/LC is an
SPI
version of the common
24AA/LC I2C EEPROM
. It comes in capacities of 128bytes to 128kilobytes. We looked at the smallest, the 128byte
25AA010A
.
There are Bus Pirate demonstrations for most types of serial EEPROM... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "79830",
"author": "Mark barnes",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T19:10:12",
"content": "hackaday have bus pirates on the brain??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79835",
"author": "luke",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T19:33:24",
... | 1,760,377,634.073685 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/30/simplest-macro-hack-ever/ | Simplest Macro Hack Ever | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"macro",
"photography",
"SLR"
] | This quick little hack is beautiful in its simplicity.
Need a macro lens to play with
? Simply rip the lens out of a pair of binoculars and tape it to the end of your slr lens. The result is pretty good. If you need something a little higher quality, you could always
hack an extra AF lens
. | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "79793",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T14:43:00",
"content": "wow, if you can get the lens placed right, that could make some decent pictures",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79796",
"author": "sunjester",
"tim... | 1,760,377,634.131401 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/30/bus-pirate-preorder-update/ | Bus Pirate Preorder Update | Ian | [
"hardware",
"News",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"bus pirate order updates",
"pre-order"
] | We’re only four days into the
Bus Pirate pre-order
, and we’ve exhausted the supply of
PIC24FJ64GA002s
available in Shenzhen. Thank you for supporting Hack a Day’s first official hardware pre-order. You helped make it a huge success, and we definitely want to do it again in the future.
We weren’t kidding about the PIC ... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "79769",
"author": "Tixlegeek",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T09:55:40",
"content": "Bigre, like we tell in franceI’m not walking on the gold, but it may be a great studying subject!++ Tix.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79772",
... | 1,760,377,633.974744 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/29/wireshark-1-2-0-available/ | Wireshark 1.2.0 Available | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"ethereal",
"geoip",
"lifehacker",
"network analysis",
"openstreetmap",
"packet sniffer",
"wireshark"
] | Everyone’s favorite packet sniffer has a new stable release.
Wireshark 1.2.0
has a slew of new features. They’ve included a 64-bit Windows installer and improved their OSX support. A number of new protocols are recognized and filter selection autocompletes. One of the more interesting additions is the combined GeoIP an... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "79722",
"author": "googfan",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T01:32:51",
"content": "now all it needs is a wep cracker.totally unrelated, i just built a tater gun that shoots spuds 350 yards!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79725",
... | 1,760,377,634.020757 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/29/otto-beat-slicing-interface/ | OTTO, Beat Slicing Interface | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"beat slicing",
"cdm",
"create digital music",
"max msp",
"maxmsp",
"monome",
"otto",
"sample",
"tangible interface"
] | Create Digital Music has a great post on
[Luca De Rosso]’s OTTO
. Built as part of his masters’ thesis, it’s a unique tangible music interface. You load a sample into the software which displays it on the instrument surface. The user can then manipulate the sample using various hardware inputs while watching the LED re... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "79720",
"author": "Steve Shockley",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T00:26:46",
"content": "Cool, I haven’t seen a Simon for years.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79734",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2009-06-30T03:30... | 1,760,377,634.179095 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/29/motors-and-microcontrollers-101/ | Motors And Microcontrollers 101 | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"ATmega168",
"AVR",
"control",
"microcontroller",
"motor",
"nerdkits",
"pwm"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnWJki-zwsE]
[Humberto] from NerdKits sends in the newest addition to their
excellent collection of videos
. This video goes over the basics of DC motor control with microcontrollers. They begin by showing nine experiments and observations that can be done by the average hacker w... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "79688",
"author": "beaker",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T21:12:50",
"content": "this is great stuff, keep up the good work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79692",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T21:56:54",
"... | 1,760,377,634.275142 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/29/parts-shiftbrite-rgb-led-module-a6281/ | Parts: ShiftBrite RGB LED Module (A6281) | Ian | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"blinkenlights",
"bus pirate",
"electronics",
"led",
"parts",
"serial interface",
"shiftbrite",
"spi"
] | Macetech’s
ShiftBrite
is a high-power RGB LED coupled with an
Allegro A6281
backpack. The A6281 uses three 10bit
pulse-width modulators
to mix millions of colors using the red, green, and blue elements in the RGB LED. Multiple modules can be chained together for bigger projects, like the
ShiftBrite table
.
Below the b... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "79693",
"author": "TRB",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T22:02:30",
"content": "What kind of probes are those? I’d love to get a set.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79694",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T22:11:51",... | 1,760,377,634.233767 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/29/barbies-web-rover/ | Barbie’s Web Rover | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"radio controlled",
"rover",
"web enabled"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrb58Pcuos0]
[Hunter, Kyle, and Dylan] sent us some information on their Barbie Web Rover. It’s an old barbie power wheels jeep that’s been converted to a web enabled remote control car. They ripped out the old drive train and tore out the steering system. The rear tires are now ... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "79677",
"author": "AU518987077",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T17:45:08",
"content": "and nasa spent how much on their rovers?heh heh heh good work, keep it up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79678",
"author": "Shane",
"time... | 1,760,377,634.471475 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/29/d-touch-tangible-drum-interface/ | D-touch Tangible Drum Interface | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"sequencer",
"tangible interface",
"web cam"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmGP3eCOF5A]
yes, drums are tangible. We know. What this is, however, is a
tangible interface that is a drum machine
. The software is freely available for download, after registration. For hardware, all you need is a webcam, a computer, and a way to print out the pieces. D-Touch... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "79659",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T15:29:08",
"content": "Cool idea. I think TrackMate does it better since it records the rotation of the pieces as well which provides more information. For example TrackMate can set individual volumes of the drums.http://trackmate... | 1,760,377,634.513557 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/28/ikea-led-matrix/ | Ikea LED Matrix | Zach Banks | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"64pixels",
"display",
"frame",
"ikea",
"led",
"led matrix",
"MAX7219",
"multiplex",
"pic"
] | [Spikenzie] has created an
8×8 LED array that fits inside an ikea frame
. He multiplexed the 64 red LEDs on a PCB with connections on the back. He then used a
MAX7129
, an LED multiplexer and driver, driven by a PIC over SPI to do animations and play pong. He then encased the array in laser-cut cardboard and white acry... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "79614",
"author": "matula",
"timestamp": "2009-06-28T23:33:37",
"content": "typo, he used a max7219.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79623",
"author": "maxster",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T02:39:23",
"content": "This s... | 1,760,377,634.556936 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/28/wii-balance-board/ | Wii Balance Board | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"balance",
"linux",
"python",
"wii",
"wiimote"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4UciZLl2Hk]
[Matt Cutts], head developer for google’s anti spam team, describes how to attach a
Wii balance board to a linux computer
. He even shows how to make a GUI to show the input. The entire project is done in about 200 lines of python.The process assumes that you can alr... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "79580",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2009-06-28T16:15:34",
"content": "Cool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79582",
"author": "Maki",
"timestamp": "2009-06-28T17:18:40",
"content": "This would be awesome ... | 1,760,377,634.742492 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/27/palm-pre-mojo-sdk-leaked/ | Palm Pre Mojo SDK Leaked | Zach Banks | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"News",
"Palm Pre Hacks"
] | [
"cellphone",
"leak",
"mojo",
"palm",
"pre",
"preinsiders",
"sdk"
] | Pre Insiders
has reported that the Pre’s
Mojo SDK
has been leaked to the internet. Palm was
planning an early access program
, eventually releasing the SDK by the end of the summer, but this leak has accelerated the process. They are posting several download links, including torrents, but they warn developers to use th... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "79539",
"author": "sinoth",
"timestamp": "2009-06-28T04:58:26",
"content": "“wisely”? Really? Will the fabric of reality be torn asunder if the SDK is used improperly?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79540",
"author": "HaD... | 1,760,377,634.869774 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/27/motori-the-plotter/ | Motöri The Plotter | Caleb Kraft | [
"cnc hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"drawing",
"etching",
"plotter"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ES61MbSmpc]
The
Motori plotter
is fast and high precision. One image shows that it is drawing lines at .5mm. Like others in the flickr set, we keep thinking of how we could apply this to PCB creation. Great job [svofski]. If you want one that’s not as precise, but might have a m... | 27 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "79487",
"author": "JackTheVendicator",
"timestamp": "2009-06-27T16:50:09",
"content": "I think the pencil could be replaced with a conductive pen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79488",
"author": "Laserbeak43",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,634.938616 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/27/avr-rfid-tag/ | AVR RFID Tag | Zach Banks | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"attiny85",
"AVR",
"coil",
"diy",
"em4102",
"ghetto",
"rfid",
"rfid chip"
] | [pc486] sent in his hack that
uses an ATtiny85 to act like an EM4102, a chip used for RFID tags
. Minimally, all that is needed is the AVR and a coil, but he recommends some filtering capacitors. Depending on the size of the coil, different frequencies and ranges can be achieved. This project actually includes several ... | 29 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "79479",
"author": "mosfetkiller",
"timestamp": "2009-06-27T15:24:55",
"content": "I love those tiny AVRs. This is a very nice project I will probably try out myself some time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79480",
"author"... | 1,760,377,634.80386 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/26/idisplay-webcam-multitouch/ | IDisplay, Webcam Multitouch | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"c++",
"idisplay",
"lahiru",
"lcd",
"multitouch",
"nui group",
"opencv",
"openframeworks",
"pinch",
"tuio",
"webcam"
] | [youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlLY0zic7u0%5D
Embedded above is an interesting multitouch demo by [Lahiru]. The goal of the project was to find an easy way to
retrofit current LCDs for multitouch
. Instead of using infrared or capacitive recognition, it uses a standard webcam mounted overhead. To calibrate, yo... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "79412",
"author": "Tim",
"timestamp": "2009-06-27T01:01:39",
"content": "Meh.1. Surely it should be able to auto-calibrate?2. Not really ‘touch’ is it? It just tracks the coloured pucks.3. There’s a pre-written opencv function for tracking colour patches (check out ‘camshiftdemo’).L... | 1,760,377,635.06953 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/26/automated-paintball-sentry/ | Automated Paintball Sentry | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"automated",
"image processing",
"microcontroller",
"paintball",
"pic",
"PIC24",
"sentry",
"sentry gun",
"video",
"webcam"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vYKwih8Izk]
Reader, [Ben Godding], sends in the video for his senior design team’s automated paintball sentry. The frame is made of plasma cut aluminum. The paintball gun uses a custom hopper mounted remotely from the gun body. It has two webcams offering a 160 degree field of v... | 32 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "79392",
"author": "Jesse",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T22:30:27",
"content": "Heh. That’s awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2545047",
"author": "Gavin Swaggs",
"timestamp": "2015-04-28T10:23:01",
"c... | 1,760,377,635.137918 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/26/carnivorous-robots/ | Carnivorous Robots | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"carnivore",
"decay",
"pest",
"trap"
] | Artists [James Auger] and [Jimmy Loizeau] have put out this display of
carnivorous robots
. Pictured above is a clock that is powered by a microbial fuel cell. The clock is equipped with a scroll of sticky paper for catching the flies which it then scrapes into it’s cell for digestion. The other pieces include a mouse ... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "79375",
"author": "djrussell",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T20:44:24",
"content": "win! those things are so fun! i need one to capture the stray cats in the neighborhood that crap in my back yard. maybe it can catch some of my neighbors while it’s at it.",
"parent_id": null,
"de... | 1,760,377,635.005403 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/26/parts-i2c-real-time-clock-calendar-pcf8563/ | Parts: I2C Real-time Clock Calendar (PCF8563) | Ian | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"calendar",
"i2c",
"parts",
"pcf8563",
"real time clock",
"rtc",
"rtcc"
] | The
PCF8563
is a
real-time clock
/calendar/alarm chip with an
I2C interface
. This would be useful in projects where the primary microcontroller doesn’t have enough resources for an interrupt driven clock.
We demonstrate the PCF8563 using
the Bus Pirate
after the break. For a limited time you can
get your own Bus Pira... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "79366",
"author": "joshw",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T20:12:35",
"content": "I hope their is a example of using the bus pirate & SPI interface.This seems to be a better way to read and write to test to see if a circuit works than even a arduino…The ads1256 has some hard spi data sheet... | 1,760,377,635.194097 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/26/line-following-racers/ | Line Following Racers | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"line following",
"racer",
"robot",
"sprinter"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfeHN37MH1U]
[Tim] sent in these
quick little line following bots
(
translated
). They were sent as participants in cosmobot, but due to an unfortunate dropbox mishap, they didn’t have updated firmware. They placed fifth and ninth place. As you can see in the video above, they ar... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "79341",
"author": "pitpawten",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T18:27:24",
"content": "Is it just me or do they always seem to veer left at the end of the straight away. Maybe a subtle variation in line-width on the track?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,635.238839 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/26/pneumatic-bed-alarm-clock/ | Pneumatic Bed Alarm Clock | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"alarm clock",
"pneumatic"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ-l5PlDa-k]
For four years, this guy has been using this
Pneumatic bed alarm clock
to wake up. Apparently “I’m a really heavy sleeper” is an understatement. It is computer controlled and runs from two seperate air sources. He entered it in a radio show contest and we’re guessing... | 50 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "79323",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T17:18:03",
"content": "I’m guessing this is the only way this guy gets his bed a rockin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79325",
"author": "Alexandre, o tabajara",
"tim... | 1,760,377,635.325256 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/26/home-made-solder-pot/ | Home Made Solder Pot | Steve Watkins | [
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"desolder",
"diy",
"solder",
"soldering pot"
] | Our reader [Damir] built
a home made soldering pot
. It can be used to solder and desolder components. To remove a through hole component, the solder side is placed in the bath. Then the component is removed with pliers. It is also possible to solder components, by placing the leads in the molten solder; similar to wav... | 29 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "79308",
"author": "toma",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T15:37:55",
"content": "As shown, DANGEROUS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2403669",
"author": "Vinny",
"timestamp": "2015-02-02T19:36:53",
"content":... | 1,760,377,635.393483 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/25/bus-pirate-preorders-open/ | Bus Pirate Preorders Open | Eliot | [
"hardware",
"News",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"preorder",
"seeed studio",
"serial",
"tool"
] | Update, Saturday July 4th, 2009:
All preorders are closed.
We’re excited to announce our partnership with the folks at Seeed Studio (home of the excellent
Seeeduino
) to put the Bus Pirate v2go into production! The preorder period ends July 3rd. The price is $30 including worldwide shipping. The board pictured above is... | 45 | 45 | [
{
"comment_id": "79235",
"author": "byohazrd",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T01:38:31",
"content": "Noted and purchased. Now for the unpleasant part… waiting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79246",
"author": "digidev",
"timestamp": "2009-06-... | 1,760,377,635.475822 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/25/how-to-the-bus-pirate-v2-with-usb/ | How-to: The Bus Pirate V2 With USB | Ian | [
"Featured",
"hardware",
"how-to",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"1-wire",
"bus pirate",
"i2c",
"jtag",
"midi",
"pc keyboard",
"spi",
"the bus pirate",
"uart",
"universal serial interface"
] | Update, Saturday July 4th, 2009:
All preorders are closed.
The
Bus Pirate
is a universal serial interface tool, we use it to
test new chips
without writing any code. It currently supports most serial protocols, including 1-Wire, I2C, SPI, JTAG, asynchronous serial, MIDI, and more. We added some other features we freque... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "79225",
"author": "war6763",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T00:32:11",
"content": "Excellent work. It’s saved my butt a couple times already…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79229",
"author": "busp",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T0... | 1,760,377,635.559547 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/25/64-synchronizing-fireflies/ | 64 Synchronizing Fireflies | Zach Banks | [
"LED Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"attiny13",
"AVR",
"fireflies",
"firefly",
"kit",
"microcontroller",
"phototransistor",
"rgb",
"RGB LED",
"synchronized",
"tinkerlog",
"video"
] | [Alex] of tinkerlog created a set of
64 RGB fireflies
that synchronize to blink all at once. We
covered the kit earlier
, but he has assembled a set of 64. Each firefly is independently controlled by an ATtiny13 that reads a phototransistor and lights up an RGB LED. The fireflies are programmed to blink a certain rate,... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "79207",
"author": "faviomj",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T23:15:51",
"content": "Pretty nice",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79209",
"author": "animefruit",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T23:46:27",
"content": "this is off top... | 1,760,377,637.536992 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/25/blu-ray-laser-keychain/ | Blu-Ray Laser Keychain | Zach Banks | [
"Laser Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"blu-ray",
"bluray",
"electronics",
"keychain",
"laser"
] | [Jay] hacked a
Blu-Ray laser diode into a keychain enclosure
. He found a heavy brass keychain light from Lowe’s and stuffed the diode and a larger battery inside. The existing batteries weren’t powerful enough, so he drilled out the endcap to fit a 200mAh 3.6v lithium battery inside. He also modded the power button to... | 56 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "79183",
"author": "brian redbeard",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T20:16:26",
"content": "rather amazing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79185",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T20:26:04",
"content": "@alaysiasT... | 1,760,377,637.623933 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/25/keychain-gps-finder/ | Keychain GPS Finder | Steve Watkins | [
"gps hacks",
"home hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"AVR",
"electronics",
"gps",
"keychain",
"led",
"microcontroller",
"navigation"
] | With a user interface consisting of two buttons and a three digit display,
the GPS finder guides the user
back to a saved location. Nine locations can be saved for navigation recall. Press a button to save location and press another button to recall. Each switch has a secondary function, for management purposes such as... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "79179",
"author": "Addictronics",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T19:34:13",
"content": "“now where did i leave my gps finder….”interesting project and concept. I would have gone rfid myself for things around the house.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,637.33894 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/25/bus-pirate-firmware-update-v0g/ | Bus Pirate Firmware Update V0g | Ian | [
"hardware",
"News",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"firmware",
"open source",
"software",
"software updates",
"updates"
] | Firmware v0g
for all
Bus Pirate
revisions is now available. Updates in this release include a bootloader, frequency generator/pulse-width modulator, SPI bus sniffer, MIDI library, configuration reports, improved user interface, and bug fixes. v0g is also the first firmware to fully support the v2 hardware branch.
We’re... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "79176",
"author": "keystoneclimber",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T19:13:04",
"content": "How about an update on the hardware side of things?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79178",
"author": "clint",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25... | 1,760,377,637.486913 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/25/wide-angle-lense-mod-for-the-atc2k/ | Wide Angle Lense Mod For The ATC2K | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Video Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"lens",
"submarine"
] | For those that have them, the ATC2K action camera is a decent little piece of equipment. It is waterproof and can save video for roughly 30 minutes on a flash card. The viewing angle of the lens leaves something to be desired though. This has been remedied in newer models. [raalst] shows us how to
modify the ATC2K to i... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "79157",
"author": "Jo",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T16:59:41",
"content": "Hi, the “hobby radio controlled submarine” link is wrong, there’s a ‘t’ missing, should behttp://www.subcommittee.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79163... | 1,760,377,637.43118 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/25/econo-monome/ | Econo Monome | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"green",
"monome",
"recycled"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mKjRakndSk]
[Mike] really liked the thought of the Monome, especially the green aspect of their construction. He felt he could take it a step further. After 40 years of electronics tinkering, he had quite a spare parts box.
He constructed his monome clone from stuff he just had ... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "79146",
"author": "Arthur Grumbine",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T15:24:21",
"content": "Very slick build. Major props for that. The ‘music’ could use some work, though. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79215",
"author": "tim... | 1,760,377,637.802991 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/24/hackit-boxee-now-on-windows/ | Hackit: Boxee Now On Windows | Eliot | [
"HackIt",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"alpha",
"apple tv",
"boxee",
"ces",
"HackIt",
"media center",
"mythtv",
"plex",
"xbmc",
"xbox"
] | Boxee
, the free media center management and streaming application, is now
available for Windows platforms
. We’ve been following the developments of Boxee since we first
announced its alpha
this time last year. At that time, it was only available for OSX with promised Ubuntu support. We were a bit skeptical about the ... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "79077",
"author": "kt",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T00:29:50",
"content": "boxee is great for web media and organizing your local media, i really love it. however, until there is integrated dvr and live tv as part of its core, i will still have to rely on vista media center for daily u... | 1,760,377,637.765024 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/24/evic-engine/ | EVIC Engine | Steve Watkins | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"combustion engine",
"computer controlled engine",
"controller",
"electronic valve",
"electronics",
"engine",
"EVIC",
"microcontroller",
"youtube"
] | The EVIC is a
computer controlled internal combustion engine
, utilizing a cam less solenoid actuated valve system. In addition to intake and exhaust valve control, the processor also handles ignition timing. With dynamic valve timing, it is possible to make an engine more efficient. Where a classic combustion engine w... | 45 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "79064",
"author": "Colin",
"timestamp": "2009-06-24T22:25:35",
"content": "Impressive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79066",
"author": "Addictronics",
"timestamp": "2009-06-24T22:39:56",
"content": "can’t wait till... | 1,760,377,637.708504 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/24/wireless-arduino-cat-food-dispenser/ | Wireless Arduino Cat Food Dispenser | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"cat",
"dispenser",
"diy",
"duemilanove",
"food",
"laser",
"microcontroller",
"wireless",
"xbee"
] | Reader, [Andres Leon], has two adorable cats with very specific dietary needs. Instead of altering his schedule, he donned his hacking hat and
designed a very solid cat food dispenser
. The dispenser consists of a rotating drum with a slot in it and a PVC pipe Y-fitting to distribute the food evenly. The brains of the ... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "79056",
"author": "Andar_b",
"timestamp": "2009-06-24T21:00:31",
"content": "My buddy taped a fishfood container to a vibrator and plugged the whole thing in to an AC timer circuit, in elementary school. That was cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},... | 1,760,377,637.38733 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/24/magic-lantern-for-canon-5d/ | Magic Lantern For Canon 5D | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"canon",
"chdk",
"dslr",
"magic lantern",
"photography"
] | [vimeo
http://vimeo.com/5267475%5D
[Trammell] has released a
new firmware for the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR
geared toward film makers. The stock firmware was very limited on the audio side. This firmware adds features such as live VU meters, reduced audio noise, and crop marks for filming in different formats. The firmware... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "79014",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2009-06-24T15:22:19",
"content": "“If it breaks your camera, you get to keep both pieces…”Yeah, now I’m not gonna use it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79019",
"author": "yb 9002... | 1,760,377,637.842403 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/24/lexlrie/ | Lexlrie | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"emotion",
"twitter"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbIzhlZHJfk]
Lexlrie is basically a feed display
. It can connect to twitter, facebook and we feel fine for its updates. What makes this project different is that it is supposed to alter its lighting based on the mood of the updates. The system looks for words like “better” and “... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "79015",
"author": "Laminar",
"timestamp": "2009-06-24T15:57:35",
"content": "Three apostrophe errors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79024",
"author": "McSquid",
"timestamp": "2009-06-24T17:07:26",
"content": "@lami... | 1,760,377,638.088363 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/23/the-holy-toaster-kit/ | The Holy Toaster Kit | Steve Watkins | [
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"diy",
"jesus",
"open source kit",
"toast",
"toaster",
"toaster mods"
] | The holy toaster
is an open source kit to put Jesus on your toast, complete with cost breakdown and engineering data files. A laser machined stainless steel Jesus blocks a pattern of radiation from browning the toast. Installation is quite simple. Use a pair of pliers to bend a few tabs for support, and then insert the... | 39 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "78924",
"author": "raged",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T21:22:43",
"content": "That’s great!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78927",
"author": "Billy",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T21:36:53",
"content": "THIS BELONGS ON THIN... | 1,760,377,638.044016 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/23/iphone-3g-ultrasn0w-unlock-released/ | IPhone 3G Ultrasn0w Unlock Released | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"cydia",
"firmeware",
"iphone",
"iphone 3G",
"iphone dev team",
"iphone-dev",
"sim",
"t-mobile",
"ultrasn0w"
] | The iPhone dev-team has
released Ultrasn0w
to SIM unlock the iPhone 3G running the 3.0 firmware. It’s available via Cydia, which installs when you use the
recently released PwnageTool
to unlock the 3.0 firmware. There doesn’t seem to be any caveats besides advising T-Mobile US users to turn off 3G before install. | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "78916",
"author": "Akoi Meexx",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T19:42:20",
"content": "You know, if I ever get bluetooth mic support in my iPod Touch, then I might be inclined to jailbreak. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79000",
... | 1,760,377,637.932792 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/23/wii-motionplus-arduino/ | Wii MotionPlus + Arduino | Zach Banks | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"gyro",
"IMU",
"nunchuck",
"wii",
"wii motion plus",
"wii nunchuck",
"wiimote"
] | [knuckles904] was able to use the new
Wii MotionPlus
with an Arduino. Nintendo has released the WM+ in order to detect the motion of the controller better. The Wiimote only detects acceleration, whereas the WM+ detects rotation along 3 axes. The Arduino communicates with it over I2C, the same protocol that is used with... | 13 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "78907",
"author": "mack",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T18:46:58",
"content": "that didn’t take long",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78911",
"author": "nebulous",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T19:31:02",
"content": "So is this... | 1,760,377,638.681514 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/23/how-to-build-your-own-spot-welder/ | How-to: Build Your Own Spot Welder | Steve Watkins | [
"Featured",
"how-to",
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"diy",
"home made",
"microwave",
"MOT",
"parts",
"spot welder",
"welder",
"welding"
] | Spot welders are used in the fabrication of automobiles, PC cases, power supplies, microwave ovens, electrical junction boxes, Faraday cages, and various electronics. A spot welder is used because it produces a highly defined point of contact weld. The materials are welded without excessive heating, so working pieces a... | 85 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "78889",
"author": "Jeeves",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T16:19:10",
"content": "This project is nothing without the power controller circuitry.Hackaday, you had better make a followup post! =D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "10135... | 1,760,377,638.436359 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/23/remote-shutter-release-doorbell/ | Remote Shutter Release Doorbell | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"remote shutter release",
"trigger"
] | [Phillip] published this great step by step tutorial on making a
remote shutter release from a wireless doorbell
. The pictures are great and the process is fairly simple. There is only one additional chip requred and a little bit of soldering. This is a great way to get some remote shots for cheap.
[via
Lifehacker
] | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "78886",
"author": "sparky",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T16:06:18",
"content": "Clever project, but one comment: Image diode.jpg shows one god-awful solder joint.Look at a few of the photos at this site:http://www.sabest.org/kitinfo/soldering/soldering.html",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,638.628122 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/23/ipodgyro/ | IPodGyro | Caleb Kraft | [
"iphone hacks",
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"gesture",
"gyro",
"iphone",
"ipod"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG8khSe5gBQ&feature=player_embedded]
[Benjamin] submitted this slick project. It’s a
gesture based control unit for the ipod and iphone
. It plugs into the dock port and allows you to control the track and volume with simple gestures. While accellerometer equipped units can alrea... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "78877",
"author": "Hong",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T14:37:16",
"content": "noticed that the ipod touch was locked. Imagine listening to music and running with that in your pocket…you’d never finish a song.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comm... | 1,760,377,638.76881 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/22/things-to-hack-sub-100-toy-night-vision-projector-and-tv-game/ | Things To Hack: Sub 100$ Toy Night Vision, Projector, And Tv Game | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"News",
"Portable Video Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"arcade",
"arstechnica",
"camera",
"electronics",
"led",
"night vision",
"nightvision",
"projector"
] | Ars Technica writes about
three new toys coming out this year
: a sub 100$ projector, tv game, and night vision goggles. The projector runs at standard TV resolution, takes standard composite in, and outputs an okay picture. The night vision goggles are monocular but focus both eyes on a single RGB LCD. The goggles use... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "78826",
"author": "TMH",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T01:58:15",
"content": "Ooo Gotta get the projector and the Big Game Hunter! Think of the possibilities!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78832",
"author": "pelrun",
"times... | 1,760,377,638.486323 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/22/induction-furnace/ | Induction Furnace | Steve Watkins | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"eddy current",
"electronics",
"high frequency",
"inductive heater",
"MOT",
"water cooled"
] | [Tim Williams] made
his own induction furnace
. A copper tubing coil forms the primary winding, as the material to be heated becomes the short circuited secondary. The load material is subject to high power magnetic fields operating at radio frequency. The rapidly changing field induces current flow within the material... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "78818",
"author": "Satiagraha",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T00:20:06",
"content": "Good to finally see some of Sch3matic’s projects on here. He’s certainly capable enough to be a hack-a-day’er :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "788... | 1,760,377,638.874446 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/22/arduino-nixie-shield/ | Arduino Nixie Shield | Zach Banks | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"arduino",
"arduino shield",
"AVR",
"hv",
"kit",
"nixie",
"nixieclock",
"nixietube"
] | Reader [Bradley] sent in his ArduiNIX project, an
Arduino shield designed for driving nixie tubes
. The shield allows the Arduino to drive and multiplex nixie tubes without any additional hardware. These antique-looking displays are
commonly hacked into clocks
. It takes 9 volts from a wall wart and steps it up to over... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "78813",
"author": "The Moogle",
"timestamp": "2009-06-22T23:38:04",
"content": "Yikes! 45$ for a kit? not tubes? + shipping?at most the board should be 15$ and the parts 10$ at most",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78815",
"a... | 1,760,377,638.725593 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/22/adafruit-introduces-the-sensor-pack-900/ | Adafruit Introduces The Sensor Pack 900 | Nick Caiello | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"adafruit",
"ladyada",
"sensor pack 900",
"sensors"
] | Our friends over [adafruit] recently released the
Sensor Pack 900
, a collection of parts for anyone who is interested in using analog sensors with their projects. The pack includes 9 sensors. They range from simple thermistors and hall effect sensors to sharp distance sensors. Also included in the pack are 3 unidentif... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "78806",
"author": "googfan",
"timestamp": "2009-06-22T22:08:39",
"content": "They all take 1.21 jigawatts to power.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78807",
"author": "saimhe",
"timestamp": "2009-06-22T22:10:41",
"con... | 1,760,377,638.817121 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/22/twypewriter/ | TwypeWriter | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"twitter"
] | in the oomlout offices, everyone loves twitter
. They love it so very much, they decided to find new and fun ways to participate. This one is the TwypeWriter. It searches for a keyword and then physically types out the results for everyone to peruse. There are a couple videos of it in action on their site, as well as t... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "78787",
"author": "cptfalcon",
"timestamp": "2009-06-22T19:55:57",
"content": "Coolest twitter interface yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78790",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2009-06-22T20:11:55",
"conten... | 1,760,377,638.932877 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/22/atari-2600-slim/ | Atari 2600 Slim | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"atari",
"retro",
"video games"
] | [Chris-Koopa] sent in this sweet little throwback to the good ol days of Atari 2600. He had been playing his old unit, lamenting the poor visual quality on his new TV when he had an idea. He picked up an
Atari flashback2 and began modding
. He added a cartridge slot and made some case modifications to make it look more... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "78778",
"author": "numa",
"timestamp": "2009-06-22T18:32:56",
"content": "I need one of these on my dash, hooked into the display on my GPS. Love it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78782",
"author": "Joel",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,377,638.978521 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/21/vr-game-gun/ | VR Game Gun | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"gaming",
"video games"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ym0tZSWGMc]
Many of you have probably experimented with alternative gaming interfaces. Here’s a well done little hack where they created
a gun with a display mounted on it, for video gaming
. At a glance you can probably figure out exactly what they’ve done. They’ve attached a ... | 49 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "78697",
"author": "stevediraddo",
"timestamp": "2009-06-21T16:40:15",
"content": "thats awesome, but i’d opt for video goggles (despite how low-res they are)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78698",
"author": "Oler",
"tim... | 1,760,377,639.431189 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/20/homemade-toroid-winder/ | Homemade Toroid Winder | Steve Watkins | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"coil",
"controller",
"electronics",
"parts",
"toroid"
] | [eclipsed78], built an
automatic toroid winder
(
Internet Archive
). The drum splits in order to load the toroid. Then wire is wound on the drum, much like any other coil would be wound. The drum rotates as a slider pulls the wire off the drum, while revolving in and out of the toroid. A side tension keeps the slack ou... | 17 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "78648",
"author": "TheFish",
"timestamp": "2009-06-20T22:23:39",
"content": "this is so cool, I’m going to build something with stepper motors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78652",
"author": "Addictronics",
"timestamp... | 1,760,377,639.218258 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/20/repair-a-malfunctioning-lcd/ | Repair A Malfunctioning LCD | Nick Caiello | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Repair Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"diy",
"hot air gun",
"instructable",
"lcd",
"repair",
"ribbon cable",
"screen"
] | When most people encounter dead pixels on an LCD text display, they figure that the display is dead and they decide to scrap it. However when the LCD display on one of [Joe]’s cordless phones started to show dead rows and columns of pixels, [Joe] decided that he could fix it. With only a pencil eraser, a hot air gun, a... | 43 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "78645",
"author": "Ivan",
"timestamp": "2009-06-20T21:24:14",
"content": "Hot-air-repair fails to often to do on your own stuf. Rather do this with the iron for ironing shirts. The blow-gun is likely to wreak havock in there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [... | 1,760,377,639.304496 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/19/usb-reader-for-snes-game-carts/ | USB Reader For SNES Game Carts | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"News",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"AT90USBKey",
"AVR",
"cart",
"cartridge",
"diy",
"electronics",
"emulator",
"Evaluation Board",
"microcontroller",
"nintendo",
"snes",
"super nintendo",
"usb"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwq6vRM8U7k]
Reader, [Matthias_H], sent in a video about his USB adapter for SNES game carts. All you have to do is plug in the SNES game cartridge and USB cable, then a ROM file of the game shows up as an external storage device on your computer. After that, you can play the ROM... | 82 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "78554",
"author": "Lupin",
"timestamp": "2009-06-19T23:12:08",
"content": "wow, it’s playing “directly” from cart! Really nice. Kicks ass!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78555",
"author": "foley",
"timestamp": "2009-06-... | 1,760,377,639.51565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/19/arduino-camera-laser-trigger/ | Arduino Camera Laser Trigger | Zach Banks | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital cameras hacks",
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"camera",
"camera trigger",
"chdk",
"ethernet",
"laser",
"remote"
] | [Adam] made a
remote camera trigger that uses a laser
. He had to install
CHDK
on his camera, which we’ve
featured in a how-to
, in order for it to work. CHDK allowed for a remote shutter trigger through the USB port. The laser bounces off a mirror and onto the photoresisitor hooked up to an Arduino. When the beam is b... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "78547",
"author": "hang",
"timestamp": "2009-06-19T21:28:46",
"content": "looks like the camera needs to be set to take pictures more instantly to be practical.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78552",
"author": "anonymous",
... | 1,760,377,639.353169 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/19/iphone-3g-s-teardown/ | IPhone 3G S Teardown | Zach Banks | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"camera",
"cellphone",
"ifixit",
"iphone",
"iphone 3g s",
"rapid repair",
"teardown"
] | Already, both
Rapid repair
and
ifixit
have
torn down
the new iPhone 3G S, and
phonewreck has provided some analysis
. The new CPU runs twice as fast at 600 MHz and supports 720p video. They also found that the new 3 megapixel camera took better photos. Surprisingly, despite apple’s claims that the new phone has signifi... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "78560",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2009-06-19T23:41:51",
"content": "odds are there is little if no increase in battery life if thats the case with the increased CPU speed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78563",
"author... | 1,760,377,639.7554 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/19/iphone-pwnagetool-released/ | IPhone PwnageTool Released | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"cydia",
"iphone",
"iphone dev team",
"jailbreak",
"pwnagetool",
"ultrasn0w",
"unlock"
] | The iPhone dev-team has released an
updated version of PwnageTool
. It supports jailbreaking iPhones using the 3.0 firmware. This update does not include the much easier to use QuickPwn, but it should be coming soon. The release also doesn’t include the UltraSn0w unlock which will be coming via Cydia.
[photo:
edans
] | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "78540",
"author": "Abuthemagician",
"timestamp": "2009-06-19T20:21:26",
"content": "Custom IPSW files will cause a 1600 error when restoring them in windows",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78616",
"author": "sunjester",
... | 1,760,377,639.560497 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/18/arduino-powered-cd-changing-robot/ | Arduino Powered CD Changing Robot | Steve Watkins | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"cd",
"cd changer",
"motor shield",
"robot",
"robot arm",
"vacuum"
] | [ross], a reader is working on a
CD changing and ripping robot
. The arm picks up a CD and the platform then rotates, stopping in front of the tray to drop the CD. A JB welded tire pump provides the vacuum pick up, while a brake light acts as a resistor to trick a PC power supply into operation. A
Motor Shield
beefs up... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "78458",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2009-06-19T01:58:51",
"content": "how come i think i’ve seen a cd changing robot on here before",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78459",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2009-06-19T... | 1,760,377,639.882762 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/18/microcontroller-cheat-sheet/ | Microcontroller Cheat Sheet | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"alex",
"atmega",
"AVR",
"cheat sheet",
"ftdi",
"isp",
"tinkerlog"
] | [Alex] put together this
handy cheat sheet
to make pinout lookups much quicker. It covers the most common chips from the AVR line, ISP headers, and FTDI cables. | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "78445",
"author": "hurrrrr",
"timestamp": "2009-06-18T22:49:23",
"content": "Great Hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78446",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2009-06-18T23:13:32",
"content": "I have these all han... | 1,760,377,639.609137 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/18/bolt-action-coil-gun/ | Bolt-action Coil Gun | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bolt action",
"coil gun",
"gizmodo",
"magazine",
"techeblog"
] | TechEBlog has posted a few pictures of a
student constructed coil gun
. It’s bolt-action and includes a six round magazine. The gun only has a single stage to accelerate the projectile. While not as impressive as the
portable coil pistol
, it’s still more fun than most shop projects we’ve seen. You can find a video of ... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "78438",
"author": "Nemo",
"timestamp": "2009-06-18T21:30:13",
"content": "i wish those switches were epoxied or glued or something, but otherwise it looks really nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78439",
"author": "Charl... | 1,760,377,639.820435 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/17/meat-thermometer-using-predictive-filtering/ | Meat Thermometer Using Predictive Filtering | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"ATmega168",
"AVR",
"diy",
"filtering",
"LM34",
"microcontroller",
"nerdkits",
"predictive",
"pygame",
"python",
"thermometer"
] | The guys over at NerdKits put together a really informative video on a meat thermometer using predictive filtering which is viewable below. The video,
supplemental text, and code
is available on their website. The thermometer is constructed of a
LM34 temperature sensor
attached to a piece of 12 gauge solid copper wire.... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "78354",
"author": "Dazureus",
"timestamp": "2009-06-18T03:44:11",
"content": "You know, it’s funny. During the course of my EE degree, I’ve taken a handful of signals classes and only applied transfer functions on paper for signal (AM, FM, PM, etc) transforms and bandwidth calculat... | 1,760,377,639.936599 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/17/addressable-rgb-led-strip/ | Addressable RGB LED Strip | Zach Banks | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"HL1606",
"led",
"lighting",
"lightstrip",
"rgb",
"serial",
"synaptic labs"
] | [Synoptic Labs] stumbled upon an
RGB light strip with individually-controllable LEDs
. The strip uses 5 volts and is controlled by an HL1606. Because the strips are hard to find, this chip is mostly undocumented and he had trouble driving the strip. He was unable to get it working until he met with [John Cohn], who had... | 50 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "78334",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2009-06-18T01:03:41",
"content": "where oh where can i buy this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78335",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2009-06-18T01:04:06",
"content": ".",
... | 1,760,377,640.028792 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/17/iphone-3-0-tethering-is-easy/ | IPhone 3.0 Tethering Is Easy | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"9 to 5 mac",
"apple",
"att",
"iphone",
"iphone 3.0",
"iphone dev team",
"tethering",
"ultrasn0w",
"waxpancake"
] | Did you
upgrade your iPhone to 3.0
yet? 9 to 5 Mac has posted a very good reason to upgrade:
enabling tethering is almost stupidly simple
. Just run a simple command and then go through a restore procedure. All thats left is to sit back and enjoy your other new features you could find on a four year old Nokia.
[Related... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "78331",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2009-06-18T00:39:18",
"content": "All thats left is to sit back and enjoy your other new features you could find on a four year old Nokia.and why people will pay a premium for this dated functionality, i will never know",
"parent_id": null... | 1,760,377,640.080105 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/17/slowloris-http-denial-of-service/ | Slowloris HTTP Denial Of Service | Zach Banks | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"apache",
"dos",
"HTTP",
"perl",
"rsnake",
"servers",
"slowloris",
"web"
] | [RSnake] has
developed a denial of service technique
that can take down servers more effectively. Traditionally,
performing a denial of service attack
entailed sending thousands of requests to a server, these requests needlessly tie up resources until the server fails. This repetitive attack requires the requests to ha... | 40 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "78321",
"author": "colecago",
"timestamp": "2009-06-17T22:46:41",
"content": "that has to be shooped.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78322",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2009-06-17T22:49:55",
"content": "Abusing ... | 1,760,377,640.155162 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/16/ekahau-heatmapper-maps-out-wifi-signals/ | Ekahau HeatMapper Maps Out WiFi Signals | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"downloads hacks",
"Security Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"autodesk dragonfly",
"ekahau",
"heatmapper",
"map",
"wardriving",
"warwalking",
"wifi",
"wireless"
] | The term ‘warwalking’ isn’t used very often, but the Ekahau HeatMapper adds a
new tool to the pod bound hacker’s arsenal
. The tool maps out wireless access points as well as their signal strength within a facility. A test of the HeatMapper on a
map made with AutoDesk Dragonfly
accurately determined the location of a r... | 36 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "78241",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2009-06-17T01:43:31",
"content": "kismet with gps",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78242",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2009-06-17T01:46:17",
"content": "(oop... | 1,760,377,640.236177 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/16/controllable-bristlebot/ | Controllable Bristlebot | Zach Banks | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"attiny13",
"AVR",
"bristlebot",
"emsl",
"linefollowing",
"mouse",
"robot",
"sensor",
"sprite_tm"
] | [sprite_tm], whose projects we have
covered in the past
, took the popular bristlebot to an extreme and created a
controllable version
. A
bristlebot
consists of a small vibrating motor mounted with a battery on the head of a toothbrush. These micro-robots buzz around randomly, and he attempted to tame them. He used a ... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "78223",
"author": "landon",
"timestamp": "2009-06-16T22:04:02",
"content": "sick! that looks like a really fun project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78227",
"author": "-.-",
"timestamp": "2009-06-16T22:43:55",
"co... | 1,760,377,640.556475 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/16/arduino-experimentation-kit/ | Arduino Experimentation Kit | Zach Banks | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"arduino",
"breadboard",
"kits",
"led",
"microcontroller",
"oomlout",
"servo",
"tutorial"
] | [Oomlout] has created an
Arduino Experimentation Kit
that uses basic sensors, buttons, and LEDs to teach electronics and programming. Printed overlays are secured on a breadboard, indicating components and connections.
The Arduino is then used to drive the circuit. Examples include driving motors, using shift registers... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "78221",
"author": "Addictronics",
"timestamp": "2009-06-16T21:19:55",
"content": "Perfect! What a great way to teach someone new to the Arduino arena how to use it and get started building things. I honestly wish that things like this could be found more locally and used with basic ... | 1,760,377,640.414305 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/16/dell-vostro-a90-hackintosh/ | Dell Vostro A90 Hackintosh | Eliot | [
"computer hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] | [
"bios",
"boing boing gadgets",
"bootloader",
"dell",
"dell mini 9",
"dell vostro a90",
"dellefi",
"gizmodo",
"hackintosh",
"laptop",
"leopard",
"mechdrew",
"mini 9",
"netbook",
"OsX",
"osx86",
"usb",
"vostro a90",
"wallpaper"
] | A friend recently commissioned us to install OSX on a netbook. We advised him to purchase the Dell Vostro A90. It’s essentially a rebadged Dell Mini 9, a model that has been discontinued, but is
well suited for OSX
. It’s only available with a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM, and 16GB SSD. Depending on what deals are av... | 44 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "78205",
"author": "ACEdotcom",
"timestamp": "2009-06-16T19:07:41",
"content": "But if i case have it wrapped in apple’s shiny, pretty casing what good is OSX?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78207",
"author": "pod",
"tim... | 1,760,377,640.50628 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/15/c64-twitter-client/ | C64 Twitter Client | Eliot | [
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"c128",
"c64",
"commodore 64",
"contiki",
"retro thing",
"twitter",
"vice"
] | The last of the Commodore 64’s shortcomings has been addressed; it
finally has a Twitter client
. [Johan Van den Brande] wrote BREADBOX64 for use on the C64/128. It’s running on top of the open source Contiki operating system. The hardware is an
MMC Replay
cartridge with an ethernet adapter. If you don’t have the hardw... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "78157",
"author": "aSSbAG",
"timestamp": "2009-06-16T00:55:56",
"content": "Another useless project from the “because I could, that’s why” mindset.So yeah, useless but cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78161",
"author": ... | 1,760,377,640.366411 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/15/theremin-controlled-mario/ | Theremin Controlled Mario | Eliot | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"conquerearth",
"gizmodo",
"mario",
"smb",
"super mario bros",
"theremin"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnZeI8uLJnw]
In the video above, [conquerearth] is using a theremin to control Super Mario Bros. Moving his hand toward and away from the vertical antenna increases the theremin’s pitch. The computer monitors this in real time and moves Mario left and right. The loop antenna cont... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "78145",
"author": "Eleftherios Kosmas",
"timestamp": "2009-06-15T23:04:11",
"content": "Hmmm… so can we use a theremin as input device, like a 3d mouse or something like that…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78146",
"author"... | 1,760,377,640.763784 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/15/rgbike-pov-2/ | RGBike POV | Eliot | [
"Android Hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"atmega328",
"AVR",
"bicycle",
"bike",
"instructable",
"led",
"monkeylectric",
"POV",
"pwm",
"rgb",
"spokepov"
] | [Hazard] wanted a
full color POV display for his bike
wheel. Adafruit’s
SpokePOV
is single color and Monkeylectric’s
original version
didn’t display images. He also balked at the cost and decided to manufacture his own version. It uses 16 RGB LEDs on a single layer board he manufactured himself. It’s an entirely throug... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "78131",
"author": "firetech",
"timestamp": "2009-06-15T21:03:20",
"content": "Dup Posthttp://hackaday.com/2009/06/11/rgbike-pov/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78133",
"author": "stinkymonkey",
"timestamp": "2009-06-15T... | 1,760,377,640.607522 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/12/atari-wallets/ | Atari Wallets | Caleb Kraft | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"atari",
"cartridge",
"wallet"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbpq8NEWxYc]
[niles] has refined
the art of making wallets out of game cartridges
. Specifically, he is using Atari cartridges. He’s gotten down to about a two hour process which results in a decently usable wallet.
We’ve seen someone make a cartridge wallet
before, and we have t... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "77914",
"author": "pod",
"timestamp": "2009-06-12T14:34:08",
"content": "it seems it even keeps its functionality.coll but not exactly comfortable once in your pocket :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77916",
"author": "Ron... | 1,760,377,641.810006 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/11/phonepoint-pen/ | PhonePoint Pen | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"accellerometer",
"cell phone",
"gesture"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvu2hwMFkMs&feature=player_embedded]
Some grad students at Duke University have been working on a new tool for cell phones equipped with accellerometers.
The software called Phonepoint Pen
, allows you to write with your phone in the air. Though we don’t find the applications th... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "77860",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2009-06-11T19:19:51",
"content": "This is nothing new right? Movosity,light writer,Airpaint etc, are all iphone apps that do just this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77865",
"... | 1,760,377,640.86521 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/11/rgbike-pov/ | RGBike POV | Caleb Kraft | [
"LED Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"POV"
] | [Hazard] is designing this
open source POV system for bikes
. With the recent release of
Monkey Electric’s m464q
, [Hazard] was inspired. He found the price tag of roughly $2,000 to be way too much though. He is designing his own and taking us along for the trip. He hasn’t quite reached the Monkey Electric level of fea... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "77837",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2009-06-11T15:14:53",
"content": "Excellent, I really hope this project gets close to that of MonkeyElectric’s amazing (but expensive) display, but I fear 16 LEDs is not nearly enough, I’d want triple or quadruple that amount.SpokePOV is good ... | 1,760,377,640.815402 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/10/real-guitar-guitar-hero/ | Real Guitar + Guitar Hero | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"guitar hero"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b_mE4JhF1o]
[Alan] isn’t very good at guitar. He says so himself. He’s not that great at guitar hero either. Was that medium difficulty? Let’s put aside his skill to talk about
his controller
. He has fused the guitar hero controller with a real guitar. The original guitar has r... | 35 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "77776",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2009-06-10T21:27:56",
"content": "When I was little – I played a game called Simon.It was a box that lit up 4 different colors in various orders.The object was to play them back in the same order. Very Simple.Now, as an adult, I see Guita... | 1,760,377,641.055485 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/10/kali-the-makerbot/ | Kali The Makerbot | Caleb Kraft | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"cupcake",
"makerbot",
"reprap"
] | Is this the beginning of a new trend? We’ve seen case modding in computers for a while now, but are we going to start seeing extreme case modding for our CNC machines?
This is Kali
. Kali eats plastic and pukes parts. Nice. | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "77757",
"author": "numa",
"timestamp": "2009-06-10T17:25:06",
"content": "Absolutely cool – like a RepRap with a bad attitude!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77759",
"author": "hunnter",
"timestamp": "2009-06-10T18:01:5... | 1,760,377,640.98941 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/06/10/extra-pleo-battery-pack/ | Extra Pleo Battery Pack | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"battery pack",
"pleo",
"ugobe"
] | Those of you who have played with a Pleo know exactly where this is going. The Pleo averages about 30 minues per 2-3 hour charge. Just swap batteries you say? Nope, the battery packs aren’t available. Fortunately, you can
make your own pretty easily
. The basic frame is a standard battery pack for 6 AA’s. There are on... | 11 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "77745",
"author": "eldorel",
"timestamp": "2009-06-10T14:53:56",
"content": "Might be nice to include a link to explain what a pleo is.herewikipedia",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6468032",
"author": "Jett",
"... | 1,760,377,640.919842 |
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