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https://hackaday.com/2007/01/04/dc-entries-relay-board-pong/
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DC Entries: Relay Board, PONG
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Will O'Brien
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[
"contests",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’ve got a couple more design challenge entries for ya. (The first one made the entry deadline, but he had to repost it to another web host – no whining about how it was posted on the 26th)
[Joe]submitted his
Parallel port relay board
. He’s still working on the software to drive it, but the board looks good. He suggests cutting a parallel cable to make the input. (I’ve done it, it’s a pain) I’ll suggest soldering the inputs directly to a solder style DB25 – or add some edge traces so that a cheap solder style connector can be attached directly to the board.
[Andrew] built and submitted
UPONG
– Pong on a LED dot matrix display. It reminds me of the
pong hat
. He’s even put up a video of the game in action.
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"author": "propeine",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T19:49:43",
"content": "I like the pong game a lot. (First Post)",
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"comment_id": "24135",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T19:51:55",
"content": "How many enteries were there?",
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"comment_id": "24136",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T20:16:46",
"content": "Where’s the hack-a-day logo on the parallel port relay board?",
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"comment_id": "24137",
"author": "yuckymucky",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T20:19:18",
"content": "Does the pong board have the hack a day logo on it? Even if it doesn’t I really like it.",
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"comment_id": "24138",
"author": "Naer Dinsul",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T20:41:03",
"content": "@3: The documentation on the site says that the hackaday logo scrolls across the LED matrix on startup.I have to agree. That upong is beautiful… I’d hate to have to do that soldering though…",
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"comment_id": "24139",
"author": "royce",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T20:42:00",
"content": "I recently worked on a project with LED matrix displays. In the process of trying to reduce our cost and our pin count we happened upon the A6821 and the MIC5891. These are gangs of source and sink drivers that are controlled serially via shift registers. Further they can be daisy chained so that you can control as many matrices as you want with only three MCU lines as long as you can squirt the serial data out fast enough.",
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"timestamp": "2007-01-04T21:22:12",
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"comment_id": "24141",
"author": "Crossed",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T21:43:12",
"content": "Ohh i like the pong game. could be cool with a building guide for it and the chip firmware released, so it’s like an open source sff pong game. only thing missing is a “cpu player” (ie. if your alone then you can play agains the chip itself), an onoff swicth and a battery pack (maybe li ion)",
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"comment_id": "24142",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T23:19:12",
"content": "no, the scrolling logo is for the upong game. I’m talking about the relay board contest submission.",
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"comment_id": "24143",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T00:31:49",
"content": "The pong game looks neat – nice job, andrew!Then again, I’ve got a soft spot for pong — click on my name or watch the video:http://youtube.com/watch?v=EdPAzvWQBCII didn’t submit my design to hackaday because the board is really small & the parts are hard to solder. That, and I didn’t finish until Jan 1st :-)",
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"comment_id": "24144",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T00:41:48",
"content": "pong game is neat. looks like it would be tough to put together though if that is the idea.",
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"comment_id": "24145",
"author": "neg",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T01:45:13",
"content": "i LOVE the upong board!How are you deciding the winner? public vote?–neg",
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"comment_id": "24146",
"author": "Dok",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T01:51:34",
"content": "if you look close you can see the logo on the back of the board directly left of the buzzer.",
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"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T01:54:28",
"content": "if you go to the site, the hackaday logo can be found on the bitmap version of the parallel pcb. im still new with eagle, so i had to add it into the bmp version with photoshop.and btw, the software is done, it lets you turn on or off devices connected to your computer via the internet. the page was posted on the 25th, but i edited it to show the new software on the 26th. scroll down, the app and the php script to run the connect method are near the bottom.-joe.",
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"comment_id": "24148",
"author": "Jerome",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T05:42:46",
"content": "don’t tell me that the upong project was made in 25 days! I won’t believe you!",
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"timestamp": "2007-01-05T06:30:32",
"content": "@morcheeba,wow.that pong watch looks A+.like the stuff on tokyoflash.com",
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https://hackaday.com/2007/01/04/avr-laser-projector/
|
AVR Laser Projector
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Laser Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"atmel avr",
"atmelavr",
"laser projector",
"LaserProjector"
] |
I’ve seen a few simple DIY laser projectors that just oscillate the beam.
This one
(scroll past the pong game) has 16 lines of resolution. Sixteen mirrors are rotated by a motor, and an AVR controller pulses the laser to draw the image. Via
Asish’s Programming Journal
(Worth checking out, he’s been doing several webcam laser pointer projects.)
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"author": "captainzeros",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T08:23:24",
"content": "Sweet. First post.",
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"comment_id": "24133",
"author": "Crusty Justy",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T09:05:06",
"content": "or you could get even more technical…http://elm-chan.org/works/vlp/report_e.html",
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"comment_id": "24113",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T09:38:56",
"content": "dood, this is the second repeat (the ds mod being the first) hack this week!And worse yet, you spelled Ashish’s name wrong!In any case, yes the laser scanner is cool; I think it would be put to best use aimed at a wall (with the beam somewhat unfocused to give a nice usable spot) so that you could play pong on a 100″ screen :P",
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"comment_id": "24114",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T09:54:40",
"content": "will this have the same problem as the virtual boy of causing severe eye strain after a relatively short while? some games on the virtual boy had break periods every level or set time limit because your eyes get messed up with oscillating light sources or something like that, it ad to do with the lasers and mirrors.",
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"comment_id": "24115",
"author": "Crossed",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T13:03:24",
"content": "just need a blue and green laser, the it’s a rbg laser projector",
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"comment_id": "24116",
"author": "Cool Duder",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T14:44:23",
"content": "Thats exacly the same concept as the TinyProjector by Stefan Marti;http://web.media.mit.edu/~stefanm/TinyProjector/TinyProjector.html#_Toc33772655",
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"author": "lonas",
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"content": "to #4i’m pretty sure collimated, monochromatic light doesn’t mix the same way as ‘normal light’.#3I think the virtual boy’s problem was that you had your eyes in that hood, rather than looking at a wall.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24118",
"author": "Bryan",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T17:40:48",
"content": "I read this a few years ago. I wish there was a more detailed explanation about how to make it- i sure would.-bryan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24119",
"author": "Jerome",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T18:43:53",
"content": "That is a nice project! I have seen this rotary laser projector in a magazine and they where using a cpu fan for the motor, they removed every fins and glued mirror. YOu have 8 mirrors and every mirror is incline so that the laser is pointing higher then the previous mirror.ELECKTOR n:339 septembre 2006 page68, let my fin de link… nope the guy website has nothing, two line of text and the zip file.( the file is even corrupt) Here is a tiny pictures to have idea.http://www.elektor.fr/Portals/0/Magazine/Images/2006/l065118-51.jpgI have to get back to my robot sumociaojerome",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24120",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T23:27:36",
"content": "The problem with the virtual boy was that you had your head in this hood, looking at an image which MAY or MAY NOT be adjusted and focused properly for your vision. Also, the image in the virtual boy was made using 2 dot matrix LED screens, not lasers. There was one screen for each eye, which gave you the stereoscopic illusion of 3D. There were mirrors pointing to the two screens, and a lens system. A knob and slider on the top of the VB adjusted the ditance between the screens, (ie, how far apart your eyes were) and another adjusted the focus.My memory might be a little off, but i think you guys get the idea.That said, i think it would be really interesting to see this done with 3 lasers. Im fairly certain the light WOULD colimate properly, but blue lasers arent exactly cheap. If anyone is seriously considering it, the cheapest source of a blue laser would be a PS3 Blue Ray drive. But, that makes me wonder: What about the laser in a HD-DVD drive for the x360?All in all, i think this is a cool project and id love to see some people building off of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24121",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-01-06T03:15:56",
"content": "to #9It dosn’t seam possible to me that there are no blue lasers to be had for less than a couple hundred dollars (or whatever broken ps3’s are going for these days). But then, I’ve been wrong before… :)(btw, the “blue”-ray laser is closer to violet than blue)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24122",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-01-06T03:37:58",
"content": "the result of a couple of minutes of searching…http://cgi.ebay.com/BRIGHT-BLUE-ARGON-LASER-HEAD-NATIONAL-60X_W0QQitemZ140069492924QQihZ004QQcategoryZ109452QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24123",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-01-06T08:00:26",
"content": "Well, if that laser didn’t need a power supply (~$100-200) and a regassing ($2k+) it would be great…You could do a red/green/yellow pretty cheap with a few dicrotics and a green laser pointer… But to add blue you would be best off buying a xbox hddvd drive…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24124",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-01-06T19:40:59",
"content": "oh, im supprised a regassing costs so much, how can a couple of cc’s of argon cost 2k+?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24125",
"author": "Jerome",
"timestamp": "2007-01-07T02:09:12",
"content": "the result of a other 48sec of searchinghttp://cgi.ebay.com/REVOLUTIONARY-POWERFULL-BLUE-LASER-POINTER-5MW-5-MW_W0QQitemZ140068966584QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14954QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemvoilathe laser in a ps3 is too way to small to see with the naked eye, so forget thatj-",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24126",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-01-07T04:17:28",
"content": "idk, if its bright enough, im pretty sure you’ll see it, even if the beam width is only thenths of milimeters, (you could always increase it with optics anyway)btw, i dont know how the reader compares, but in any case, do you remember the blu ray burner laser in one of the extras a while ago?http://photonlexicon.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=797",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24127",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-01-07T06:14:31",
"content": "Regasssins costs soo much becuase you can’t just blow some argon into the laser, you have to hook it up a vacuum pump, get the pressure extreemly low (thousadths of an atmosphere) then bake the tube to get impurities out, then probably replace some optics, and then regass it. and You are paying the guy doing the work somewhere arround $200/hr…The lasers out of a blu-ray drive are .35mw, and the laser out of a hddvd is .5mw so it isn’t all that bright. If you use a burner then you can get over 20mw…The beams exits the laser ~1um by 100uf (rectangle) and is highly divergent. This is culminated by a concave lens, which is later focuses down onto the disk. So if you remove the focusing lens on the optical assembly of a drive you will get a colminated beam (probably ~2mm in diameter).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24128",
"author": "larrysanchez",
"timestamp": "2007-01-07T07:07:28",
"content": "Red Green And Blue Lasers, will colminate and mix their colours perfectly well, it may be off white, however this can be corrected with modulation of the beam (i.e. if there is too much blue, it can be reduced by using PWM on the beam) However blue laser technology is way to expensive for hobbyists (and not developed enought to fit the DPSS crystals required for a high output in a small housing) Which is unfortunate, however if things go the way they have with Green DPSS lasers over the past few years, we should see 100mw blue modules for around $150! (I hope! :):) )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24129",
"author": "HÃ¥kon A. Hjortland",
"timestamp": "2007-01-07T14:04:06",
"content": "Could blue LEDs be used instead of lasers? I know little about optics, but since lasers need optics to create the parallel beams anyway, why not start off with a LED? The coherent properties of the laser is not what’s important. The only requirement for a “laser” projector, is that the light source is very focused.Regardless of the kind of light source, though, I think it will be difficult to get all three colors to shine on the mirror wheel from the same direction. But maybe there exist some color-dependant mirrors which could solve this? Alternatively, one could place the laser / LED-pseudo-laser right next to each other, then let Red draw pixel (0,0), while Green draws (5,0) and Blue draws (10,0). Kind of like drawing with an RGB fork. Looking at a given pixel, it will be drawn with B, then G, then R with slight pause between. Due to persistence of vision, though, this will probably not be noticeable.For you who want to continue the quest for a HDTV RGB laser projector: Primary problems with our design was:* Low light intesity. A laser pointer spread over 10x10cm or something like that is not very bright. More powerful lasers are of course a bit scary to work with, so we didn’t even think of that. This was just a simple for-fun-project, no intentions of very advanced stuff.* Mirror alignment: Very tedious work!The TinyProjector (comment #5) looks cool. A mobile device projector, as mentioned there, is maybe a more suitable application of laser projectors than HDTV. If one should attempt to create a 50″ TV using laser projection, you will always have the basic problem of beam intensity. If the mirrors for some reason stops, you have a multiple-watts beam shining in the same direction, so you have to make absolutely sure that this is detected so that the lasers can be automatically turned off. If not, you could start a fire with the beam or cause flash-boiling of eyeballs looking into the projector.Anyway, good luck to anyone trying to figure out the next step!—HÃ¥kon,Co-creator of the AVR video projector.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24130",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-01-07T21:28:10",
"content": "to #18, thats a good idea, if the surface onto which the image was to be projected was a resonable distace away, the low beam divergance of lasers would be unnecisary.to #17, I don’t think PWM would work well in this application, as the frequncy would have to be very high if the single pixles were to be maintained",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24131",
"author": "larrysanchez",
"timestamp": "2007-01-08T10:46:05",
"content": "#19 That is one thing that I thought of, there are analogue dimmable lasers out there, but they requie bulky electronics. Sitting beside me I have a 100mw red and a 100mw green laser, and I’m seriously tempted to make a two colour projector, however I’m lacking an AVR programmer, and the knowelege to adjust the programming accordingly.#18 Using 2 partially refelctive mirrors, placed at a 45 degree angle to the green beam and square to the red beam will mix the laser light, and these mirrors are found in all CD drives, used to let the laser light from the diode pass through (i.e. the red beam in my situation above) and bounce the highly parallel beam from the cd being read back to the sensor. I myself have salvaged a few of these mirrors and tested them with my two lasers, and I have been able to create a nice yellow beam. I think you may be onto something with the LED idea, however lenses to collminate the beams to such tight spots could prove tricky to fit in a small space. Anyway I’m only a laser hobbyist, and the only knowelege I have is through doing experiments of my own, but if you require any more information don’t hesitate to contact me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24132",
"author": "larrysanchez",
"timestamp": "2007-01-08T10:48:32",
"content": "Sorry I made a mistake in my last post, I meant 1 partiallty reflective mirror, 2 would be required to produce a white beam consisting of R,G,B Lasers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.055336
|
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https://hackaday.com/2007/01/03/pin-terminal-tetris/
|
Pin Terminal Tetris
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"card reader",
"CardReader",
"pin pad",
"PinPad",
"tetris"
] |
I’ve never trusted putting my PIN number at a store, and now I’m glad I don’t. In an effort to prove just how hackable those handy input terminals are, [saar drimmer] and [steven murdoch]
replaced the guts of a pin terminal
with… tetris. Hmm, now I need a gameboy tetris fix Thanks [terti]
A word of warning, the embedded video made Mozilla nutty on my usually rock solid machine.
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[
{
"comment_id": "24099",
"author": "kcbanner",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T08:21:02",
"content": "Video worked fine here with mplayer-plugin for firefox :D.Yes this is a hack in the true spirit of hacks, the very essence of Hack a Day. Jolly good, jolly good I say!Love the welcome screen on the Tetris game…Professor…-kcbanner",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24100",
"author": "Bones",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T08:22:21",
"content": "The video (I assume, or something else on the site) killed my Firefox, and even IE, as well. I didn’t see anything of use there anyway, but the video is on YouTube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTzkD9M0sU",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24101",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T09:24:32",
"content": "Nice.–CrashGames.biz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24102",
"author": "Derek Vance",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T09:42:16",
"content": "THats Sweet!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24103",
"author": "Chupa",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T09:44:51",
"content": "web site is farked, slow loadIf if replaced the guts of it i don’t see how that really proves they are hackable.I can hack an orgional nintindo to run windows if i replace the guts with a computer.not really a “SECURITY THREAT” imo, just neat hack of tetris in a strange place. Yea replacing the guts to record CC info is 1 thing. Taking it to a business and installing it there and seeing if you get away with it is another. Which im sure is possible to get away with with some social engineering.i doonoo… im just a hater",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24104",
"author": "Modrak",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T13:34:45",
"content": "That’s so stupid :D But I love it ! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24105",
"author": "Sonderling-Meister",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T14:43:33",
"content": "chupa, i dare you to fit a full motherboard and hard drive, griphics card, ect in a gameboy original. lol. sweet hack, anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24106",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T16:27:14",
"content": "sonderling-meister, chupa said “original nintendo” which I assumed to mean the NES –http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/nespc/Although the original Gameboy is large enough to hold the guts of an iPaq… Or perhaps Gumstix…“In an effort to prove just how hackable those handy input terminals are” – Wow, nice scaremonger statement there. Sure, anything is hackable when one has it on the bench in their workshop. In that situation, the real “hack” is getting it back onto the convenience store counter without anyone noticing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24107",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T22:11:14",
"content": "Someday magnetic cards become extinct. Until then, check your balance each day before it’s completely gone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24108",
"author": "Finch",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T03:48:04",
"content": "Everyone needs to upgrade to Firefox 2. The video plays perfect on it. (along with a lot of other stuff that won’t run on IE7)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24109",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T23:20:36",
"content": "I really don’t see how this proves they are insecure. You could do the same thing with any piece of hardware in the world, pull it apart and put different electronics inside of it.That doesn’t explain how you get the terminal out of the store, rebuild it at home, and then return it to the store without anyone noticing you took it; or for that matter the fact that it no longer actually works as a credit card terminal, but is just stealing CC numbers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24110",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2007-01-08T06:50:18",
"content": "It’s not so much about you replacing one at a store, it’s about a crooked shopkeeper putting one of these next to his till.What if instead of playing Tetris it said “PLEASE ENTER YOUR PIN”, and instead of authorizing your charge it stored your account information and PIN? (This is a form of card data theft known as “skimming”.) It could still print out “CHARGE APPROVED” and giving you a chocolate bar for free would be a small price to pay to get an account and PIN of a customer with good credit.The idea is that you’re supposed to be able to trust these terminals. How’s your trust level now?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24111",
"author": "Ben the Man",
"timestamp": "2007-01-12T08:34:21",
"content": "These things are actually quite secure! Your pin/card number is encrypted before it even leaves the unit. Not even the peeps at the store (save for the few with soldering irons handy) can service it: only the company that made it can get past the encryption.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.004359
|
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https://hackaday.com/2007/01/02/overclocking-nintendo-ds/
|
Overclocking Nintendo DS
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[
"1.7x speed hack",
"1.7xSpeedHack",
"nintendo ds overclock",
"NintendoDsOverclock",
"toggle switch",
"ToggleSwitch"
] |
[Reilly]
translated
some content from
this site
and brings us an interesting mod to run a
Nintendo DS
at 1.7x normal speed. The mod allows the addition of a switch for overclocking on demand. Nothing like a good overclocking to end the day.
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[
{
"comment_id": "24080",
"author": "AndrewNeo",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T08:48:57",
"content": "I recall seeing this before, and it being called a fake. Still not sure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24081",
"author": "Brandon",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T10:21:08",
"content": "I’d try this.Too bad my DS was burgled by a couple of meth heads.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24082",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T12:42:15",
"content": "“Extremery daricate handy work!”holy shit the stereotype is true!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24083",
"author": "redfireant3",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T13:23:58",
"content": "why cant you do it with software like the psp?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24084",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T14:07:04",
"content": "Aw man, Monster beat me to it; I wasn’t up as early this a.m. as normal. Now I have to use the proceeds from selling my NDS in 2005 to buy a new NDS.Redfireant3, perhaps the oscillator is not programmable?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24085",
"author": "Kevinin",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T14:30:45",
"content": "how about the older Game Boys? could you manipulate its cpu frequency, too?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24086",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T14:47:44",
"content": "Anyone know how oscillators react when they are placed in parallel?I cant really see the layout of the circuit from the pictures, but it looks like he might have done that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24087",
"author": "whitewiz",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T15:05:49",
"content": "iwe done this a long time a go. and it works. :P even in online games.(mario kart).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24088",
"author": "Alex K.",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T16:01:06",
"content": "@redfireant:who the hell plays psp anyway?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24089",
"author": "Mattts",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T17:07:39",
"content": "#4, the DS was not designed to have the clock speed changed in software like the PSP as scaling down the speed is not necessary for extending the very short battery life of the PSP due to moving parts (UMD) etc.#7, not many people although it has become quite popular recently with the PSX emulator hack allowing quite a few games to run perfectly on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24090",
"author": "CRVH",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T18:41:42",
"content": "ummm… other than telling your friends that your DS has a switch and is 1.7x faster than theirs, is there any noticable performance enhancement with this hack?will i be able to play the surgery game faster? ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24091",
"author": "gijs",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T19:47:49",
"content": "yes you can! check here:http://gieskes.nl/underclocking_or_overclocking_the_gameboy_classic_tutorial/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24092",
"author": "mad_cow",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T20:32:01",
"content": "I would like to see an underclocking mod, so you could slow down the DS at a flick of a switch, would come in handy for fast games.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24093",
"author": "CRVH",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T02:58:38",
"content": "#12: Thanks gijs! That’s totally excellent. I put my old GameBoy on a necklace, like Flava-Flav. It’s totally dope. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24094",
"author": "some city boy",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T07:19:45",
"content": "yeah, i saw something similar on DS;GEN1.aren’t those only like 30MHz (normal)(sorry i don’t know DS ihave touchscreen PDA, and PSP im good =D)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24095",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T13:47:49",
"content": "#13 (japroach) yeah, looks like that’s what he did; 24+33 = 57, 57/33 = 1.7. The sum frequency is apparently driving the 33MHz coprocessor.#10 (mad_cow): You might have to remove the stock oscillator to do that. It might require lifting just one lead. I could see putting in a 3-position switch with slow, normal, and fast speeds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24096",
"author": "smb1985",
"timestamp": "2007-01-28T07:35:01",
"content": "I did this, and it works well, even on the old ds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24097",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2007-03-15T02:54:27",
"content": "It’s pretty neat, but I have a couple things that I don’t like about it:#1: You can’t switch it live… needing to close it, switch it, then open it.#2: He really butchered the case putting that horible switch in there… Why not a push button one? You know… the kind on old computers that it like a retractable pen? That way, you can drill a nice little hole in there, and use the stylus for pressing the button…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24098",
"author": "Mos",
"timestamp": "2008-03-25T03:45:30",
"content": "Is there any way to get a little more speed to it. Like 2.5 or 3X faster.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52496",
"author": "DSA",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T14:51:45",
"content": "THE PSP ROCKS! IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE DS, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PSP CAN NOT HAVE TOUCH SCREEN…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.239045
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https://hackaday.com/2007/01/02/dc-entries-lvplogic-probe-and-a-wireless-antenna/
|
DC Entries: LVP/Logic Probe And A Wireless Antenna
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"contests"
] |
[
"2.4ghz antenna",
"2.4ghzAntenna",
"802.11 antenna",
"802.11Antenna",
"802.11b antenna",
"802.11bAntenna",
"802.11g antenna",
"802.11gAntenna",
"design challenge",
"DesignChallenge",
"logic probe",
"logicprobe",
"pic programmer",
"PicProgrammer"
] |
I’m sick today, but finally getting some entries up. [Albert] designed
this board
which can be either a low voltage PIC programmer or, if you lack a programmer to get the initial flash data on the PIC, the through hole components make a logic probe. He rounded out the board with a silk screened logo and a prototyping area. He was also kind enough to provide an eagle library with the Hack-A-Day logo.
Our second featured entry of the day: [Pablo] put together a simple
Hack-A-Day 2.4ghz antenna
. He built and tested it – It functions nicely as a directional 2db antenna. His proposed use: limit your neighbors access to your AP by aiming the unetched backside at them.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "24064",
"author": "neg",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T00:30:31",
"content": "Finally! (First comment!)–neg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24065",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T01:30:19",
"content": "The description doesn’t mention the best part of Pablo’s antenna — the radiating element is in the shape of the hack-a-day logo!! Kick ass!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24066",
"author": "factor grimm",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T02:01:46",
"content": "i don’t really get what the first person’s first project is meant to do.I understand it’s a pic programmer, and it seems to use ICSP, but where does it get the source hex to upload? can it be stored in the onboard pic (which i gather is used to facilitate the uploading)?If so, 10 points, that could be useful for some hardcore hacking.. say a common device that begs for a new, more flexible firmware, and you can upload it with a simple harness connection and the press of a button.But if it requires a computer to host the .HEX, then i can’t see this device being useful at all, since there are simpler programmers that do not require a PIC in the first place (and the whole catch 22 there for new users).The first person’s second submission is fine and dandy, except that who wants to use a logic probe in the dimensions of a business card? it is much better suited to a longer shape so it can be put in a case and held like a pen. Much easier to use when you don’t have a table to put things down on.The second person’s submission is very neat, just rather simple.. unless of course he’s actually done the wizard math required to figure out the optimal shape and really made it work. but as to the matter of directionality, does printed circuit board block signals? i’d like to see it tested. sorry, call me skeptical. :)i wonder if i should even post this, i don’t want to discourage anyone in the contest. i hope there are even more clever things on the way. and i have to admit that i haven’t submitted anything, so every entry is better than what i’ve done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24067",
"author": "Tom Parker",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T02:33:57",
"content": "I like the idea of the first one :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24068",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T03:34:04",
"content": "@ Mr. GrimAs to the first project, you get the data on with the USB connector (you did click the link, right?). I would like to see your usb pic programmer that does not require a some onboard intelligence (be it a pic or some other microcontroller)…The logic anailier is a little big… But it does show high/low and even keeps the undefined light on for a while whenever it finds an undefined signal ;)As to the antenna, the pcb antenna isn’t what makes the antenna directional. It is the design of the antenna. And yes he did the calculation to find the optimal area for the logo (if you look at his site you would see the data he used, but not the formulas). I should also point out that for the antenna to do much you need the back of the board to be covered with copper (make sure to use double sided 1/16″ thick pcb, and tape over the back when you etch)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24069",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T05:56:42",
"content": "it would seam to me that the coper clad back side is intended to provide the directionality, as aposed to being necisary for the antena itself’s operation",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24070",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T16:15:31",
"content": "Dude,The antenna is hot! Good thinking. I hope the judges remember that rf is hard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24071",
"author": "evan",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T18:30:32",
"content": "The antenna project is really cool. Its very simple, its useful, and it make a great use of the logo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24072",
"author": "Albert",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T18:33:56",
"content": "I probably should have put that the PIC is just used for a USB to serial converter but it would be cool if it did what Factor Grimm said. I don’t expect to win but it was fun making the boards. If anyone has bootloader experience with the USB PIC, then by all means use the design and make something cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24073",
"author": "CRVH",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T18:38:43",
"content": "Holy crap that antenna is freakin’ awesome. Nice work, Pablo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24074",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T02:57:58",
"content": "The copper is an integral part of the antenna; you need to have a ground plane for the antenna to do anything…Try making the antenna without the copper and see how well it performs (and hope it doesn’t blow out your wifi card)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24075",
"author": "Sonderling-Meister",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T04:02:57",
"content": "that antenna is awsome. who’d of thought that a skull and wrenches made an optimum 2.4 ghz antenna.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24076",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T06:14:16",
"content": "Hmm… I don’t know about “optimum”… 2dBi isn’t an amazing amount.Here’s a PCB antenna that supposedly has a 9dBi gain:http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/antennas/Maxrad%209dBi/index.htmlNo word on the dimensions, but I’m guessing half that of the business card.Not a lot of details on it, but fairly consistent with what I’d expect from a PCB patch antenna.I don’t think the card was designed to be optimal however, just fun :)I’d be interested in the software he used to simulate it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24077",
"author": "Pablo(khanzerbero)",
"timestamp": "2007-01-06T04:49:16",
"content": "somme comments about some comments:it was mainly designed to fullfill the contest specifications so them were the primary design restrictions, along with making it work for the 2.4GHz band.the radiating element of the antenna is the copper with the shape of the skull logo and the port(part to b connected to the wifi card) it is exited with an electric field through the port and then that field is inmediatelly radiated to the air with minimum losses(copper related losses), the field then travels through the fr4 to the back plate wich is the ground plate and inmediatelly reflected almost as metals reflect light(another EM wave, just different frecuency), the back plate is what limits the amount of field radiated in the backwards direction then the amount of signal received in that direction.the wizards math to make that exact skull design operate at 2.4GHz would drive anyone nuts, suposing it can be done. So you start by aproximating using formulaes for patch antenna and then plan the shape and simulate a lot, i personally knew what i wanted and the design restrictions made the number of simulations a finite and small number, Some details of the logo had to go so it could be simulated on a reasonable amount of time (3 to 4 hours per simulation)a patch antenna made of a regular shape can perform much better because their behaviour is well known, but -11Db of reflected power is an acceptable measurement considering the weirdness of the antenna.the simulation was done in using MOM(method of momentum) software so any nec can work will make a nigthmare the design process so i used Ansofts HFSS unfortunatedly the simulations were lost but once printed i was able to make some measurements in my university network analizer and loaded them in hfss so you can see the power reflected(S11) graph in the post.sorry im not a english native speaker",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24078",
"author": "Stephen Croft",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T19:07:00",
"content": "The Patch antenna is very ingenious. I’m still trying to find a plan for a ‘conventional’ PCB Patch @2.4GHz, apparently very hard? maths is not my strong point, but PCB design is, so hopefully, someone may popup with some info or a link.thanks in advance..Steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24079",
"author": "vids",
"timestamp": "2008-03-26T15:08:23",
"content": "thanks, Will, for posting it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.105332
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/01/01/snowboard-cnc-machine/
|
Snowboard CNC Machine
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Happy new year! I think we’ve covered the DIY CNC stuff a plenty, but I can’t resist posting
this one
. Remember the
DIY snowboard
? Recently, quite a few small quantity and home builders have cropped up. (I’m even planning to build my first board later this month.) [Mike Magruder] of
happy monkey snowboards
built a CNC gantry router just for cutting out wooden snowboard cores. The frame is built from structural aluminum (not cheap) with the usual steppers and some gecko drives running the show. The cable guide track and dust collector even make it look like a professional product. [Mike] also built a sweet
press
, but I’m going to be using
vacuum bagging
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "24056",
"author": "Kolby Dukes",
"timestamp": "2007-01-02T00:59:12",
"content": "first comment",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24057",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2007-01-02T01:12:07",
"content": "Its Happy Monkey, not Happy Money.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24058",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2007-01-02T04:10:51",
"content": "Is there any reason that there’s no link when I go to the DIY Snowboard? I can’t find the link to see how that was done. I’m using Firefox 2, and I can’t find any link on the page that points to how it is done, etc… Any reason for this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24059",
"author": "Max Kelley",
"timestamp": "2007-01-02T04:50:34",
"content": "Say, does anyone know what the name of the material used for structure in the above picture is? I remember there was an entire company that manufactures a bunch of stuff in the same fashion, like a big Erector/KNEX set.. just can’t remember the name. The aluminum bars are what I’m talking about.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24060",
"author": "david",
"timestamp": "2007-01-02T08:19:40",
"content": "does anyone have any DIY snow makers out there?, just out of curiosity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24061",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2007-01-02T11:04:30",
"content": "david, if you’re looking for plans, here you go.http://www.snowathome.com/free_plans/SAH-SG1_y-type_internal_mix.php",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24062",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T00:19:16",
"content": "It is called T-slot(ed) Aluminum, there is a huge ebay store devoted to it here:http://stores.ebay.com/8020-Inc-Garage-Sale_T-Slot-Extrusions-Fractional_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ6479546QQftidZ2QQtZkmOr search Mcmater(.com) for “t-slotted extrusions”.Have fun!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24063",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T02:48:07",
"content": "that should be mcmaster.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44363",
"author": "snowboarder123",
"timestamp": "2008-10-05T01:01:35",
"content": "Must be a great feeling when you fly down a mountain on a board you made yourself",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "84689",
"author": "snowboarding goggles",
"timestamp": "2009-08-06T16:55:53",
"content": "I managed to make my own board a few years back. Wasn’t very good quality when I finished it but it did the job while I waited to get a new board.Got a Burton Custom at the moment, cost a bit more but its worth it.I also still got the board I made but dont use it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.280641
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/31/airport-express-repair/
|
Airport Express Repair
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"airport express",
"AirportExpress",
"diy psu",
"DiyPsu"
] |
[Eduard] was kind enough to pass along this
airport express psu repair how-to
(
Translated version
). The old Airport had those
pesky
capacitor issues. Apparently the power supply in the little buggers can have issues. The solution? Add a pile of voltage regulators and some smoothing caps to get things powered back up. No word on how the new PSU affects sound output.
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "24050",
"author": "lain",
"timestamp": "2007-01-01T07:29:25",
"content": "isnt it a bad idea to connect the outputs of voltage regulators together? i mean, once a load is put on them, wouldnt the regulators cease to regulate properly? i’m not saying one way or the other, it seems like this should work just fine, but i’ve had people tell me it will screw up regulation and you’ll get weird voltages, can anyone clarify this??the way it was explained to me is that one regulator will output more than the other or vice-versa and they will sort of “fight for control” if you will, which will cause all sorts of craziness… though perhaps you could put a load between each regulator and ground, then put your circuit in parallel with that load? i dunno, i’m just speculating — i’m not familiar enough with linear regulators to go that in-deptheither way, it’s fricken cool that it works :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24051",
"author": "confused fishcake",
"timestamp": "2007-01-01T14:38:03",
"content": "You’re right, from experience voltage regulators don’t like being treated like that. It would have been easier to just use one for each voltage, less heat would probably be generated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24052",
"author": "Alex Dawson",
"timestamp": "2007-01-01T15:38:08",
"content": "I prefer this option –http://echoone.com/airport-express/surgery/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24053",
"author": "l",
"timestamp": "2007-01-01T19:31:01",
"content": "i don’t think you should put two voltage regulators together—debehangerster@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24054",
"author": "lain",
"timestamp": "2007-01-01T23:30:23",
"content": "after looking around, it seems like confused fishcake is right, simply using one would be better.. even if you’re pulling more than what the regulator is rated for, it’s like most other things: with enuf heatsinking, anything can happen :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24055",
"author": "Tolaemon",
"timestamp": "2007-01-02T00:11:21",
"content": "“..No word on how the new PSU affects sound output.” Lineal regulators such as 7805 don’t affect too much to audio signals, they are less “noisy” than switched regulators. So the new power supply shouldn’t affect too much to sound output.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,900.908737
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/30/diy-canon-lenses/
|
DIY Canon Lenses
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Remember
the cheap tilt-shift lens
? [Rodolfo] let me know about his set of
modded Canon lenses on Flickr
. The FD 50mm prime is pretty cheap off ebay – he removed the FD mount and uses it sans rear-end. We’ve seen a nicer version of this
before
. His macro lens caught my eye – it’s a combination of a cheap F/1.8 50mm and the handy, but cheap EF-S kit lens that comes with the Rebel XT series. (I might have to make one of those) Finally, we have the most original legal use for a Chinese lantern and duct tape that I’ve seen. It’s like the tilt shift, but the addition of the 50mm creates some
interesting effects
. Hit up wikipedia If you want to know more about the
EF/EF-S mounts
and adaptation issues.
| 6
| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "24044",
"author": "optV",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T19:19:28",
"content": "I can’t figure out if the 50 f/1.2 is modded somehow? He said he made the macro from the 50 f/1.8 + an 18-55 ef-s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24045",
"author": "optV",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T19:21:10",
"content": "Ah nm, I just reread it. It was an FD to EOS conversion.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24046",
"author": "neg",
"timestamp": "2006-12-31T12:11:34",
"content": "WE WANT CONTEST ENTRIES!–neg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24047",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2007-01-01T00:04:26",
"content": "Neat, I need to pick up a fast lens that has a aperature of 1.8 sometime soon, my f2.8 can do a lot, but still has troubles at concerts sometimes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24048",
"author": "tek",
"timestamp": "2007-01-02T21:19:04",
"content": "Huh? A 50mm f1.2 FD mount lens is somehow better than a 50mm prime EOS mount lens? For all the trouble that it’s worth, I don’t see how it’s in any way beneficial.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24049",
"author": "darren",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T06:55:14",
"content": "Tek.The EOS 50mm f/1.2 lens will go for around $1.5k.The FD 50mm f/1.2 lens can be had for $70 (what I paid including shipping on ebay).Now, why a f/1.2 lens? The short depth of field results in a very distinctive look to the photos. It also takes in a lot of light, so it can be used in low-light circumstances without having to resort to a flash.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,900.957522
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/29/opentom-roll-your-own-tomtom-distro/
|
OpenTom – Roll Your Own TomTom Distro
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"Portable Audio Hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[
"linux distro",
"linuxdistro",
"tomtom"
] |
TomTom already runs Linux. The
OpenTom project
(Internet Archive Link as of 2022) has documented the hardware and software to allow custom software builds to run. The Wiki covers everything from build tools to hardware connections. So far, a
mp3 player
has been released using the build tools. Hmm, I might have to pick one up to develop on myself.
Thanks to [kniVes788] for the
tip
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "24032",
"author": "Ryan Nelson",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T07:22:37",
"content": "nice. im gona look on ebay for a tomtom now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1031982",
"author": "Paw",
"timestamp": "2013-07-27T13:46:39",
"content": "check out your “Pawn Shops” first. Got mine for $16.00……… TomTomXL",
"parent_id": "24032",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4293822",
"author": "Leonaidus",
"timestamp": "2018-01-08T19:22:11",
"content": "Hey can i install sygic or any other map on xl",
"parent_id": "1031982",
"depth": 3,
"replies": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "24033",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T07:41:46",
"content": "Always interests me how many consumer devices run Linux and the world at large has no idea about it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24034",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T08:31:47",
"content": "i did something like this on a tomtom i got for xmis once i solber up enu to find ausb cable ill upload the mp3 playerps YAY 3rd POST",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24035",
"author": "knives788",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T08:51:16",
"content": "Ha, I’m kind of surprised my tip made it up here. I put it in while bored at work, and only half expected it to even be seen.I was looking for a reason to justify my buying the tomtom, and this really seems like a reason. The 910, though expensive, could be made into an entire mini-linux enabled system. It has alot of potential I think.Wardriving on it would be the killer app though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24036",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T13:47:49",
"content": "no leds? now i#m a sad sad steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24037",
"author": "Seidleroni",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T17:11:22",
"content": "I have a tomtom and although its great for GPS, the MP3 player functionality of OpenTom is quite awful. It doesnt save your playlists from one session to the next, and it is painful to add playlissts as you have to add one MP3 at a time, can’t add whole directories and it has trouble playing things with low bitrates (like audiobooks). If anyone can (or has!) developed something that does these things, it would be quite incredible!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24038",
"author": "Andrew Pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T17:45:21",
"content": "@2 — I agree. The linux kernel has been so important in the consumer device world that it would be terrific to see a “built on linux” sticker on these devices. I think such a campaign would go a long way toward consumer adoption of the OS.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24039",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T20:06:15",
"content": "That is certainly an interesting idea. They had “Intel Inside”, so why not a similar advertisement campaign for devices that use the Linux kernel?Of course, I guess the issue is the lack of one large entity controlling and pushing to get the kernel into as many devices as possible. Intel had a whole advertising department that came up with and implemented the stickers.Best they could do with Linux would be to amend something onto the license. “All embedded devices using the Linux kernel must clearly display clever stickers.” Worth a shot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24040",
"author": "Andrew Pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-12-31T05:08:26",
"content": "@7 — you’re almost there. You’re right in comparing it to “Intel Inside” — that was a brilliant campaign and set AMD back years. AMD did ultimately gain through a superior product line (at least briefly) but it took a long time.Intel Inside actually made consumers care about having a particular kind of processor when in fact it make no difference to 99% of them.The only place you lose me is when you want to amend the agreement to force the issue. I think if you did something a like a small, understated version of the penguin with a ‘built on linux’ slogan you could get plenty of volunteer compliance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24041",
"author": "DJ-Q",
"timestamp": "2006-12-31T17:20:58",
"content": "Hey I also posted the opentom project to hackaday. THe only problem is you either have your tomtom act as a satnav product or an MP3 player, it cant do both together which seems a bit pointless, dont you think???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24042",
"author": "ViceVirtue",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T06:25:57",
"content": "@9: It looks as though, in the screenshot, there is functionality to run the GPS and the mp3 player without a reflash…@10: The mp3 player is just a proof of concept, not to be taken seriously as of yet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24043",
"author": "ala",
"timestamp": "2008-08-10T16:37:20",
"content": "hello i want to know is anyone now how to hack a tomtom map australia v7.20 update please thanks my email address isala2006@live.comthanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42284",
"author": "Free TomTom",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T18:20:15",
"content": "This is interesting. I didn’t know the tom tom could be programmed for using linux",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48531",
"author": "doc",
"timestamp": "2008-10-31T17:58:14",
"content": "heay is there anyone who cn help me find a free tomtom one map download for south africa?if there is plz drop me an e-mail and tel me hw i gc get it.doc.q@webmail.co.za",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78176",
"author": "Jamz",
"timestamp": "2009-06-16T09:43:33",
"content": "Anyone fancy making a tomtom software that will data log for track use… so you can download data from the TomTom onto your computer and get things like lap times, top speeds, track, track lines…I cant find anyone else that has done it, and im not too good at coding with Linux, so someone out there must be able to do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "481509",
"author": "Paul Breedlove",
"timestamp": "2011-10-16T21:48:55",
"content": "if you’re looking for a map, good luck. Seriously.To the linux thing, that is awesome. I remember I had a sanyo easystreet that did the same thing, except with windows. ran windows ce 5? i think? and I used miopocket to give me a decent GUI, although the basic windows 98 style GUI was available. Very cool tech.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1040138",
"author": "Petri Toivonen",
"timestamp": "2013-08-14T00:44:40",
"content": "Sad that OpenTom isn’t available anymore. I just dug out my old and useless Tomtom XL and i’d like to play with it. My cellphone has a better navigator.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2866633",
"author": "thingsgodtaughtme",
"timestamp": "2016-01-02T21:31:53",
"content": "if you want to check out open tomtom then go to archive.org and look it up. They take snapshots of the web. I have been able to find obsolete drivers and firmware by going “back in time” with archive.org.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3463608",
"author": "zauberstuhl",
"timestamp": "2017-03-20T20:31:16",
"content": "I was searching for some source code on my own and found thishttps://github.com/george-hopkins/opentom..you might want to check it out",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.337853
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/03/one-handed-xbox-controller/
|
One Handed Xbox Controller
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"disability",
"one handed xbox",
"OneHandedXbox",
"xbox"
] |
I’m going to have to poke Ben to tell me about these things when he finishes them. He’s released his
one handed xbox controller
. This one was built by request of a veteran of Iraq. He re-designed the layout and re-positioned the entire right half of the controls to make the controls available to a one handed user.
How do you get a
SUMO bean bag, an iPod, and some sweet hardware to hack on
? Submit a design to the
Hack-A-Day Design Challenge
. You’ve got 22 days to submit your design!
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| 18
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23625",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T06:18:37",
"content": "first post – w00t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23626",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T06:20:01",
"content": "19 minutes – w00t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23627",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T06:21:59",
"content": "no leds , steve’ll be pissed!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23628",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T06:28:19",
"content": "good-steve (im not leds-steve) is more upset he didnt get creds on the submission list for the wiimote drivers :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23629",
"author": "will o'brien",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T07:20:35",
"content": "Steve: huh? You did get credited for the wiimote windows drivers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23630",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T10:48:19",
"content": "I hear Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 was released recently too…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23631",
"author": "Phil",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T11:18:39",
"content": "I’d never really thought about console controllers from an accessibility point of view before, but this surely is an issue that needs addressing from an industry viewpoint.Maybe this will be an additional up side to the wiimote, as it removes some of the need for digital dexterity in speaking to a game. I have a friend of the family who has MS and is now quite restricted by it, all this kind of inspires me to see if a wiimote and bluetooth might make his PC experience easier.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23632",
"author": "Long",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T14:06:36",
"content": "Good for erotic games :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23633",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T14:22:52",
"content": "This man is becoming a legend in his own time!The things I see him do in his projects are inspirational. I’m looking at a couple of my own hacks and want to make changes based on some of his component re-mounting techniques now.Go man go!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23634",
"author": "Joel",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T14:34:35",
"content": "Is it even usable?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23635",
"author": "housebrand",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T21:11:26",
"content": "i’ve never really considered game controllers from a disabled standpoint either– i wonder if an option for moving the analog stick to a “floor” type that could be controlled by a toe, and a strap to keep the hand operated controller located on a leg, so you don’t have to maintain a grip locating buttons-that aside, i think it’s great you can make yourself avail. to modify such things for others",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23636",
"author": "Farris",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T03:51:40",
"content": "joel, i would think so. the only problem i would expect from it is that the xyab buttons may be somewhat hard to get used to with the dexterity of a middle finger. a thumb is easy because it is an opposable appendage. middle fingers, though, not so much.however, being a former soldier, and a disabled one at that, he is probably more than willing to learn and cope. (adapt and overcome, so to speak!)i think a cool idea for it would be to make the lower stick mount onto a larger, “u” shaped piece that sits on the leg. a beefier spring would help to center it, and it would act alot like a large joystick. the way it is now seems like it would be really easy to relax your arm a bit, which would put the weight of the controller down on the stick and move it to the side, perhaps deflecting your critical head shot in Halo 2.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23637",
"author": "Farris",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T03:55:22",
"content": "by the way, the “comment confirmation box” still needs some revision. on my monitor the text and the background of it are almost exactly the same color.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23638",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T04:04:58",
"content": "I don’t know what kind of monitor you are using, but even IE works fine here….Are you sure that the monitor is turned on?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23639",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T19:13:06",
"content": "Man, I wish I had access to Ben’s workshop! If only I could win the lotto jackpot…Hey, it might be possible to overcome the functional overload of one-handed control by coupling this to something like a dance mat! Okay, not too manly, but functional. And how would this guy play guitar heroes? I wanna see the 1-handed control for that. Great job, as always, Ben.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23640",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T01:57:35",
"content": "Does anybody remember the Nintendo quadriplegic controller? You just suck and blow in it to control the game. The blow job games were the best.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50537",
"author": "mick",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T18:05:38",
"content": "i used to enjoy playing on xbox till i lost my right arm in a accident where can i buy this from",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "976761",
"author": "bandit, Albuquerque",
"timestamp": "2013-03-12T21:17:24",
"content": "Everything I build can be used with one hand.Of course, I “only” have one hand. Rather (ahem) handy…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.387029
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/02/wiimote-windows-drivers/
|
Wiimote Windows Drivers!
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"wiimote",
"wiimote windows",
"WiimoteWindows",
"windows"
] |
Just a quick update to yesterday’s
Wiimote bluetooth hack
. [steve] pointed out [CarlKenner]’s
release of a windows driver
. Let us know how this works. Looks like you have to use the slightly deprecated/abandoned PPjoy to get the joystick functions working.
So, if you have a HTPC, maybe the Wiimote could make an interesting home theater remote? (I use linux on mine these days. The windows display drivers kept breaking)
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| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23614",
"author": "optV",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T08:30:38",
"content": "“I use linux on mine these days. The windows display drivers kept breaking”Funny, I’ve been struggling with getting fglrx and composite to live nicely together in linux for compiz effects for months. And also struggled to enable QE/CI in osx86 with my x850xt, while my windows machine is gaming like a mofo.Stupid rant…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23615",
"author": "timmeh",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T08:42:21",
"content": "is the site down already?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23616",
"author": "Nalin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T10:09:05",
"content": "Quite sad that it requires PPJoy, since PPJoy is only a 32-bit driver.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23617",
"author": "amonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T12:17:15",
"content": "i’m impressed.how’d he manage to do that without a wiimote?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23618",
"author": "Zencyde",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T13:40:19",
"content": "PPjoy? I never thought I’d see that glorious string of letters again in my life! Oh, I remember taking some wire, folding it and pseudocrimping the tips so I could put them into a parallel cable and then taking the 5 volts from my PS/2 port for a Sega Genesis controller so that I could get a more authentic emulator and Doom experience! Note: I didn’t have a nice soldering iron or any solder when I did this! Brings back some nice memories! :D Glad to see someone is still using that wonderful piece of software!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23619",
"author": "Jesse Donat",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T18:02:00",
"content": "ppjoy for the wiimote, seems fitting",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23620",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T18:47:48",
"content": "Ah, good ‘ole ppjoy!Still use that for the FMS flight silulator that I got back with win98 was hip. Real men don’t need no stinking zeeners on their parallel ports ;)I don’t have a wiimote, and don’t plan on getting a wii, but there is a 50/50 chance that my little bro will get one (and in that case he will have several wiimotes, regardless of the fact that he only has 1 friend) so I should be able to steel one. Me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23621",
"author": "oxin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T23:13:01",
"content": "Here’s a video of it in action:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ytdW6Ys2A",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23622",
"author": "Sky",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T05:48:55",
"content": "Does this just use the “wiimote” or does it use the attachment too?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23623",
"author": "sulk",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T10:57:29",
"content": "At the moment its only the remote, but there was some stuff done with the attachment. Thereshttp://www.willi.org(wii linux live cd project) for more and theres alsohttp://wiihacks.blogspot.com/both have some good info on new developments-Sulk",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23624",
"author": "Greeface",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T03:00:10",
"content": "“Funny, I’ve been struggling with getting fglrx and composite to live nicely together in linux for compiz effects for months. And also struggled to enable QE/CI in osx86 with my x850xt, while my windows machine is gaming like a mofo.”ATi is your problem, not Linux. I’m using the new nVidia drivers with Beryl and it works like a charm.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "317199",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2011-01-28T22:05:32",
"content": "404 NOT FOUND",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.777122
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/02/defcon-bot-rules-announced/
|
Defcon Bot Rules Announced
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
The
DefconBots rules have been announced
for Defcon 15. The reference design is actually pretty good on it’s own – I’m curious to see what sort of improvements the teams will come up with. The RD includes a full tutorial, so teams will definitely have a fighting chance. [via
Midnight Research Labs]
The only rule is speed, so I wonder how many guns will feature multiple barrels. It seems that they don’t care how much ammuntion is used. (It does say no shotguns) Hrm, maybe a mini-gun that covers the 5×5 area with fine enough resolution to hit everything? Sure it lacks finesse, but firepower-a-plenty!
Now I can’t find his page but one of the Danger founders had built something similar using a Mac as the controller and a paintball gun. Of course,
we’ve seen similar guns before
.
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| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23606",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T09:19:21",
"content": "first!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23607",
"author": "F. S.",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T14:17:19",
"content": "I, for one, welcome our gun-toting robot overlords. As a snitch, I may be helpful in rounding up other humans to lead them to their slaughter. In return, I only require insertion back into the Matrix.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23608",
"author": "gumnos",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T21:04:04",
"content": "Sounds like a great opportunity try and figure out how to project spots (laser? flashlight?) on the opponent’s side to confuse their bot. You don’t have to knock down all the targets…just more than your opponent. If your opponent’s bot is busy chasing projected spots rather than real targets. Or perhaps even have an arm that disrupts your opponent’s bot? There doens’t seem to be any rule that I noticed that prevents you from interfering with your opponent (as long as you don’t cross the firing line)…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23609",
"author": "TGBM",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T17:21:10",
"content": "Or you could just have your bot shoot the opponents bot and leave it at that…it looks like fun prehaps just an automatic gun that sweeps back and forth in a pattern until stopped would be more effective than a sniper type gun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23610",
"author": "antis",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T09:41:10",
"content": "idea: flaming airsorft pellets",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23611",
"author": "Darth Hacker",
"timestamp": "2007-01-09T18:19:11",
"content": "Better idea: flaming paint balls",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23612",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T15:31:55",
"content": "best idea: flaming gnomes!hm, i bet it’d be really easy to make somthing that works good, have a pulsed red led and webcam to aquire targets so it doesnt mistake somthing else for a target(is target round? check is target red? check is target flashing at a predefined rate KILL), switch to laser mode, aim and shootas it’d be automated in software i bet we could chuck gnomes at the targets pretty accuratly",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23613",
"author": "petestrash",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T17:14:00",
"content": "From the SCORING rules “There may be black negative point targets to discourage random firing and shotguns”.So some of the suggestions for mass firing wouldn’t work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.731849
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/01/hacking-wiimote-bluetooth/
|
Hacking Wiimote Bluetooth
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[mo] sent me this video showing the latest on hacking the wiimote via bluetooth . They haven’t figured out all the values yet, but this is only the beginning. How long until we see some mac/pc games that can use the Wiimote?
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| 43
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23564",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T05:41:32",
"content": "This is pretty interesting actually. i like the deomonstration how how when it is in free-fall, the acceleration on all axis is 0. My physics teacher would love to see this.I think it could be very simple to control a PC game with the wiimote",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23565",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T05:46:11",
"content": "Great demo, but a tripod would of been useful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23566",
"author": "oxin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T05:49:26",
"content": "I think that it’s time I look into buying a remote just to play with it. This is definately something I’d love to program with.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23567",
"author": "Carl Trimble",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T06:16:15",
"content": "How about just using it for a bluetooth mouse? That alone would make me buy it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23568",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T06:24:02",
"content": "yes, if they can get the sensor bar based pointing working, this’d be great for a gaze mouse i’ve been thinking about",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23569",
"author": "Ricky",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T06:29:49",
"content": "Oh yeah, a gaze mouse. Like, strap this wiimote to your eyeball. Sounds like a great idea…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23570",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T09:24:12",
"content": "Wow that remote sure packs lots of electronic goodies under the hood! Nice demo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23571",
"author": "Edenist",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T10:34:08",
"content": "Definitely a LOT of potential for the wiimote! As a strict PC user this really opens up a lot of possibilities.And ditto #2! Was starting to get a little nauseous with the constant rocking throughout the vid.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23572",
"author": "kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T11:20:08",
"content": "nice! but by a tripod, man!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23573",
"author": "dbzfanhater",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T19:18:04",
"content": "ditto #2 but don’t get a try pod build a tripodmy fav tripod pvc plus bolt and much stixky junk to hold together",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23574",
"author": "madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T21:11:10",
"content": "Your physics teacher would probably be unhappy with your failure to notice that when in free fall, you are in fact accellerating downwards, not 0. Even with some factual errors ;) this is very interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23575",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T22:16:33",
"content": "He said that it isn’t [i]measuring[/i] any acceleration.Because it is accelerating at 1g down, that cancels out the constant 1g from the planet, so it measures 0.No errors, you just need to pay attention.In any case, I can’t wait until we have drivers for the wiimote and ps3 controllers. Too bad the 360 uses a proprietary standard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23576",
"author": "D1337",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T23:13:39",
"content": "great, i can’t wait till i can use the thing to play games on my pc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23577",
"author": "sleebus",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T23:20:08",
"content": "Oy. Dude. Tripod, lest we engage in projectile vomiting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23578",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T00:56:21",
"content": "very interesting, how much do those things cost anyway?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23579",
"author": "tAK",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T01:54:51",
"content": "Pretty cool, we have a gyroscopic mouse where i work, its setup on a presentation machine, im wondering if it works in the same way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23580",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T04:47:01",
"content": "No, gyroscopes use gyroscopes. This uses accelerometers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23581",
"author": "edog",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T19:58:43",
"content": "Huh? The wiimote senses acceleration when it’s just sitting on the desk because of gravity? That doesn’t make any sense. Acceleration is meters per second per second. And so if it’s standing still, there’s 0 acceleration. There is a downward force acting on the device, but that’s being countered by the upward force of the table. But there certainly isn’t any acceleration.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23582",
"author": "grim factor",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T04:30:33",
"content": "Wow, some people need to read up on basic physics. I don’t claim to be an expert, but I am pretty sure that simply sitting in a gravitational field means you are accelerating. Yes, it sounds strange, but you are in fact resisting gravity. To give in to gravity, to “free fall”, is the only time you can be free of this acceleration. Sure, you have to accelerate to that rate from standing still, but that happens pretty quickly.To put it another way.. think of a spaceship drifting through space. Inside that spaceship you would feel no gravity, and float around inside the ship. But if you were to accelerate at 32 feet per second per second, you would feel the equivalent of Earth’s gravity.Yes, acceleration and gravity are indistinguishable from each other. It sounds strange, but go read some physics and learn about it. Again, I’m no expert, and I might have stated some of this rather clumsily, but it’s true. I hope a physics major can come along and straighten this up more tidily.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23583",
"author": "jacubilloro",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T10:05:17",
"content": "The wiimote is not measuring acceleration when it’s standing still. It’s just that it’s “zero” value is around 9m/s/s. That’s why when it falls it measures 0. Why it’s designed like this is the real mystery to me….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23584",
"author": "edog",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T10:39:53",
"content": "yeah, you’re describing general relativity there. it makes sense to me now ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23585",
"author": "pokey",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T18:32:59",
"content": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalence_principleFTW",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23586",
"author": "FooDawg",
"timestamp": "2006-12-04T19:28:56",
"content": "I thought this thing just took the positions of the IR leds and transcribed that into remote position. Kinda like VR positional camera systems. I used to program VR stuff so I wonder if this would be similiar in anyway. Seems like a direct representation of those camera capturing systems used for virtual reality. Sensors and reflection from IR leds and cameras to capture the positions. Just what it seemed to me from the beginning. Any links of open wiimotes?? Like to see the capturing device.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23587",
"author": "Josh Kasten",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T01:29:32",
"content": "I got the wiimote to work with the pc but where did that guy get the program that graphics the x,y,z axis?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23588",
"author": "me",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T07:15:43",
"content": "well this is going to turn into a bs wiimote wannabe for Mac/PC sometime. “Play your Wiigames on Mac or PC then right back on the Wii with the **** Branded Nintendo Wii Hybrid controller” those asterisks^ were meant to be just a placeholder, but they really stand for shit",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23589",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T15:38:20",
"content": "re:200 is easier to remember and use in programming.rather than having to change your variables to + 1 or -1 on the accel, just change it to output “0”.Pure ease of use – remember while they ARE using physics, they also just want things to be easy to program, and remembering that you need to + or – 1 is not good programming! (unless for some obscure reason you’d need that, but they don’t, in this case)/most/ people would say that 0 is standing still, not 1.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23590",
"author": "cold_fusion",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T10:29:35",
"content": "grim factor: a= dv/dt. So if change in velocity = 0 then a = 0.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23591",
"author": "John Bailo",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T20:52:25",
"content": "Good idea, but they’ll probably be a PC-remote from some manufacturer soon for like, 20 bucks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23592",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T21:50:23",
"content": "jacubilloro said: “Why it’s designed like this is the real mystery to me….”Watch the Wii PC videos again; it’s because you get tilt control when it’s designed like this. When you tilt it, the other axes will show nonzero acceleration values. Outside of any gravity field, all sensors will read zero.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23593",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T08:37:40",
"content": "Post # 2 (chris), 11 (…), 18 (grim_factor) : sorry guys, but you are the ones who are incorrect. I majored in Physics. Yes, they are called “ACCELERometers” but what do they ACTUALLY measure (meter)? They actually measure the FORCE excerted by whatever outside source is acting on the device, whether that force be gravity or a “change in speed/direction” (which manifest themselves identically). When the Wiimote is lying flat on a table, two axes experience no force being applied. The third axis experiences the force of gravity which the device translates as acceleration. The device does not know whether it is near an object that has a strong enough gravitation field to exert that force or whether it is “free floating” in space and being accelerated by a rocket motor (see F=ma below). As others have noted, acceleration BY DEFINITION is the rate of change of the speed of an object, or speed (distance/time) change per unit of time (1/time). While lying still on the table, the object is not changing direction or speed, it is merely being acted upon by gravity. If the table were removed gravity would CAUSE acceleration and the force acting on the internal mechanism would now be equal to the force acting on the exterior of the Wiimote (the UPWARD force applied by the table is gone) so the measuring mechanism would have no DIFFERENCE in forces to measure.Anyone who took college level physics can probably recall that their prof probably joked about deriving the “meaning of life” fromF = maForce = mass * accelerationThis leads to an interesting observation: acceleration CANNOT be measured directly. It is always DERIVED from at least two other measurements, i.e. how fast (usually m/s) was the object going 1 time-unit (usually 1 second) ago and how fast is it going now, take the difference in speed and divide by the time unit ( m/s / s = m/s^2 ). Of course speed is derived from the measurement of the separation of two locations (distance) divided by the time required to travel between those to locations. Alternatively, force applied to an object can be measured and the mass of an object can be measured. A quick bit a algebra changes F=ma to F/m=a. So we take the force applied and divide by the mass of the object and get the amount of acceleration caused on the object.What does all this mean? Diddly-squat!!! As Juliet said, “That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet;” This is really cool and I look forward to seeing the interesting applications people come up with! :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23594",
"author": "Walter Schreppers",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T23:40:54",
"content": "It is perfect that it measures the gravity acceleration when standing still. Because it measures x,y and z axes. You can figure out the position of the device by looking at these values. So the user can just tilt the device and the accellerations change on the axes. Check out my xmms wii control scripts on my page by the way. I just got a wii remote for christmas and after few hours it already controls my xmms mp3 player in ubuntu (since I dont have a wii console to use it :) ).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23595",
"author": "flyashi",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T03:40:05",
"content": "Frame of reference.If you’re on a train, you see everything going backwards, but everybody sees you going forwards. Same thing is happening here: when the wiimote stands still, it feels a downward force. When it’s falling, it feels no force. The accelerometer isn’t measuring acceleration, it’s measuring the forces acting on the accelerometer, which since F=ma, is proportional to acceleration, which is why it gets the name. It’s really a force-ometer.HOWEVER! The wiimote uses infrared LEDs to sense its position, I think … see ‘wii don’t need no stinkin’ sensor bar’. Thus it’s a position sensor. Unlike the Gyration mouse! It uses solid-state gyroscopes which they claim utilize the Coriolis effect (why hurricanes have the directions they do). You just tilt your wrist and the cursor moves. It’s quite sweet. I love it.Anyway, frame of reference is why Einstein’s theory was so new – one if this many great discoveries was that the speed of light is constant in each frame of reference. Thus simultaneous events are not always simultaneous.I’ll leave you with this question: suppose the sun were to suddenly disappear. Besides all humanity dying, the earth would obviously start going in a straight line tangent to its orbit. But tangent at what point? Where it was when the sun disappeared, or where it was 8 1/2 minutes later? The former is what Newtonian physics dictates, the latter is Eintsteinean.Eh I’ve babbled for too long already – hope this was useful!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23596",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T20:52:26",
"content": "the wiimote senses apparent gravity (acceleration). normally, the apparent gravity (acceleration) that the wiimote experiences is 9.8 m/s/s, but in freefall, the wiimote experiences no gravity (acceleration). just like you feel weightless when you jump off a cliff.and it’s theorized that the earth would stay in a normal orbit for those 8 1/2 minutes, since gravity travels at the speed of light.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23597",
"author": "venom26",
"timestamp": "2007-01-23T04:12:10",
"content": "thats cool :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23598",
"author": "hoonflap",
"timestamp": "2007-01-29T18:41:46",
"content": "is it possible to capture the wii remote data for an action, say, bowling a strike in wii sports, then use a computer with bluetooth to broadcast the captured strike? basically can you record your motions and play them back to the wii from your pc like macros?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23599",
"author": "crustea",
"timestamp": "2007-03-11T15:13:16",
"content": "I tought you could be interested by this video for your blog:VJing with a wiimotehttp://crustea.vjfrance.com/article-130714.htmlThx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23600",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T22:20:32",
"content": "hey i want blue tooth hacking programs someone lift them for me THX",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23601",
"author": "Q-tip",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T01:15:43",
"content": "Newbs, STFU and learn physics. Acceleration due to Earth’s gravity is 9.80 m/s^2. This means if you hold a Wiimote 1m above the ground, it will be traveling 9.80m/s when it hits. Gravity is always pulling, even if you’re not moving. It’s basic physics. End of discussion. Stop flaming.Other than that, interesting finding.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23602",
"author": "Nathan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T17:56:42",
"content": "I do math, not physics, but I think post 38 is wrong. If you do the math, you end up with the object hitting the ground at about sqrt(-2*g), which on our planet is about 4.427 meters per second.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23603",
"author": "Mr X",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T15:53:22",
"content": "I can use the wiimote on the computer and its easy!Download Golve PIE and you can do what ever you whant whit the wiimote!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23604",
"author": "BigJeezy",
"timestamp": "2007-12-25T22:08:17",
"content": "Yes, the Wiimote is measuring acceleration when standing still, the rate of gravity. There are g-forces acting on your body right now, as you sit still in your chair. Acceleration is just how hard those g’s are pulling. You swing the wiimote up and the g’s increase for it to measure, likewise with left to right, tilting, etc. But there is always the constant pull of gravity, even if something is stopping you from moving.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23605",
"author": "andrei mr",
"timestamp": "2008-05-13T08:31:21",
"content": "“Yes, it sounds strange, but you are in fact resisting gravity….”If you’re sitting on a chair, and gravity is acting on you, you are not accelerating, because the chair is exerting an equal and opposite force against you. You are resisting nothing. If you are in free-fall, you are accelerating because in an inertial reference frame, your velocity is not constant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120590",
"author": "Brady Dow",
"timestamp": "2010-01-29T07:43:50",
"content": "I found this site to be a excellent selection if anyone is looking for solutions to their everyday problems. Without a doubt I will come back to check it out further",
"parent_id": null,
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/30/glasses-heads-up-display/
|
Glasses Heads-up Display
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[
"heads up display",
"headsupdisplay",
"sony iglasses",
"SonyIglasses",
"vga headset",
"VgaHeadset",
"vr headset",
"VrHeadset"
] |
[Ozan] sent in his
first attempt at making his own heads up display
. The optics are very simple in design, and he gutted a commercial heads up display (ICUITI) for the LCD panel and interface electronics. I haven’t played with many head mounted displays since the Nintendo virtual boy. I’m not up on my field of view calculations, so it’s difficult to equate this to a commercial headset.
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{
"comment_id": "23548",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T12:46:38",
"content": "Isn’t using an existing one kind of cheating?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23549",
"author": "Ozan Cakmakci",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T13:07:49",
"content": "We are using an off-the-shelf microdisplay. The optics and the shell are all custom designed and fabricated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23550",
"author": "Steve DiRaddo",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T17:38:46",
"content": "this is totally kick-ass. imagine with two of them you could make some pretty sweet 3-d graphics.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23551",
"author": "Ozan Cakmakci",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T17:45:53",
"content": "Thank you. Stereo will be a next step.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23552",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T18:23:05",
"content": "that looks pretty awesome- is it feasible to take pictures of it in action? I guess it wouldn’t really translate to a digital camera that well.have you considered adding a camera and using the display for vision augmentation? I know one of the companies that comes to recruitment fairs at my uni are very proud of their real-time video edge detector… instant Tron-vision glasses :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23553",
"author": "Ozan Cakmakci",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T18:49:51",
"content": "Thanks. Yes, it is indeed difficult to take a high quality shot of it in action. We are going to try to take pictures of the image formed through the system with a pinhole camera for a large depth of field and see if that works better than digital cameras.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23554",
"author": "Tonytuba",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T19:01:11",
"content": "Very nice design, however, I remeber various companies venturing into wearable optics about 10 years back (Nintendo, Iomega, etc.) and I thought there had been problems with severe eyestrain, headaches and even disorientation. Is that something that you’ve addressed with the see-thru design or is it just a “don’t wear them for too long” style fix?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23560",
"author": "ironlizard",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T19:05:49",
"content": "Very nice, price tag in the ICUTI alone is rather high, however. What do you expect the $ range for this the be?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23556",
"author": "SleighBoy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T19:27:21",
"content": "If you want to see the real-deal, check these out:http://www.microvision.com/miloverview.htmlI demo’d their ND2100 (http://www.microvision.com/mil2100.html) unit, and all I can say is “wow”. Nevermind that the unit I tried was monochrome-red, it was great. The image appeared right in front of me, huge, and sort of transparent.I’m sure they cost a fortune, but it was nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23555",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T20:02:55",
"content": "Couple of good quotes come to mind:that’s no hack…that’s a space station!this hack is beyond any of us.RUN!!!Seriously. _wow_ Well done!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23557",
"author": "Ozan Cakmakci",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T21:00:04",
"content": "There are issues in stereo devices known as the accomodation/convergence conflict. Our eyes have evolved to focus and converge at the same point. In stereo devices, the optics usually map a single object plane to a single image plane with high quality. In a head-worn display, in order to see the image, we always have to focus on the image plane. However, we need to converge in order to perceive depth. For example, if we are displaying a virtual object closer than the image plane, our eyes would focus on the image plane (so we can see) and converge closer so we can perceive 3d. You can find some numbers in the literature related to the magnitude of this mismatch. Some approaches have been proposed to overcome this conflict. To my understanding an optical solution to the accomodation/convergence conflict that is compact & mobile remains an open problem, while waiting for the ultimate solution along with everyone else, we are learning more about these devices and will keep prototyping them. I would also like to warn you that I am not a vision scientist.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23558",
"author": "Ozan Cakmakci",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T21:14:00",
"content": "one correction: I tried to say “tolerable magnitude of this mismatch” above.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23559",
"author": "KGB",
"timestamp": "2006-12-02T04:58:20",
"content": "Guzel olmus Ozan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23561",
"author": "some person",
"timestamp": "2007-03-20T06:47:04",
"content": "Let me know when there’s an actual guide to building one of these yourself, ok?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23562",
"author": "Alek",
"timestamp": "2008-06-05T08:08:01",
"content": "what kind of images can it display? how do other devices connect to it or is it all just what’s in the system already? hooking this up to some kind of body-suit-pressure sensor (to know when you’re hit and from where type of stuff) and simulated “health” meters would be cool for some real-life gaming simulations =-P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23563",
"author": "Alek",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T08:12:47",
"content": "what am i talking about?! just make it compatible with laser tag packs and add that much more to the game",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/30/podcast-8/
|
Podcast 8
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"original podcast"
] |
Here’s podcast 8
. I walk through some of my favorite hacks and discuss the prizes for the design challenge. It’s back to mp3, so the rss feed should pick it up and keep people happy. Help me out and send in some questions for the podcast!
You can subscribe to
the feed
, or via
iTunes
.
| 1
| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "112340",
"author": "ad hoc wireless network",
"timestamp": "2009-12-18T23:51:00",
"content": "EPIC post :D I’m definitely looking forward to reading more articles!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.859969
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/29/tesla-gone-wild/
|
Tesla Gone Wild
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"high school",
"highschool",
"tesla coil",
"teslacoil"
] |
I’ve gotten quite a few good submissions lately, so don’t get mad if you’re not up. I can’t resist high voltages, so
this Tesla coil
project capable of 30 inch lightning bolts built by [PlasmaFire] caught my eye. Not too bad for a high school project.
From his description: The Tesla Coil that I built runs on normal house current (120VAC, 60Hz), fed through line filters to two Franceformer 9060 P-E neon sign transformers that output 9000 volts at 60ma each. After going through a high-voltage Terry-style RFI filter, the power is stored in a 4.0-joule capacitor bank. This energy is dumped into a copper-coil primary. The secondary, made from cast acrylic and motor winding wire, and a topload, made from dryer duct, aluminum foil tape, and a wood disc, complete the overall assembly.
(oh, and just for fun:
the cylon roomba
. Thanks [tod])
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[
{
"comment_id": "23539",
"author": "PlasmaFire",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T08:48:41",
"content": "Wow…I never knew you guys would consider featuring this project since I assumed this place recieved dozens of good submissions each day. Big thanks, Hack A Day! To anyone who wasn’t featured yet, I really hope you’ll eventually get your time too!For anyone who wants to read the journal-report, here is the link to it:http://relay.plasmafire.org/?page_id=22",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23540",
"author": "whitephatt",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T17:38:32",
"content": "You know, Lately I’ve seen a lot of tesla coil projects. It’s swiftly becoming the ‘potato clock’ of the science fair (so-to-speak).Maybe I’m just not appreciating the science behind it as much as I should, and focusing too much on the commonality.This project is one of the better ones I’ve seen in terms of asthetics so that’s like +2 points. :-)-White",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23541",
"author": "michael",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T18:27:30",
"content": "what is a “franceformer”? is it some weird connection to the eiffel tower that mysteriously ups voltages? lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23542",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T18:48:41",
"content": "Nice job. i’m a sucker for anything hv ;-)#3, franceformer is a brand name of nst (neon sign tranxformer), usually regarded as high quality.now waiting for all the arsonphobic wuss girlie ‘hackers’ to show up and whine about the danger of this thing, it being able to catch stuff on fire and not ul listed and all…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23543",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T19:26:13",
"content": "This reminds me of the stuff Doctor Julius Sumner Miller would do on the various TV programs that featured his remarkable, wonderful work.Perhaps a bit of a side journey, but Dr. Miller did quite a bit with magnetism and electricity. Please watch and enjoy:http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/whyisitso/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23544",
"author": "Dewi Morgan",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T00:15:03",
"content": "http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/tesla.htmlis an oooooold project (1988!), but was a lot beefier. Good pics, check ’em out. 1.5 million volts, 20 inch diameter, more than 6ft high, and lots of build details.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23545",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T03:17:17",
"content": "Normal nst and spark gap coils are so last century… DRSSTC’s and the brand spanking new SISG coils are all the craze now.http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG.pdfBut for a highschooler that isn’t all that bad ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23546",
"author": "vkeios",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T08:18:00",
"content": "Listen this is very dangerous, and I demand a warning about it be put up right now!But seriously, tesla coils are my secret love, so I’m quite happy to see this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23547",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T14:03:08",
"content": "Re #7… good call. i was going to mention that as well. in addition to being more efficient, the hv waveforms are apparently safer as well. i’m definatley giving it a shot!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.109804
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/28/the-simpler-usb2lcd/
|
The Simpler USB2LCD
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
USB LCD interfaces
aren’t new
around here. [John] sent this
latest one
. It uses a single ATMega chip and a few cheap components to implement the whole thing. The venerable HD44780 compatible is the text LCD of choice.
I’m on vacation at the moment, but I’ll start putting up some Hack-A-Day design challenge entries pretty soon.
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| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "24021",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T03:59:20",
"content": "I’ve always been interesting in getting in to Atmega development. Does anyone have a good link for where I should go to get started?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24022",
"author": "Wim L",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T06:51:45",
"content": "avrfreaks (http://www.avrfreaks.net/) is the site everybody recommends, but I’ve never really gotten into that site. Get datasheets and stuff from atmel’s own website. GCC+GAS compiles fine as an avr cross-compiler and cross-assembler/linker (if you’re under windows it’s probably easier to find a precompiled binary somewhere though). Avrdude, uavrisp and ponyprog are common loader programs, and you can get programmers and prototyping boards from places like sparkfun and olimex, or just wire some up yourself if you feel like it. At least one guy from Atmel hangs out on comp.arch.embedded and will sometimes answer your more abstruse questions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24023",
"author": "tyler",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T07:45:33",
"content": "hmm, it seems(?) that this isn’t compatible with most lcd programs available on the net, but it looks really cool.just a suggestion, might it be easier to use a pic with onboard usb (likehttp://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=231) to reduce the components list, or use a normal pic or avr and a FTDI chip (like the design you also linked to) to do the uart to usb conversion, which i believe now has most of the components except for a couple of capacitors built-in to it.i guess I know how to do it hardware-wise, but software-wise is beyond me (not to mention that i really hate c and assembler)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24024",
"author": "saman",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T12:38:49",
"content": "salam",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24025",
"author": "D1337",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T14:17:10",
"content": "pretty cool, maby i can finaly use one off my 15 lcd screens i have lying around",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24026",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T19:53:49",
"content": "Pretty neat – I haven’t seen USB done in software only. Still, I’d agree with tyler – PICs have a nice USB framework, including demo software that acts like a serial port. It’s easy to hack up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24027",
"author": "monopole",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T20:47:40",
"content": "ex-parrot:I’ve always found that WinAvr (http://winavr.sourceforge.net/) combined with the Procyon Libraries (http://hubbard.engr.scu.edu/embedded/avr/avrlib/) are the best for rapid development.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24028",
"author": "ret",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T05:38:32",
"content": "oh come on. what more beautiful hack could you imagine than software usb? why pay for a hardware usb module in a pic or separate chip when you can do it in software AND comply with the specification? tyler, what do you program microcontrollers in? basic?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24029",
"author": "Corwin Harris",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T06:03:57",
"content": "Ret:the link in #2 has compilers for ASM, BASIC, C and PASCAL. So the technical answer would be, Yes. Although C would most likely have the greatest flexibility, likely having the most available libraries already available.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24030",
"author": "gp",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T09:23:24",
"content": "I built a couple of these and they work great! I can recomend I built a couple of these and they work great! I can recommend this project for anyone who wants a really cheap USB-LCD connection. You can find the mega8 controller VERY cheap on Ebay if you look around for a while and buy like 20 of them. I got them for 1 euro each in that quantity a while back. The whole interface will cost you less than 3 euro :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24031",
"author": "lodestar",
"timestamp": "2007-02-04T10:35:03",
"content": "This is an even simpler way to connect a LCD via USB, although not as much of a hack (since it’s so simple :))http://lars.englund.googlepages.com/simpleusbhd44780lcdusingftdift245",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.070625
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/27/atmega-oscope/
|
Atmega Oscope
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"atmega",
"diy oscilloscope",
"DiyOscilloscope",
"oscope"
] |
[Jason] sent in a couple tips, and this
diy oscilloscope
caught my eye. This design uses the A/D sampler on the ATmega to generate the signal for presentation on a regular CRT television. The sample limit is less than 16khz. Not terribly impressive, but not too shabby either.
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| 15
|
[
{
"comment_id": "24007",
"author": "SuperJdynamite",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T08:07:16",
"content": "16khz? You’re better off using your sound card.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24008",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T10:30:19",
"content": "to #1, its a scope, not a wave generator",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24009",
"author": "Hans von Montavis",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T10:49:57",
"content": "@SuperJdynamite:Not entirely true. What if you require several working places (e.g. a student’s lab) to have a scope each and have no money? The costs for this baby are close to nil and an old tv-set can be found in everybodys attic for free.If you look athttp://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/land/PROJECTS/you’ll see lot’s of interesting stuff abt. neurobiology and there you don’t have to deal with frequencies above 2 kHz AFAIK.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24010",
"author": "timb",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T17:13:23",
"content": "The random track angles on the PCB makes me cringe!Lol superjd. Quite true but its a nice little design nonetheless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24011",
"author": "Jason Rollette",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T18:36:21",
"content": "Yes there are plenty of programs to use your sound card as a scope. I doubt you would be very willing to use it for anything other than low level signal though.http://www.zelscope.com/Unless your computer is not worth anything to you?Jason Rollette",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24012",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T19:30:49",
"content": "Well a computer sound card can take a 1v p-p signal, this can take a 5v p-p signal, so a simple resistive divider would bring a sound card up to the same range as this… I would use a 100k/20k divider, with a pair of little signal diodes in antiparalel across the input to cap the voltage at about a volt (all of this on the computer side of the dc blocking cap) Add a program like zelscope and viola, digital scope.The only problem I have with using a sound card is that it is ac-coupled at a pretty high frequiency, so it is hard to watch slow moving waveforms. This in combination with the slow sample rate really limits the overall usefulness of the scope to to audio range, and slow serial comunications. But this scope doesn’t solve that either.So really the only advantage to this scope over a computer would be that it is smaller/more portable.I think that the project would be more useful as a way to display info on a tv, that is a pretty impressive hack IMHO",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24013",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T20:01:58",
"content": "The video output aspect of it is used by a lot of cornell EE students in their microcontroller course. I think the course notes discuss creating and synching a video signal. I ran across this site when googling for homebuild usb ir signal detectors (remote control readers)http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24014",
"author": "dioxide",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T20:59:21",
"content": "here’s a very easy to build buffer to hook up oscope probes to your sound card. it was designed with xoscope for linux in mind, but it will work with any soundcard scope software, afaik.http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/hardware/hardware.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24015",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T21:25:05",
"content": "I guess that answers my question. I asked a month or so ago if you could use a standard CRT (though I was thinking of interfacing with the deflection plates directly) as a basic oscilloscope.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24016",
"author": "troycurtisjr",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T23:01:34",
"content": "#9 beat me to the xoscope buffer circuit suggestion, but as I just built the circuit and was playing with it (and xoscope) over the weekend I felt as though I had a couple of things to add. I used a simple 555 timer based circuit to out a square wave at various frequencies. I found that in order to see a wave form that actually resembled a square wave I was limited to the 3.5kHz -4kHz range. If you are just interested in the spectrum (like doing a FFT or something) you could go up to about 20kHz or so. (Note the sample rate was set at 44.1kHz). Just a little added info that I thought ya’ll might be interested in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24017",
"author": "zane",
"timestamp": "2007-01-24T05:31:27",
"content": "Regarding the buffer circuit for xoscope..http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/hardware/hardware.html.I dont understand what voltage is being used to power the opamp? Looking at the schematics the +12v and -12v is going thru diodes and then into the non inverting input and nowhere in the schematic does it show the voltage to power the opamp which would be pins 8 and 4. If anyone has sucessfully built this circuit please email me atzane7001@yahoo.com.see tl082 sitehttp://www.national.com/images/pf/TL082/00835703.pdfthanksNeal",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24018",
"author": "tillzenith",
"timestamp": "2007-03-18T13:38:06",
"content": "Do anyone here know how to connect ATmega32 with computer?? How is that Atmega32 can be interfaced with Computer??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24019",
"author": "tillzenith",
"timestamp": "2007-03-18T14:25:32",
"content": "do anyone know how to interface ATmega32 with the Computer? How to communicate atmega32 and a computer??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24020",
"author": "abend",
"timestamp": "2007-07-10T22:22:38",
"content": "@ #11/neal/zaneThe reason that the power connections to the op-amp are not shown is that they are assumed to be connected. Since there’s little reason for building a circuit and not powering the chips, power connections are frequently taken as implied rather than drawn in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4177394",
"author": "rubypanther",
"timestamp": "2017-11-01T18:00:08",
"content": "The future is here! And dear past, I’m sorry to say that your links are broken, even though you’re still on the first page of search results for DIY AVR scopes.So the important link is to the Cornell video generation page, as that is the interesting bit of the project. Here is a current link! If you’re coming here from the future, now you’ll have two archive entries to check for. ;)http://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece4760/video/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.027338
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/26/speedy2-rc-speed-controller/
|
Speedy2 R/C Speed Controller
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Alrighty, this is a pretty straight forward one. [Jason] discovered our
tips line
– he sent in quite a bit of stuff. I scored a pair of $120+ RC cars for $25 each recently, and
this
would come in handy. In fact, the store drone that checked me out didn’t believe that I could build my own speed controllers cheaper than they $30 units they had on the shelf. This R/C car speed controller uses a SMD pic 16F84 accepts standard servo input from a stock controller. It uses several fets to drive a motor at up to 40 amps. Everything you need, including eagle cad files is included in
the zip file
.
(I’m down in San Antonio this week – so far it’s been fun. I finally picked up a panavise junior and restocked my heat shrink and soldering supplies. )
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| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "24000",
"author": "Binome",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T08:10:35",
"content": "nice. gotta remember it for robotics season",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24001",
"author": "Michael Vroegop",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T08:40:11",
"content": "neat… is it forward-only?I’d assume so if it references operating in an R/C plane..Still quite useful to me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24002",
"author": "mahder pwned inc.",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T15:30:11",
"content": "damn, those looked really cool, i wish i was nifty with a screwdriver so i could make one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24003",
"author": "mrdelayer",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T18:39:04",
"content": "San Antonio, of all places? :O I live there. Needless to say it’s not the hottest of vacation spots. What brings you down here?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24004",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T02:28:01",
"content": "i looked at the diagram and Yes, forward only",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24005",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T20:56:50",
"content": "Shouldn’t it be possible to just… reverse the current to reverse the speed? I don’t claim to know everything, pretty new at this, but I would think that it should – all the electric motors I’ve used if you just reverse the current the motor spins the other direction. Or is that not a healthy practice for your motor?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "24006",
"author": "jonored",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T23:21:15",
"content": "You can certainly just reverse the current to reverse the direction of turn; most motors are absolutely fine with it. They do generally have a preferred direction, and won’t run quite as powerfully backwards, but that’s not a big deal.The trick is, that means that rather than connecting and disconnecting one end of the motor from power with the other connected to ground, now you need to be able to connect and disconnect both ends of the motor to both power and ground. It takes four times as many switching devices to do it. So the cost isn’t in getting the motor to be happy with running backwards, it’s the actual effort required to change the direction of the current through it. This design is of the simpler, unidirectional variety.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,901.975183
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/26/design-challenge-deadline/
|
Design Challenge Deadline
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"contests"
] |
[] |
Just an official heads up – the deadline for the Design Challenge is up. We recieved some great entries and we’ll be reviewing them on Hack-A-Day as we wind up to our announcement of the winner. (Yes, if you submitted an entry, you’ll get some coverage) Thanks for all your efforts!
| 8
| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23992",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T07:13:05",
"content": "I guess it’s too late to get started.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23993",
"author": "ryan0rz",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T08:05:40",
"content": "Not unless you plan on submitting a time machine. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23994",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T10:43:17",
"content": "A timemachine on a business card. NEAT-O",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23995",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T19:57:08",
"content": "I hope you show every single entry.That alone would be a great resource for a really cool project niche.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23996",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T00:03:59",
"content": "I am sorry to say that that is kinda gay that I missed it. I actually don’t remember seeing a post about a design thing coming up, and I read this pretty often. Well, next time I guess…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23997",
"author": "kolwon",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T00:51:39",
"content": "well matt, it was on almost every single post as a last line. shoulda been pretty hard to miss.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23998",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T08:07:05",
"content": "I blame jesus.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23999",
"author": "impatient",
"timestamp": "2007-01-02T08:31:37",
"content": "I want to see pictures of the designs :O!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.150968
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/25/wave-bubble-portable-rf-jammer/
|
Wave Bubble Portable RF Jammer
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"gps hacks",
"handhelds hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"cell phone blocker",
"CellPhoneBlocker",
"personal privacy",
"PersonalPrivacy",
"portable rf jammer",
"PortableRfJammer"
] |
Hack-A-Day friend [
Limor
] AKA [ladyada] has been promising a portable RF jammer for a while. guess what
she sent me for Christmas
? The Wave-bubble is a self tuning RF jammer – good for around 20 feet of RF enforced peace. (It outputs .1-.3 watts) With a pair of less efficient antennas, it even fits inside a pack of cigarettes. She’ll never sell these because the FCC would come-a-knockin, but if you’ve got some major skills, you might be able to build one. (I’m going to believe her take on this, I’ve seen her work in person and it’s some damn fine stuff)
Merry Christmas! Get your
Design Challenge
entries in today!
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| 43
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23956",
"author": "Kurai",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T08:54:27",
"content": "First? Merry Christmas! Jam teh signals :D.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23957",
"author": "chupa",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T09:56:57",
"content": "nothing more then pictures and a brief explanation? did i miss a link or something?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23958",
"author": "little_timmy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T10:12:05",
"content": "Yep..looks good. Of course it should from someone who graduated with a masters from M.I.T.I’ve got a friend at Wake Forest who hand solders Nvidia GO chip prototyping boards that work on NTSC, and 120×120 TFT modules. WFU is considered crapola in the scholar world despite there history in the mathematics/cryptography department.You have to wonder why people don’t make computer BUS designs anymore. It’s actually just as simple, if not simpler than this. I suck at digital BUS design, and I can make a sinclair type computer with NTSC in a day.Also if you don’t want to build that you can just use a spark coil, and a 9v battery. It’s actually more effective with the intended application.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6165646",
"author": "Whiteobama95@gmail.com",
"timestamp": "2019-07-19T10:36:46",
"content": "Explanation ?",
"parent_id": "23958",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "23959",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T10:38:16",
"content": "I’m sure the military would be interested in a design of this caliber for on-person usage by soldiers to jam the signals used to remotely detonate IEDs in country.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23960",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T12:18:23",
"content": "chupa, indeed you did; look at the left side for:OverviewF.A.Q.makeDesignDownload(in a rounded rectangle thingy)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23961",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T14:56:57",
"content": "Im in yur smokez jammin yur phonez…",
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"comment_id": "23962",
"author": "CDE",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T15:34:55",
"content": "Well, just like Will mentioned, this would be great for stopping ieds to protect soldiers. It’s also a way for criminals to kill cops. Cops near by? Turn on the scrambler with better antennas and remmoded for better range and instant-screw-a-cop-out-of-backup. Or imagine this as the next rich-kids toy, next to the radar detector and police scanner. Speeding down the highway at 150 mph and want to avoid too many cops on your trail? Stop all pursit vehicals within a 100/200 foot range from calling backup so you can easilly escape.",
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"comment_id": "3238959",
"author": "Alice",
"timestamp": "2016-10-22T08:07:06",
"content": "A 100 to 200 foot range wouldn’t stop a patrol car from calling for back up as often the pursuing car would often be farther away.Besides a mobile radio in a police vehicle can put out 25 to 100 watts vs 300 milliwatts it’s going to a lot more difficult than jamming a cell phone.",
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"depth": 2,
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"comment_id": "4440833",
"author": "James Hauser",
"timestamp": "2018-03-23T17:27:22",
"content": "CDE, dam dude what kind of world do you live in? I see you know nothing about radio, electronics OR much else.",
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"comment_id": "23963",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T19:34:38",
"content": "don’t quote me on this, but I beilive jammers of this sort (though somewhat larger and more powerfull) are already employed in iraq",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23964",
"author": "propeine",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T20:18:49",
"content": "Thats just badass.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23965",
"author": "Sam",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T23:56:39",
"content": "thats badass but funny as hell",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23966",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T00:17:12",
"content": "Great idea and design, and excellent write up as usual.For the PCBs there is a large number of vias, did this increase the cost by much?And is the design of the via itself necessary to act as an antenna (the fact that there is an open hole through the board)? Or is it simply the electrical connection to the other side of the board (hand made vias :/).thanks",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "4440872",
"author": "James Hauser",
"timestamp": "2018-03-23T17:53:09",
"content": "iTS FOR THE FUNKING SWITCH YOU IDIOT.",
"parent_id": "23966",
"depth": 2,
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"comment_id": "5942260",
"author": "g",
"timestamp": "2019-03-05T05:46:52",
"content": "how to cheapest.jam is the word",
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"comment_id": "23967",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T04:48:39",
"content": "cde-Your thing about stopping pursuit vehicles from calling backup is not valid, the radio signal will extent farther than the interferance.",
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"comment_id": "23968",
"author": "little_timmy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T05:11:09",
"content": "I know I’m a noob which is why I’m surprised I seem to be the only commenter so far that is aware of the fact the US has employed signal jamming devices in the field since WW2(read the crypto book in the enigma cypher chapter.)Also If you look at the specs on even the dozens of publicized signal jamming weapons used by the US military you’ll see they are extremely flexible compared to this. They have amazing resonating capabilitys.My personal favorite in the US military is the full spectrum analyzers with window mount bi-directional arials. They can basiclly do anything from do long range analog monitoring to protocol fingerprinting on UHF. To square wave, and static modulation jamming.If you’ve ever seen IED video’s where there is a wired plate on a window connected to what looks like a floor mounted VAX 4000-700 in a Hummer it was most likely this unit. There isn’t any public info on it.",
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"comment_id": "23969",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T06:47:34",
"content": "If you read through the FAQ ladyada put up, she specifically responds to the question of its use as an IED disabler: she points out that IEDS set to trigger when signal loss (such as from jamming) occurs are showing up.She also suggests that if you are in / involved with the military that you probably should be talking to THEM for info / tools regarding IED threats in the first place.",
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"comment_id": "23970",
"author": "JU LEE",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T07:06:02",
"content": "Great job. I can build some like that if you send me the components.kabukicho2001hotmail",
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"comment_id": "23971",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T07:48:13",
"content": "japroach –At these frequencies, the via doesn’t act as an antenna– just a way to get the signal to the other side of the board. Generally, radiators are on the order of 1/4 the wavelength. In the case of cell phones, compare the via to the pull-out antennas — since they’re smaller, vias aren’t used to radiate. They can still affect the design, but not as much as bigger features.",
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"comment_id": "23972",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T14:46:28",
"content": "ladada’s work has only gotten more impressive in the year or so I have been checking her site.In response to several comments: First: This is a programmable dual channel jammer. So, its not ‘over-designed.’ Yes a spark coil will jam a small range of frequencies effectively and simply, but it is not as easilly tuneable. Second: It is important to remember that this jams two relatively small portions of spectrum at a time. So, it will effectively jam most civilian spectrum. The latest technology cell phones and ALL military/governmental(police) frequencies would be un-affected. Perhaps a bit of static on an otherwise clear channel. Frequency/code hopping communications wont be effectively jammed this way.",
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"comment_id": "23973",
"author": "little_timmy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T20:23:48",
"content": "Frequency hopping/spread spectrum devices are just trunking VCoder trancievers. These include newer cordless house phones, and a lot of other stuff.Also 9/10 of the police communications here in NC are relayed over the same network as GSM, and commercial GPRS, or celluler towers. There are still some county’s that use the old trunking government band. Ask anyone who use to listen in via radio scanner. This mostly applies to car to base station communications. This is why you can’t get any action on the channels anymore.I agree that this is brilliant work for a person with a soldering gun, but it’s worth mentioning that the US Government has tools years ahead of this stuff. I only say this to inform the people comparing this to what is in use by the Military, and other government agency’s; not to demean this creation.I’ll once again refer to the long range of shore jamming system that was used in Germany in WW2 for those who are suggesting the government is using such simple technology.",
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"comment_id": "23974",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T01:56:17",
"content": "morcheeba: good to know, I will have to attempt this in a few months when I have some free time.",
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"comment_id": "23975",
"author": "shadowmite",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T22:27:23",
"content": "This project, while impressive is lacking. She appearently has crippled the designs that are publically available so if you simply follow the instructions on her site it will fail (and possibly destroy parts). This is a good thing to read:“Note that there are 3 minor errors in RC1: RX/TX swapped, missing 0.1uF capacitors for PLL output and the DC jack tip and ring-switch is swapped.”",
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"comment_id": "23976",
"author": "ladyada",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T08:31:04",
"content": "@shadowmiteyou posted to the forum and couldnt wait more than a few hours for a response?the project is a release candidate, there are 3 small mistakes. the corrections are minor (anyone who could build this would be able to easily make said fixes) and that notice is -right underneath- the link to download. how could that possibly be malicious (‘crippled’)?",
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"comment_id": "3396449",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2017-02-05T07:40:53",
"content": "I am having trouble finding some of the component values on the ladyada website. I have trouble finding many of the capacitors values, etc. Do you have a complete list of the parts and values. example capacitor 30 is on the board but the value is not listed. Any help would be appreciated. thank you",
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"comment_id": "23977",
"author": "Pee-Pee Master",
"timestamp": "2007-01-12T01:46:40",
"content": "Imagine if the range covered the whole earththat would be sweet",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23978",
"author": "horizon kid",
"timestamp": "2007-01-16T08:41:08",
"content": "With respect to the hacktivist essence, in the work behind the WAVEBUBBLE, the technology, interpretation of the concept and its analysis of military applications is a bunch of aimless yap. Limor’s thesis is downloadable and offers insight into the process and creation of the design whose intention is quite different than its ongoing ratings. Limor has defended herself from the psychotic frenzy of socially-apathetic technologies telefiring the naturally occuring electroclimate into a wasteland. If one can’t tell that this work is nothing but a very necessary ripple in an ocean of oceans towards the aim of doing-not what human-centeredness has done on the planet then one is most likely already poisoned for death with the virus of believing to know better.",
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"comment_id": "23979",
"author": "michael",
"timestamp": "2007-01-25T00:23:25",
"content": "where do you get 1 or how do I get the plans to make 1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23980",
"author": "babajide",
"timestamp": "2007-02-05T02:40:36",
"content": "Please whoever built this RF jammer…..could u please e-mail the design paper on this device to my e-mail address please……..am doing a project on this RF jammer and i need content for my paper………please help me…….am an African…..hope to hear from you real soon……thank you…my e-mail addy isjidekid@yahoo.com……",
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"comment_id": "23981",
"author": "erniman",
"timestamp": "2007-02-07T19:02:36",
"content": "Excelente proyect…but today I can’t enter to the web site…anybody knowns why?",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23982",
"author": "iamthemonkeyman",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T02:02:46",
"content": "wow, nice.next thing you gota do is get a pda inside a milk box.X-D",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "23983",
"author": "Ajan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T05:45:37",
"content": "luks cute… i tried a GSM jammer.. the circuit blew up wen i powered it with a 9volt… got the circuit aftr i googled around a bit…id like to get my hands on this cute lil jame box!",
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"comment_id": "23984",
"author": "Kyle",
"timestamp": "2007-07-20T04:10:25",
"content": "Wooow How useful i’ve seen one on the Fixed, you should tell me how to make one hahaha not like i’d use it … ermm…. please?",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "23985",
"author": "azizi",
"timestamp": "2007-09-21T02:20:05",
"content": "yeah…i would like to do hand phone jammer for my final year project…this a legal project..hope a support for u all…could i be a friend of the senior jammer?heheh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23986",
"author": "alan",
"timestamp": "2007-12-27T10:24:09",
"content": "hey can i get a email please ckredscklanp.google.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23987",
"author": "martin",
"timestamp": "2008-01-19T19:39:54",
"content": "Does anyone know how to block the governments mind reading devices. I believe they stumbled upon the ability with the invention of the cell phone maybe even the cb but I’m no genius so I realy don’t know how they do it I just know!",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23988",
"author": "dakaling",
"timestamp": "2008-01-24T01:41:18",
"content": "@ 32 most people seem to find that a simple tinfoil hat works very well for that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23989",
"author": "phonejammer",
"timestamp": "2008-02-13T21:52:11",
"content": "check out this cool product to jam cell phone callshttp://www.phonezapper.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23990",
"author": "phonejammer",
"timestamp": "2008-02-13T21:53:00",
"content": "check out this cool product to jam cell phone callshttp://www.phonezapper.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23991",
"author": "phonejammer",
"timestamp": "2008-02-13T21:54:16",
"content": "check out this cool product to jam cell phone callshttp://www.phonezapper.net",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "60678",
"author": "noah1",
"timestamp": "2009-01-25T14:07:24",
"content": "for the guy asking how to block so called “government mind reading” tech, there is no such thing….there is technology, simple tech, low frequency sound waves, what is termed “ELF”, that cause people to “hear voices” being sent via extremely low frequency, similar to a dog hearing things humans cannot…as for esp telepathy, I believe esp exists, but that’s not related to actual technology at all. The Freemasons are the culprit in illegal human experimentation in this country, by the way..doctors in that cult…or what they call “society”. Rf implants are simple to jam. RF implant output signals are between 60 kilahertz and 3 megahertz..jam that spectrum. Cell phone jammers are effective at shielding sujects of RF implants from outside UHF signals.",
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"comment_id": "503501",
"author": "TheScareBear",
"timestamp": "2011-11-08T22:12:37",
"content": "I hate to tell you this, but you are dead wrong. There is a technology coined “techlepathy” or “psychotronics” that uses extremely low frequency waves to extract information from people’s minds. The government has been doing this for approximately 15 years, first enabled by the National Security Administration. There is even an organization called S.M.A.R.T.that can use techlepathy to uncover obstructed memories from the brains of individuals.",
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"comment_id": "60737",
"author": "xxxxx",
"timestamp": "2009-01-26T01:32:23",
"content": "hhhhhhhhhklll",
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"comment_id": "151479",
"author": "UH Huh, keep thinking, I smell ya burnin.",
"timestamp": "2010-06-19T18:38:57",
"content": "This would not jam the signal going to an IED. It would end up setting the IED off. The trick is to boost the power so the IED goes off before you get to it. The government started putting wideband transmitters atop our embassies in critical regions after the embassy bombings of 1998.A jammer jams by transmitting a stronger signal than the transmitters around it. .1 to .3 watts would only be effective against cell phones and other LOW POWER transmitters. An FRS radio at .5 watts would defeat this little gem.",
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"comment_id": "687599",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2012-06-25T11:15:45",
"content": "i am a victim of v2k and i would really apreciate any imformation on finding complete instructions to build this device or anywhere i can buy one. id be more than happy to pay for real help. “voice to skull victim”",
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"comment_id": "871880",
"author": "Rosie",
"timestamp": "2012-11-12T17:07:17",
"content": "I am also a TI, who would like to block ELF waves to avoid hearing V2K messages. Did you ever get any kind of response on directions on how to build or acquire the Wave Bubble? I don’t see how this would prevent law enforcement from communicating with others since it only covers 20 feet area, but it would be a problem if I needed assistance and had the device powered on nearby. In my past experiences as a TI, it is useless to use the services of local police because the gang stalkers operate above the law.",
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"comment_id": "1052901",
"author": "Zephyr",
"timestamp": "2013-09-05T20:06:45",
"content": "I am also a TI, and need help blocking ELF Waves and broadcast “evoked Potentials”. Does anyone know of a device that can block or alter ELF waves in the 1-20 hz range?Incidentally, the mind reading technology that the poster referring to above is a version of the NSA technology called TEMPEST and it is being used on me daily as well as V2K electronic stalking.",
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"comment_id": "1052926",
"author": "Greenaum",
"timestamp": "2013-09-05T20:46:47",
"content": "Seriously, you might find some antipsychotic medication does a much better job. Paranoid schizophrenia is worst, I think, when it happens to clever, educated, people. Because it means their stories are more plausible and harder to disprove on their own terms.Obviously there’s the “you’re mentally ill” option. But if someone actually knows how radio works, the fantasy transmitters pointed at their brains are going to work along more plausible principles. They can’t be disproved with a high-school physics book.I’ve had a little experience looking after, and talking down a friend who went mad for a few weeks, and I’ve known a few people with various mental illnesses, including hallucinations. And the advice I was given included rationally arguing the impossibility or unlikelihood of the voices being real. Trust of course helps a lot too.But to address the posters personally, which is more likely? That you’re suffering the symptoms of a well-diagnosed and common (if sadly not completely curable) mental illness, or that a vast conspiracy to taunt people who, usually, don’t do any important work in the government and aren’t spies or anything like that, exists and is fucking with you for no good reason you can think of?My neighbour can’t sleep at night for hearing her husband shouting at her. From inside the urn she keeps his ashes in. People hallucinate, it happens a lot. I know to the hallucinator, they’re utterly real. But the fact is, brains are complex things and sometimes “go wrong” in very unpleasant and wierd ways. And stuff like this happens. There’s been mental illness since the beginning of recorded history. Is it likely that a real conspiracy exists, that happens to exactly mirror the effects of schizophrenia or psychosis? At great expense and inconvenience, for no conceivable gain?Anyway. I’ve seen medication work very well on a dear friend. I’ve also seen illicit drugs make him much worse! And I feel for you, my friend was terrified during his episode, and there was only so much I could reassure him that it wasn’t all real. There can’t be many worse things to happen in life to somebody. I hope you all get as well as you can.",
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"comment_id": "1052934",
"author": "Zephyr",
"timestamp": "2013-09-05T21:01:22",
"content": "Quite a quick response…Guess what…I work in the mental health industry..V2K tech is well documented as well as Tempest…which can read the variations in electro-magnetic fields produced by computer monitors through walls from 1 kilometer away. It has been modified to read the electromagnetic emanations from the brainSchizophrenics hear auditory voices..outside their skulls…V2K works within the resonant cavity inside the skull. The fact that you posted so quickly and with the pat answers of someone who has been coached is quite a tell. Thanks for your illuminating response.By the way here are some fun facts about schizophrenia:•\tDelusions: False beliefs in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary (thought broadcasting, thought insertion, persecution) I fully concede the point that what I am asserting fits these criteria. But considering “Voice-of-God” technology and the other data I have sent you, including the growing number of people coming forth as evidenced in Jesse Ventura’s program I would say that the evidence is not incontrovertible.•\tHallucinations: Internal stimuli perceived to be external and real(auditory, visual, tactile & olfactory.) I do not “hear voices” outside my head, I am being harassed by broadcast internal dialogue that uses the resonant cavity in my head and sinus cavities as per Voice of God technology. This fact that it is internal and not experienced as auditory voices excludes schizophrenia by itself. But read on..•\tDisorganized thoughts: incoherent, out of sequence, loose association, blocking. This document alone shows you the organization of my thoughts•\tSpeech: incoherent, incomprehensible, fragmented, overly concrete or loosely associated. None of these symptoms•\tPsychomotor Activity: Uncommon postures or mannerisms, agitation, restlessness, catatonia. Occasionally I fidget because of my back.•\tAffect/emotional expression: Blunted, agitated, fearful, flat, diminished, inconsistent within context.•\tPoor interpersonal skills/lack of friendships:•\tAvolition (lack of initiative)Who do you really work for?",
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"comment_id": "2502377",
"author": "houssem el fekih",
"timestamp": "2015-03-29T12:57:35",
"content": "well said bro, I am with you on it. probably a schill or just a moron who wants to sell some more meds.I tend to look at the experiences we had and see something else. While there is real mental illness it looks like the industry of psychology and psychiatry has been completely instrumentalised to serve power (this is the nazi and later soviet legacy). Late examples in the DSM of new entries are people who care too much about their health and don’t want to buy monsanto products, and people wo out of fear of privacy do not use facebook. WTF is wrong with the world?! As for this thing.. PLL is a good idea he gave me but honestly i am not sure it will work and i am computing student not EEE and i would mess up the soldering.. so i will try to bait a solution here, someone highlighting the 20khz to 30 mhz range .. that’s a useful clue, cuz i was contemplating big microwave jammers that are very costly (because i get a wierd blank sound and i have some ultrasonic heterodying + i believe microwaves) I know about spread spectrum and that kind of like bluetooth frequency hopping method .. it’s all not completely straight in my head right now because i am massively beamed when i research this stuff. stuff like fourier that i know the whole proof of and everything every once in a while i get whiped and i feel like don’t remember any signal processing even though i worked hard to get a good level at it since i know it will help me some point :( . May god help us all!",
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"comment_id": "3238980",
"author": "Alice",
"timestamp": "2016-10-22T08:24:59",
"content": "V2K is just conspiracy BS but LRADs or directional loud speaker are very real but they work on a completely different principal and a wave bubble wouldn’t help stop one unless it’s using a blue tooth connection or something.I doubt someone would be using an LRAD just to mess with someone as it’s a rather conspicuous piece of hardware the size of a large pedestal fan and not something someone can sneak around with easily.",
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"comment_id": "2708835",
"author": "Slyvester Biffdrop",
"timestamp": "2015-09-10T06:46:32",
"content": "“SmartJammer” here can go to ELF:http://astore.amazon.com/smartjammer-20",
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"comment_id": "2737979",
"author": "Mind control",
"timestamp": "2015-10-02T18:43:35",
"content": "Hi Slyvester Biffdrop,Are you sure the above mention product can block the mind control cause by microwave, it must including blocking to voice to skull, eye stalking, electronic harassment. it so, I would like to place a order with you.have a nice day!Monita",
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"comment_id": "2604658",
"author": "Monita",
"timestamp": "2015-06-11T20:44:48",
"content": "I look for the Jammer that can block for microwave auditory effect (mind control) and Voice to skull as well, is the Wave Bubble portable RF Jammer good for me?",
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"comment_id": "2839189",
"author": "Randall Foltyniewicz",
"timestamp": "2015-12-16T01:23:22",
"content": "Has anyone tested these products? Results? Effectiveness on blocking V2K?Thank you.Randall",
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"comment_id": "3238917",
"author": "Santi",
"timestamp": "2016-10-22T07:14:33",
"content": "Hello",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.401748
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/24/make-your-own-co2-laser/
|
Make Your Own CO2 Laser
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Laser Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"co2",
"design",
"laser",
"make co2 laser",
"MakeCo2Laser"
] |
We all remember
the diy cnc laser
. In my quest to bring you guys fresh stuff, I found an
interesting design
[
archived page
](the author says he built his in the 80s) for a home-built CO2 laser. The dimensions are missing, but
the design
is pretty simple. If you like some textbook style reading, the
hyperphysics
server is your friend. I finally
bought a mini mill
to go with my lathe – this could make an interesting machining project. Get a mini-fridge compressor to for the vacuum source, and the gas is easily acquired from the local welding shop. I’d bet
Surplus shed
probably has some workable optics.
The 25th is the deadline for the
Design Challenge
. Don’t freak out, just get it submitted before I get up on the 26th, and I’ll call it good.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23946",
"author": "Brandon",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T07:54:39",
"content": "He built this in the 80s? Isn’t this the laser assembly for “Honey I Shrunk the Kids”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23947",
"author": "Vaelen",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T11:25:04",
"content": "You should also check out John Doran’s website and his CO2 laserhttp://www.timefracture.org/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23948",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T08:59:30",
"content": "Where are your lathe playings?It must have been months now since you got that babyI realize that you also have another baby of about the same vintage, but you should learn to share you time more fairly ;-)On much the same note, does anyone have links to linux programs capable of turning circuit designs into CNC milling patterns, that would rock.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23949",
"author": "Jessie",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T20:47:32",
"content": "Actually, I remember a co2 laser design from a book entitled “build your own laser, phaser, and ion ray gun” published in 1983…. and I still have a copy of it :) also has some other neat devices like a multi million watt pulsed power supply.Amazon still sells ithttp://www.amazon.com/Build-Laser-Phaser-Working-Projects/dp/0830606041/sr=8-1/qid=1167158793/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4660672-7214347?ie=UTF8&s=books",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23950",
"author": "calvin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T23:05:20",
"content": "If you’re going to build any sort of laser (HeNe, CO2, Argon, Dye) check out sam’s laser faq first, *tons* of information.http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/sam/lasersam.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23951",
"author": "Brenda Make",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T14:22:33",
"content": "Hi Will O’Brien,About your mini mill, you might want to check out, if you haven’t already:http://www.cnczone.com/CNCzone has forums in which a lot of people moding X2s for CNC. The X2s and X3s, are reputed to be good mills, once cleaned and tweaked.They have a nice site with mini-mill and mini-lathe notes setup and comments. They also have a review of the belt-drive kit.http://www.mini-lathe.comYou might want to check out the X2 belt drive kits. I saw a second belt drive kit on cnczone, too.As far as lasers, SAM’s laser FAQs is probably the best laser start here page out there:http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/laserfaq.htm#faqtoc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23952",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2006-12-28T06:07:35",
"content": "*aah! my eyes!*Looks good, but the lack of dimensions for the tubes and such means that you’ll have to experiment a little with the voltages and such. All the more fun, eh? For the power supply, you could use a flyback transformer from an old CRT. Using a KSE13009 transistor from Fairchild in the flyback circuit, you’d get about 18-20kv. Good luck to whomever tries this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23953",
"author": "real estate bulgaria",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T00:45:58",
"content": "CNCzone has forums in which a lot of people moding X2s for CNC. The X2s and X3s, are reputed to be good mills, once cleaned and tweaked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23954",
"author": "Ivan Irons",
"timestamp": "2007-12-09T21:40:15",
"content": "Hey all, another good forum is:http://www.cncinformation.com/CNCBlog/I haven’t checked around to see specifics but there’s plenty of info there in the forum that may be helpful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23955",
"author": "تØÙÙÙ",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T04:30:28",
"content": "thanks… but i think it’s little hard to do it.thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "46229",
"author": "the danger",
"timestamp": "2008-10-18T16:23:33",
"content": "hello all",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "46232",
"author": "sx2",
"timestamp": "2008-10-18T16:36:08",
"content": "hello c02 he is good hacker algerian and g0ns and the.danger lolz good by",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.446674
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/23/gauss-pistol-redeux/
|
Gauss Pistol Redeux
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"gauss gun",
"gauss pistol",
"GaussGun",
"GaussPistol"
] |
Remember
this
? We hit it last year. [William] has been working hard, and made plenty of improvements. Aside from building it in black, he’s built a new model. He’s even hoping to
release it as a kit
in 2007. The latest version uses a PIC to fire the coils and manages the batteries, uses a pair of IR sensors to time the projectile, laser sighting and improved charging. It’s still only slightly more powerful than a CO2 BB gun, but one hell of an engineering challenge. Theoretically, these could be more powerful than traditional firearms, but power limitations keep them repressed like mid-evil peasants.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23928",
"author": "captain zeros",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T04:30:42",
"content": "Wow, wicked awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23929",
"author": "GBM",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T05:05:45",
"content": "this could be very fun… prehaps as a delivery method for drugged darts? silent… nice…GBM",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23930",
"author": "Tricon",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T05:33:02",
"content": "er- i think its downheres a google cache of the sitehttp://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:YudFjDniDIMJ:www.gausspistol.com/+http://www.gausspistol.com/&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23931",
"author": "Michael Vroegop",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T06:10:07",
"content": "be nice if it was open-source, and actually powerful.supercaps will help.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23932",
"author": "Arochone",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T06:55:04",
"content": "My first thought when I read this title was ‘screw up a monitor from a distance?’ (thinking gauss being the opposite of degauss…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23933",
"author": "Pierce",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T07:21:42",
"content": "I can’t view anything on the page. Whats wrong?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23934",
"author": "WarriorRocker",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T07:57:16",
"content": "Oh noes, yahoo strikes again and makes the page go away. Any mirror?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23935",
"author": "Josh McCormick",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T08:16:12",
"content": "Mid-evil or medieval?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23936",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T09:12:37",
"content": "even with the size and power disadvantages inherant to magnetic propulsion, I’m sure there are applications for a perfectly silent weapon",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23937",
"author": "ironlizard",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T12:45:20",
"content": "Now all we need is a room temperature superconductor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23938",
"author": "aoeu",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T15:28:52",
"content": "here’s a mirrorhttp://muhserva.dyndns.org/gausspistol/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23939",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T17:30:46",
"content": "It’s not on the site yet, but the price of the entire kit will be almost $400 bucks.A little pricy for most, but hell–people are still buying the Optimus-103…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23940",
"author": "Daniel V Klein",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T17:58:49",
"content": "Unless you really _meant_ it to say “mid-evil”, it’s spelled “mediaeval”. One of those hard-to-spellcheck words, because it it doesn’t look like it sounds…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23941",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T22:33:45",
"content": "Very cool :) I wonder how it scales? The space constraints in the handgun form mean there can’t be that many capacitors, but with a rifle-sized enclosure and a small NiMH or lead-acid (maybe a motorbike battery) you could probably store 10x the energy.. but does that translate to 10x the projectile energy? Now we just need handgun-sized IR lasers…Ditto daniel’s post, it’s mediaeval (or medieval, depending on whose dictionary you read)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23942",
"author": "Josh McCormick",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T00:00:01",
"content": "#12 — Perhaps he meant “media eval”? Like peasants who evaluate media? ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23943",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T00:03:19",
"content": "ten thousand times cooler than airsoft. It kinda reminds me of the security sidearm in Babylon 5. You could even hear them “wind up” as they charged the capacitors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23944",
"author": "TarGit",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T01:15:35",
"content": "I prefer mine :Phttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzIni0klNzY",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23945",
"author": "Vasili Sviridov",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T01:54:04",
"content": "Check out this web-sitehttp://www.coilgun.ru",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "340390",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2011-02-23T22:28:27",
"content": "Daniel V Klein – You pointed out he mis-pelt “mid-evil”, but your correction “mediaeval” is just as incorrect :-).It’s “medieval”.Although technically the archiac spelling once used was “mediæval”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "581412",
"author": "me",
"timestamp": "2012-02-13T01:17:17",
"content": "Any news on this project?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2607034",
"author": "Danny Whitehouse (@dannywhitehouse)",
"timestamp": "2015-06-13T13:48:50",
"content": "Any update on the project? Is it complete yet? Dan fromhttps://www.incustunes.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.711569
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/09/easy-diy-usb-interface/
|
Easy DIY USB Interface
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"create usb",
"CreateUsb",
"simple usb interface",
"SimpleUsbInterface",
"usb howto",
"usb interface project",
"UsbHowto",
"UsbInterfaceProject"
] |
[Hybrid] tipped me to
the ‘CREATE USB’ interface project
. In truth it’s nothing more or less than a nice, (fairly) simple project to provide hardware hackers with a handy USB interface. It’s based on the PIC 18F4550 processor. If you check out the project, you’ll note that not only do they have a nice board to put a SMD PIC onto, they provide everything you need to build a diy version using perfboard. The most expensive component is of course the $10 PIC, but if you’re on a budget, that can be mitigated with a
request for samples
. (don’t abuse it – I think they’ve already cut back on sample amounts due to over-use.)
Hey, don’t forget, the Design Challenge deadline is the 25th. (This wouldn’t make a bad entry with some adaptation…)
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23716",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T07:28:53",
"content": "Interesting…I would like someone to design a board that has some type of u-processor with an ethernet port and a usb port (or better yet a usb port that can recognise a standard usb hub and the normal usb->serial chips).If you have room (althogh we are talking at least a 4 layer board at this point) a bluetooth chip (that can be paired with a normal bluetooth serial port) would be sweet.Heck, even 802.11.b chips are frigging tiney these days… A completely wireless 802.11.b -> bluetooth device would the teh r0x0r!!Anyone REALLY good at hardware/software design? Maybe a really big team effort?thanks ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23717",
"author": "patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T11:10:09",
"content": "spark fun has a couple of boards that fit your description:http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=273http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=274if you really need bluetooth, add a bluesmirf:http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=582they have a couple pic based web enabled boards, but those don’t come with usb",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23718",
"author": "BronzeG3",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T16:23:55",
"content": "Microchip has a chip that can handle ethernet and has a SPI interface. A usb PIC,http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1335&dDocName=en022889, and the bluetooth chips from sparkfun could be just about everything you need. If you want to get started on something like this, make a post in the hackedgadgets forum (http://forum.hackedgadgets.com/). I’m sure we could make a nice community project out of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23719",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T16:51:36",
"content": "This is an awesome little project, I’ve been trying to hunt down a cheap USB I/O board just like this for quite some time…I enjoy reading about all the hacks here but it’s always great when one of the hacks fits perfectly with something I was already looking for.Cheers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23720",
"author": "Grant D",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T19:39:13",
"content": "program your USB Missile launcherhttp://www.ninjagizmos.com/products/Cubicle/Striker_II_USB_Laser_Guided_Missile_Launcher",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23721",
"author": "maverick",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T21:20:02",
"content": "Just one question: assuming I use cascading transistors, can this thing drive a relay? I know it has digital outputs, but I want to make sure before I build it and accidently fry a pic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23722",
"author": "moral outrage",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T22:28:02",
"content": "that usb missile toy is in really bad taste. america is involved in a crusade of biblical proportions against well armed terrorists, and we are promoting the idea of individuals being able to launch missiles from their computers?!? what if someone taped “strike anywhere” match heads to the tips of those missiles? this is just another 9/11 waiting to happen.just kidding.with this kit, i am gonna make myself a USB triggered trebuchet for launching flaming pianos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23723",
"author": "patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T23:39:57",
"content": "you should be able to drive a relay from this, it’s based on a pic and i’ve used pics to drive relays plenty of times",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23724",
"author": "rodbotic",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T00:00:07",
"content": "what about the FTDI chips. USB 2 Parallel.you can run them direct I/O (bitbang mode).and that chip is $5 at mouser. FT245Rand that chip requires no external hardware!(excluding the USB cable of course).http://www.ftdichip.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23725",
"author": "hybrid",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T00:40:46",
"content": "Hah, you guys all have a lot of really great ideas, i cant wait to see what i can make out of this device, i just happened to find it the other night and submitted it, Its good to finally have one thing i submitted make it to the front page. =)Also, ive been thinking about submitting a pic of the hackaday shirt i got at DEFCON, interested?-Hybrid",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23726",
"author": "watts",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T03:00:47",
"content": "Check out IOWarrior for a nice litlle USB board:http://www.codemercs.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23727",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T16:46:42",
"content": "To search for chip prices, I foundhttp://www.findchips.com/to be very nice. Alsohttp://www.newark.comNewark In One removed their small order handling fee for web orders and have some of the best prices for microchip parts in small quantities.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23728",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T18:22:36",
"content": "Re: #6Whenever you interface digital circuits with mechanical devices such as relays and motors, you need to place a buffer of some sort between the two because relays and motors tend to generate voltage spikes. You can use buffer chips to lower the output impedance of the digital signal, and then use bypass capacitors to ground on your outputs, to help absorb transient voltage spikes (usually a low-value cap — ceramics for high frequencies, electrolytics for lower frequencies). Keep your digital ground and power ground (as well as your digital supply and power supply) lines separated except at the source — this will help reduce noise.As far as the transistor arrangement, IIRC the transistor you describe is called a Darlington.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23729",
"author": "spacemarmot",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T20:06:37",
"content": "The USB Bit Whacker (PIC18F2455) comes preassembled from SparkFun for $25.http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=762",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23730",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T04:19:36",
"content": "I found this board a while ago and have been trying to build the dip version of it.I’m programming it with a wisp628 programmer so I needed a different bootloader that contains the config bits in the hex file (http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/CUI/viewtopic.php?t=15) but when I connect it I get an unknown device in windows so something is still not working. If anyone can get this to work, I would appreciate some help :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43474",
"author": "Steve Nichols",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T10:30:51",
"content": "Hi. I’d like to know who to make strike anywhere matches to take camping and fishing. Lighters are good but have been known to lose all there gas at times so the old match is preferred. Cheers Steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.609691
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https://hackaday.com/2006/12/08/fabhome/
|
Fab@home
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"3d modeling",
"3dModeling",
"fab at home",
"fabathome",
"rapid prototyping",
"rapidprototyping"
] |
I’ve received a few tips
on this
, and somehow it keeps slipping by. The fab@home project immediately reminds me of
reprap
. This is a completely open source hardware project for rapid prototyping/3d modeling. In the past,
manufacturing something like a turkey baster bulb
required injection molding. The project wiki has full details on building your own, including manufacturing houses to get all the acrylic laser cut. It looks like you could get your hands on one of these pretty easily if you don’t mind making a dent in your wallet. Thanks to [nickjohnson] and [peter B]. [peter B] also noted that the cornell boys have an even nicer one that they use to
make zinc-air batteries and artificial muscles
.
If you happen to be in Berlin on December 27th, you might want to sign up for
Fabienne’s wifi detector hacking workshop
at
23c3
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23702",
"author": "jonored",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T01:56:57",
"content": "I totally get to build one of these for credit at school over winter break – it makes me happy :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23703",
"author": "little_timmy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T02:00:57",
"content": "someone needs to publish info on acrylic molding, and manufacturing.Everyone I know has tried to do search engine “hacking” to try and get info on it with no luck.I’d like to be the only person in the world with a translucent laptop case for my old Thinkpad. I have the design software just not the hardware, and knowledge.Pretty rounded cases would also be cool instead of tasteless slabs bolted, or glued together.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23704",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T02:39:22",
"content": "try making a mold out of plaster and pouring liquid acrylic into the mold. you cn make a really thin liquid acrylic with scrap acrylic and acetone. i use it as a glue because the acetone evaporates and the acrylic solidifies.i’m not an expert, and don’t destroy anything because this might not work, but give it a go if you’d like. just keep the goop thin, use a lot of acetone",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23705",
"author": "Arochone",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T04:41:27",
"content": "If I recall my jr high woodshop classes correctly (not that long ago, I’m still in high school), acryllic is pretty easy to work with. All you need is some good heater. Place it over the heat for a few seconds and bend. The one we used pretty much had this long thin metal bar that got really hot, and then you just set it an inch or two above that for a bit and you’d be good. I’m pretty sure that was acryllic….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23706",
"author": "yo ur being watch but d.c",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T18:14:20",
"content": "ur being watch really got o herehttp://visualroute.visualware.com/and type in ur urlwatch it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23707",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T19:51:56",
"content": "You might also tryhttp://www.emachineshop.comfor ordering a custom frame",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23708",
"author": "bobdole",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T23:04:17",
"content": "correct link for turkey baster bulb:http://www.fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fab%40Home:Gallery#Silicone_Squeeze_Bulbkthx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23709",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T23:57:26",
"content": "Alternately, replace the deposition tool with a Dremel, and you have a milling machine…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23710",
"author": "d.j.sassoon-gubbay",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T07:10:41",
"content": "Thank you for letting me ” in”. I will be interested to participate with all of you and perhaps be able to contribute.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23711",
"author": "d.j.sassoon-gubbay",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T07:10:44",
"content": "Thank you for letting me ” in”. I will be interested to participate with all of you and perhaps be able to contribute.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23712",
"author": "Terminus Est",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T03:22:04",
"content": "I’ve been watching this for a while. Kinda cool. But just kinda. So far, all I see is a bunch of silicon rubber objects of limited use and crude design, with part of the design limitation making ANY object made have the cross-section of a log cabin wall. Co-centric rings of silicon calk.If there is a way to print an object without the ring structure, and out of something other than silicon calk then this could be cool(er).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23713",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2007-07-17T00:47:38",
"content": "The “Fabber” shown CAN print with a LOT of different materials, which is one of the goals of the project; to expand construction materials. If you look at the fab@home site, you’ll see one person put a heating element on the deposition tool and filled it with chocolate, then printed their own custom chocolate candy. I have a design I thought up for a remoted hopper for airsoft BBs as the construction material, pressurized heated interchangeable deposition cylinder with servo valved nozzle. This would allow for the construction of everyday things made of (bright green) plastic. Ever wish you this part that fit right in here and did this, now you can print it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23714",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2007-11-06T19:56:27",
"content": "I purchased one of these for school with the intent of reverse engineering parts of it to design a bigger machine with multiple deposition tools.It seems to be a very cool machine with a lot of potential uses. Replacing the deposition tool with a dremel sounds good in theory, but it won’t work on this machine because of the lateral forces on the cutter. I’ve built three different cnc mills and this is always a big issue. Now replacing the deposition tool with a laser of some kind might be interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23715",
"author": "adamcpennington",
"timestamp": "2008-01-29T20:43:33",
"content": "I wish I had a friend with a fab machine to print out one for me. I’m into robotics. Parts are hard to come by without the $. There is a huge future for this product. I can think of a few stupid things I use everyday that I could make with this. A comb, led pencil, anything plastic really. The only hard part is writing out the piece in CAD. Hell I guess thats what torrent is for. :) < href=\"adamcpennington.googlepages.com\">BC Computer Repair Fontana",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121960",
"author": "Shawnna Aderhold",
"timestamp": "2010-02-04T21:57:06",
"content": "Great information thanks for getting this out there for people like me to read.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.658067
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/07/late-night-mini-extra/
|
Late Night Mini-extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’ve been pulling some long days between driving everyone around in the snow and winding up the HD projector How-To. I’ve received a few more entries to the
Design Challenge
. You’ve got ’til Christmas!
[bruce land] pointed us to
Cornel’s ECE576 final projects
. The results using FPGAs are pretty impressive.
[jbauer] noted this site on
hacking Insteon power controls sans the $200 SDK
.
[dayne] sent along his
USB xmas lights how-to
. Pretty simple, but useful for cube decorating.
[pillowcase] tuned
another innocent bluetooth headset into a bluetooth sound interface
. (Goodwill gets these things now?)
Oh, and if you want ethernet for your xmas tree/candelabra/etc,
these guys show you how
.
I was pondering building a new
karkomp
, and was happy to find that there’s actually an
open source nav program
.
| 9
| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23693",
"author": "gcc",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T09:21:23",
"content": "wow, looking at the PINK board for the xmas tree- those things are not cheap! At that rate you’re better off tucking an old optiplex under the tree and dressing it up as an xmas present, and you could probably run it wirelessly for the same cost to boot. Anybody know a cheaper alternative?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23694",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T10:13:49",
"content": "first again – w00t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23695",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T13:46:16",
"content": "i bet olliestyles is first in a lot of things. thats why he can’t satisfy a woman.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23696",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T17:22:36",
"content": "looking at the counters for the pages it looks like werent even drawing ing 1k people :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23697",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T18:35:40",
"content": "we like the extras",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23698",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T21:15:23",
"content": "i bet monster is second in a lot of things…that’s why its his woman i’ve been satisfying while he’s been gettin his ass nailed up brokeback mountain",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23699",
"author": "digitalmaddog",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T22:33:46",
"content": "ive been trying to get road nave on my ibook — have lots of problems it will not load maps and will not work with the 2 gps units i have — anyone use it on a mac platformthanks for the mini extra!!!DM",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23700",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T23:27:30",
"content": "Wait, you mean to tell me that people have already finished their designs for the challange! WTF!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23701",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T06:28:56",
"content": "wow ollie, i feel burned. nailin my girlfriend huh? is your sister as wild for you too?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.795703
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/06/wireless-video-scanner/
|
Wireless Video Scanner
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[
"pic programmer",
"PicProgrammer",
"video sniffer",
"VideoSniffer",
"wireless video scanner",
"WirelessVideoScanner"
] |
[aboxman] brought this nice
wavecom jr mod
to my attention. I first ran across scanning for wireless video signals a couple years ago when the X10 version came out. People were surprised at just how many video signals were flying through the air.This little project results in a unit that can scan a wide 2.3 to 2.7Ghz range. Of course, if you’re across the pond, you might want
a european version
.
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| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23683",
"author": "derek",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T09:39:44",
"content": "big fat hairy deal",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23684",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T17:05:51",
"content": "Glad you could take a moment from your doubtless busy and fulfilling life to let us know how you feel there, derek. Good luck with that whole ‘puberty’ thing.—A box like this could tell you if there is more than one kind of transmitter operating nearby!In the US many local law enforcement agencies still use a tiny slice of 2.4Ghz for surveillance purposes.I used to build surveillance gear. you’d be surprised at how many times they’ll cheap out and re-tune a commercial unit.Clever project and nice work too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23685",
"author": "N0QBH",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T18:10:44",
"content": "For those who don’t want to build the interface one commercial version is available here:http://www.burnabyradio.com/dhtml/atv/lcd_db.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23686",
"author": "jared bouck",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T21:47:33",
"content": "+200 geek points.Definitely a clever mod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23687",
"author": "Dreco",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T03:31:43",
"content": "http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-695603368990244153&q=systm&hl=enIt’s been done and much better designed imo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23688",
"author": "Tarasil",
"timestamp": "2006-12-08T13:23:36",
"content": "Thanks for the help which has helped to adjust the interface",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23689",
"author": "Tassoman",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T15:32:58",
"content": "Would work also for WiFi presence?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23690",
"author": "N0QBH",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T17:02:34",
"content": "To answer tassoman’s question, yes.I was tuning the modified Wavecom around the neighbors WiFi channel (2) at 2417 MHz and the tv screen started displaying white lines randomly. Went over and was able to correlate the tv interference to activity on the WiFi unit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23691",
"author": "ceaser",
"timestamp": "2007-01-01T00:36:47",
"content": "I have thehome sentinel 2.4ghz wireless video receiver model OS400 more info herehttp://www.overstock.com/?page=proframe&prod_id=1996496does anyone know what I can do with this ?especially changing it to 2.7ghzplease let me know ceaserone(@)gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23692",
"author": "n0qbh",
"timestamp": "2007-02-10T04:41:10",
"content": "The Systm hack is a smooth piece of work. I designed my mod to scan the whole band, not just the 4 factory channels. One way to get the best of both worlds, especially if you don’t want to build and program my VFO interface, is to go to this site –http://www.hamtvstore.com/html/special_offers_.htmland buy their 13 cm receiver LCD package. That gives you a wide banded, programmable receiver with a SMA antenna connector for about $110.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3617507",
"author": "John Mark Patterson",
"timestamp": "2017-05-24T22:24:06",
"content": "So will a x10 video/audio receiver show video from a swann 2,4ghz camera witbout any mods?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.753161
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/06/finishing-up-the-diy-hd-projector/
|
Finishing Up The DIY HD Projector
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Part 6 of my DIY HD Projector How-To
is up on Engadget. It wraps up the series (sans final review, which willl be up later this week.) I think I managed to come up with a few new twists on the design. (Yes, the Hack will be up later. Sheesh.) I’m pretty happy with how it came out, even if it does appear to be larger than my
old CRT projector
.
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23679",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T22:52:29",
"content": "Hey, if you have room for the seven foot screen, you have room for the clunky projector. Great hack, this is some classy stuff. Now I just have to convince my wife not to sell the spare LCD…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23680",
"author": "George Harkin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T23:42:48",
"content": "Have you tested it out with any Hi-Def movies?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23681",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T00:22:07",
"content": "did you wrap the soldering points with something? i mean it would appear that it could be a fire hazard",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23682",
"author": "man_of_cube",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T05:46:37",
"content": "I’ll be interested to hear how you think the unit compares to the 1271Q.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.938331
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/05/guitar-hero-guitar-controller/
|
Guitar Hero Guitar Controller
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Playstation Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"custom controller",
"CustomController",
"customer guitar hero",
"CustomerGuitarHero",
"guitar hero",
"guitarhero",
"xbox controller",
"XboxController"
] |
[Chuck] sent me this
How-To on building your own custom Guitar Hero controller
. I love the idea – the stock controller is a bit small for me. This one was built for a
Child’s Play
fund-raiser, so maybe you can score it and help get some games to some kids in need.
Remember, there are just 20 more days to get your entry in for the
Design Challenge
!
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| 24
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23659",
"author": "jay",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T08:16:24",
"content": "AWESOME",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23660",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T08:35:19",
"content": "Screw the “first post w00t!” guy, this mod is great",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23661",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T08:36:20",
"content": "I would’ve wanted that guitar. What a waste.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23662",
"author": "murrow",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T09:19:57",
"content": "i remember a guy coming into the irc channel talking about modding an actual guitar into a guitar hero controller. either he succeeded or his idea was completed by another.nonetheless, great idea and a great hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23663",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T13:40:33",
"content": "#2 – that’s probably the best possible use for a pos squire bullet (other than stunt-axe for jimi hendrix stage antics). your $99 will go further on a better quality used axe.that’s a really great hack, in the true spirit of hacking.coincidentally, i’ve been thinking of installing a virtual trem (whammy) bar on my fixed bridge guitar that would send midi msgs to my rack fx. hmm…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23664",
"author": "Arochone",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T13:45:00",
"content": "Does the guitar still work? That’s lookin like a Fender (or a Fender knockoff), and it’d be a shame to ruin one of them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23665",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T14:33:36",
"content": "#5 – i hate acting like a thread nazi, but it’d be nice if you clicked the link and at least skimmed over the 1st page… you’d answer your own questions and perhaps even be able to post something relevant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23666",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T16:11:31",
"content": "I think it would be cooler if you had a circuit that could tell which notes you played and closed the fret switches accordingly. And any sound received wiggles the string thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23667",
"author": "dimped",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T17:44:47",
"content": "wow! let me try it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23668",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T20:51:52",
"content": "Wow! Finally a good use for those FirstAct guitars they sell at Wal-Mart! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23669",
"author": "Marcos",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T22:40:18",
"content": "Link are Down!!!!Please do something, i would really like to make myself one of this!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23670",
"author": "kie",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T03:26:39",
"content": "or, just learn to play the real guitar",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23671",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T06:49:18",
"content": "agent420Yeah you’re probably right. I am looking for more insight on good guitars for christmas.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23672",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T20:24:33",
"content": "agent420: (#5)Hack a day is the new slashdot :) Actually the links do get hosed…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23673",
"author": "tekrytor",
"timestamp": "2006-12-07T23:32:41",
"content": "They could have saved some work by using a hollowbody guitar, more room for batteries, electronics, etc. But everybody wants a strat, right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23674",
"author": "Babygriff",
"timestamp": "2006-12-23T18:53:09",
"content": "Yah too bad Guitar hero is for PS2 and not for XboX, but it’s stil in the XboX Category",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23675",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2007-02-15T22:48:31",
"content": "Personally, what a waste of a good guitar. I prefer to stick with the stock controller and I don’t want to destroy my real axe because I’m considering learning how to play it in the future.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23676",
"author": "tommy",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T18:08:03",
"content": "Looking for some one who can provide some help with the dos and don’ts of hacking guitar guitar hero.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23677",
"author": "tommy",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T18:20:57",
"content": "Need someone to help me out with the dos and dont’s of hacking guitar hero.. Will compensate for time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23678",
"author": "CPU64",
"timestamp": "2007-11-11T09:15:14",
"content": "That mod is kinda lame. Just a transplant of parts into a real guitar. Nothing special. If you want to see a real mod, click my site link.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45794",
"author": "ty",
"timestamp": "2008-10-15T16:58:19",
"content": "how do i connect my guitar to my xbox 360??? somebody please help",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76861",
"author": "Houdrummer",
"timestamp": "2009-05-31T18:36:13",
"content": "That is the most retarded thing I have ever seen. GH blows, and this is even worse. Why would you waste a perfectly good Strat? I say, whoever did this is a loser, never learned how to play the Real Guitar so decided to make it a GH guitar. Thumbs down to you!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83161",
"author": "Anders Swe",
"timestamp": "2009-07-27T06:00:24",
"content": "Go tohttp://www.youtube.com/Anders86HBand look at my custom dualneck guitarhero controller ==P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "124792",
"author": "Chehoslow",
"timestamp": "2010-02-19T02:36:00",
"content": "Тех кто не был в Чехии, но кому приходится по душе средневековая эпоха, мы приглашаем посетить удивительное место – ресторан Прага. Здесь вас ждут роскошные блюда, как современные, так и средневековые явства. Приходите – не пожалеете! Мы ждём Вас на нашем сайте –Заходите!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.848606
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/12/04/binary-clock/
|
Binary Clock
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Walter] sent in his version of a
PIC binary clock
. It’s a nice alternative If you don’t want
one that runs off TTL logic
, This one runs on a PIC 16F628 (Microchip is great for samples) and displays hours in 5 bits and minutes in 6. His blog also features a decent looking programmer, and he shows off his version of the Suunto dive computer interface that’s been around for quite a while.
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[
{
"comment_id": "23641",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T10:17:02",
"content": "first post again w00t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23642",
"author": "dotmike",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T12:51:00",
"content": "enough with the binary clocks. as hack-o-riffic as it is… it’s old. death to all binary clocks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23643",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T15:40:40",
"content": "010100110110111101101101011001010110111101101110011001010010000001100111011011110111010000100000011101010111000000100000011011110110111000100000011101000110100001100101001000000111011101110010011011110110111001100111001000000111001101101001011001000110010100100000011011110110011000100000011101000110100001100101001000000110001001100101011001000010000001110100011010000110100101110011001000000110110101101111011100100110111001101001011011100110011100101110",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23644",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T17:24:57",
"content": "the ‘628 is overkill for this project; save money and use a smaller pic!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23645",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T17:37:42",
"content": "@nickjohnson: agreed about the 628 in terms of cost; however, as our ever helpful mr. o’brien mentioned, you can get them in samples from parts suppliers. samples, i.e. free, including shipping, often in quantities >= 10! what’s better than free? …if you’ve not tried this, i highly, highly suggest this route for any hobbyist.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23646",
"author": "Binome",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T17:41:42",
"content": "heh, my buddy did the same 2 days ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23647",
"author": "Zencyde",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T17:49:39",
"content": "Slow day on Hackaday, eh?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23648",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T18:47:37",
"content": "I would like to look as it it your friend has made",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23649",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T19:42:06",
"content": "no offense to the project, but binary clocks are kind of old hat. it wouldn’t be any more technically adavnced, but i’d be more impressed with a less common numbering system like octal or some convoluted system like base 3 or 5…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23650",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T22:28:08",
"content": "Good show ed3",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23651",
"author": "Adam Maras",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T01:43:34",
"content": "I like the analog binary clocks they showed somewhere in there… I may just have to build one!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23652",
"author": "Walter",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T04:16:56",
"content": "I put the schematic online too.It costs (including 16f628 or 627 is also good) about 7 dollars in parts including 628.It is different from the commercial binary clocks (and thus original):16h23will be shown as10000 010111Whereas on the commercial binclocks it is shown as00001 01010 00010 00011The commercial ones only teach you binary numbers from 0 to 9.This one teaches you binary numbers from 0 to 59",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23653",
"author": "Meico Tenkawa",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T05:46:09",
"content": "This could easly be done for the Hackaday design challange…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23654",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T05:55:04",
"content": "“analog binary clocks”…. almost sounds like an oxymoron! ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23655",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T11:01:00",
"content": "I might actually do this one, or a modification of it. I’ve always wanted a binary clock that reads the time in true binary, (ie first bit representing am/pm, second bit representing after or before 6, third bit after/ or before 3, and so on… 8 LEDs would get you down to around 5 minutes accuracy, plenty enough for my purposes.Has anyone else ever though of time as a binary concept rather than the arbitrary 24x60x60?A single byte could represent that ~5 minute accurate time unit. We could call it a binute. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23656",
"author": "grim factor",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T12:51:36",
"content": "I don’t mind if they show a different binary clock a day. It’s still ingenuity. If you don’t like it, why not build something better? I bet most of the people criticizing can’t even follow directions to make one if they had someone hold their hand the entire process.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23657",
"author": "required",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T15:49:21",
"content": "01101000011101010111001101101000001000000110000101100010011011110111010101110100001000000111010001101000011001010010000001110011011000010110110101110000011011000110010101110011",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23658",
"author": "OG Style",
"timestamp": "2006-12-10T07:23:47",
"content": "Does anyone know where I can get the hex for this clock. I am kinda new to pics and I only know how to program a hex file to the chips.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.900085
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https://hackaday.com/2006/12/22/diy-ps3-sixaxis-controller/
|
DIY ‘PS3 Sixaxis’ Controller
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"accelerometer HID",
"AccelerometerHid",
"diy usb controller",
"DiyUsbController",
"HID usb",
"HidUsb",
"ps3 sixaxis",
"Ps3Sixaxis"
] |
[max] lets us know about this
DIY ‘PS3 SIXAXIS’ style programmable controller
. It’s a USB device that uses an accelerometer to provide an interactive human interface. They put one inside a
model airplane and use it with a flight-sim
. (I’d like to see them add some gyros to add some realistic resistance to the plane interface.)
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[
{
"comment_id": "23918",
"author": "Sam",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T20:58:12",
"content": "Looks pretty awesome",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23919",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T21:02:47",
"content": "I’d probably mount handles on that airplane model to make it easier to hold. Nice application example!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23920",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T23:41:19",
"content": "I don’t know about the realistic spinning finger-removers… err… propellor :^)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23921",
"author": "garrett",
"timestamp": "2006-12-23T02:58:51",
"content": "from what i hear, the real corsair was a lot more dangerous to fly. anyway, the motor inside was very small, from a tape drive or something. i did stick my fingers in the propeller and they are still attached.the main thing is not really the airplane, or the accelerometer…it’s the usb device. you can whip up code in minutes using basic, then funnel to the hid portal and out pops joystick input, or mouse movement, keypresses, volume control, whatever. you can do this with just one microcontroller but it’s not as simple.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23922",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-23T05:33:56",
"content": "Just don’t throw it into the TV!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23923",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-23T19:30:34",
"content": "somewhat lame application, but still an interesting concept. (Idk why they didn’t just use a wii controler, it has all the same capabilities, plus its a bluetooth device)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23924",
"author": "garrett",
"timestamp": "2006-12-23T20:50:14",
"content": "#6: because with a wii, you can’t tweak and hack the controller code to your heart’s content, adjust the response curves and sampling rate, add buttons, etc. basically the exact reason you’d make anything rather than buy a premade version.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23925",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2006-12-24T03:03:22",
"content": "great job garrett!hehe, thanks will for the post!merry christmas and happy new year! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23926",
"author": "Ginsu",
"timestamp": "2006-12-26T14:28:17",
"content": "@garrett,The wii controller has high enough sample rates, and extreemely low latency. It has already been featured as a remote controller for an RC car on engadget. Personally I believe it to be alot easier to use the wii controller because it is wireless and has a better response time than this project’s. Everything else can be handled in software.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2581645410431075627",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23927",
"author": "im_an_alien",
"timestamp": "2006-12-31T20:52:31",
"content": "Woah, this is pretty cool! I’ll have to make something with this some time… sixaxis mouse?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,902.980623
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/12/21/laser-3d-scanning-with-a-webcam/
|
Laser 3d Scanning With A Webcam
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"3d laser scanning",
"3dLaserScanning"
] |
[Jan] noted that they’ve come up with an interesting, low cost method of 3d
scanning over
(Update:
http://www.david-laserscanner.com/wiki
) at the Institute for Robotics and Process Control. Once
the software
is calibrated with the preset background image, a laser line is run over the object (Just think about every sci-fi laser scanner you’ve ever seen) The software appears to measure the contour of the object by the breaks in the line as it’s passed over the object. Once a mesh of measurements is taken, the object can be reconstructed in the software. According to [Jan] “With Their technique they won the Main Prize of the “work group for Pattern recognition” this Year in Berlin.” Now, make it work under something besides windows and .NET.
Get your
Design Challenge
entries in! The 25th is rolling up on us quick!
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[
{
"comment_id": "23904",
"author": "herbicide",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T10:34:15",
"content": "This is interesting, just a shame I took my laser level to bits.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23905",
"author": "BruceR",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T11:22:47",
"content": "Great, I now have a use for my JML laser level. It’s totally useless for its intended purpose, but it will be perfect for this. In fact it looks identical to the one in the documentation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23906",
"author": "SeBsZ",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T12:49:27",
"content": "So this will not work with an ordinary “laser pen” ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23907",
"author": "D1337",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T13:51:47",
"content": "cool, i’v always been intrested in 3d scaning but becouse off the cost i never realy did anything with it now all i need is a lazer. Maby i will make some automated version off this (maby mount a lazer on top off a webcam or something).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23908",
"author": "Hast",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T18:02:38",
"content": "Interesting, me and a friend did a similar project a few years back for a computer vision class. That one used two cameras though.If you have a laser pen and want to create a laser line you can do that quite easily by putting a cylindrical glass object in front of it. (Test it with the foot of a wine glass or something similar.) A cheap source for that is drink stirrers in clear plastic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23909",
"author": "torenc",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T18:41:32",
"content": "well, the software looks like it only requires .net 1.1, so it might run under mono.(http://www.mono-project.com/)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23910",
"author": "H3PO",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T22:49:58",
"content": "lol, we had a similar project in the german “youth’s researching” in 2004, which won the first price in the under-18 category.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23911",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-12-23T00:07:11",
"content": "Will seemed to suggest that there was something wrong with .NET…?In any case it’ll probably work with Mono.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23912",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2006-12-23T02:33:14",
"content": "This is one of the coolest hacks I’ve ever seen. So easy…anyone could do it with 30 bucks. Only problem I ran into was the “Strait Line Laser Level 120” that I used wasn’t quite bright enough to show accross the background. It would always give me “Left side not bright enough” or a similar error.Still an awesome hack. I could see this being used as an easy way to make realistic weapons and such for video games. I’m gonna see what I can do",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23913",
"author": "Juul",
"timestamp": "2006-12-25T05:15:39",
"content": "No source code?A university that publishes a project with no source code? What is the purpose if I cannot see how it was implemented?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23914",
"author": "[akisan]",
"timestamp": "2006-12-30T00:50:37",
"content": "Hey this works. Went through 3 laser levels before I got it to do its thing. The laser has to be BRIGHT! Ironically enough, the first thing I scanned was my wacom pen..:P The software doesnt allow for “stitching” various views together to create a complete 3d model but a cheap and efficient 3d scanner none the less…congrats!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23915",
"author": "bart",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T17:03:29",
"content": "what kind of output is the image? can it be utilized imiediatly in autocad or solidworks or pro-e? is a conversion needed?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23916",
"author": "mschumi",
"timestamp": "2007-01-31T20:31:34",
"content": "I went out last night and bought a laser line level to do this. It does work and if you play with it for about an hour it works damn good. We made a giant calibration area in the corner of a room and did full body scans. Close up face scars come out eerily good sometimes, it all depends on your incidence angle of the laser. With some fine tuning this stuff could be useful, especially for reference modeling.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23917",
"author": "Jason Warren",
"timestamp": "2007-11-04T23:52:07",
"content": "Hi,some useful info can be gained from:http://laserscanning.org.uk/forum/Jae",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "146044",
"author": "iki",
"timestamp": "2010-05-30T15:09:00",
"content": "no source code? wuuuuuuuuuuuuuut? u r crazy or smth?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.030005
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/12/20/digital-camera-ir-filter-removal/
|
Digital Camera IR Filter Removal
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"canon powershot",
"CanonPowershot",
"digital camera",
"digitalcamera",
"ir photography",
"IrPhotography"
] |
We’ve run across the idea of IR filter removal
in the past
. [Tony Z] pointed out this
nice little how-to on removing the IR filter from a Canon a540 or a530 digital camera
. I’m pretty blase about gutting electronics, but even I get a bit nervous about opening up recent model digi-cams. It’s so easy easy to jam sensitive gears… (don’t ask) Aside from my bad mini-dv experiences, the sub-200 6 megapixel platforms could make some interesting projects.
You guys are rocking at the
Design Challenge
! Keep those entries coming.
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{
"comment_id": "23895",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T08:35:00",
"content": "1st post!Hmm…If I had enough money I have a purpose already in mind.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23896",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T17:11:38",
"content": "Oh man I own an a540 too.I have some reading to do excuse me…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23897",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T20:54:26",
"content": "and the point of this is?????",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23898",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T21:40:17",
"content": "Not very original, but nice to know if you own that model. What would really be special is if they were publishing a large database of instructions on how to remove the IR filter on a wide variety of cameras. I have already pried the IR filter off of my backup CVS camcorder and am thinking about doing it to my ancient Kodak.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23899",
"author": "Aviator747",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T21:41:02",
"content": "By doing this you make you camera become more sensitive to IR “Infrared”. To the typical photographer this is useless. BUT, to someone who couples their camera to a telescope this is great. You can pick up much fainter stars and galaxies.This doing this to a camera that you will be using to take normal pictures is pointless. Unless you like looking at pics with a lot of red hue.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23900",
"author": "Captain Zeros",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T02:35:52",
"content": "Hey, also, if you put a piece of developed film in as a new filter, it will filter out everything but IR light, giving you an entertaining toy. This is the kind of fun thing that one does to a cheap webcam though. I did that to one cheap webcam I have, and now it works excellently in low light, but the color is washed out and it is very gray. Entertaining toy though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23901",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T19:49:37",
"content": "I just found it to be an interesting read.My store has a demo a530 that the lens cover is failing on. If it gets much more banged up it might make for an inexpensive scratch and dent hacker that I can attach to our telescope.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23902",
"author": "oscar",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T01:00:52",
"content": "I’ve done this with a cheapo Olympus. I wouldn’t dare do it to a new(ish) camera. I also added layers of congo blue filter inside the camera to make it IR-only. I think outdoor shots are way more interesting than indoor ones.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23903",
"author": "EaglesNestOne",
"timestamp": "2008-03-10T08:46:42",
"content": "Hey. I have a canon IXUSV AiAF. I’m thinking about removing the IR filter but if I were to do so would it effect photos taken (apart from showing high temperatures and seeing IR better)? If so, how?Also, could someone make a section for my camera model. I tried finding the lense assembely but had no luck (or gave up, I dont remember).Regards,EaglesNestOne",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66519",
"author": "EaglesNestOne",
"timestamp": "2009-03-16T23:28:28",
"content": "WOOT. I did this with a Samsung S850 that I fixed and it works perfectly. Also, if you don’t have negatives of pure white you can just open an old floppy and use some of the actual disk.Regards,EaglesNestOne",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "325556",
"author": "Zach",
"timestamp": "2011-02-07T01:00:57",
"content": "I have a simple aiptek is-dv digatal camcorder how do i were and how do i remove the IR Filter? Please Help!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "331928",
"author": "EaglesNestOne",
"timestamp": "2011-02-13T08:44:59",
"content": "Zach,I’ve dismantled several digital cameras (not camcorders) to remove IR filters. You should find the filter between the lens assembly and the photo-sensor (the small chip on the board). Sometimes the IR filter is glued on. In which case, you will need an Xacto knife. The filter should look like a thin piece of glass with a slight tinge of blue or red to it (depending on which angle you look at it). Be very careful not to hurt yourself or smudge the lenses.If you don’t have much experience pulling things apart and putting them together again, I suggest you experiment on a cheap camera first. As a side note, do NOT touch the contacts of any large capacitors in the camera (google ‘capacitor’ if you don’t know what it is). I usually discharge capacitors with a resistor (100ohm – when discharging caps, using a bigger resistor is better) when possible. If possible, check the charge of the capacitor with a multimeter to ensure it’s safe to work around.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.17153
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||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/20/diy-mp3-how-to/
|
DIY MP3 How-to
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Just a quick note – my How-To on
building your own MP3 player
is up. It’s more of a build walk-through and a review of MAKE’s Daisy MP3 player kit.
In case you missed it, Ben Heck put up a How-to on
making your own robotic hand
. It’s more of an exercise in CAD design with the intent to cut the parts on a CNC machine. It’s a great view into Ben’s workflow. He used to
torture
er train graphic artists at some point, and he puts that experience to work in his designs. Speaking of which, you might dig his
SCART video switcher
.
I’ve got to say that I’m impressed with the effort I’ve seen so far on the
Design Challenge
. You’ve got five more days to get em in.
Before I forget, I need a good supplier of teflon/ptfe insulated wire (at a decent price). Suggestions?
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23885",
"author": "luke travers",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T09:38:55",
"content": "nicetry ebay for the wire",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23886",
"author": "Phil",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T11:32:58",
"content": "Nice little write up there, for the newbs like me it’s nice to see something simple done step by step. Even if we could have figured it by ourselves it acts as a reminder that even here ‘measure twice cut once’ is a good axiom.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23887",
"author": "FRS",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T13:11:13",
"content": "Ebay for the Teflon insulated wire… only place i’ve seen it and it’s usually cheap enough.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23888",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T14:14:43",
"content": "hmm, I suppose this could be used for the component video switcher I’ve been debating building… Now All I need are some solid schematics for a SCART to Component converter so I can convert a couple of my old consoles over (Dreamcast and Saturn).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23889",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T22:12:48",
"content": "The MP3 player kit is cool, but why the hell is it so much money? I could buy a real MP3 player for cheaper than that (with included storage) and tear it down to use in whatever project I had in mind. It would be easier than building this one too.The kit should be no more than $30. I certainly wouldn’t give it the time of day at any higher than that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23890",
"author": "mattyfu",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T03:19:15",
"content": "I know the Ben Heck article is about the cad design but a picture of a finished product would have been nice. Just sayin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23891",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T06:13:56",
"content": "Yaaaay! I saw this on another weblogs inc blog and was hoping there was a how-to.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23892",
"author": "viktor",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T06:15:51",
"content": "navships on ebay seems to usually sell teflon wire at the best prices. if you’d rather not buy from there, i’d recommend asking people at head-fi or any other audio community; there are a whole lot of people there who think teflon has superior sound compared to pvc (whatever)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23893",
"author": "Bakes",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T19:50:42",
"content": "Ok, so I’m just thinking about this MP3 decoder chip (and possiby a few other necessary parts). I’m think about other applications here.[Now I just glanced over this article, so if what I say doesn’t make any sense, don’t kill me].1) Wouldn’t it be possible to take the MP3 decoder chip and a 5$ portable CD player and combine the two? IE: figure out a point to solder the decoder chip somewhere onto the CD player circuit board and then have a 5$ portable CD player that plays MP3 CDs?2) Once somebody figured out the above, couldn’t this application be driven to mod car stereos so that they too can play MP3 CDs if they don’t already?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23894",
"author": "funetik",
"timestamp": "2006-12-23T03:14:33",
"content": "bakes: sounds like a lot more hassle than it’s worth. You can already buy portable mp3 cd players and headunits for the same price as non-mp3 playing ones. If you’ve got the skillz, I dare say it’s possible. They really would need to be some skillz, though!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/12/19/pov-orb-project/
|
POV Orb Project
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"hall effect sensor",
"HallEffectSensor",
"pic",
"POV orb",
"PovOrb"
] |
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a new twist on POV hardware. This time it’s
‘the Orb’
– comprised of a set of LEDs that rotate to form a sphere. Hopefully more docs are forthcoming. It looks like all the hardware except the motor is contained on the boards inside the sphere – maybe power is provided via the two ends of the spindle? The visuals are driven by a pic C18 with hall effect sensors to provide position readings.
Thanks to [phishinphree] for the tip.
Don’t forget – 6 more days to get in your
Design Challenge entry
. I’ve gotten some great stuff so far – it’s going to be tough to choose a winner.
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{
"comment_id": "23867",
"author": "ace of face",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T01:22:43",
"content": "oh my god that was so sweet!wish i was nifty with the screwdriver :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23868",
"author": "silic0re",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T01:31:46",
"content": "that is amazing! i wonder if they will post a video of it running. the globe looks unbelievable!they could probably make kits and a number of folks may go for them..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23869",
"author": "silic0re",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T01:35:21",
"content": "wait!! imagine multiple, smaller concentric rings within each other to add /depth/! that would definitely be worth persuing!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23870",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T01:58:00",
"content": "I have a simpler one of these, it is just a spinning ring with the led’s hooked up to some oscillators and other random stuff that you can use to make diferent floating patters. I still prefer a good cylinder pov any day ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23871",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T02:19:44",
"content": "Finally a 3D display.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23866",
"author": "Groxx",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T03:48:25",
"content": "That is AWESOME! I’d love to actually see this thing spin (and/or make one myself).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23872",
"author": "vskid3",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T04:28:04",
"content": "cool!!!think steve’ll like the led’s?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23873",
"author": "mrcharlie",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T06:28:11",
"content": "now THAT is pretty awesome!we should get working on holographic stuff. Great ideas always come from independant inventors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23874",
"author": "Del",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T07:23:52",
"content": "Once I see a pic of it doing a Death Star, then I’ll believe it’s cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23875",
"author": "demosthenese",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T08:26:16",
"content": "I think that would be hilarious to see it doing the death star… and I would Def. buy a kit if they made one.What I think would be really awesome, is if someone did two or three rings, set like a gyroscope.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23876",
"author": "Xan O'Shea",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T09:56:15",
"content": "Awesome looking globe. Gotta have a crack at knocking up one of those myself.Gotta agree on how damn cool a death star would be- colours couldn’t be easy to get right though.http://digg.com/gadgets/Amazing_3D_Persistence_Of_Vision_POV_Sphere",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23877",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T19:23:00",
"content": "Fantastic.“Many Bothans died, to bring us this information.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23878",
"author": "Hans",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T19:43:37",
"content": "silic0re: instead of concentric rings, a disc should work too i think. Much simpler.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23879",
"author": "dylan willemsa",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T21:31:25",
"content": "KICKASS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23880",
"author": "sdedalus",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T23:02:50",
"content": "seems like the batteries spin with it as a counter weight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23881",
"author": "Aviator747",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T03:41:07",
"content": "Man that looks sweeet. Can’t wait for some videos of it in motion. Speaking of video man that would be super cool to display. Eventually I bet we will see it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23882",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2006-12-21T18:16:46",
"content": "Great idea, I can see real uses for this technique if it is more refined, I see myself doing a few online orders after christmas ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23883",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T05:09:51",
"content": "that is a really sweet idea..however this project really has too few led’s to properly be considered a hack.. every good hack has lots more led’s.10ts more = 31337 hax",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23884",
"author": "charles urrea",
"timestamp": "2007-10-20T22:50:00",
"content": "The one with the two motors and spinning disks seems backwards to me. I would use a shaft that had two hub motors and a spiral pattern of slots cut into the disk towards the edge of the motor to allow for optical sensors to act as a resolver.Thus giving a location of the disk at any given moment.Being that they would want speed and not torque, the hub motors would work well for this application.This would put the weight of the system to the center and allow for an unobstructed view.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114231",
"author": "Will Brennan",
"timestamp": "2009-12-31T18:46:20",
"content": "I belive this was first made by Nick Sears and he showed it in a TED Talk,http://www.ted.com/talks/nick_sears_demos_the_orb.htmlbut Im amazed he manged to build one as I’ve been stuck on it for along time",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/18/im-serial-puppet/
|
IM Serial Puppet
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"im puppet",
"ImPuppet"
] |
[Pierre-Philippe] sent in his
instant messenger USB puppet
. It’s a little silly, but I like it. The puppets servo is driven by a pic controller with a max232 serial/ttl converter. To make things interesting, it responds to people entering and leaving gaim or xchat.
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[
{
"comment_id": "23855",
"author": "kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T07:44:54",
"content": "neat idea, but it doesn’t really do _that_ much though, does it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23856",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T07:46:12",
"content": "That’s pretty cool; i could see market for a device like this. Imagine, you have this little desk puppet that pops up / collapses in response to a certain buddy being online.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23857",
"author": "SteamSHIFT",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T09:10:07",
"content": "http://schulzeandwebb.com/2006/availabot/Was all over the web a few months ago …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23858",
"author": "Demo",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T10:50:54",
"content": "I would make it even more simple: There is no need for 6 & 5 volts, I would use only 5 also for servo, there is also no need for MAX232, I would you only some resistors and I also wouldn’t use the optodecoupler, finally I would not use the 4Mhz crystal, just the internal RC,that has enough precision. I like things as simple as it can get;) Good project though :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23859",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T11:33:13",
"content": "I could see a device like this selling. Have them daisy-chained using USB so you could have lots of them. Then the manufacturer could make hundreds of small plugins for it… Have one that falls down when the weather is bad, one that slowly (day by day) stands taller as the weekend approaches. One that starts to fall as system resources are low. One that stands tall when Web traffic peaks.I could think of hundreds of things and I think if they were mass produced to be cheap and simple so that any computer user could use it there would be a pile of money to be made there!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23860",
"author": "TikiGuy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T17:12:27",
"content": "Isn’t this an extremely simplified version of Nabaztag? Which, BTW, I think is very cool. I like this floppy fellow though cuz I could actually make him!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23861",
"author": "D1337",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T17:23:10",
"content": "what aboute a plugin for a game like counter strike, you could instandly see how many off your mates are still alive witch would be pretty funny at lan party’s and stuff",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23862",
"author": "linermonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T17:49:31",
"content": "Well the site has been hack-a-day’d into digital oblivion, but I remember those puppet toys, probably have a couple stashed somewhere. Why bother with practical applications for these? And why build just one? I want to see 100 of these things lined up and programmed to dance!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23863",
"author": "Khoa",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T21:41:59",
"content": "lol @ D1337’s idea, that’s a pretty awesome idea, man.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23864",
"author": "jaguarrrr",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T22:10:34",
"content": "nice idea.is it just me that since embedded video (ala google,youtube) I became lazy and don’t watch a short video that I have to download ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23865",
"author": "Joey",
"timestamp": "2006-12-23T07:06:34",
"content": "very nice.things like this can make lots of money. =]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/12/17/gesture-laser-pointer-control/
|
Gesture Laser Pointer Control
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Laser Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"graffiti",
"hand writing recongnition",
"HandWritingRecongnition",
"laser pointer",
"LaserPointer",
"webcam handwriting",
"WebcamHandwriting"
] |
After I linked
his basic laser pointer webcam interface
the other day, [mnt] sent me
this excellent demo
of his gesture based laser pointer control. This one works alot like graffiti on the old palm pilots. My question? What does he make when he’s not sick?
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[
{
"comment_id": "23826",
"author": "william",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T03:21:54",
"content": "awesome, there’s so many possibilities with this project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23827",
"author": "Dok",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T04:21:04",
"content": "This is really cool, but how well does it do in full light?i agree with the fact that there are so many possibilities.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23828",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T05:01:57",
"content": "I want it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23829",
"author": "aksarf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T05:31:14",
"content": "These things are cool i just wish there were more about it up… I’d love to see how it was done and how much programming was needed. Maybe at least some programs i can play with to see where to start on one of these of my own.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23830",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T06:37:49",
"content": "this definitly has comercial applications, as some other people have said, I think it would be more usefull as a drawing tool for presentations",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23831",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T06:40:11",
"content": "btw, does anyone know how use those passwords that come with comment varification emails?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23832",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T06:45:29",
"content": "The password thing is a feature that isn’t turned on at HAD, but they get sent out anyway.Do you guys want them? I can probably have them turned on as an option.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23833",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T08:44:22",
"content": "mmm I think that no password thing helps get rid of spammers…And I would LOVE to see more on this project!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23834",
"author": "Tiberious",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T09:52:29",
"content": "i’m quite impressed by the software, now just to get my hands on it, is it available?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23835",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T15:03:30",
"content": "Passwords would be good for keeping the dimwits to a minimum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23836",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T16:42:41",
"content": "never seen such a load of shite what a liberty. americans all they good for is a degree in burger making",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23837",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T18:52:27",
"content": "to #5, thanks, I was just wondering, if you think it’ll stop spammers, you’d best leave it off, (though if someone wanted to, it probly wouldnt be to hard to create some sort of auto varification mail server)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23838",
"author": "Colin C",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T19:42:09",
"content": "Steve, what are you on about??Here, does anyone know where I could get software to play about with image manipulation like this?It seems to be done a lot in hacks I’ve seen._C",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23839",
"author": "TheDude",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T19:52:10",
"content": "This is rediculously kewlis it possible to program it to do kewler stuff than thati wanna see that thing eventuallty be used by the millitary to remotley fire weapons now thatd be a good use. keep rockinm-TheDude",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23840",
"author": "Rezyn",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T20:00:22",
"content": "Anyone know of any other projects like this? Doesn’t look like the coder wants to release his source, which is a shame!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23841",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T01:00:34",
"content": "Steve, you seriously need to shut up, your unconstructive criticism does no more than piss everyone off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23842",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T04:34:50",
"content": "Hmm I just realized this would be a lot cooler if you used an IR laser pointer so you wouldn’t bug anybody.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23843",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T05:33:05",
"content": "I would love the password option. Most of us that comment are repeat commenters.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23844",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T06:12:20",
"content": "The only thing thing with the password verification is that you have to remember that random password… I personally disregard it since my e-mail is only a click away…And, yes it is a shame that the code isn’t released. Who wants to bet that in a few months this is a piece of $20-ware?I also second the IR laser idea, you could make the tv the target and use a webcam with the ir filter replaced with an visible blocking filter. Would be prefect for projector screens :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23845",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T13:41:28",
"content": "I can see some real-world applications for this one. It could really simplify presentation controls, for example. You wouldn’t even need a remote; everybody has a laser pointer! Well, everybody with a dog or cat, plus 95% of the rest of everybody.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23846",
"author": "n3rrd",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T07:36:57",
"content": "Does anyone have any resources, or suggestions of places to look, for information on image processing of this nature?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23847",
"author": "luke travers",
"timestamp": "2006-12-20T10:45:34",
"content": "yah this would be so much cooler if we could get the softwere",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23848",
"author": "Samoose",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T04:47:45",
"content": "Yeah, there is absolutly no information there, just about as much info was presented on HACKADAY link page. Bleh, I wanna learn something, not just oggle someone elses goods. We need more information damnit! How about an idea of what this mysterious image recogniztion software is. Where do we get it, how do we work with it, how do you interface blah blah blah.Maybe some one can comment with a good link?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23849",
"author": "Charles",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T16:00:17",
"content": "Hey, I have managed to replicate this project in Java using the Java Media Framework; however, the only thing i am having difficulty with is recognizing the image as a character. I am willing to share my source with anyone who has some ideas for how to recognize jpeg image as a character. I was also debating converting the image to a list of lines to determine the direction to aid in recognition. Any ideas would be appreciated, and i will share my source with anyone who asksCharles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23850",
"author": "Josh Thornton",
"timestamp": "2007-01-18T03:04:50",
"content": "I really like flight simulation and was thinking of purchasing a product called trackir which follows head movement and lets you look around the cockpit. but this could totally replace it and save lots of money",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23851",
"author": "CorbPeters",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T20:54:30",
"content": "hey this is a really cool thing you did right here. Iw ould like to see how you coded it. What did you code this in. Did you just use a standard webcam or something more powerful? This is a neat thing with many things you could do with this. If you could refine this and get a better camera it could be a very powerful presentation tool. Steve youor an idiot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23852",
"author": "Corbet",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T22:17:56",
"content": "hey i have been looking for projects like this for a while and finally wrote a program that can find a bright spot (laser) and draw it on the box below. I have one problem with it right now and that is it is kinda slow. It wouldent be very hard to add gesture recognition as well into my program. I have the source files for download herehttp://www.corbet.info/WindowsApplication2.zipIt is programed in Visual Studios 2005 in VB. the file download is the entire project folder.The iCam.vb file is the webcam class you can use this independently of the program for use with a webcam on Visual Basic .net 2005. More information is on this website.http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?p=2048466I DID NOT WRITE THE iCAM CLASS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23853",
"author": "hivongchoem",
"timestamp": "2007-07-01T11:51:38",
"content": "hack perfect",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23854",
"author": "lawrence",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T12:51:26",
"content": "yep, green laser is so cool.you also can buy a cheap one fromhttp://www.highlasers.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "74858",
"author": "SeersepeFala",
"timestamp": "2009-05-13T21:35:01",
"content": "Ты как обычно радуешь нас своими лучшими фразами спасибо, беру!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78003",
"author": "intasop",
"timestamp": "2009-06-14T01:09:50",
"content": "Tired of a competitor’s site? Hinder the enemy? Fed pioneers or copywriters?Kill their sites! How? We will help you in this!Obstructions of any site, portal, shop!Different types of attacks: Date-attack, Trash, Attack, Attack, etc. IntellectualYou can work on schedule, as well as the simultaneous attack of several sites.On average the data, ordered the site falls within 5 minutes after the start. As a demonstration of our capabilities, allows screening.Our prices24 hours of attack – $ 7012 hours of the attack – $ 501 hour attack – $ 25Contact via ICQ: 588 666 582",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "93385",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2009-09-11T15:44:52",
"content": "Смотреть фильмы онлайн",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "104169",
"author": "порно фото",
"timestamp": "2009-10-27T00:29:47",
"content": "AKA proof!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112987",
"author": "Can Özbay",
"timestamp": "2009-12-23T09:04:49",
"content": "I believe there is another way of doing this. I don’t think I can code that much, but with someone helping me out, probably we could figure it out… First, we find a tablet pc handwritten text recognition software. Second, we will integrate this in a webcam tracker. Finally, we assign the commands to the specific keystrokes. (well, at least we can find these simple software “open sourced”, just compiling them together will be a little bit hard) Anyone ? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.726204
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/16/ben-hecks-atari-800-laptop/
|
Ben Heck’s Atari 800 Laptop
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"laptops hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[
"atari 800 laptop",
"Atari800Laptop"
] |
Ben’s been working on
this one forever
. This new version 2 Atari 800 laptop features a CF drive, a RS lcd, original Atari hardware and lots and lots of friggin soldering. That keyboard is hand wired, along with the CF adapter. Unlike the xbox 360 laptop, this one’s got Ni-MH batteries that are good for about an hour of play.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23819",
"author": "Madouc",
"timestamp": "2006-12-17T01:50:10",
"content": "the url link could do with a ‘www.’ it doesn’t work without it.besides that.i think it’s a very cool hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23820",
"author": "Lambda_drive",
"timestamp": "2006-12-17T02:19:46",
"content": "I don’t get why ben would use those crappy batteries from the protable LCD tv. He could have gotten a lot more play time if you used R/C batteries.There are R/C betteries that have mah’s as large as 4300, you’ll get a lot more play time with that much mah.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23821",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2006-12-17T02:54:51",
"content": "The url worked for me without the www. (firefox 1.5.0.8)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23822",
"author": "WarriorRocker",
"timestamp": "2006-12-17T04:45:02",
"content": "Yea, both IE6 and FF 1.0 seemed to like the url just fine. Anyway the work from benheck is always quite amazing. Even if we can all find room for improvement it is still quite a feat to begin with.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23823",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-12-17T22:30:32",
"content": "yea the battery was probably not one of his main goals… a decent li-ion or li-poly pack would be small and lightweight yet last for hours of use. but still, this is pretty cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23824",
"author": "mathieu",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T14:37:38",
"content": "Aww… I hated the 800xl since i had the (cheaper/older/crappier) 600xl :(Never had a chance to explore the power of that friggin’ thing… Glad I got myself a C64 back then :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23825",
"author": "Josh McCormick",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T22:20:17",
"content": "Another item I’d love to buy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.394946
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/15/ballast-overclocking/
|
Ballast… Overclocking
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"ballast mods",
"BallastMods",
"overclocking lamps",
"OverclockingLamps"
] |
I started to put up
this
after the wash with the pentium heater. Of course, we had it
already
. (and it’s a fake to top it off) Sigh. There’s nothing like making yourself look like an idiot on friday night. The comments below are from my bungle, I’m not going to delete them.
Instead, I bring you an interesting thread on
overclocking HID Metal Halide lamp ballasts
over on the lumenlab forums. [arizonavideo] did some interesting experiments. A majority of the experiments involved changing capacitance values on transformer style ballasts. At one point he combined a 400 and 600 watt ballast in series to run a lamp at over 1000 watts. (it was rated for 400) He even
smashed
a bulb just so he could measure the arc tube.
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| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23814",
"author": "deg",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T05:31:43",
"content": "something about this hack reminds me ofhttp://www.hackaday.com/2005/11/26/cooking-with-processorsOh wait, they’re the same. Jeez, dupe! :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23815",
"author": "gouda",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T05:37:12",
"content": "check out this sites other ‘humor’ articles. they blow up an old acer, use various substances as thermal grease, sand down CPUS, watercool a mouse and keyboard, etc. funny stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23816",
"author": "death rabbit",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T05:45:15",
"content": "Yeah, it’s fake. Read the comments on the link [deg] posted.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23817",
"author": "kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-17T03:08:52",
"content": "my even simpler version of using a cpu as a heater can be found athttp://kevin-weibell.blogspot.com/2006/12/usb-processor-heater.htmlperhaps somebody likes it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23818",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2006-12-27T16:13:21",
"content": "Yes.. Have well thought up…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.524681
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/14/pentium-powered-extra-with-friggin-lasers/
|
Pentium Powered Extra With Friggin’ Lasers
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Neil] sent along
this one
and I found this one highly amusing. The latest use for recycling those old cpus:
overvolt them a bit with a USB cable and keep your coffee cup warm.
Use them as dressing for heat generating resistors.
[nik] came up with a
non-destructive way
to mount an external wi-fi antenna to his thinkpad. I like it, but I think you need a double height PCMCIA slot to fit it – Maybe a slimmer version could be built for a powerbook/macbook.
[Hybrid] found some interesting
diy LASER projects
. Including
a $10 air laser
. Sweet.
[joek1010] noted some interesting
webcam laser hacks
. The laser tracing webcam has definite possibilities.
[dualbandit] found a similar twist, but
this time a laser pointer is used to remote control a mediacenter
.
In case you’ve been following it, my DIY HD projector build on Engadget is finished up with
the final review
. I’m pleased with the image quality, but I’ll probably be tweaking the lamp/reflector assembly a bit.
Oh, and if you were into
exploiting vending machines
and getting free coke, it looks like they’ve pushed out
a firmware patch
.
Remember, only 11 more days to get your entry in for the
Design Challenge
. Just
check out the prizes
if you need motivation.
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| 20
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23794",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T00:52:14",
"content": "You forgot “beams” if you were going for a doctor evil.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23795",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T01:36:54",
"content": "is there anyone that would be willing to give me a hand with eagle? my email is elliott.linux[at]gmail[dot]com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23796",
"author": "Shark500",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T02:43:10",
"content": "They don’t overvolt the processor. there is a heating element under the cpu.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23797",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T04:18:28",
"content": "ohhh! Friggin’ Lasers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23798",
"author": "Bryan",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T05:21:58",
"content": "the processor one is lame, the only thing the processor accomplishes is just to make it look nice aesthetically. It would work better with out the processor in between the mug and the resistors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23799",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T06:20:20",
"content": "There was someone a while ago who straped 7 cpus of this era onto a big metal plate, and connected wires to them randomly. It managed to cook eggs, but I think a 360 would be more effective.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23800",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T06:21:00",
"content": "Yeah, when I first looked at the processor mug warmer I to thought that he was somehow running power through the P1 chip, instead he has a couple beefy resistors heating up under the P1 chip with some thermal paste transfering heat to the chip.Still a fun idea though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23801",
"author": "ironlizard",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T06:36:44",
"content": "That video of the vending machine hack is annoying, you’d think he could figure out what to buy first instead of going ummmmmm and looking lost for most of the clip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23802",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T09:28:17",
"content": "paul, the processor hot plate is a fake, if you look at the pics there is a lm7805 voltage regulator hooked up to the hot plate, the lm7805 can only handle 1 watt.1w is nowhere enough to cook an egg, unless you were in the desert with a magnifying glass over you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23803",
"author": "tevetorbes",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T16:09:28",
"content": "Too bad the $10 laser needs a $150 PSU to lase…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23804",
"author": "fishpoo",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T19:36:14",
"content": "ive been doing the vending machine thing for months now….. yeah its theft but my motives are innocent enough :D im just doing it to explore. and its a cool party trick lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23805",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T00:22:25",
"content": "hmm i don’t see an lm7805, monster. link? how would that work, anyway? usb is already at 5v…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23806",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T00:57:35",
"content": "camera tracking software anyone?http://www.roborealm.comthe git [joek1010] wouldent let me add this to his comments, probably because RR blows his program out of the water…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23807",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T04:24:58",
"content": "my bad paul, i meant 1 amp. the lm7805 puts out 5w if its at 100% efficiency",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23808",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T04:57:19",
"content": "i think a 7805 needs 7v input to even work…usb puts out 5v?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23809",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T05:32:20",
"content": "mmmm hd projector… *drool*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23810",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T08:31:08",
"content": "i was talking about the Cyrix hotplate, heres a link:http://www.rabidhardware.net/index.php?id=445 watts spread out over that much surface area would do nothing, i doubt you would feel it if you held your hand to it.the pentium cup warmer on the other hand, has a maximum of 2.5 watts, because usb only puts out 500ma, which is 0.5A @ 5v = 2.5Wi’ll admit, i did not realize the hotplate one on my own, but the usb one was all me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23811",
"author": "madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T01:11:03",
"content": "Re: The coke machine hack. The vendors have always had the option to disable a refund on “empty”; this patch just makes it off-by-default.This information comes from a coke employee.All the vending machines in my area were updated as soon as this got on hackaday the first time, because an employee I know reads the site and went and fixed all his machines.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23812",
"author": "Dayne Batten",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T21:26:09",
"content": "Just for the heck of it, I wired one 486 CPU directly to a 250 watt power supply using a supply voltage and ground pin. Gave off no heat. I think you would have to be doing some calculations or something to make it get hot. (You’d probably need to connect EVERY FREAKING power and ground pin too.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23813",
"author": "kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-19T23:56:24",
"content": "well, for some reason, mine (http://kevin-weibell.blogspot.com/2006/12/usb-processor-heater.html) works…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.579008
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/13/self-parking-lego-mindstorms/
|
Self Parking Lego Mindstorms
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"lego mindstorm self parking car",
"LegoMindstormSelfParkingCar",
"self parking",
"SelfParking",
"ultrasonic sensor",
"UltrasonicSensor"
] |
[Korvost]
er, [Hybrid] sent along
this video
of a lego mindstorm self parking car. I don’t think I’d want it parking next to my ride considering how much damage it did to the blocks. Man, I need to upgrade my legos. Sadly, this video just re-iterates one of
the
my problems with Youtube videos. Video posters tend to fail to provide links with more information about their projects/hacks. Via [
techblog
]
Update: [ralphn]
found the car
. It uses an ultrasonic sensor to find a space big enough to park in – when it does, it automatically parks.
Don’t forget, Prizes and glory await the winner of the
Design Challenge
. Just 12 days left to get em in.
Just a quick bonus hack:
The giant altoids tin battery pack w/voltmeter
. [Via
Make
]
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| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23787",
"author": "Korvost",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T20:07:00",
"content": "I sent this in?I don´t remember that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23788",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T20:28:39",
"content": "Doh, you’re right Korvost. My mistake is now immortalized, with the correction. Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23789",
"author": "bpienig",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T22:48:50",
"content": "Found a PDF from someone who did this similar project using light sensors.Looks like a UC Davis COSMOS project.http://cosmos.ucdavis.edu/2003/cluster%205/Jackie%20Hu/Jackie%20Hu.pdf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23790",
"author": "ralphn",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T23:14:27",
"content": "This appears to be the vehicle in question:http://mindstorms.lego.com/NXTLOG/ProjectDisplay.aspx?id=78a6351a-08d3-4912-b9ba-2192a9b33c5dYou’re welcome =)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23791",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-12-14T10:37:04",
"content": "Upscale that about 20 times and he can put it in his car! hehee",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23792",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-12-14T17:59:46",
"content": "A self parking Lego car? Jebus Kristy…I’m old enough to remember when Hack-a-Day actually contained information on, ya know, HACKING. The site where I learned how to crack into my Verizon cell phone and unlock features, steal WiFi and run XBox games from my HD now has a feature on a f*cking Lego car that rams into blocks whiel attempting to park. Amazing. Based on the last few weeks features they should rename this site Highschool-Electirical-Engineering-Projects.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23793",
"author": "Johnny",
"timestamp": "2006-12-14T21:58:01",
"content": "Where were these cool Lego toys when I was 10?! =(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72877",
"author": "sakis",
"timestamp": "2009-05-06T10:12:22",
"content": "HI!! THIS PROJECT IS MOST ENJOYABLE! COULD YOU SEND ME THE INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO DO IT? (NOT THE PROGRAM)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.766669
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/12/diy-toslink-to-spdif-converter/
|
DIY TOSLINK To SP/DIF Converter
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"coax toslink",
"CoaxToslink"
] |
Given the variety of… uh, non-traditional hardware that’s connected to my home theater, I’ve found the ground isolation provided by optical TOSLINK connections pretty handy. After poking around a bit, I found a
stand alone coax to optical converter
. It uses a hex inverter to convert the signals to TTL levels, and a Sharp (or toshiba with some extra components) optical transmitter.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23771",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T08:15:25",
"content": "1st?Reminds me of what I need to eventually do…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23772",
"author": "oookkee",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T10:51:41",
"content": "Can’t you just wire an LED straight onto the toslink? I used to do this with old soundblaster digital outputs and it worked ok.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23773",
"author": "oookkee",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T10:56:51",
"content": "..sorry I meant onto the coaxial.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23774",
"author": "mathieu",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T14:26:50",
"content": "It works like glove. Build this baby back in 1995 for my Philips receiver Sony MD. Back then I built it from the design which came fromhttp://www.elektuur.nl. They covered conversion in both ways. SP/DIF -> COAX",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23775",
"author": "Jeremy Cox",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T16:08:50",
"content": "this is great!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23776",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T18:17:20",
"content": "Anyone know whether this would work with video? I’d like to make a fiber video link.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23777",
"author": "Nick Charlton",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T18:52:05",
"content": "ooo, fibre video, very nice.That reminds me, I need to try out fibre networking at some point. 10GB Ethernet woo.Nick",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23778",
"author": "Mark Sandford",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T20:50:55",
"content": "Posting is titled“DIY TOSLINK to SP/DIF converter”but picture is annotated “Coax In” and “TOSLINK OUT” so it is really a SP/DIF to TOSLINK converter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23779",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2006-12-14T05:18:29",
"content": "This really is for the DIY’r because you can buy a coax to optical converter for about $20-$35 online (depending on how good a deal you can find… shop.com shows one for a sticker price of 30.52 and pricewatch shows one for $22 shipped from cablewholesale.com). I like building stuff… but my time is better spent building things that I can’t get for the price of parts by a good margin… like maybe one of those DIY projectors… or something that simply isn’t available period.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23780",
"author": "updatelee",
"timestamp": "2006-12-14T05:30:42",
"content": "Id love to see an optical to headphone jack conversion project. some true fta satellite channels only send ac3 signal, Id love to have an adapter so I could take just the left and right signal from the ac3 and use it on my cheapie stereo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23781",
"author": "Thijs",
"timestamp": "2006-12-14T14:19:44",
"content": "@sly,if you’re a real DIY’r then you should have most of those parts lying around from previous projects, etc.i think it would be much cheaper then the $22 you mentioned.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23782",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T04:47:30",
"content": "@thijswell maybe I don’t have a shop that’s cluttered with extra parts considering I’m still paying off debts from college and married and live in an apartment. My point is that one can sometimes better spend their money on manufactured products and spend their time on projects that are truly original. Now back when this project first came about, it was original. It’s been picked up by a manufacturer and now it’s a mass product. Make a bi-di model, that would be original.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23783",
"author": "Plasmagird",
"timestamp": "2006-12-15T09:23:21",
"content": "I want to try this with my wireless antenna project. I figure if i have the antenna on the roof and 6 inches of cable to the converter then optical and another converter for optical in and 6 inches of Coax out then there wouldn’t be much to Null attenuation. Any one point me to a reverse set of plans?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23784",
"author": "radiofranky",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T11:17:33",
"content": "is possible to re-wire a USB cable to an ethernet cat 5?Here is my problem: I have a USB only adsl moden and I want to route it into my wireless modem. But my wireless modem has only CAT 5 connections. I would like to know a quick dirty way to patch it.Please reply toradiofranky@yahoo.comappreciated",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23785",
"author": "radiofranky",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T11:20:42",
"content": "I need help on converting USB-> cat 5 ethernet connector.What I’m try to resolve is I have an adsl modem with USB connction only and I would like to route into my newly purchased wireless router. However, the wireless router has only ethernet cat 5 connections..does anyone knows how to do quick and dirty way to patch it?I know there’re commercial converter out there, but it costs quite some..please reply toradiofranky@yahoo.comappreciated",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23786",
"author": "Pekar",
"timestamp": "2007-01-16T04:16:51",
"content": "Here’s the LED/resistor versionhttp://leoricksimon.blogspot.com/2006/05/spdif-toslink-interface.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.8156
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/11/diy-russian-el-display/
|
DIY Russian EL Display
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"radioactive display",
"RadioactiveDisplay",
"radium display",
"RadiumDisplay"
] |
Well, I’m pretty sure this is a hand made radioactive (as in Radium)
electroluminescent display
. The
original post was in Russian
, and it’s
translated version
doesn’t read very coherently. It appears they they borrowed a street sign, melted the radium paint down and painted their own display. In the end, they wired it up to a Sinclair Z80. Funky. Thanks [Viktos]
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[
{
"comment_id": "23749",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T01:19:00",
"content": "“To fill panic horror before radiation it is not necessary, in fact it is an alpha-radiation, that is so weak, “I heard Polonium is also a nice substance for such projects, one can find it all over London >:->.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23750",
"author": "Anthony",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T01:45:20",
"content": "Nice, I like it a whole lot, although the translation could have been better. Overall, crazy/random idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23751",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T02:17:46",
"content": "my favorite sentance in the entire thing: It is necessary to steal traffic signs!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23752",
"author": "sheppard",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T02:19:57",
"content": "10x :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23753",
"author": "Freiheit",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T04:28:47",
"content": "re: translationsHaving interned in Germany it can be just as hard for the rest of the world to translate all the cool hacking articles coming out of the english speaking world. If you’re gunna complain about translations, make sure you at least write your own hacks so that the picutures and diagrams fill in the google translator gaps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23754",
"author": "Konstantin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T05:19:26",
"content": "I speak fluent Russian, so I read the original article. Fun stuff.I don’t have time to translate the whole article, but if you’re wondering about a certain passage, feel free to ask me – i’ll be glad to help out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23755",
"author": "Konstantin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T05:34:55",
"content": "P.S. the best (IMO) joke didn’t make it into the translation: the Geiger counter power supply (pictured here:http://www.sheppard.ru/articles/fe/radiation/laboratory-mipt-psupply-for-geyger.jpg)could power a small particle accelerator:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23756",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T06:36:56",
"content": "Should’ve used this as the main picturehttp://www.sheppard.ru/articles/fe/radiation/hcl-and-glass-reaction.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23757",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T07:29:17",
"content": "neat, now whare do i keep my radioactive street signs, oh, here they are, under my desk!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23758",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T09:06:22",
"content": "Half of those pictures look like they are from a “How to Cook Crystal Meth” book. LOL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23759",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T10:07:59",
"content": "That’s pretty wild – and the translation quite amusing. :) But there are a few things I don’t understand, if someone can explain:1) After re-reading several times, it appears that the road sign is only a source of some luminescent compound, and doesn’t actually contain radium. The author just happened to have a vial of radium salts handy! (The vial is shown in the original article, and the contents don’t resemble the material extracted from the sign.) So where the heck do you get that? Do they just sell that kind of thing over-the-counter in Russia??2) How does applying electricity to this paint cause it to glow brighter? It can’t make the radium *more* radioactive, can it? Or does it directly stimulate the luminescent compound – in which case, why is the radium needed at all?3) Mentioned is the possibility of making an RGB display from what I assume are radioactive “salts of cobalt, cadmium or osmium”. But the radioactive material only charges the luminescent compound, so using a different radioactive material wouldn’t change the color; you’d need to change the luminescent compound instead. I don’t understand the need to steal road signs or obtain exotic nuclear materials, as luminescent powders are relatively cheap and freely available in a variety of colors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23760",
"author": "lonas",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T14:21:18",
"content": "From what i understand, he pulled the radium from a glowing ‘sideboard toy’, evidently in russia they have radioactive knick-knacks.The radium excites the compound they pulled from the sign, which is some sort of ‘glow-in-the-dark’ material rather than something just shiny.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23761",
"author": "Konstantin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T17:16:06",
"content": "Darkcobra:1) like lonas said, this guy found a glo-in-the dark figurine “from grandma’s sideboard”. Apparently those were popular back when people weren’t afraid of radiation. I’ve heard that you can find some of these “tinted” artefacts in US as well. He also says that some old handwatches with glowing background also have the same radioactive material. He mentions that the radiation is only alpha, not gamma, and these levels are easily blocked with glass behind which they’re hidden.2)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroluminescence3) IIRC, those salts have colorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_(color)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium_pigments",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23762",
"author": "kwijibo",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T20:54:18",
"content": "sinclair zx80, not z80 (but the zx80 did have a z80).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_ZX80",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23763",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T23:19:17",
"content": "Only problem is most North American street signs use a 3M product for the reflector, which uses tiny glass fragments. A little less glow in our day, I guess.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23764",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T01:47:20",
"content": "you can obtain various radioactive materials on ebay the last time i checked, i’ve even seen radium paint available, just ahve to watch it for a while. There are also pots and dishes and such stuff available in the US made in the 30’s and 40’s that have radium in them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23765",
"author": "neoxide",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T02:42:44",
"content": "It didn’t look like anything like a ZX80, but my best friend says it’s just hacked up with a russian keyboard.Does anyone actually own one? ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23766",
"author": "Konstantin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T12:15:02",
"content": "he used the z80 (CPU) and built a simple version of Sinclair (btw, the most popular variant is Spectrum, not zx80)“Although it’s not a work of art, I can consider myself cooler than the creator of first Apple: not only have I put together a Sinclair, but a monitor for it as well”wonder if he’ll build a tape deck to load games onto this bad boy :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23767",
"author": "kwijibo",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T14:40:56",
"content": "sorry, it is a homemade sinclair. it is probably closer to a zx80 or zx81 than a spectrum though, as the zx80 was designed with standard ttl stuff, the spectrum and ’81 had custom ics. Spectrum had a colour display too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23768",
"author": "neoxide",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T23:16:53",
"content": "So it’s a handbuilt ZX80 clone.I have a ZX80, boxed with manuals, in my computer shed. It was sent to my dad by Clive Sinclair himself when he wrote a letter to the company asking for a free one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23769",
"author": "Elbarfo",
"timestamp": "2006-12-14T05:48:30",
"content": "If this guy doesn’t think radium is unhealthy, he should read a little about Marie Curie…That being said, it’s amazing what people can come up with using limited resources. Interesting project, for sure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23770",
"author": "Joel",
"timestamp": "2006-12-22T09:39:22",
"content": "Okay, the radium stuff is just to show the luminescence in a simplified setting. Notice, he doesn’t talk about putting radium into his screen, only the “luminophor”.By the way, the danger from radium isn’t penetrating radiation (the author is correct, alpha particles don’t even penetrate the dead layer of your skin), it’s the fact that your bones treat radium like calcium, and lock it away for later use; alpha particles then bombard your bone marrow from one cell away. Any dust you ingest (mucus with trapped, inhaled particles usually gets swallowed) will be very unhealthy.The salts of cobalt, cadmium and osmium produce light at different frequencies; he isn’t thinking about them for radioactivity. The first two are toxic, and the third is exorbitantly expensive (pricier than platinum!), which might be the difficulty he’s having. The first two aren’t hard to get at all: Ni-Cd batteries have metallic Cd (at least, when fully charged…), and Li-ion batteries have cobalt oxide (with varying quantities of intercalated lithium…it’s purer, again, when the battery is fully charged).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.964821
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/12/10/usb-airsoft-turret/
|
USB Airsoft Turret
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"defconbots",
"InventGeek",
"usb airsoft turret",
"usb missle launcher",
"UsbAirsoftTurret",
"UsbMissleLauncher"
] |
[Jared] over at
inventgeek.com
remembers to think of us whenever he finishes up one of his projects. His latest is an
USB Airsoft gun turret
based on one of those USB nerf dart turrets. Hrm, this could make a decent base for a
defconbots entry
. It sounds like he’ll be building an even
deadlier
expensive version later on.
Don’t forget, December 25th is the deadline for your
Design Challenge
entries!
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23731",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T05:26:38",
"content": "NICE!!!! I was totally lookin into buying a cheapo little electric airsoft gun for my own personal remote control jeep hacking, this is a good starting block…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23732",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T06:04:06",
"content": "Wow, this thing is awesome. Only improvements I would make is a bigger hopper and a laser…yeah",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23733",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T07:01:18",
"content": "Mashing together two projectile weapons and superglue. This is a true blue, down n dirty hack.It’s like the monster toys in Toy Story! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23734",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T07:03:56",
"content": "i would want the hopper set up so i could just screw the bottle of pellets on. also what are up with these star things?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23735",
"author": "Clete R. Blackwell II",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T08:11:33",
"content": "That’s awesome! I would add a bit more than the first poster would add.First, I would put a really long USB cord on it. Then, I would add a camera to it, a laser, and would add a way to just stick the bottle of airsoft bb’s on it. Then put it outside and fire away at cars, neighbors, whatever!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23736",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T08:13:06",
"content": "I’ve said it before, as cool as inventgeek is, he really has to clean up his grammar. A simple spellcheck could fix errors like “stroon” instead of “strewn”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23737",
"author": "optV",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T08:13:20",
"content": "This would add another dimension to competition in LAN parties",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23738",
"author": "NeoSurge",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T12:47:10",
"content": "“Here Kitty Kitty”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23739",
"author": "mio",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T13:53:26",
"content": "wow. i’m thinking of getting a remote controlled toy and mounting that electric airsoft instead of a turret. Maybe a rc chopper with cam? maybe a cool scorpion robot with cam as well? who knows.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23740",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T15:47:07",
"content": "This is really cool, but the first and second things i thought were:1) mount a camera to that weapon for an easy pan/tilt/remote targeting system2) mount all that stuff on a mobile platform of some kindcool stuff!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23741",
"author": "pingoart",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T18:49:36",
"content": "even better: why stick to usb? Why not put a battery and wifi(or bluetooth) on it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23742",
"author": "kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-12-11T20:09:11",
"content": "this is just too cool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23743",
"author": "JC",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T00:24:49",
"content": "Cool! I know you have already envisioned networking and web control. Why not mount gun to a pan tilt camera instead of mounting camera to this? Zoom could control fire? The models with audio would allow you to here their screams. Good job!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23744",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T01:03:47",
"content": "Very cool, but does it work on linux? :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23745",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T04:13:09",
"content": "It might, computer_kid. Email thinkgeek — it’s their USB platform.If it doesn’t, then someone might code for it :-",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23746",
"author": "Prophetnoise",
"timestamp": "2007-01-17T02:08:26",
"content": "Motion sensor that automatically picks up and aims at “targets” that are foolish enough to walk by?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23747",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-01-17T17:15:02",
"content": "to everyone asking for wifi/bluetooth, check out v2- quad barrels and the bottle of BBs mounted on the top. to prophetnoise,http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/21/robotic-sentry-gun/is the entry of the “quintessential sentry gun”- custom webcam software to fire a bb turret at moving targets, and some videos that have to be watched- if they aren’t on the site look around youtube and I’m sure they’ll be on there somewhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23748",
"author": "Escaladez",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T19:27:29",
"content": "It would be awesome to automate it. Make a app that can interprite webcam pictures, and shoot anything that moves. Except have it have facial reconition so it doesn’t shoot you of course.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70417",
"author": "pat",
"timestamp": "2009-04-14T01:05:02",
"content": "dude this thing is awesome. only thing i would have changed is that i would attach a joystick to it so that i can move it around to shoot people w/ it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95928",
"author": "gunner",
"timestamp": "2009-09-23T04:25:12",
"content": "I like this games, it’s exciting and very fun…fire in the hole!!! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107696",
"author": "Electric Airsoft Gun - Expert",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T18:20:55",
"content": "Your site�s not bad:) I am loving it!! Come back later! Keep your site rockin!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,903.912727
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/22/wii-dont-need-no-stinkin-sensor-bar/
|
Wii Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Sensor Bar
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"ir leds",
"IrLeds",
"wii remote hack",
"wiimote",
"WiiRemoteHack"
] |
[duff] found
this
and sent it in. The video demonstrates that the Wii ‘sensor bar’ is just an array of IR leds. The actual sensor is in the remote control – which probably sends data to the Wii via RF. These guys faked the ir signal using a pair of standard remotes. This’ll probably open the door to some controller cheats as things progress. [Better than using a
belt sander on a trackball
.]
[Hey – If you want to get on the podcast, email some questions or comments as mp3s to podcast at hackaday.]
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"comment_id": "23381",
"author": "Unomi",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T18:43:07",
"content": "It could be that the gyroscopic sensor is sending coordinates to the array of ir leds.But because the device is moving so much, direct line of sending signals maybe discussable. Therefore an array is in place, so the whole field of reception is widened.– Unomi –",
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"comment_id": "23382",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T19:33:30",
"content": "QUOTE:It could be that the gyroscopic sensor is sending coordinates to the array of ir leds.Actually, if you watch the video, that is clearly not the case! See how they DISCONNECTED the infrared panel? There is no information being transmitted back to the Wii through infrared. I assume that all these infrared lights do is to disable any remotes that are not facing the sensor bar (which we can assume would be on the top of your tv) to keep signal inteferance down. Think about it; If you and all of your buddies jump on over to your place, and you are all totin your favorite wii controller, and every last one of those is just blaring out signal, a great way to minimize wireless signal interferance would be to simply add a switch triggered by infrared light emanating from the top of your television set.",
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"comment_id": "23383",
"author": "amaldo",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T21:01:08",
"content": "Having worked on a similar project dealing with accelerometers and gyroscopes on a moving platform, I have a pretty good guess at why those IR transmitters are there:It is very hard to estimate orientation and position of the Wii controllers just by inertial sensors (accelerometers and gyroscopes).Both have drift problems, and if you just integrate their values, the error on position and orientation becomes huge after some seconds. There are ways to solve this problem, mainly using a Kalman filter to fuse the data from both sensors and produce a reasonable estimate. But the problem is never solved completely, and the algorithm needs an external reference to cancel the drift. This reference doesn’t need to be available constantly, but at least from time to time.Sensors like the Xsens (http://www.xsens.com/), use the magnetic field of the earth as a reference, but this method suffers greatly indoors if you are close to distorted magnetic fields. Nintendo probably can’t tell people that they would need to calibrate their controller every time you move your TV or couch, so this is out of the question.The only other solution is a couple of IR transmitters located in a fixed position, and that is the function of the IR bar on the Wii.",
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"comment_id": "23384",
"author": "Tush",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T21:23:59",
"content": "This is great, now those who have projector setups can make DIY IR bars because the cord length of the originals are too short… or they could just make the cables longer.Maybe we could figure out how to place the IR field to improve accuracy?",
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"comment_id": "23385",
"author": "James The Kamikaze Wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T21:44:39",
"content": "Interesting. Maybe a unit that sticks on the end of the remote with IR LEDs and a small battery pack, that would stop you having to have the sensor bar.Or you could just leave the sensor bar in.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23386",
"author": "dashdingo",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T21:57:26",
"content": "so if you really wanted to, you could line your TV with a bunch of IR LEDs, so you’d have the ultimate sensor for your remote?///",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23387",
"author": "vskid3",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T21:57:48",
"content": "Um, some of you guys seem to be confused about what the sensor bar does. It has a few IR leds and thats all. it really isn’t a sensor, the sensor is on the wiimote. Its so that the controller can see where its pointing, like amaldo said.",
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"comment_id": "23388",
"author": "Alex ~",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T22:35:26",
"content": "The wiimote has an optical sensor in it, like a webcam, without an IR filter (like the IR webcam hacks) but a “standard light” (for lack of a better term) filter, the sensor bar itself is just IR leds and could just be ran off a battery pack, data from the wiimote is sent via bluetooth back to the wii. It’s the same reason why bright light can mess the wiimote up as it’s getting through the filter. I’m surprised it wasn’t worked out before. Check this outhttp://psyark.jp/?entry=20051208003209Alex ~",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23389",
"author": "chedabob",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T22:38:52",
"content": "Im surprised nobody figured this out earlier with a cameraphone (phones don’t have the IR filter).I wonder what would happen with just one, or more than one IR transmitter? Would accuracy be related to the amount of LEDs, or would more than 2 not make much difference?",
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"comment_id": "23390",
"author": "Chupa",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T22:51:41",
"content": "seems like the sensor bar is included for the sole purpose of keeping people pointed at the TV. IE. if you turn around and move you may get confused and mess up so Nintendo just solved this by disabling the wiimote if it dosent have the signal.just a thought…",
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"comment_id": "23391",
"author": "Chupa",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T22:56:00",
"content": "this also leads to an interesting problem i just thought of… what if you play with a LCD projector where the Wii is behind you where the projector is. how long is the cord for the bar?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23392",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T23:07:43",
"content": "Isn’t “don’t + no” a double negation?Anyways. We can all wait for TVs with built-in IR leds. Not just for these applications, but it could work for information distribution to handhelds without sacrificing image space.",
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"comment_id": "23393",
"author": "Stuart",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T23:47:20",
"content": "Most of you guys are wrong. The sensor bar is just IR LEDs that the Wii Remote uses to triangulate the position of the remote… I don’t know why they’re trying to “hack” the sensor bar, they should focus of hooking the remote up to a computer via bluetooth, it’s already recognized, it just needs software.",
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"comment_id": "23394",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T23:53:00",
"content": "The bar really does do something. Just go into you sensor bar sensitivity settings. Those two dots you see are the IR sources. By figuring out their slant and distance from each other, the remote senses where it is pointing and how far from the TV it is. Pretty cool and elegant way of doing it if you ask me.The one thing that I think can’t be ruled out yet is if the IR LED’s are always on or not. It looks like they have a regular blink or something like that at least.",
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"comment_id": "23395",
"author": "Stuart",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T00:13:06",
"content": "The IR LEDs probably pulse to help the Wii Remote figure out how far it is from the bar.",
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"comment_id": "23396",
"author": "mooglinux",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T00:59:58",
"content": "yes, the sensor bar just emmitts IR light, however, this is very important to sense the position of the remote, when it is used to move a courser espectialy. sinply all the remote doers is find the locations of the lights in the camera. the lights are a fixed distance apart in the sensor bar, so if the appear closer together in the camera that means the remote is further away and vise versa. in addition, if the two ir lights do not appear vertical then it means that the remote is tilted. a very simple and accurate way to calculate the remotes position. so making a ton of ir lights would probably just confuse the thing, and changing the distance between the lights would make the remote believe it is closer or further away than it is. the lights do have to be in a fixed position, cannot move, and must be horizontal for the remote to sense its position properly. as for why it wasn’t thought of before now, it is simply because the system has only been in the hands of gamers for 48 hours. not late at all really.",
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"comment_id": "23397",
"author": "hempas",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T02:38:55",
"content": "Just read about how it works here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_gunat the “Infrared emitters” section.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "23398",
"author": "netcrusher88",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T02:42:59",
"content": "@10It’s a neat idea, but no. Several games – including some (or all, I’ve only played a couple) of the Wii Sports games, and Excite Truck, require that the wiimote be fully mobile, not always pointed at the screen.",
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"comment_id": "23399",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T03:45:28",
"content": "answering #3, I agree with you about the led bar as a refrence point, but i don’t think the wiimote even has an accelerometer, accelerometers don’t “drift”, rather their used to detect gravity as a refrence point with which to correct drift that acumulates in the gyro’s readings, (thats the principle on which self stabalizing vehicles such as the segway are based) the led bar most likely serves a dual purpose, also serving as a method of identifying controlers currently in use.",
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"comment_id": "23400",
"author": "Shirley",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T04:04:56",
"content": "Guide to download video from youtube athttp://www.soft29.com/how-to/download-video-from-youtube.htm",
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"comment_id": "23401",
"author": "rautiocination",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T04:44:37",
"content": "I am stoked to learn this due to an issue i’ve run into with playing the wii on a projector: games which use the “sensor” bar (such as link and call of duty, which have a cursor on the screen) get sorta wonky when played on a projector. When playing on a normal tv, the place where the wiimote is pointed sights exactly where the cursor is, however with the projector, there is a discrepancy between the actual and detected location the wiimote is pointing.It seems to me if one built a sensor bar which has a larger space between the ir led’s (or allows the distance to be adjusted) this might offset these calibration issues.for a better explanation of the calibration problems, check out this joystiq article, specifically the part where they connect a laser to the wiimote to show the difference between where it is pointed and where the cursor shows up:http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/10/wii-en-la-casa-de-joystiq/",
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"comment_id": "23403",
"author": "Toaste",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T06:21:32",
"content": "This doesn’t take too much to figure out — the Wii has a calibration screen in the options that literally displays a modified camera output from the remote (heavily contrast filtered so that sources are white spheres and the surrounding area is black). When a lamp with an incandescant bulb showed up as a bright spot next to the screen, I figured the Wii remote just had a cheap CCD in the tip. This video clip helps prove it, and should lead to some nice hacks.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "23402",
"author": "Qis",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T11:54:53",
"content": "http://doctabu.livejournal.com/64758.htmlThey did build their own ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23404",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T14:40:57",
"content": "i don’t know why everyone is acting as if it were some big secret that the sensor bar was just an IR emitter. ever since E3 when people were taking video with digital camcorders we could see that it was an IR light source, and the cord for it is so thin that the only thing it could run through there is a couple power lines.as far as telling if it’s leds are always on or not, you could just keep a digital camcorder on it (say one of those cvs camcorders from a while back) and look through the screen to see if the IR shows up.what i’m interested in though is making a stronger sensor bar so i can play from across the living room since the stock bar is just weak enough to not quite make it to my couch. also since having the light source being too intense might confuse the wiimote, i’d bet a potentiometer in any aftermarket or hacked sensor bars would be good to have so you can tone it down some for when you’re playing closer.maybe someone can make a couple IR spotlights, get a jumbotron, and play wii sports in a stadium from the feild.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "23405",
"author": "joevennix",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T20:00:54",
"content": "okay, like amaldo said, the sensor has NOTHING TO DO with in-game tilt/pointing mechanisms. all this thing does is orient the wiimote, tell it which way the tv is. once it figures that out, the gyroscopes take care of everything else.",
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"comment_id": "23406",
"author": "jRoc",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T20:50:37",
"content": "this is just another example of how nintendo is staying low-tech in order to save a few dollars. Buy a ps3. and don’t even think about making a comment like “but the ps3 costs 3 times as much. wah wah wah…” because if you are really a video game enthusiast, you would know that the price of games adds up to a LOT more than the price of the console.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "23407",
"author": "cooldude",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T21:23:47",
"content": "Wow i gotta try this out on my friends wii, did u guys hear about the wii grabbing pictures off bluetooth phones without asking to pair?http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=revolution&message.id=2549265",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23408",
"author": "Pedantic",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T23:21:05",
"content": "“if you are really a video game enthusiast, you would know that the price of games adds up to a LOT more than the price of the console”I totally agree with you. Add up the price of ten Wii games and ten PS3 games and compare.Oh wait, TEN PS3 games…. wii might be in for a bit of a wait for that.Before you reply, it’s pretty obvious that you’re not too hot on maths here, so I’ll elaborate on my point… PS3 games are a LOT more expensive.",
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"comment_id": "23409",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-11-24T04:36:32",
"content": "People, people, people! Calm the fudge down, and listen:The sensor bar is simply a point of referance (POR) for the wiimote to figure out what ‘up’ is. That’s all. There is no data being sent through the Sensor Bar.The gyroscopic sensors in the wiimote only sense changes in G forces. Without a POR the wiimote dosen’t know which way is up, and therefore it woulden’t be able to translate your movements into the game.There is nothing magical about this. There is nothing hidden anywhere. Calm down, and take a breather.",
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"comment_id": "23410",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-11-25T04:26:25",
"content": "Given this information, one could make a sort of invisible sensor bar in space for the projector people by pointing two collimated beams of properly-modulated infrared light at the screen, to the immediate left and right of the center. I imagine this would give better calibration, as mentioned in #20.",
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"comment_id": "23411",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T20:33:13",
"content": "Does anyone know the voltage required to run the sensor bar? I am running the WII on a projector and will just mount the sensor bar on the pull down screen with rechargable battery power and a switch..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23412",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T21:37:42",
"content": "I just cut open my sensor cord and tested it at 12v. The same as the powersupply…. Likely the IR led’s are run in series to obtain the lower voltage they need. Perhaps this is part of the reason for the array…Now testing a 12v wall plug adapter",
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"comment_id": "23413",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T21:56:57",
"content": "Sweet… I tried with a 12v wall plug and it worked beautifully. Got to thinking an AA battery pack would need to be pretty big, so I tried a 9v. Works like a charm. Now I head to Radioshack to get a 9v box with a swich and I am done… No more wires… This was my biggest complaint with the WII because I am using a projector and the sensor wire was not long enough… Now I just pull down my screen, switch the battery on, and don’t have to worry about running a wire around the house…. Sweet..",
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"comment_id": "23414",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T22:08:20",
"content": "I just measured the current and it is drawing about 50mah. This means on an alkaline battery, I should get about 10 hours of use per battery., or if I use a rechargable battery, I would only get about 4-5 hours.",
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"comment_id": "23415",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T22:57:02",
"content": "Here is a link showing it workshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULZ8Gd06Kqg",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "23416",
"author": "Phicons",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T15:03:11",
"content": "Surely how the wii works is obvious to most hackers, it was clear from the first day they mentioned the need for the sensor (IR) bar – cheap yaw/horizontal movement stability.It is exciting when you discover how something works though so im with them on that!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23417",
"author": "Duncan C",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T04:18:01",
"content": "Extending the cable on a sensor bar:I modified the sensor bar for my kids’ Wii so the wire was long enough for the sensor bar to reach our theater’s screen to the Wii at the back of the room. I ordered a “tripoint” tool from the web to unscrew those stupid 3 point screws on Nintendos, opened up the sensor bar, de-soldered the existing wire, and soldered in a short length of telephone wire. I then put 3.5 mm (1/8″) audio plugs on both the new cable from the sensor bar and the old wire that connects to the Wii. Finally, I created a long (~10m, or 30 ft) extension cable that had a male 3.5 mm audio plug on one end and a female plug on the other end.I was careful to wire everything “tip positive” so I didn’t reverse the polarity on the sensor bar.I tucked the long cable between the molding and the carpet along the wall of the theater, out of sight and out of the way.If my kids want to move the Wii into another room, they can just unplug both ends from the extension cable and plug the short cable back together.I also bought a 12 volt power supply from Radio Shack, and fitted it with a 3.5 mm plug. I can plug that directly into the sensor bar (making sure the polarity is “tip positive” like all the connections I made) and run the sensor bar from the power supply, without any connections to the Wii.Here’s a small photo gallery showing the sensor bar and my finished rig:http://www.pbase.com/duncanc/wii_sensor_bar_hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23418",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2007-01-03T21:27:14",
"content": "Guys–You realize that some Wii games don’t really use the sensor bar, right? Excite truck sends all its signals right from the remote. It detects tilt left and right and doesn’t care about the sensor. Games like boxing, and the other Wii sports use the sensor bar. I can’t watch the video currently, (at work), but game are they using to demonstrate this concept?",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "23419",
"author": "jimmyb",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T00:48:02",
"content": "HA!!!!!i came up with a better way to play the wii w/out the two remote controls!!! simply change the sensitivity setting to 5,then light two candles and place them on top or below your tv. now u have your homemade, wireless, nonelectric, battery-free sensors!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "23420",
"author": "deathcapt",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T18:07:28",
"content": "It works with Candles,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23421",
"author": "Deathcapt",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T00:35:16",
"content": "I suck, I posted without reading…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23422",
"author": "mattsgreat5",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T21:52:21",
"content": "the sensor bar is to see where u point at the screen. the remote has the sensor in it. i tried it without the sensor barand it works fine. u just cant point at the screen and click on things. the buttons use bluetooth. so does the sensor.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "53845",
"author": "ddawg40",
"timestamp": "2008-12-05T15:00:27",
"content": "ok so im not a techie but i am more confused then ever i dont have a sensor bar and my wii dont work any ideas? it turns on but it doesnt respond to the remote",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "56198",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2008-12-22T23:42:23",
"content": "Dude you are a fuckin genius. You just saved me from an entire week of boredom since I’m at my gf’s house over ChristmasCheers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "75645",
"author": "Princessb89",
"timestamp": "2009-05-19T04:51:25",
"content": "If this is true, why when you point the wiimote at the screen, the aim is offset and you have to compensate. Like you can’t look down the scope of a wiimote and have it aim at that area of the sceen.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "114081",
"author": "yoni",
"timestamp": "2009-12-30T22:36:49",
"content": "The remote for the tv isnt even connected to the wii",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "114647",
"author": "Wii Hacker",
"timestamp": "2010-01-03T17:50:56",
"content": "This is a pretty interesting find and come open up some hacks with the Wii remote.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "412286",
"author": "Kygon",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T23:24:24",
"content": "The wiimote contains a gyroscopic sensor it detects its angle. While the sensor bar just detects the distance of the wiimote and if its angle is pointing towards the sensor’s “screen” area (“screen” because its what the sensor thinks is the screen). The wii is pretty fail the sensor bar isn’t all that necessary, were i the programmer behind the wiimote mechanics i’d just make a configuration setting that asks the player to point towards the screen to find where the screen is, instead of making some cost inefficient infrared bar. However the wii is lame and the sensor bar is required to point at the screen therefore you cannot navigate the menu without the sensor bar.",
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"comment_id": "448031",
"author": "wulfen",
"timestamp": "2011-09-05T06:07:48",
"content": "Quick story about making an emergency replacement for the Wii IR Sensor bar.While on vacation, we forgot to bring our Wii IR sensor bar with us. All we needed the Wii for was the Netflix movie app this time … so, we tried to have one person set up two Sony remote controls on top of the TV pointing back at the viewers. We had one person press “Volume Down” simultaneously on both Sony remotes. This allowed us to “roughly” navigate the Wii Menu to get to the Netflix Application launcher using the controller. The pointer was very jumpy, but it worked.So in conclusion, two IR sources do work as a sensor bar replacement – but more specific definition needs to be given to signal, frequency, distance apart, angle apart, etc to really nail a perfect IR Bar replacement.",
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"comment_id": "910860",
"author": "Ana",
"timestamp": "2012-12-29T07:54:08",
"content": "Just thought I’d look around the net after runningMy wii off of a lamp for a couple days.. Have a “dead”batteryPowered sensor bar and it appears that, as long as aLight is shinning into the led in the front of the sensor barYou can aim at that light source.. A little bit ago just to seeI fired up the flash on my iPhone 5 and aimed the remote at that lightAnd spun the phone toward the sensor bar and viola !Cool thread . Just thought I would share that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,904.193436
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/21/diy-hd-projector-how-to/
|
DIY HD Projector How-To
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"diy hd projector",
"DiyHdProjector",
"hd projector how-to",
"HdProjectorHow-to",
"how-to"
] |
Part 5 of my
DIY HD projector How-To
is up over on Engadget. I’m still finishing it up, but I should wrap it up in part 6. I’ll probably make a better reflector mount, but the rest of it is coming along nicely.
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| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23375",
"author": "LoopyMind",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T14:44:15",
"content": "To get the lens to focus AND at be ‘fixed’ at the same time, can’t you use a motorised setup for it? … I don’t know the name for it, but it’s basicly the same principle that’s used to close the clamp of a vise… would look better if you have a 3 way switch on the projector: Zoom in – Idle – Zoom out. instead of havinf to manualy slude it and fasten some screw…just a thought",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23376",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T15:42:02",
"content": "You jacka$$!Sorry, had to get my rage out ;), this is the only reason I’ve been going through each day of posts for Engadget, and now you put up Part Five, the final chapter. But it’s not. I mean come on? Six parts? Ugh.Oh well, I’ll go and sulk in my corner now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23377",
"author": "its-a-me_dewd",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T17:15:04",
"content": "heh looks very professional. my HD projector is the classic tft-on-overheadprojector thingy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23378",
"author": "LoopyMind",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T18:06:49",
"content": "What I meant was something like you use in the CNC project to move the ‘head’ with the Dremel in it. doesn’t have to be done with a stepping motor.. you’d probably need to make some gearing to make it more accurate when focusing depending in the size of the thread on the rod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23379",
"author": "updatelee",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T18:31:54",
"content": "this is like a rocky movie, how many *parts* do we need ? lets get over the projector thing and move onto something else.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23380",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T14:19:29",
"content": "loopymind: I think you are imagining a worm gear drive to electrically move the focus head. while I agree it would be cool, it would be a lot more work to design and the whole enclosure would have to be designed with it in mind. it would also unnecessarily add to the complexity of the enclosure, when you can just as well move the lens mount by hand.nice level of detail and ingenuity in this build (eg the slot-cut 1×2 LCD panel frame), i’ll be referring back to it once I get round to designing the enclosure for my own.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "98461",
"author": "taranfx",
"timestamp": "2009-10-03T20:32:04",
"content": "Tha’s pretty comprehensive guide.I referred to engadget and this one:http://www.taranfx.com/blog/diy-build-cheap-1080p-hd-projectorBoth combined together, I made one under $800. Will shoot pis and upload somewhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,904.234957
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/21/tuesday-mini-extra/
|
Tuesday Mini-extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Jon] noted that
this guy is using his Prius as backup UPS
for his house. [It’s been around, but’s it’s worthy.]
If you’re having issues with Eagle for the contest, [weirdguy] suggests
this tutorial
.
[Lain Sharp] sent in his
three blind mice project
. This is his version of the
3D mouse
. with an AVR to send the data to windows via serial port.
[Michael] added an aux ‘input’ to his car stereo in a
unique fashion
– he wired it
directly
to the car speakers and drives them from his iPod. [I’m not recommending this, but it’s certainly a different approach.]
Finally, [oliverjenks] sent in this
table saw finger jig hack
– using some random power transistors, light bulbs and a laptop to drive a stepper motor.
If you haven’t already, check out our
Design Challenge contest
. I finally got some fedex shipping notifications today, so I should be able to officially announce more prizes very soon.
| 10
| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23365",
"author": "frodus",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T00:52:14",
"content": "that guy that wired his ipod to his car speakers is a complete moron. The ipod is meant to drive small headphones, or comparable size speakers. Car speakers are DEFINATELY overworking the internal ipod amplifier. He’s gonna wear his ipod out in a few weeks. Pity, the video ipod is pretty nice. to whoever else tries this, you’ve been warned. The ipod isn’t designed to push speakers that big. Just doesn’t have the power.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23366",
"author": "Michiel",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T01:08:05",
"content": "glad to see the links posts. bring back monday sipping and hack a day links.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23367",
"author": "Andrew Rossignol",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T01:25:41",
"content": "Does that ipod thing even work, he says he gets half the volume of his stereo. that is total crap, like the first poster said, it is meant to drive small speakers. please folks don’t do this as it is completely useless and even if it does, it will destroy your ipod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23368",
"author": "bobby koerper",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T02:24:54",
"content": "Driving any speakers directly from the iPod is certainly not dangerous, however, running the car stereo’s amplifier while the ipod is still connected would be a bad thing.The car speakers are constructed in the same fasion as headphone drivers are, so they would pose no threat to an ipod driving them. The only danger would be wearing out the ipod battery as the speakers require much more current than headphones do (car audio drivers have a 4ohm impedance, and headphones usually operate at 32 or even higher). Even though it is possible, and power to the speakers is proportional to that of headphones, the listening distance yields very low volumes when the speakers are connected to the ipod at full volume.If you have an older car with a cassette player, the best method of inputting a line-level signal is through the cassette player’s internal connection to the amplifier. It quite commonly matches up with wiring for line-in jacks. Hopefully i can find a spare cassette player to post a how-to in the near future.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23369",
"author": "Royce",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T02:51:46",
"content": "Eagle’s UI, like most pro PCB CAD, is a throw back to PCB CAD software before DOS even existed. I personally have to relearn the package each and every time I pick it up because its so odd that I forget it in a couple of months of non-use. If you want something with a more modern UI that your regular MS Windows click habits will transfer to, then tryhttp://www.diptrace.com/andhttp://www.new-wave-concepts.com/ed/wizard.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23370",
"author": "frodus",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T03:19:06",
"content": "Did you read what I said? I didn’t say it wouldn’t work, nor that it was dangerous. I said that its NOT a good idea, and he’s driving the ipod too hard. Car drivers are 4 ohm. Correct? and you say headphones are 32 or higher.Well, do you know that the AMP inside an ipod is not designed for loudness, but for power. Thats how we measure an amplifiers “power” by measuring its wattage. P=I squared times R.So with a CONSTANT resistance of 32, and lets say the power output MAX of the ipod is 2 watts, what is the current required to source the 32 ohm speaker? its 25 mA.with a constant resistance of 4, max power source of the ipod is still 2, we get 70mA.Thats almost three times the designed for current supplied to the speakers. And yes we’re talking max power, since he said the speakers are turned all the way up.And not to mention that when using a speaker the amps are designed to take the inductance of the earbuds. The inductance in a car speaker is many times that ammount. Inductance in smaller amplifiers is NOT good.I agree, the volume will suffer, but I’m also saying, that OVERDRIVING ANY amplifier by causing it to supply more current, is NOT a good thing, and should NOT be attempted. Just get a small amplifier MADE for a larger load, and try that.It is NOT true that ANY amp will power ANY speaker.Just try powering a 15 inch sub with the the ipod, not gonna work. Its a 4 ohm speaker too (some are lower)… but its got more inductance… and it requires more power to cause the cone to move in order for anything to be actually audible.It might work, but its going to wear that amp out. It might not do it when testing, but over a long time, transistors and the other components (caps, resistors, inductors) will indeed wear out.GO ahead, try it. I dare you to brick an ipod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23371",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T00:31:39",
"content": "Not only that, the amplifiers appear to both be connected to the speakers at the same time, so not only is the guy gonna blow his headdeck up by connecting the front and the rear amps in parallel, he has connected the 4 negative channels from the headdeck in parallel, which will toast the drivers for the negative side, particually if he then powers the ipod from the lighter and shorts the negative side of the headdeck amp to the chassis of the car via the ipod.This is not a hack, it is just plain stupid.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23372",
"author": "frodus",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T01:22:17",
"content": "I never even read that far, i stopped reading when he hooked his ipod to the speakers…bsaically this guy doesn’t have any idea. He acts like its a few water hoses hooked together… if you attach a few together, the water will flow.He’s got some major flaws to his “design”this is not a hack and should be removed, in fear that some 16 year old kid with a new car is gonna try doing the same thing.most headunits are NOT made to have each amp bridged (which is what it SEEMS he’s trying to do)translation: this “hack” isn’t even worth reading",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23373",
"author": "Andrew Rossignol",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T22:57:12",
"content": "Get an itrip or cassette deck thing folks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23374",
"author": "rav0",
"timestamp": "2006-11-25T10:00:05",
"content": "The iPod car hack is gone. Does anybody have a copy?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,904.320798
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/20/questions-for-the-podcast-contest-update/
|
Questions For The Podcast / Contest Update
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"contests",
"Podcasts"
] |
[] |
The next podcast is coming… In the meantime, if you want to ask a question in the podcast, record it as a mp3 and email it to podcast [at hackaday dot com]. If you’re wondering, I will do the next edition in mp3 – no more m4a stuff.
Now, to answer a few questions about the Design Challenge.
What kind of circuit should it be?
Anything from a personal massage speed controller to a miniature omelet maker. Whatever you can fit on the board, ok.
Will you extend the deadline?
No. If you want to send us something later, we’ll still take it. [but you’ll be a bit late to win any prizes]
How many entries can we submit?
No limit, but don’t go nuts, ok?
How big can it be?
The board will be credit card dimensions, but a standard thickness (think FR-4 or something) No, we don’t care how big the components are.
Do the components need to be available from somewhere like mouser/digikey?
I’d hope so. We don’t want to have to reclaim parts from sunken Russian submarines to build the circuit.
How can I submit it?
Put it online and send in a tip, or ask where to send it via the tips line. Either way, use the tips line.
| 9
| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23356",
"author": "TGBM",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T05:42:29",
"content": "Rats, i wanted that nuke off the sub….TGBM",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23357",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T06:43:22",
"content": "Nuke? I wanted to go Red October style and rip EVERYTHING off it….And only use one LED from it ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23358",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T10:02:17",
"content": "Ohhh I am so excited! I have a few ideas. Hopefully I have time…I don’t need to have firmware by then do I?Is there a cost limit on the BOM? I’m sure you don’t want anything too ridiculous (like a $75 gyro) or something).Honestly, I am much more excited about making it then wining a prize. All I really want (if I do it) is a few of my boards (if y’all could comp the parts that would be sweet too).Cool. I am so in (as soon as the semester ends).-Andy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23359",
"author": "Pedantic",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T19:40:23",
"content": "omelette, surely?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23360",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T20:06:10",
"content": "Either spelling is valid.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23361",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T22:03:21",
"content": "Re podcast:Whom are we asking the questions? Is it another benheck?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23362",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T23:36:37",
"content": "What format do we have to provide the firmware in? Is the .hex file okay or do you need the source?Who retains rights to the entries, winning or otherwise?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23363",
"author": "Oliver",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T01:00:50",
"content": "FR4 is a grade of board, not a thickness. I am thinking of entering but the deadline is too close.. will definately enter the next time around! There should be more of this type of competition on the web!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23364",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T07:54:23",
"content": "Hmmm, i think my design will work, but can female ipod dock connectors be obtained in big lots? That might stop me -_-Oh and this creating of custom parts in eagle >_",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,904.275325
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/20/homemade-cathode-ray-tubes/
|
Homemade Cathode Ray Tubes
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"cathode ray tubes",
"CathodeRayTubes",
"diy crt",
"DiyCrt",
"home made crt",
"HomeMadeCrt"
] |
[dylan] tipped us to [Nyle Steiner] who’s been
making his own cathode ray tubes
Not satisified with that, he made an
even smaller one[youtube]
and he
built an oscilloscope[youtube]
.
Once I noticed that he’s an amateur radio operator, I started digging around his site. His
propane lawnmower
is a great idea, his
diy photocell
makes me think of mr. wizard. If you dig tube amps, you’ll definitely be interested in his
vaccum tube building experiments
.
[Got a cool circuit? Lay it out on a PCB and enter
the Design Challenge
.]
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| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23351",
"author": "n3rrd",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T01:34:25",
"content": "I loved the videos and description for the cathode ray tubes. Certain objects are so engrained in our daily lives that making them seems outside the realm of possibility for a regular shmuck. Hell, I make my own mustard, and a few people refused to believe even that!Very cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23352",
"author": "Garrett",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T01:53:16",
"content": "I’ll probably kill myself making it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23353",
"author": "Azurus",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T02:03:59",
"content": "Now that can become usefull in making something as a visual effects or even a handheld osilliscope if someone can whip that up.I would make a cluster of seven of them and have the X and Y axis electromagnets placed where needed to make one killer visual for media players.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23354",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T02:38:07",
"content": "I should point out that an MUCH easier (and one that doesn’t require a vacuum pump running to use it) source of small crt’s is old video cameras. You know, like when they had the pop out viewfinder ;)You can even get color ones ;)Plus major points for making one on your own tho, man!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23355",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T20:28:38",
"content": "I’d rate this a 10 on the hack scale, but the reality is that you can get nos 1″ crt tubes on ebay for just a couple of bucks that will certainly provide a better display. So the real-world value isn’t that great. But, again, the hack is brilliant!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,904.11
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/19/screen-saver-power-switching/
|
Screen Saver Power Switching
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
This is
another power control hack
along the lines of the
serial controlled power outlet
. Instead of only managing a printer, [Brent] uses the IO lines of the parallel port to drive some SSRs in order to turn off all of his peripheral devices – think lamps, speakers, scanners, etc. He posted the whole thing over on
instructables
.
[Want to show off your skills? Send us a tip with your latest – or enter the
Hackaday design challenge
. I should have some more prizes to announce later this week. I’m just waiting for them to arrive.]
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23345",
"author": "DarkAxi0m",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T08:55:03",
"content": "Ohhh, i got excited then, i was hoping it wasn’t going to be lots of relays($$",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23346",
"author": "DarkAxi0m",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T08:57:02",
"content": "Arg!! only half my post is there, o well its a pointless post now, didn’t see that they were solid state relays",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23347",
"author": "evilspoons",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T09:53:45",
"content": "This is a great idea. If I ever get the time, I’m gonna hook up something like this on 5/12Vdc for all my extra case fans and lights and stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23348",
"author": "Brent",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T17:22:22",
"content": "looks like you can do about 3amps for 5$ ea.http://www.futurlec.com/RelSS.shtml",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23349",
"author": "hepst",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T20:05:48",
"content": "huh, neat and tidy ))",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23350",
"author": "Ben Stutts",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T15:09:57",
"content": "Worked for a company that did something similar in 1985. using S100 based computer to control a machine. Used a parallel port (Printer port)send a binary word To the port ie 10001101. each 1 on the output turned on a device, each 0 turned off. Easy to implement, worked great.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,904.357495
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/18/axim-super-dockjacket/
|
Axim Super Dock/jacket
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"handhelds hacks"
] |
[
"Axim",
"Axim jacket",
"USB hub"
] |
[Mike] sent in this
dell Axim hack
. Sure, the Axim is just a handheld, but it’s capable of so much more. [afarre] built a sweet axim jacket. This is version 1, but it features VGA out, rs-232, power, a USB hub and an audio preamp.
Version 2
looks pretty good.
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| 17
| 17
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23328",
"author": "jwoz",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T06:52:23",
"content": "I am the first person to comment, life goal achieved.if the hack helps me turn it into a musical instrument, I am in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23334",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T07:19:57",
"content": "mother fsking n00b (@ jwoz)How exactly do you think that this would help turn in ipaq into a musical instrument?In any case, I plan to get a hx4700 in the somewhat near future, and something like this (although I am not going to add in the voltage regulator and probably not the hub)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23329",
"author": "antique",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T08:22:26",
"content": "the fact that it has proper audio outputs would put it to good use for noise.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23330",
"author": "Kyle K.",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T09:42:26",
"content": "In the industry, we don’t call that a jacket.It’s called a backpack – as it is quite large in size.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23331",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T10:18:53",
"content": "this project has inspired me to hack my archos, add the PVR dock into the case, add a thick plastic layer over the screen, so without the case, its just an archos AV500, with it, its a tivo, lol. i got to look up costs and sedign the curcits, anyone interested in helping, email me atBobarama7k@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23332",
"author": "afarre",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T10:20:53",
"content": "My primary object was adding all possible complementary circuits in a box as small as possible and concentrating whole connectivity at back face.I do not know how many uses it can have, I use it as carputer but it can also be used as desktop (PDA docking station).It is moulded for Dell Axim X50 series, it must redesigned to accommodate other PDAs.I added an audio preamp because I experienced an important volume mismatching when connecting any headset output (from my PDA, from any MP3 device, etc) to any audio amplifier input (home stereo set, car stereo, etc).I do not know what exactly is it, people at Aximsite gave it the name: Aximizer (Axim + maximizer).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23333",
"author": "tom61",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T20:58:31",
"content": "john, if you mean so you can connect USB devices to the axim, then no. i’d have an X51v if it could. the previous version had one port of the usb hub connected to the axim’s usb client, so you could plug the axim and other devices into a PC at once.dell decided not to bring out the usb host of the pxa270 for some reason, most likely support issues, even though it requires very little extra circuitry.if you want a PDA that can connect without a expensive CF card, look at toshiba’s line of pdas, as a great number of them have usb host and vga out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23335",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T11:11:25",
"content": "well hello all you tech geeks all i can say about this project if you can call it that is load of shite next plz oh and merry xmass to you all",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23336",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T15:50:27",
"content": "wait… steve is back?nice hack, very compact, looks like a commercial product ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23337",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T19:39:19",
"content": "lets get some hacks wqith plenty of leds for steve to enjoy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23338",
"author": "Rick",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T19:56:12",
"content": "It’s a portable version of IBM’s “Universal Business Adapter”!http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7228B38102592033",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23339",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T21:52:29",
"content": "Hiya, afarre.A couple notes, readers:1. There is a USB hub built-into this thing.2. USB host capabilities require the Ratoc USB host CF card.3. It is built for functionality (RS232, VGA, USB, Audio all supported here) not for compactness, but considering what you get, it’s quite compact.4. You could use a similar setup with a different PDA, other than the X50/X51 series, but work on the botom connector would have to be done by you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23340",
"author": "afarre",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T22:22:16",
"content": "ThanK you, Pocketbrain!For those interested in Axim X50 series with USB host, take a look at this thread ‘Hacking PXA270 internal USB HOST’:http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=140071",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23341",
"author": "kelth",
"timestamp": "2006-11-22T06:23:39",
"content": "i saw this aximizer on the axim site, you should see the video of it installed in his car, its really really well done, great hack :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23342",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2006-11-24T17:58:47",
"content": "out of curiosity would it be possible to set up some composite(? the yellow red and white ones) to a axim x3? more to the point would it be uber hard?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23343",
"author": "afarre",
"timestamp": "2006-11-25T17:34:23",
"content": "Tom, I do not know what you meant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23344",
"author": "Curtis",
"timestamp": "2007-02-10T13:53:13",
"content": "Greetings, and congratulations on what looks like an incredible and capable device! Could anythinglike this be done for a palm T5? Is there anyway to add usb ports, and a vga out to a palm?Thanks- Curtis",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,905.993752
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/29/design-challenge-prize-update-delta/
|
Design Challenge Prize Update Delta
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"contests"
] |
[
"Atmel",
"bright LEDs",
"BrightLeds",
"design challenge",
"DesignChallenge",
"hack-a-day contest",
"Hack-a-dayContest",
"ipod nano",
"IpodNano",
"make controller",
"MakeController",
"sumo lounge",
"sumo omni",
"SumoLounge",
"SumoOmni"
] |
OK guys, I can
finally
announce all of the prizes for the
Hack-A-Day Design Challenge
! I’ve been waiting to get things in hand before announcing them all – Everything’s arrived, and it’s a pretty sweet haul.
Fabienne’s Hack-A-Day iPod Nano
MAKE Controller
MAKE Daisy mp3 player kit
SUMO Omni Beanbag
120 LED Assortment Package
If you’re busy, maybe you just don’t know how sweet some of this stuff is.
Fabienne kindly consented to give up her very own
Hack-A-Day engraved iPod nano
. It’s been used and the inside thoroughly inspected, but it’s otherwise unmodded.
MAKE
gave us one of their
new open source MAKE controllers
– I opened up the one they sent and it’s pretty sweet. The 55Mhz Atmel SAM7X CPU is on a daughter-board, and the main board has terminals for every connection you could want, along with USB, Ethernet, CAN, Serial… They also sent along one of their new
Daisy MP3 player
kits. Unlike the controller, this one has to be put together.
Andrew over at
sumolounge.com
hooked us up with one of their
SUMO Omni
bean bags. This thing is awesome. It’s the biggest bean bag I’ve ever seen. (I may have to buy the winner another one, my daughter has been going nuts over it )
Finally, [Alan] of
Alan’s Electronic Projects
sent us a set of his
120 LED assortments
along with a handy resistor pack for using them with 5vdc to get things going. The set even includes some 13000mcd white LEDs for making your own portable tanning device.
How do you win all this sweet stuff? You
send in a design
! You’ve got until December 25th!
| 12
| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23527",
"author": "Tricon",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T22:40:09",
"content": "Wow! You really are too good to us readers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23528",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T23:11:14",
"content": "is there a free program besides eagle that i can use? me and eagle don’t get along so well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23529",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T23:40:41",
"content": "I want that LED ssortment package and the SUMO Omni Beanbag! :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23530",
"author": "mX",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T00:47:03",
"content": "Does the omni beanbag come with the girl? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23531",
"author": "dkphybr",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T01:07:10",
"content": "not a fan of eagle either. there is a free version of a program called DipTrace (http://www.diptrace.com). just started using it recently. very intuitive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23532",
"author": "Jeroen Domburg",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T02:02:49",
"content": "Linux has ‘PCB’, which while having somewhat of a learning curve, isn’t that hard to use. It’s ported to cygwin too, so you can use it under Windows.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23533",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T02:18:13",
"content": "thanks dkphybr Diptrace is much better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23534",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T02:36:03",
"content": "where can i download a simple had logo for my board?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23535",
"author": "tapius",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T07:40:25",
"content": "the image is posted on the first contest comments.. someone has a link to it i think. sorry mad lazy over here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23536",
"author": "tapius",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T08:27:53",
"content": "bump",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23537",
"author": "Francisco Garza",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T08:47:53",
"content": "Are high-voltage devices allowed, i.e. what if my design requires an enclosure for that reason?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23538",
"author": "tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T00:46:56",
"content": "Here is a vector (DXF) of the logo:http://goliathdrakken.teamhackaday.com/store/thad.dxf(some requested it). The aspect is a bit off, but that can be fixed, I lost the copy I had that was in better shape.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,906.185272
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/28/diy-electric-car-heater/
|
DIY Electric Car Heater
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"atx toaster",
"AtxToaster",
"car heater",
"CarHeater",
"electric car heater",
"ElectricCarHeater"
] |
[lgtngstk] was tired of driving his cold Honda Civic to work. He built an instant on
electric heater for his car
from a toaster and an ATX power supply. The toaster elements were mounted to one half of the case, while the fan was left in it’s stock location.To get the fan blowing hard enough, he
whipped up a DC voltage doubling circuit
. To finish it out, he added relay control and plenty of new holes in the case.
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| 47
| 45
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23488",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T22:35:43",
"content": "Eek, I don’t know what hurts my head more…a) That guy’s awful websiteb) The image of that guys car catching on fire!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23489",
"author": "Chupa",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T22:59:29",
"content": "geocities FTL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23490",
"author": "jared bouck",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T23:19:40",
"content": "the site. but just by a little bit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23491",
"author": "lgtngstk",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T23:49:58",
"content": "Any constructive comments about how to improve my website?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23492",
"author": "Brent",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T00:01:55",
"content": "damn you.. damn you for building it first.. I was just getting parts together….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23493",
"author": "Brent",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T00:04:09",
"content": "The only addition I would make would be some sort of heat control to turn off the electric when the actual car heater caught up. thermocouple or some such.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23494",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T00:09:13",
"content": "bye bye battery life!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23495",
"author": "fermi",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T00:22:18",
"content": "At this point, you may be asking yourself, “Why would I want to make a car heater when I could just order one from XXX?” If so, you may also be saying other things like: “This is too dangerous,” or, “Why does my diaper always get so soggy?” If that’s the case, then you should stop reading now and go back to marthastewart.com.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23496",
"author": "the_freak",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T00:33:47",
"content": "Wow, Please remove your bg image from that website. Holy crap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23497",
"author": "lgtngstk",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T00:34:33",
"content": "If you’re having trouble bringing up the voltage doubling circuit, I mirrored it tohttp://silenceisdefeat.org/~lgtngstk/Sites/Circuits/12_to_24v_DC_Step_Up_Inverter/12_to_24v_DC_Step_Up_Inverter.htmlSome of the rest of the geocities area of the site is archived athttp://web.archive.org/web/*/http://geocities.com/lgtngstk.I’m currently in the process of moving the site to better hosting. Sorry for the inconvenience.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23498",
"author": "theRIAA",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T00:56:21",
"content": "wow, great way to destroy an alternator",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23499",
"author": "mac",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T01:39:16",
"content": "“If that’s the case, then you should stop reading now and go back to marthastewart.com”you know, that excuse formula doesn’t work for *every* idiotic thing someone might do.jury-rigging toaster guts into your beat-up civic isn’t exactly “we’re going to the moon because it’s there” material.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23500",
"author": "Andrew Pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T02:17:19",
"content": "I have to thank you. Things like this keep my second career exciting!I’m a volunteer firefighter. If it weren’t for projects like this, I wouldn’t have as much to do!:-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23501",
"author": "majortom1981",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T02:29:58",
"content": "why not fix the cars actual heater?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23502",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T02:31:15",
"content": "as for the site, ive seen worse, and, though the mod seams a little unfinished, it looks usefull",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23503",
"author": "wtf!",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T03:43:00",
"content": "Umm, bad idea man, i would rather my car is cold for a while than it catching on fire or something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23504",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T04:17:13",
"content": "The cars heater takes the heat from the radiator/engine, and redirects it to the passengers. As he said, his engine takes a while to warm up, so it blows cold air at you until it does. IDK why they dont just stick an electrical heater in the tube if the temp isn’t high enough…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23505",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T05:08:51",
"content": "@lgtngstk: First, I’d suggest changing the wallpaper to something MUCH more neutral. Solid colors really seem to be the prevailing aesthetic these days…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23506",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T05:24:36",
"content": "My friend’s volvo 850 had an electric heater from the factory. The vent air was instantly warm as soon as you needed it to be, then it shut off and the engine coolant kept the car warm. It worked great, it just smelled like electronics when you turned it on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23507",
"author": "Peter Hiscocks",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T06:37:50",
"content": "The detailed instructions in this post suggest using 1N914 or 1N4148 diodes in the voltage doubler. There is *no way* that a 1N914 or 1N4148 diode can carry 4 amps, For example, the max current spec for the 1N4148 is 450mA (0.45 A) about ten times too small.If you use those parts and the current load is 4 amps, you can expect flaming debris. Please wear eye protection.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2327188",
"author": "lightningstalker",
"timestamp": "2015-01-07T20:05:07",
"content": "The diodes are for the fan, not the heating element. They were connected to the battery through a fuse link. Even 30A @ 12V isn’t really enough. Most alternators top out at 60A, which is still not really enough. See my other 1/7/2015 post down the page for more details. I no longer own this vehicle.",
"parent_id": "23507",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "23508",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T06:56:52",
"content": "Good idea with some bad choices. Either Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray could tell the author that most 90mm computer fans are of cheap construction, and will fail quickly being driven at twice the intended voltage.Should the fan fail, or become obstructed as a result of something falling through any of the excessively large holes cut in that thing, you have a problem. Especially if the heater is left unattended while waiting for the car to heat up.I’d recommend:1) Mount a thermal cutout to the casing/heatsink.2) Replace the fan with one with sufficient airflow at 12v (cheaper, easier, and more reliable than this voltage doubler nonsense).3) Use some aluminum window screen to cover the holes.4) Bonus: Add a heavy-duty relay to control power to the heater. The coil should be actuated only when the car is actually running. Avoids the possibility of accidentally leaving this on and destroying your battery/car.Martha also has a few aesthetic recommendations, but I’m leaving those out. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23509",
"author": "lgtngstk",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T08:05:07",
"content": "I added a picture of the unit in operation and removed the background image everyone was complaining about, though I may bring it back in some sort of css page centering thingy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23510",
"author": "dioxide",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T08:21:27",
"content": "if you chose, you can make this more efficient by heating up larger pieces of thin metal (crap thin aluminum, but not foil) at an angle, so the air is forced across it (radiator.) it will transfer more heat directly to the air and less to the atx chassis. ill leave it to you to figure out how to insulate it electrically but not thermally :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23511",
"author": "Michael Vroegop",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T12:43:02",
"content": "“Any constructive comments about how to improve my website?”Sure thing.Center a navigation at the top or bottom-stylized text is great. Trash the splash page. Learn CSS and make a couple standard layout pages.Or you could install WordPress. It looks like what you would be great on a blog-type interface and system. Updates are easy, install is easy.. these are thousands of styles to choose from, and a fair amount of customization can be done by switching images in the designs out.. good luck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23512",
"author": "Jentulman",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T13:40:26",
"content": "Extra points for anyone that fits one that retains the ability to make toast. Kill 3 birds with one stone by heating up some breakfast pop-tarts on the way to work for that internal and external glow.How about the George Foreman grill/window de-icer too :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23513",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T14:28:17",
"content": "you’d probably need to add more coil if you wanted to still make breakfast with it since it would be blowing out most of it’s heat. in any event, it’d beat the hell out of onstar if you ask me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23514",
"author": "splitime",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T16:49:35",
"content": "Honestly… his car should heat up within 5 minutes. Is it worth the extra current draw/fire risk from this? I seriously doubt it.If the car isn’t heating up… fix it :p(I have that year/make/model car…. it heats up quite quickly and has a great heating system)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23515",
"author": "Agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T17:59:52",
"content": "Wow, y’all a bunch of girlie-girls… ooh, it’s going to catch on fire… ooh, it’s going to damage the altenator…and you guys (gals) call yourselves hackers. you should be ashamed. ashamed, I say.perhaps you don’t know the retail products are basically the same thing. they’ve sold electric car heaters for many years, it’s not new. or that not everbody desires to wake up 45 minutes early to allow their car to thaw out before they can go to work. or that old vw’s used _gas-fired_ heaters, but your parents survived to have you.it’s a cool hack. get over the website.and be sure to have parental supervision before you make some pop-tarts…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23516",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T19:05:51",
"content": "@Jentulman: Both of those ideas are just begging to be hacked, or at least photoshopped.Of course with the toaster/heater combo you’d also have the side effect of making the entire car smell like whatever you were toasting. It could be a huge plus for older cars that smell, well, “broken-in”. I know i’d take “brown sugar and cinnamon” over “mildew and road-tar” anyday.The foreman grill de-icer, I’m not sure how you’d do that; does the heating element come out of those? It might be best kept intact as a roof-top unit that allows hot grease to drip-down and de-ice the windshield (wet-naps not included) while your breakfast sausages cook.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23517",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T19:13:59",
"content": "hmm…that’s kinda cool, i need this for my warehouse, it’s getting cold…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23518",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T19:51:03",
"content": "MMMMMHot, fresh, on the go toast.Now THAT’S engineering!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23519",
"author": "dioxide",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T01:51:35",
"content": "peter, the voltage doubler is to increase the cfm of the fan. it does not need 4 amps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23520",
"author": "lgtngstk",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T07:03:58",
"content": "Michael Vroegop: Navbars are a good idea. It’ll go on my to-do list. ^_-",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23521",
"author": "ne0",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T21:36:36",
"content": "I dunno why the other parts were deemed “un-needed”. The thing would make a rather good bagel toaster for the drive in to work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23522",
"author": "GunGeek",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T17:49:34",
"content": "I had a 79 Honda AccordLX that had from the factory electric heat in the vents. It also shut off when the incoming air was warm enough.Also had a coworker that made something like this 15 years ago when he heard me talking about my Honda. What he did, though, was to use little 12V heating elements (kinda like 4″x8″ heating pads) that came out of military battery packs. He wired them to the car’s 12V system with a dashboard switch and put a thermal switch in the vent before the heating pads to shut them off when the incoming air got to something like 100 degrees.Worked great! The heating elements could not get hot enough to damage anything since they were designed to go up against batteries in a plastic enclosure, but got plenty warm enough to get his big old Ford LTD warm right away in Michigan winters.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23523",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-12-16T10:32:37",
"content": "why didn’t he just use a blow dryer? they are designed to blow air over the coils, most likely have a thermal cutoff switch to keep the air from getting too hot (like say, a temperature you could make toast with) and you could keep the entire “barrel” assembly (think of the blow dryer in gun terms) because the coils are already mounted and electrically insulated from each otheryoure using a flamethrower to do the job of a flyswatter. a flamethrower has more power, but a flyswatter won’t burn your house down. choose the right tool for the jobused a propane space heater (the ones that mount on the little bottle you use camping) to heat my truck when it was -5f once",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23524",
"author": "dunkoriffic",
"timestamp": "2007-01-04T07:41:17",
"content": "I think we’re all looking at the problem the wrong way. Under the hood there is an item that warms up straightaway – the engine exhaust pipe. Put your hand on it if you don’t believe me!Air cooled Porsche cars have a hot box – a steel box that fits around the top of the exhaust where it meets the engine. Air is blown over this and it heats up instantly. Not that I’ve got a porsche, the 1970 440 cu inch roadrunner in my garage warms up PDQ without the aid of a heater anyway!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23525",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T10:19:59",
"content": "you are a genius dunkoriffic… actually whoever thought of that… but thank you.once i get access to a mig (or get around to fixing mine, if possible) i’m going to weld a box around the tailpipe with a couple hose fittings on it, and hook that up to a y-mixer, one side from the hotbox and the other to ambient air, add a thermistor to the outlet to adjust the mix ratio so i don’t get air hotter than 120 or so (thats what water heaters are set to to prevent burns) and add that into the air system. thats a great idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23526",
"author": "DJ Rose",
"timestamp": "2007-01-17T17:41:18",
"content": "Just set yourself on fire, and then jump into the car and speed away. Something like the Ghost Rider with a VW bug.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66441",
"author": "Porntubelover",
"timestamp": "2009-03-16T17:06:49",
"content": "Keep working, great job with this useful blog!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77253",
"author": "Kevmac911",
"timestamp": "2009-06-04T07:23:16",
"content": "Actually… i have a 911 that needs heating/demisting, as the exhaust/heater component has been removed, (different exhaust)I actually need an electric heater..any best recommendations",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80850",
"author": "Neo",
"timestamp": "2009-07-08T18:16:00",
"content": "sigmatel stac9200 codec updateflavor of love picture deliciousomega mambo violento lyricsbeckett burner pedestalspinoytube tv video scandalsmuss my titsankle rosary tattoos crossclay walker and lori lampsonchris daughtry im sorry lyricsgotti line pitbulls dogsbethany joy galeotti nude picsconvert cm to millimeterscook county idoc imatestiger stripe pit bullscarson pierre scott dressesscary pop up mazeslola lov angeltamagotchi vesion 4 5 codessheppards pie recipes onionmatthew maconahay girlfriend is pregnant",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "136831",
"author": "Jimmy Crabb",
"timestamp": "2010-04-19T10:00:47",
"content": "Darn itI just entered a long and comprehensive comment, but when I tried to send it my Internet Explorer crashed.Did it come though or is it lost and I have to do it again?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "247311",
"author": "Sammy",
"timestamp": "2010-12-04T21:22:14",
"content": "It may be easier to just put some cardboard in front of your radiator. This will cause the engine to warm up faster as the coolant is unable to cool as well. I used it in a Geo Metro & it worked fine. Much safer, just make sure you don’t overheat the engine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2327175",
"author": "lgtngstk",
"timestamp": "2015-01-07T19:59:24",
"content": "I actually ended up doing that eventually. It worked very well. Finally I sold the car last year to some unsuspecting teenagers who probably wrecked it. When I was sick, I even stuck a 120V space heater inside and ran it from an extension cord to warm the car up before driving it. That worked really well. Much better than the electric one ever didMy truck doesn’t have this problem, but unfortunately, it’s a Ford.",
"parent_id": "247311",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "288956",
"author": "lolos",
"timestamp": "2010-12-23T10:56:37",
"content": "set the car on fire nice one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,906.39074
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/27/crazy-holidays-extra/
|
Crazy Holidays Extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[
"airsoft gun",
"AirsoftGun",
"autonomous rover",
"AutonomousRover",
"high altitude balloon",
"HighAltitudeBalloon",
"playstation",
"ps3",
"rc airsoft",
"RcAirsoft"
] |
After sushi-thanksgiving at my house, I’m beat – but you guys have been busy on the
tips line
.
In one of those special moments of vengance,
the ‘real’ ps3 grill was created
. (It’s been built, don’t be fooled by the fund raising graphic they were too lazy to remove.)
In another moment of consumer electronics death, a 25mw 405nm laser was obtained from a blu-ray DVD burner and
turned into the closest thing to a light saber
I’ve seen.
[James Coxon] sent in his
autonomous RC car
project (link dead, try
Internet Archive
). I found his
Pegasus high altitude balloon
project even more interesting.
If you haven’t already heard about it, i
f you can hack this ps3, you’ll actually get to own it
. Thanks [good4me] and [wierdguy].
[Chris_rybitski] sent in his
music syncro’d christmas light control
– he runs the AC audio into diode rectifier to drive a SSR.
If you really hate squirells, [Alexiy] thinkgs you might find a
remote controlled airsoft gun handy
.
Don’t forget to check out the
Hack-A-Day Design Challenge
. I already announced the iPod, the MAKE controller and Daisy MP3 player kit, but look for another prize announcement soon.
Let the holiday geekery continue!
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| 8
|
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{
"comment_id": "23480",
"author": "Martyn",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T06:49:50",
"content": "I see.Interesting xD keep at it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23481",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T07:22:29",
"content": "im pretty sure that this is a honey pot its saying it has a windows worm but its supposed to be fc5 on a ps3heres the scan if anyone wants ithttp://www.personal.psu.edu/rlr5018/holyshit.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23482",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T07:42:30",
"content": "makezine.com had a post of a guy that took a DVD burners laser and made a pointer. i seem to recall a 165mW rating",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23483",
"author": "evilspoons",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T09:55:22",
"content": "Hmm, why am I tempted to plug something electronic (like a clock radio) into that flashing Christmas lights project and see the ensuing torture-death of said gadget?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23484",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T15:01:23",
"content": "I really wish I could hack as well as I say I can.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23485",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-29T01:15:34",
"content": "Thanks for spelling my name wrong..errr ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23486",
"author": "mazatec",
"timestamp": "2006-12-03T03:03:36",
"content": "From comments on the auto airsoft page, here’s something with a little more power…http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1253912244473754960",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23487",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T08:10:34",
"content": "You mother fucken son of a bitch! How could you do such a thing to a ps3? That is the best gaming system ever made! Your lucky i can’t find you because i would cut your fingers and toes of one at a time as slow as i could and stuff them in your throat as i laugh till you die! Don’t beleive me? E-mail your address and find out!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,906.224995
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/26/bio-electrostatic-generator/
|
Bio-ElectroStatic Generator
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"electrified",
"electrifried",
"human capacitor",
"HumanCapacitor",
"ion generator",
"IonGenerator"
] |
[Matt] sent in
Electrifried 2
– the second version of a device with one purpose: shock your friends like you’ve got a giant shag carpet. The ion generator is used to provide create a static electric charge on demand. Looks like another great alternative use for a negative ion generator that could take evil christmas giving to a new level.
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|
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{
"comment_id": "23457",
"author": "pingoart",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T05:35:50",
"content": "Nice… God of Thunder transformation kit. But… bio-electrostatic generator? Gosh… i thought it used an electric fish when i read the rss feed………Next on hack a day: heliohidrobioannihilator (or: how to purify water with the sun….)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23458",
"author": "odsquad64",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T06:03:16",
"content": "it’s probably not a good idea to wear your Bio-ElectroStatic Generator when going to the airport",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23459",
"author": "spugman",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T06:03:42",
"content": "i remember someone making this hack but i also ordered the parts ( should be here tomorrow! ) and it was called pikashoes. a quick google should turn up some results. i’ll comment back with my personal results!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23460",
"author": "Kelley",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T07:05:24",
"content": "Does the operator still get the same amount of shock as the shockie?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23461",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T08:17:20",
"content": "Most likely. That is a pretty cool hack as it seems somewhat easy to build. Reminds me of the old hackaday lazy Wednesdays…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23462",
"author": "Noodle",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T14:41:47",
"content": "To avoid shockage touching people using this, simply wear some sort of metal gauntlet on your hands! The zapper will remain fine but the zappee will be shocked and perhaps even burnt by the discharge. FUN.Also, gauntlets are damn cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23463",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T15:31:10",
"content": "as the pikashoe said , use an insensitive part of your body (such as your knuckles to touch a sensitive part of his body and he’ll get a shock that hurts while you will barely feel it if at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23464",
"author": "ya",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T16:07:04",
"content": "Good idea…. or you could just year insulated or metal gloves…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23465",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T19:22:05",
"content": "insulated gloves wouldn’t work too well, they would insulate and therefore prevent a discharge. the key to avoiding a painful shock yourself is maximising the area over which the current leaves your body- try holding a key and grounding yourself/touching someone with the point. alternatively gauntlets of lightning +1 are a possibility :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23466",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T00:59:15",
"content": "If you really want a good zap, rip open a disposable camera and touch the ends of the flash leads, thats just a really big cap and a DC boost regulator, and it is about half the price of the ion generator.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23467",
"author": "psp005",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T02:26:11",
"content": "This is awesome…last month i built one of these things… i did it like the original, in a shoe. it is soo fun to shock people with this because they are like, “Ouch, WTF?” then do it again…they ask “do you have something???” and since it is in your shoe you can show them that you have nothing. PRICELESS.–>PSP005",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23468",
"author": "conor",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T03:32:10",
"content": "@9: couldn’t the disposable give you more than just a jolt? i’m pretty sure those things store some serious current as well as voltage…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2817322",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2015-12-01T01:57:47",
"content": "LOL my thoughts on that too – you might be in for a bit of a surprise!",
"parent_id": "23468",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "23469",
"author": "mrcharlie",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T05:30:07",
"content": "ya I’ve thought that disposable camera capacitor was a simple battery one day… ZZZAP. hurt pretty bad.pretty incredible to see how simple g33ks can become such evil :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23470",
"author": "kirch",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T06:41:03",
"content": "I built one of these a couple of months ago, I can’t get it to shock anything except for my own leg, and I’ve tried a bunch of different things for the connections to my body, if anybody has any success, or tips, please let me know @kirchdes@kirchdesign.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23471",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T21:19:40",
"content": "^ make sure your insulated. im also building one of these hoping to use a car cigarette ioniser thingy as sorce",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23472",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T21:37:10",
"content": "Does anyone know of where you can get the ion generator component in the UK? Been looking around, but with no luck, and Electric Goldmine isn’t letting me have it shipped out. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23473",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T02:40:29",
"content": "Yea, took apart a disposable camera years ago, played with the bits and inadvertantly threw the camera across the room when ‘exploring’ the electronics! Enough to make me apprehensive about repeating the procedure!Take it no one from the UK is interested in this then? :(Booo! Got a James Bond party to go to at Christmas and wanted to pretend it was the device out of “Die another day”! :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23474",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T07:28:48",
"content": "i built one of these on halloween for a “force lightning” effect for my Darth Sideous costume. Its pretty neat on cement and stuff, but if you use it while on wet grass it can really pwn some people. no joke, this thing really hurts bad on a damp surface like that. definitely worth the build simply for the look on the drive thru dudes face when he tries to hand you your change without hurling it upward in “shock.” (pun intended)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23475",
"author": "uther_pendragon",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T02:09:34",
"content": "Great little project. I was wondering if the jolt effect could be increased by adding a second unit? Just a thought.:: uther",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23476",
"author": "spankbot",
"timestamp": "2006-12-06T05:57:33",
"content": "Could this device be used to throw off, or force confusing readings on those much discussed “e-meters” used by Scientologists? I’ve been looking for a way to confuse and confound local member of the idiot religion who regularly give free “readings” on the streets of Old Town Pasadena.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23477",
"author": "tong-b",
"timestamp": "2006-12-31T09:11:48",
"content": "do u think it would be possible to power a 240 volt ioniser with adisposable camera circuit?tong-b@bigpond.net.au",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23478",
"author": "Drake",
"timestamp": "2007-01-07T08:42:04",
"content": "For the person who is getting shocked on the leg: Make sure your ground wire is connected to the + of the battery, Then take the HV+ and run it down the wire and listen for snaps. If you hear one then theres a small short in the wire. Repair it with some electrical tape. Also if the insulation is thin it may be able to have enough corona to zap you.The pikashoes were made by a guy whos page is called Afrotech or something like that. He was trying to make the project as low budget as possible. I found an even cheeper ground wire and disconnect system then this guy. Take an extension cord cut off one end with about 6-8 inches of wire left over. Strip all three wires and twist them together. Solder that to the ground plate. take the other side of the cord and cut it to length it needs to be to reach your + terminal of the battery. Add a few inches strip twist and solder.As for the insulated gauntlets: Take the HV+ and wire it to the gauntlets instead of your body.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23479",
"author": "Paul Higginbotham",
"timestamp": "2007-01-31T19:00:57",
"content": "Hey guys,I’m the guy who made Electrifried.It can do a lot more than just shock people.It’s a handy tool for magicians too.(Read the site to find out more.)I also have a lot of info for troubleshooting, and I’ve got a full fledged forum up now too.Example: If you’re getting shocked on your own leg, than the insulation isn’t sufficient, and you need to insulate it more.. notice the handkerchief around my leg !BTW, this isn’t the same kind of shock you get from a capacitor – it’s a little milder I think, although under the right circumstances it can get pretty nasty too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2357612",
"author": "Ahmed Hodzic",
"timestamp": "2015-01-16T23:13:37",
"content": "i have been trying to make the static electricty generator for a while… do you have another solution for me how to make it :D",
"parent_id": "23479",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,906.09175
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||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/25/return-of-the-altair/
|
Return Of The Altair
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"altair 8800",
"altair kit",
"Altair8800",
"AltairKit"
] |
Thank [J. Peterson] for this one. Kits don’t usually end up as the daily post on Hackaday, but the altair was
one of the first ‘personal computers’
– and this guy’s put together
a new kit version
. Wow. [The latest kit went on ebay for $1750…]
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| 13
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23444",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T07:50:40",
"content": "I’d love to have one of these, but it’s actually at the point where I wouldn’t know where to put it. Has anyone seen that neat Altair PC case the Replica One (Vince Briel) guy was making?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23445",
"author": "dcgrendel",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T08:09:51",
"content": "I’d much rather have a 6502 system such as the CS/A6502 or Gecko. Then again, plans for a homebrew computer based around a PIC16F877A would also be on that list. I found the S100 bus and computers that use it not fun. $1750 is also alot of money for this beast. Andre’s PET4032 looks to be something nifty to try if you are into the CBM stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23446",
"author": "Mark Pulver",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T19:14:19",
"content": "YES! I had one of the originals and spent WAAAYYYY too many hours flipping those toggles! I had quality time with an IMSAI as well. flashbacks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23447",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T19:42:04",
"content": "WOW! Now all you need to do is find and post plans (or a kit) for Steve Jobs “black box” from his college days and this site could be renamed “Pirates of Hackaday Valley”! Even though this one is not a “hack”….I am still impressed. thanks for that guys!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23448",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T21:07:39",
"content": "Makes me wonder if some of those resistors on the CPU board could be removed to “overclock*” it, or if they are just for power.*It would really be De_Underclocking it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23449",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T21:16:38",
"content": "UGH, double post, but just saw you can also buy a usb 2.0 front panel replica from herehttp://www.altair32.com/Altair32FrontPanel.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23450",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T01:13:05",
"content": "sorry i’m not trying to be a stiff, but i believe it was called a “blue box”, tho i’m not completely sure… don’t quote me on that….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23451",
"author": "Landsknecht",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T14:06:28",
"content": "@ 4 and 7Jobs and Woz had the “Blue Box”, which was a telephone phreaker. If I remember correctly, Woz won’t pull a schematic for it, but you could possibly contact Captain Crunch for one.And going from memory again, any connection between Jobs and a “black box” is probably referring to Jobs’ NeXT software/computer company.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23452",
"author": "Mark Pulver",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T20:53:29",
"content": "Blue is in…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_boxhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=phone+phreak+blue+boxhttp://www.webcrunchers.com/crunch/esq-art.htmlSchematics are easy to find these days, but they won’t do you much good. The phone systems in all but the most remote of countries have progressed far away from being sensitive to phreaking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23453",
"author": "LaserBeams",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T21:03:03",
"content": "Funny thing is, this is actually a pretty good deal!The altair cost $595 when it came out as a kit in 1975.With inflation:“What cost $595 in 1975 would cost $2228.64 in 2005.”http://www.westegg.com/inflation/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23454",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-11-28T00:40:29",
"content": "yeah i was actually pretty sure that it was a blue box, but there’s nothing like getting hammered into the ground by someone over the internet ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23455",
"author": "servant74",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T03:46:07",
"content": "It seems expensive. I purchased on with my first paycheck working for a big company as a programmer when I got out of college in early 1975. It took almost all of the paycheck. … The $395 I spent would be $1750 now (31 years later) at 4.92% inflation. I guess it is really ‘fairly priced’.I sold mine after being ‘highly modded’ over 20 years ago, with a Processor Technology video and 3P+S board, and 16 slots, and 62K of RAM and 2K of EPROM. I found my AI Cybernetics Speach Synthasizer last year and gave it back to who sold/made them in 1978 or so.It was a good computer but it was about 10% as powerful as the origional IBM PC. (A 2MHz 8 bit processor, vs the PC was a 16 bit 5.44MHz processor). Now a 32bit 3GHz processor multicore SMP with 4+G Ram is not unusual.Things change, but we all still want more GHz, more RAM, more disk, and faster networking. (Oh yea, the best networking I did with the Altair, was dialup with my 300baud DCHayes modem board!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23456",
"author": "servant74",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T03:48:10",
"content": "I think the $395 was a ‘pre-production’ special from MITS that readers of Radio-Electronics could get in on! (If my memory fails me correctly ;) )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,906.139895
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/24/post-thx-giving-extra/
|
Post-thx Giving Extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’m hanging out with relatives, enjoying the holiday, but I can’t forget you guys. I’ve finally got a chance to announce some more prizes for the Design Challenge.
In addition to fbz’s hackaday ipod nano, MAKE put up one of their
MAKE controllers
and one of their
Daisy MP3 player kits
. The controller looks pretty sweet, servo interfaces, USB, etc, good stuff. I’ve got one of the daisy’s to play with, so I’ll be putting up more on that later. They also put together a nice
open source gift guide
. Plenty of it is from make, but there are a few good things on the list.
[John] sent in
his Atari lynx C64 dtv mod
. No details, but it looks like a decent portable mod.
[kedge] notes that the Wii apparently
has opera pre-installed
.
[Adam] pointed at that someone
already has XP running on a friggin PS3
. [via emulation under linux] I had issues reviewing the video, but it may have been my machine.
I’m going back to my poker game. Enjoy the holidays!
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| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23436",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-11-25T08:24:05",
"content": "For the ps3 windows…Vivia la Fedora!Although I am worried about the speed that it loaded at, even fedora was unbelievably slow (considering the amount of processsing power available…) I do not think that I have seen a slower winxp loading prompt in my entire life… At least it is a start!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23437",
"author": "murrow",
"timestamp": "2006-11-25T09:23:54",
"content": "the opera browser on the wii was found out by none other than our own roto from #hackaday on efnet.http://www.mozy.org/wii/the page was ment for the guys in #wiidev, but it ended up getting slashdotted/dugg/etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23438",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-25T15:30:17",
"content": "Please do share your daisy experiences!Also the board dimensions, as I’m having trouble finding them, if you could.(I’m having trouble envisioning an enclosure for it.)I wonder if there will be any way to add SDHC capability as well? Big cards are a-coming…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23439",
"author": "lt.milo",
"timestamp": "2006-11-25T16:17:00",
"content": "Oh wow I really want to hear about the daisy. please post soon!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23441",
"author": "Webster Leone",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T01:51:46",
"content": "Those are some nice prizes. It’s too bad the only one worth submitting probably has too many surface mount components, not to mention I didn’t even finish it yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23440",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T03:25:49",
"content": "seeing the daisy makes me wish there are more hacks done on the Juicebox…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23442",
"author": "pt",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T04:02:33",
"content": "strider_mt2k – it’s 3 inches x 3 inches —– 7.5cm x 7.5cmi will likely make some clear laser cut cases or something for mine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23443",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T16:51:53",
"content": "Is Opera on the Wii really a discovery? I mean, it has the Opera logo right on the box…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,906.435236
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/23/happy-thxgiving-dsmidiwifi/
|
Happy Thxgiving – DSmidiwifi
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Tom] pointed out
this nintendo DS midi wifi hack
demo. [0xtob] and [therain] put on a demo of using a ds as a midi device. Check out the video. The two most interesting applications demo’ed: [to me] The kaos pad app and using the DS as a midi playback device. [I wonder how long until we see a DS orchestra. Seems like the DS still has plenty of potential for development. [via
musicthing
]
| 13
| 13
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23423",
"author": "Sthebig",
"timestamp": "2006-11-24T05:24:28",
"content": "I think this is one of the cooler things that I’ve seen homebrew DS software do.. and the fact that you can use more than one together makes it even cooler.Now someone needs to step up the bill for the tools required to run homebrew. Hackaday? ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23424",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-11-24T07:20:21",
"content": "Very awesome. I have no idea of what practical application that would have in my life, but I really don’t even care.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23425",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-11-24T08:31:16",
"content": "very nice work done with that.also interesting how you allowed 2 way control of DS / computer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23426",
"author": "Superpomme",
"timestamp": "2006-11-24T14:02:44",
"content": "Was that the ski or die rif?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23427",
"author": "kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-11-24T17:47:54",
"content": "very neat! i wonder if there will be any commercial program using these features.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23428",
"author": "Pelle",
"timestamp": "2006-11-24T20:14:22",
"content": "Awesome work, haven’t thought of the possibility to use one or many Nintendo DS units to control a computer and make a symphony or something – that’s a really neat idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23429",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-24T23:02:26",
"content": "Wow.How cool would it be to have a group be able to jam?If written for it, you could send the app as a demo program and anyone passing by with a DS would be able to join in!Really really cool stuff!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23430",
"author": "Ph0N37Ic5",
"timestamp": "2006-11-25T04:53:31",
"content": "There is a band called “The Gameboyzz Orchestra Project” out there, the music is a bit wierd, but it is all made on different gameboys.http://www.gameboyzz.com/is supposedly their homepage, but it only returns an empty page to me at the moment, maybe you’ll have more success.Just thought I should mention it in reply to how long it will take until we see an orchestra, they have been around for a while.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23431",
"author": "bgugi",
"timestamp": "2006-11-25T05:37:12",
"content": "Astounding!If only it was easier (and free) to get onto the ds…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23432",
"author": "therain (collin meyer)",
"timestamp": "2006-11-26T06:40:53",
"content": "To the above poster: it IS free… and will be as easy to run on your DS as any other DS homebrew… you should be seeing it for download very soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23433",
"author": "therain (collin meyer)",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T11:31:11",
"content": "You’ll be happy to know that Tobias (0xtob) has released the DSMIDIWiFi library and some really neat programs that make use of it…. take a look here:http://dsmidiwifi.tobw.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23434",
"author": "madcap",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T19:34:54",
"content": "so fscking awesome :) an ancient shout (sounding like “smc roxx da base in 2k!!”) to 0xtob, hope to see you at 23c3.. cheers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23435",
"author": "Frankie Gasparovic",
"timestamp": "2007-01-19T19:17:51",
"content": "this is amazingi am a noob hacker and i need to no how to do thismake some sort of walkthrough to show meagain this is fricken awsome",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,906.540054
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/17/paintball-minigun/
|
Paintball Minigun
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"hack",
"minigun",
"paintball",
"specialfx"
] |
Every so I often I Google “
paintball minigun
“. This time it actually turned up something good. Special effects builder
Rick Galinson
has been working on a… wait for it…
paintball minigun
(
cache
). There is a video of a dry fire run on his site. He’s apparently having trouble with the triggers; I just want to know how he plans on loading it.
Rick has a lot of other cool projects. He’s got a cool
two arm minigun prop
(
cache
) (looks like
Monev the Gale
), A remote controlled
submarine
(
cache
), and a really cool
telemetry suit
(
cache
) for collecting upper body movement data.
For completeness’ sake you can check out Monty’s Miniguns for information on other
paintball miniguns
and miniguns in general.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23311",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T06:52:48",
"content": "If your wondering why I posted: Will sent me a frantic IM something about “emergency. poop everywhere.” Gee, I can’t wait till I have kids.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23312",
"author": "jfh",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T07:31:35",
"content": "Why don’t you post more often? I like your posts. :D Also, that sucks, for Will.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23313",
"author": "chansuke",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T08:16:40",
"content": "Several issues:1. How in the world are you going to load it?Im willing to bet that even a HALO B fitted to feed 35 balls per second is going to have issues with that, and youll be out of paint in no time anyways.2. Ever been hit with a ~22bps ramp? Quite dangerous actually, and has the possibillity of moving a players mask off their face, along with things like being shot in sensitive areas (neck, crotch, etc). This looks to exceed that.3. So you empty a case (2000 paintballs for those of you who dont play) in less time than it takes for McDonalds to give you your food, what are you going to do with it? Most fields wouldnt let you on because youd be an insurance liability, and even if I was your friend, i wouldnt play against you with that thing. Its also pretty much limited to vehicle mount, because you would probably get tired of carrying it, plus the gyroscopic force looked like it made aiming difficult.That said, its most excellent, and it did put a smile on my face. It looks quite fearsome.And like I said…no way id go up against it.By the way, anyone thinking of riot control?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23314",
"author": "jerrod",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T11:19:37",
"content": "holy crap.lol, im not sure thats legal ….would be interesting to see more info on te build and how the hell it is going to be fed. probly will need to use aire pressure to force the paintballs in faster. maybe some kind of pressurizing hopper.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23315",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T12:00:21",
"content": "you can acctually buy an airsoft mini gun, airsoft is simmilar to paint ball except ther isnt any paint.the airsoft mini gun fires at a rate of up to 400fps, powered by gas and electric its loading system involvs a pack worn on the back holding 30,000 bb’s.it can anilalate fruit like a dream.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23316",
"author": "Moogle",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T13:06:51",
"content": "The biggest difference between airsoft and paintball as far as gun mechanics are concerned is that you don’t have to be gentle to small plastic pellets. Try spring-loading a line of paintballs in a clip and you’re going to get nothing but a colorful mess.Sweet minigun though. I’ve tried to come up with belt-fed designs, it’s difficult.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23317",
"author": "Dr. No",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T21:07:10",
"content": "Maybe if he used several electric hoppers, it could load fast enough.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23318",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T22:04:41",
"content": "With airsoft guns the bb’s are fed from a resovar via clockwork or electric cog and its pushed into the chamber by a spring, paintballs are fed by gravity due to the softish casing of the pellet. But the forces put on the paintballs to load them fast and efficiantlywould result in lots of miss firering and jamming. Unlike the 175 rounds per minuet with the airsof minigun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23319",
"author": "QFT",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T23:07:30",
"content": "I wonder how fast this thing is anyway? There’s already single-barrel guns out there capable of shooting around 40 shots a second… if only loaders were able to keep up. Current loaders can only feed approximately 30 shots a second in practical application. Most tournament paintball guns are regulated to 15.This isn’t the first paintball minigun. Google “Tippmann Hellhound”. It was a special made golf cart which featured a 36BPS (I believe) mounted, drill-driven minigun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23320",
"author": "JackNco",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T07:04:24",
"content": "pointlesshttp://www.montysminiguns.com/paintball.htmTheres a production minigun for PB",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23321",
"author": "Hobbes",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T22:22:30",
"content": "pipers precision products (PPP)makes an airsoft minigun and an airsoft flamethrower.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "791851",
"author": "My.good.sir.thy.is.a.failure.",
"timestamp": "2012-09-21T06:58:49",
"content": "it can be a flame thrower if its airsof. it could be a pellet/bb thrower. but not flame…. that’s what hairspray and butane torches are for.",
"parent_id": "23321",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "23322",
"author": "shadymilkman",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T15:37:06",
"content": "wow. thats pretty sweet and extremely dangerous (making it even more sweet). My friend and i had been developing a paintball shotgun that turned out pretty well. We figured it would be extremely difficult to use more than once per round, but we figured the intimidation factor would help a lot. I think this would be more intimidating than usefull, but if you play with some girly men, they will surrender.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23323",
"author": "Garrett",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T01:32:20",
"content": "thats insane!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23324",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T05:15:40",
"content": "Frickin’ sweet! Since he is a special effect designer, I wonder if he has a more mundane use for this in mind than competition paintball. Maybe this is a stepping stone to some other effect.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23325",
"author": "chansuke",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T21:25:54",
"content": "Actually, the fastest loader is somewhat sketchy: at free fall rates, some upgraded halo B’s are capable of reaching 50bps. Free fall is very different from on the gun though, because loading the gun is of a more stop-start nature.If you really want to get technical, I think that the fastest on gun loader would be a qloader, the downside to that being the 100round capacity, but it can load upside down, which would probably help here.The empire reloader b and the halo b are pretty much the same…the empire is just sound activated. This doesnt offer much increase in speed over the halo b, except that it loads faster while your snapshooting because it loads for every shot.The ball chopping problem is probably the largest issue here, aside from gas consumption. Running off of CO2 is inefficient, but compressed air probably cant put out enough pressure to operate this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23326",
"author": "Kash Behdinan",
"timestamp": "2007-01-11T06:38:27",
"content": "Dear Elliot,I enjoyed readiong about your very creative work. I would like to know more about measuing the velocity of movement with respect to a stationary surface using an optical mouse.I have accessed the pointer position data from the computer and avaraged the pixel passage in constant time intervals but the result does not seem to be consistent and signal is missed for high velocities.I am sure that you have hardware/software solution to this. Any help you can provide me will be appreciated.Thanks,– Kash",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23327",
"author": "J.pearce",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T07:33:54",
"content": "Holy shit!! That thing would do some serious damage",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63558",
"author": "DarkAvenger",
"timestamp": "2009-02-18T23:00:02",
"content": "I know the guy who makes this, I actually play paintball with him in harwood, tx.the gun pretty much keeps up with whatever hopper you can put on it. to test the rof he uses a qloader. He has two miniguns, one that rotates and shoots through the barrels as its spinning, the other(the one he uses in games) spins and shoots through a hole in the middle.he’s currently working on “the octogun” which basically 8 barrels, each with firing mechanisms and all of that crazy stuff, hooked up to a trigger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "69988",
"author": "jersey",
"timestamp": "2009-04-10T16:38:37",
"content": "i would like to know how to make a paintball mini gun. i have a big snerio game coming up and i could realy use one. please contact me on my email.THANK U",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71451",
"author": "Paintball Guns For Sale",
"timestamp": "2009-04-22T18:16:27",
"content": "now that is a serious piece of paintball equipment. A paintball gun like that would just be out of this world. I wonder if he is selling a kit for it like he did his other paintball gun design.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100483",
"author": "angel(jancilalo)",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T17:48:42",
"content": "Can u plase sell me one cuz iI need it to destroy my teams archenemy and to scare th hell out off anyone that piss me off when Im playing paintball.please i need ur help!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "102511",
"author": "Tank makers",
"timestamp": "2009-10-20T01:41:43",
"content": "ME and my freind are looking to make a paintball m1a2 tank, and that looks like the ultimat anti infantry cannon, plus it would give you the oppertunity to show the world your creation, we would be willing to pay conciderable money if requiered, if intrested please emale me atzddancy@earthlink.netSincerly, The tank makers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "103481",
"author": "Discount Paintball",
"timestamp": "2009-10-23T14:48:32",
"content": "Can you imagine if you turned up to a noob paintball field with one of those, would be hilarious to see other peoples faces..someone please do this and tape it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122552",
"author": "momo",
"timestamp": "2010-02-08T03:53:40",
"content": "WOW what’s this crass kind of thing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,906.493563
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/16/mp3-flash-recovery/
|
Mp3 Flash Recovery
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Bart] sent in his efforts to
recover the flash data
on a mysterious mp3 player he found laying about. He successfully built an interface using a AVR/ATmega setup to get access to the data. This could be a viable way to recover data from broken thumbdrives – but it’s probably easier to swap the flash chip onto another drive. The Chipquik stuff sounds interesting – cold SMD chip desoldering. Given the cost, I’m not sure just how cost effective it is compared to buying a rework station.
[If you haven’t already, check out the
Hackaday Design Challenge
Fabienne’s nano
is one prize and I’ll be announcing more prizes as soon as I’ve got them in hand.]
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[
{
"comment_id": "23301",
"author": "Bart Bilos",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T19:43:56",
"content": "Well a rework station is expensive if you compare it to chipquik. Especially for one off jobs like this, and for hobbyists. At work we use it for repairs in the field where we usually use gas powered soldering irons and chipquik.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23302",
"author": "felix domke",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T21:05:17",
"content": "It depends. There are really cheap chinese hot air stations for about $150 which are good for desoldering TSOP and QFP, and even BGA if you dare. Yes, they don’t offer what $3000+ IR stations devices offer, but often it’s exactly what you need.For TSOP i still prefer tweezers, but i know they are not soo cheap. But definitely worthy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23303",
"author": "Tabajara",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T07:47:13",
"content": "404’ed…any mirrors?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23304",
"author": "whitephatt",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T22:21:26",
"content": "…I sure wish his project page worked.Without flaming too much.. You would think that someone as brillant as that would use a decent hosting service. :)-White",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23305",
"author": "Bart Bilos",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T01:15:31",
"content": "I just hosted it on a personal webspace, yes its quite bad. Sorry for that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23306",
"author": "bigall",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T12:17:05",
"content": "Please e-mail me to get some free hostingspace without any banners and unlimited bandwith. Servers are located in the Netherlands.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23307",
"author": "Bart Bilos",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T12:50:05",
"content": "At 6:Can you please send my your email adress, its always useful to have some bandwidth, and i just get 15 hits a day. Its just I got slashdotted by hackaday, didnt know that the interest would be so big.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23308",
"author": "bigall",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T13:42:52",
"content": "Well, you can e-mail me at temp [at] zoutkorrel.nlI’ll remove this temporary e-mail address after you’ve contacted me, and then I’ll send you my real e-mail address.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23309",
"author": "Wim L",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T22:40:51",
"content": "Yeah, chipquik is less compelling now that there are cheap hot-air machines available. I bet it still has its uses though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23310",
"author": "Bart Bilos",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T13:44:37",
"content": "Put a mirror up here:http://bart.lambonet.com/projects/mysterymp3/mysterymp3.htmlAt 9:Yeah I have seen the new cheap chinese hot air machines. They usually have the brand AOYUE, I am using one of their temperature regulated stations. It works quite well, nice high quality tips too that dont corrode too fast. So maybe next time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,906.036873
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/16/diy-wacom-cintiq/
|
DIY Wacom Cintiq
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
In case you haven’t caught it already, check out this
DIY Wacom Cintiq – AKA Wacom pad LCD tablet
. Drew Northcott built his own for a couple hundred in parts. It’s a cool hack – I figured I better put up an extra post before I my inbox gets filled with it. Thanks for the tips guys!
permalink
| 9
| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23296",
"author": "TandemFixation",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T01:16:20",
"content": "Glad I wasn’t the only one who saw this :)Looks good despite the 2-3 ms lag still worth it for artists.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23297",
"author": "kcbanner",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T08:03:16",
"content": "@#1, it would have been the same lag even on a non-modified pad I believe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23298",
"author": "Phil",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T13:42:27",
"content": "Damn, i just got rid of a spare tablet last week I’d have kept it if I’d seen this.Really good write up, whilst more detail might be helpful to some, it’s not really lacking any info you’d need if you have a little imagination of your own.I quite fancy the idea of doing a smaller 4.5″ one now and tying that to a cheap old laptop as a touchable info/picture frame.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23299",
"author": "deg",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T15:44:32",
"content": "Dang, that’s a very slick hack and it makes it so useful. the one drawback is the distance between the top surface and sensor is increased from what it originally was, which cuts down on your mouse movement (moving the stylus without touching the surface). Although in absolute position mode that won’t really change anything, since it goes where you want it.my 6.5″ graphire is a bit too new such that I’d want to cut it open..especially since it cost more than this guy’s entire projet. (of course, does his have tilt and pressure stylus sensitivity as much as the cintiq? :P)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23300",
"author": "Xone God",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T02:05:06",
"content": "I look up to this guy, His imagination and resoursefulness got him the next best thing to a cintiq. I am going to follow in his footsteps and try to build one for my Cartoon Project being released soon. The only question in my mind is, Should I use my brand new 9X12 Intous pad, or should I go his route and find a used one and a bad LCD monitor??? ..X..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "760163",
"author": "Salil",
"timestamp": "2012-08-29T05:53:47",
"content": "Link to article seems to be broken? Anywhere I can read this??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "892865",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2012-11-27T16:29:33",
"content": "I have a slightly different take on this here:http://kinggeek.co.uk/projects/item/27-diytablet. This once is wireless!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6515867",
"author": "pat",
"timestamp": "2022-09-23T19:58:12",
"content": "The link now redirects to a porn site :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6515918",
"author": "Tom Nardi",
"timestamp": "2022-09-23T23:45:02",
"content": "Well, they look likeescortstechnically, but point taken. I’ve switched link to Internet Archive. Thanks.",
"parent_id": "6515867",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,906.935146
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/15/design-challenge-mini-extra/
|
Design Challenge Mini-extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Check out our
new contest
– design a business card PC board.
[Windell] sent in his
tv-b-gone retro mod
. [I want one that changes all the TVs to the SciFi channel.] He points out the
ultra tv-b-gone
as well.
[pillowcase] sent in his
iTunes shower button
– skip songs mid shampoo.
We heard about
making a portable high power laser from a DVD burner
laser yesterday, but the bandwidth was exceeded before we got there. It’s back up, for now.
[Mitch] let us know that a few days ago+ we appeared on TV in a lock bumping ad on Channel 6 WOWT News in Nebraska. Anyone else seen this?
Don’t forget that this site is driven by
tips
, so keep us in mind when you whip out the soldering iron.
| 14
| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "23282",
"author": "spugman",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T09:47:16",
"content": "That Shower button is cool but if you use an external USB number pad instead of a mouse, you could use the left and right for the next and previous buttons. just a thought. and if you were really looking for something to do you could take apart an old keyboard and do the same :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23283",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T09:54:17",
"content": "I think tuning to SciFi is worse than turning off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23284",
"author": "farris",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T09:54:40",
"content": "No mention of the tip that I sent in about the episode of Dirty Jobs on Discovery Channel where the crew member is seen wearing an HAD shirt repetitively.In case your wondering, its the bit where they go to the monkey sanctuary in Africa. The guy is a little bit hefty, and wearing a black shirt, with a “Skull-and-Cross-Wrenches” logo on it.Oh well… my tips go unannounced…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23285",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T10:09:16",
"content": "I’m originally from Nebraska so a friend pinged me to let me know about the story. I actually emailed WOWT to say I’d be happy to comment. Well, the segment aired and was really light on information. Probably because Hack-A-Day was nowhere to be found. They didn’t show us once. They just used us for their stupid ad. That, my friends, is what a #1 Google rank gets you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23286",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T17:45:30",
"content": "I’m confused, what happened?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23287",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T18:24:44",
"content": "farris – You mean the episode with Vexcon exterminators?? I think their logo is very similar, but isn’t Hackaday.http://www.vexconinc.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23288",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T18:26:28",
"content": "farris – Nevermind… Read the rest of your post… Duh (someone one to delete this and the other one??)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23289",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T18:40:01",
"content": "Yup, and i shot ’em a tip about the rats with LEDs in ’em too.-waddya gonna do?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23290",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T18:48:09",
"content": "THe site is down again. I have some extra bandwidth on my webserver if anyone can get me the pages/images to put up the mirror. Or, if someone else has a mirror location, that would be great. Sounds like a really cool hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23291",
"author": "phx",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T19:07:59",
"content": "if you paste the link in to google and click on the ‘cached’ link below the search result, you can see the page, sans images. thanks google.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23292",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T23:08:25",
"content": "There is a good working mirror at:http://www.vilos.com/lasers/lasers-howto.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23293",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T01:19:11",
"content": "Okay, so on the DVD laser, would it still pop balloons if you put a collimating lense on it and fired it from 100ft?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23294",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T08:14:52",
"content": "Has anyone else here tried the laser thing? I have harvested 4 lasers from different drives and run them from 3.0v batteries (to test) and also from a pair of AA batteries. They seem to go dead after about a minute of use with either battery type. is 3v too much?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23295",
"author": "grim factor",
"timestamp": "2006-11-21T02:15:46",
"content": "^^ you need to use limited current either through a properly sized resistor or a regulator circuit or they will go runaway and suck a LOT of current and burn out rather quickly, same as an LED.time to read up on some basic electronics!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,906.979448
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/15/hackaday-design-challenge-yes-a-contest/
|
Hackaday Design Challenge – Yes, A Contest!
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"contests"
] |
[
"eagle cad",
"EagleCad",
"Hackaday design contest",
"HackadayDesignContest"
] |
So, you guys want to show off your skills? We’re giving you the chance. [If you don’t like it, blame Limor – she came up with the original idea]
The Challenge:
Design our next give-away: a business card sized PC Board. We’re not telling you what to make the circuit do, just make it something handy for hacking. Me, I think a PIC programmer/proto board would be handy.
The board must have:
The Hackaday logo
business card dimensions (90mm x 55mm)
reasonably easy to construct
A useful circuit (programmer, interface, whatever.)
Assembly instructions
Parts list
Through hole components are a good idea (Of course, if you can do it with SMD cheaper, and keep it easy to build… Surprise us) Maybe we could surface mount the CPU before we give them away, or we might put together parts kits, but it depends on the winning design(s).
You can put whatever circuit you like on it. PIC
programmer, JTAG interface, flux capacitor… but it has to work!
We want to have a board house make these up for us, so we’ll need the design in a format we can work with. We suggest
EAGLE
. It’s free and runs on just about everything. (But it limits you to two layers – which should be plenty)
Some hints to help you get the winning design:
Bonus for extra functionality
Clever incorporation of our logo
Completeness – include solder mask, drill info, everything we need to make the board.
The Prizes:
Fabienne is putting up her
black 2gb iPod nano
engraved with “hackaday.com” “one fresh hack each day” –
It’s been used a bit, and opened up a few times so it’s got some scratches,
but hasn’t been modded… yet.
We’ll send you some of the boards of course.
I’ve got more good stuff in the works, and
I’ll announce more prizes as we get them confirmed.
Submissions: When you’ve got your design ready, Put it online and let us know about it on the
tip line
. (Or send in a tip and we’ll tell you where to email it if you don’t have anywhere to host it.)
The Deadline: December 25th. Plenty of time to get your design cranked out. Everyone needs a winter break, but We’ll
try
to have a winner chosen within a week or two of the deadline.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23194",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T16:51:06",
"content": "So, what about speakers, LCD displays, and other components–do they have to fit onto the circuit, or is it ok if they hang off?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23195",
"author": "CreepyFootDR",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T17:32:40",
"content": "Will there be a maximum height?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23196",
"author": "Jimbo",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T17:46:33",
"content": "Ok, this is going to be my first hack ever..so let me get this straight, it can be ANYTHING?, HAHAHAHAH!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23197",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T17:58:11",
"content": "We’re only limiting the size of the PC board, *not* the assembled size.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23198",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T17:58:38",
"content": "What’s up with the fear of SMD? This is a very small board for through hole…And can you provide a vector image of the hackaday logo? (or even better, an eagle component definition of the hackaday logo)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23199",
"author": "Jeremy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T18:38:44",
"content": "How many entries can we submit?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23200",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T19:58:57",
"content": "I’ve got another prize lined up… I’ll announce it when I’ve got it in hand. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23201",
"author": "kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T20:59:19",
"content": "i’m looking forward to this!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23202",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T22:15:04",
"content": "alright — now the complainers can put the proverbial money to their excessively large proverbial mouth :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23203",
"author": "Erik Walthinsen",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T23:43:00",
"content": "If Eagle is the preferred EDA program, then a vector hackaday logo in an .lbr file would be extremely useful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23204",
"author": "Tabajara",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T23:44:52",
"content": "Can I use a fine pitch SMD CPU? Any price restriction for the final device? Does it have to “work” like a radio or an mp3 player, or can be a hack-building-block kind of toy?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23205",
"author": "Erik Walthinsen",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T00:03:44",
"content": "Also, I’m assuming the board will have a silkscreen, otherwise the logo would have to be done in copper, which could be very problematic… Are we also looking at a generic green soldermask, or are other colors a possibility?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23206",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T00:20:00",
"content": "Design it however you want! SMD, whatever you want. (You might try to avoid a design that would require a pick and place machine)There will definitely be silkscreen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23207",
"author": "Denmark",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T02:15:13",
"content": "Hey, what about setting up a competition wiki? Hell, I’ll even set it up myself if you’d like ; ) That way it’d be an easy and convenient way to keep all of the submissions in one place and it provide a place to have things like FAQs, entry forms, etc. Although, you guys probably already having something in the works…well, you have my e-mail (or this form does at least), let me know if you’d like any help or anything.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23208",
"author": "grim factor",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T04:50:18",
"content": "This is a great idea, but I think you really need to move the deadline back to about.. March.Honestly, while it’s certainly not impossible, I just think that there are not many people in the Hackaday audience who could pull off something worthy of consideration, in this time frame, and who are not already engaged in other serious projects with their own deadlines, nevermind that the deadline is CHRISTMAS!I love the idea though, and I hope you do more contests. I can’t compete on the microprocessor level yet, but I’d be interested in trying if you have a contest that’s a little more lo-tech. I will definitely be trying out the winning design!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23209",
"author": "dragonBTV",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T05:15:19",
"content": "Qs1.a card size something or a card size computing core?2.a full function device or a PCB only?3.a design for DIYs to follow?4.where to download the official halogo file? use the one on the top of this page with letters even the ‘BETA’? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23210",
"author": "Erik Walthinsen",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T05:24:29",
"content": "> This is a great idea, but I think you really need to move the deadline back to about.. March.I agree. I’ve got way too many commitments right now to do this any real justice. I have an idea, and I’ve started to toy with board placement etc, and I have a pretty good start on parts of the software from previous projects, but I don’t think there’s any chance I can get something built in only 5 weeks on top of all my other stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23211",
"author": "Calvin",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T05:51:32",
"content": "* thin-quad flat packs? MLF’s (microleadframe)? I have hand soldered a few, never on the first attempt though. toaster oven + solder paste can work, however. or would using said packages negatively affect in some subjective way?*entry limit?*rohs compliant bom? (rofl)*cost limit of bom?*do they have to be available from a specific set of suppliers (digi-key, mouser, newark) or can it be from those that aren’t really for joe prototyper (future electronics)?*in what volume (100-1000?) if the volume was high enough, there are board houses that will assemble the entire board fairly economically, allowing easy use of all sorts of super-small parts…you could pack a helluvalot on this “small” board.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23212",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T06:41:48",
"content": "Great idea! I can’t wait to see what cool and crazy designs are submitted. I like the idea that people will be able to buy and build it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23213",
"author": "eflyersteve",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T15:59:30",
"content": "I don’t know if Hack A Day has a board shop in mind, but I can tell you that coming from a board shop, any board shop will WANT to use a pick and place machine to keep costs down, assuming the volume is more than a couple hundred boards.If the design does not use very fine pitch components, the board shop could get by with automated solder paste dispensing which would negate the need of an expensive stencil.I would say use any type of part you like because if it goes to production, any board shop should be able to build it cheaply.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23214",
"author": "mage2",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T18:53:31",
"content": "Didn’t they say it might be released to the public as a kit?Thats why the hesitation on SMD parts. Not everyone has the skill or tools to build something with many SMD parts. That said they did say they could possibly get the harder SMD things already put on the board for you. So that could help.It is a short timeline but I think its possible. They did not say it had to do anything too difficult.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23215",
"author": "halftrack",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T19:19:04",
"content": "Does the design need to be tested?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23216",
"author": "Robotguy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T19:38:28",
"content": "December 25 sounds like a good deadline to me. For those of you who are too busy to hit that deadline, save your ideas and see if they’ll do it again in March.",
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"comment_id": "23217",
"author": "Barry Carter",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T19:44:13",
"content": "robotguy:25th of December is very tight. I have a ton of ideas, but I doubt that I could pull anyhing that would be considered as tested by then. I would imagine that there are plenty of people out there with great projects that will be re routed and submitted as entries.Hopefully you are correct and there will be another comp.",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "23218",
"author": "TGBM",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T20:08:18",
"content": "Just a suggestion to someone who can do this… i don’t have time… anyway… how about a taser the size of a buisness card?…. just a thought…TGBM",
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"comment_id": "23219",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T20:32:27",
"content": "I like this idea alot!There are some extremely simple but useful circuits that could be put on this space!I’m all for complexity, but a series of these with the right projects on them could really speak to the hacking masses!Thanks for igniting my interest, hackaday!",
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"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "23220",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T20:33:59",
"content": "_again_",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "23221",
"author": "Morgan",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T21:36:17",
"content": "I’m working on making a Gerber copy of the Hack-a-day logo. I can have it finished by tonight. (I have an old program that will convert 2-bit Bitmap, .BMP, images to a Protel PCB. Once I get Protel up and running I can convert it to Gerber.) a Gerber format should be able to import in to ANY cad program.could you E-mail me a bmp image of the HAD logo? I converted the one on the web sight but it looks a little Jagged, but will work…Thanks,MorganPS. I don’t have a project Idea but I design PCB by trade and would LOVE to help with this project.",
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"comment_id": "23222",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T00:20:41",
"content": "I already have my idea ready. It’s just a matter of being able to learn Eagle in time.The “hackable” option sounds great, my entry will have PC connectivity and I can’t write decent windows software.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23223",
"author": "ladyada",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T01:45:24",
"content": "Eagle can import bmp files already, its the import-bmp.ulp ULP. works good.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "23224",
"author": "morgan",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T03:07:28",
"content": "Cool I did not know that. I need to play around with Eagle. I’m only used to Protel 99SE, Protel DXP, and Mentor Expidition Flow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "23225",
"author": "Albert",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T04:20:14",
"content": "Just completed my first prototype of a business card sized pic programmer. Just have to get the firmware updated and perhaps test it out first. Here is a sneak peekhttp://homepage.usask.ca/~avl094/minihack.pdf",
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{
"comment_id": "23226",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T05:08:31",
"content": "Nice prototype. I’m glad to see you didn’t use much board space. Mine using through-hole components doesn’t really fill the board much, I thought it looked too simplistic.",
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"comment_id": "23227",
"author": "JErome",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T06:07:43",
"content": "> This is a great idea, but I think you really need to move the deadline back to about.. March.I agree!Give use more time to make a great design!We are human too and we have a life, school, Xmas is coming soon, party, etc. Push it back so we can work on it more this winter. I just got a great idea but I have some robots to build, prepare for my final year project (micromouse) and some robot sumo for march!thanks",
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"comment_id": "23228",
"author": "JErome",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T06:52:33",
"content": "albert!don’t put resistor for your leds! The pic give out 25mA per pin, you really don’t need limiting resitor. I like the idea of a proto board for pic.",
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"comment_id": "23229",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T07:20:41",
"content": "Don’t delay the contest. 5-6 weeks is plenty of time, and I already want to see what people come up with.You can always do it again in March.",
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"comment_id": "23230",
"author": "albert",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T07:30:33",
"content": "JeromeHey thanks for the advice. You also have a good eye. I’m not driving the leds off the pic though. Anyways, taking another look at the board since all except the header is surface mount it is probably too hard to make by hand. So back to the drawing board for me.",
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"comment_id": "23231",
"author": "Robotguy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T09:54:07",
"content": "Heres a start:http://robotguy.net/HAD_PCB.jpgNot all of the parts are on yet (like a battery), but only a couple more. The BOM is coming along also:http://robotguy.net/BOM.xlsI’ll post hackaday.lbr tomorrow with at least one silkscreen image of the logo.Did anyone start a wiki? Or should we keep the discussion in the comments section here?",
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"comment_id": "23232",
"author": "Kajer",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T16:17:19",
"content": "This is an awesome contest, but I lack the electronics Knowledge to make it work. If I had a huge board to work with capacitors and relays I’d be all set. I have a few ideas and I think they are pretty sweet, but I need someone to work with, or somebody to design, not that I want any prizes, just the fame ;)If you know how to design boards and circuits, but have no idea what to do, e-mail me at kajer at comcast d0t net.",
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"comment_id": "23233",
"author": "albert",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T18:49:18",
"content": "robotguyExcellent work :). I didn’t have the patience to actually draw out the logo. So I used a program to convert a dxf of the logo into a eagle script. but the problem with that is i can’t move the logo around that easily. I decided to play around with my previous prototype some more. here is another look.http://homepage.usask.ca/~avl094/minihack.png",
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"comment_id": "23234",
"author": "albert",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T20:19:54",
"content": "that should be :http://homepage.usask.ca/~avl094/minihack2.png",
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"comment_id": "23235",
"author": "Robotguy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T23:24:00",
"content": "looking good albert. Almost makes me wish I hadn’t switched to AVR.i started a blog to detail my progress:http://robotguy.net/blogmore info soon",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23236",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T00:43:54",
"content": "Anyone want to offer some help getting the logo into Eagle? My board is done except for the logo stuff.I had a horrible time trying to enter the schematic into eagle. 99% of the time, my nets don’t connect to the components and I have to add junctions and then delete them. Plus the only way I can see to check if they’re connected is to move the parts around. What a pain.",
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"comment_id": "23237",
"author": "Robotguy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T02:33:10",
"content": "jasonI was having that same problem early on when learning Eagle. Turns out I was trying to wire using the wire tool when i should have been using the net tool. The net tool will stay active (ie, will keep drawing lines after a click) until you actually connect on a component. I don’t know if thats what’s happening for you, just an idea.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "23238",
"author": "bobsalive",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T03:24:25",
"content": "Anyone else find it kind of annoying that there are no great, free tools available?Free Eagle has limits, PCB is x-windows only, etc.Anyone using anything else worth recommending to other hobbyists?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "23239",
"author": "albert",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T03:41:51",
"content": "I can offer some advice for putting the logo on the PCB board. I’ll have to update my website first. Or you can email me at albert dot la at usask dot ca.",
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{
"comment_id": "23240",
"author": "albert",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T03:44:05",
"content": "robotguyAVR is the awesome man. I just like PICs because you can get the free from microchip ;)",
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"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "23241",
"author": "Xone God",
"timestamp": "2006-11-18T07:36:40",
"content": "I too agree that Chrismas is cutting not only close, but it will interfear with my current projects. That is not an excuse, however, not to try.The only problem I trully see about moving the date back is that people that where fired up due to the short amount of time will become complacent, and will not make a project, vs. people having to cram and think to get done and meet the deadline. ..X..",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "23242",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T06:50:58",
"content": "im not good enough to pull somthing like this off completly yet, but i was thinking a generic datalogger that writes to a cf card would be usefull, and probly pretty cheap, or perhaps an ethernet packet sniffer, a barcode reader using a phototransistor and irled, or even an adjustable, digital pulse generator, idk",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23243",
"author": "Ushanka",
"timestamp": "2006-11-20T00:52:42",
"content": "Will we get to see all the entries, or just the winners?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/14/zune-gutted/
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Zune Gutted
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Eliot
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[
"handhelds hacks"
] |
[
"guts",
"handheld",
"microsoft",
"portable",
"zune"
] |
bunnie has gotten his hands on a
Zune
and done the best thing you could possibly do with one:
tear it apart
. Here’s a
HiRes picture
of the board. bunnie does note that the Freescale iMX31L is
full of potential
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{
"comment_id": "23156",
"author": "mike g.",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T07:48:37",
"content": "awesome… zune sucks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23158",
"author": "kevin",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T08:03:25",
"content": "Some one needs to hack it so when it gets a song from another zune it can play it as much as it wants, opposed to the three times.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23157",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T08:24:17",
"content": "Two Words:Zune LinuxIronic? Yes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23174",
"author": "t3h",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T08:48:57",
"content": "Yup, let’s frustrate Microsoft by running Linux on it! Perhaps then, the thing might actually be decent…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23159",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T08:52:26",
"content": "hack it , put linux on it, and real wifi",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23160",
"author": "Pinski",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T10:33:24",
"content": "External WiFi Antenna mod anyone?Maybe even an HDD upgrade is also possible?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23161",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T12:57:52",
"content": "64MB (not 16 as someone in comments suggested)64 MEGABYTES !!! for an EMBEDDED OS of a music player … SIXTY FOUR MEGAfokinBYTESheh :) guess it runs XP embedded :]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23162",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T20:16:16",
"content": "Honestly only Microsoft could pull that off. I mean look at the xbox os (the first one not 360) it was like 100 something megs when the ps2 and gamecube os’s were maybe 5 megs apiece. They just don’t know how to code small. like for instance i remember reading that they wrote some 5 million lines of code or something just for the hddvd addon for the 360. I mean millions of lines of code? wtf? its only a higher rez dvd player anyway and they already have dvd playing code in the dashboard. I just dont get them sometimes like how there is no rewind/fast forward for playing music on the 360. I mean its a friggin media machine supposedly. anyway enough ranting for me.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23163",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T21:00:26",
"content": "Wow its amazing how stupid you people areI doubt the OS is taking up the full space of 64megs… its their for future expansion… Zune is meant to be compatible with each other from this first device till the future ones 5 years from now… hence the partial wifi usage and extra memoryAs for coding small… sotp being an idiot… Sony’s PS3 dashboard takes up 96 megs of ram 32 on xdr and 64 on the gddr … while the xbox360 uses a wopping 32mb TOTAL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23164",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T21:55:52",
"content": "“External WiFi Antenna mod anyone?”youd need one hell of an antenna to find another zune to connect to ;) lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23165",
"author": "babs",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T22:20:09",
"content": "Like Ballmer sez: This thing is so shitty, you wanna squirt, just to get rid of it.Flush this turd down the drain:http://www.microsoftshitbrick.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23169",
"author": "Rx",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T22:28:59",
"content": "Why exactly is this picture in colour?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23166",
"author": "Soap",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T23:33:27",
"content": "64 megs of memory to cache music for playback so the hard drive isn’t spinning constantly. Not because the firmware is bloated, not for future expansion.The iPod 30 gig only has 32.The iPod 60/80 gig has 64.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23167",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T23:35:09",
"content": "Interestingly enough, when you load the Zune site on Firefox in Linux, it comes up without any kind of formatting, similar to the FSF site, but when you use User Agent switcher to switch it to IE or Opera (but not Netscape), it shows up normally with graphics and stuff.And it’s zune.net, not zune.com, which comes up with an error message in Spanish saying that it’s not allowed to list the index.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "23168",
"author": "tom61",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T02:22:44",
"content": "Awesome, I was hoping Toshiba would use the iMX31L for Microsoft’s Zune. 64MB is nice too, and not that surprising for a video player (my uCLinux based PMP has 64MB).Linux would be very cool on this, pending the iMX is clocked decently. DivX and XviD with no conversion for a good deal of files (non-HiDef of course), drag and drop files like a drive, etc. Wifi will probably be a bit more difficult, as I couldn’t find any information about it, other than it being in the Zune, and I’ve been looking since the FCC docs were up. So, no pre-made drivers for the WiFi chip, and potentially some hard core reverse-engineering required to get it figured out (multi-channel logic analyzer)The site has already tanked,BTW.Anyone have a mirror of it, so I could see some of the finer specs?",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "23170",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T04:57:47",
"content": "AHHHHH horrible, horrible color!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23171",
"author": "moshansky",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T05:26:12",
"content": "This is gonna be beautiful once its hacked. Also the site is down, could someone please post a mirror?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23173",
"author": "bunnie",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T09:53:35",
"content": "I just got the note from Pair networks (my web hoster) that the traffic caused their server to crash and they have actually disabled my account entirely (and of course, since they sent the email to an account on the server that went down, I never got it–had to log on to the NOC to see it). I’ll see what I can do to bring it back up…looks like they don’t take calls until 8 AM EST. Funny, the server has survived /.’ings before…I wonder what made this different.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23172",
"author": "Bench",
"timestamp": "2006-11-16T10:50:46",
"content": "Bunnie’s site is down. Funny thing is Nathan True did a video on GearLive yesterday on how to take a Zune apart, but it was gone today. Wonder is there any relation between these?!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "23175",
"author": "vk",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T07:25:09",
"content": "I don’t really understand what’s so special about Linux on Zune. Maybe I’m just a hardware person or something, but to me, most MP3 players are extremely similar in terms of hardware. LCD screen and associated circuitry, battery charger, processor, audio circuitry, hard drive, a couple of other ICs–really, it’s all the same except for a couple of variations, different casing, and buttons. What distinguishes one from another is just how you designed the case or how great the software is. That means to me, the firmware on the Zune is what defines it. Install linux on it, i don’t care–it’s just like installing linux on a PC that had windows preinstalled on it.Just my opinion.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "23176",
"author": "DarkGhost",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T12:20:48",
"content": "What do u mean the software doesnt matter? the firmware only dictates lower level data processing and such, the os makes it what it is. you can do way more with a pc with linux on it then with windows, changing the firmware of that macines makes no noticable difference. Because what the firmware deals with is ‘behind the scenes’ we dont notice it. Like if i updated the bios on my machine it wouldnt change how my os ran or anything notaceable about the workings of my computer. anywayz i think if someone could get linux onto the zune, it should be easy enough to hack into, itz running a microsoft os for christs sake, it would be better than the ipod by a long shot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "23177",
"author": "tom61",
"timestamp": "2006-11-19T21:20:43",
"content": "vk, the hardware is quite a bit different between the ipod and zune. the current ipod has an arm7 processor (around a 486 in processing power) with, on models with video support, a chip to decode video. the zune has an i.mx31l (arm11) processor. the ipod’s video support cannot be upgraded, as the codec is in hardware and the general purpose arm7 is not fast enough to handle decoding of video. the zune’s processor has an intergrated mpeg4 video decoder, which saves on battery life, but the general purpose section is powerful enough to handle decoding of other types of video.with ms’s firmware, you have to use, and therefore install, the zune software to transfer songs and video. ms limits you on what codecs for songs and video, which excludes the popular divx and xvid codecs. with linux, you could set it up to appear as a mass storage device (like a thumbdrive) and just drag and drop videos over. with an mplayer port you could play a great deal more video and audio codecs without having to convert them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "23178",
"author": "Arukaene",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T00:37:24",
"content": "well i for one am very excited to see what some of our ridiculously motivated and talented modders are going to do with the zune, it seems to have more possibilities open for modding than some other players i’ve seen, and personally, i like the brown green one, something about ugly color combinations, i find them novel indeed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23180",
"author": "sam",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T02:15:53",
"content": "It’s amazing how quick the Linux and Mac crowd are to prove they have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. Anyone who owns a zune knows that it’s a really nice piece of equipment. Many of my ipod carying friends have been quite impressed with the capabilities of the zune. Many of them have also shown interest in buying a zune instead of an ipod the next time around. Seriously if you don’t know what you are talking about, shut yer hole! I ran across a site that had a coment about microsoft not supporting zune on Vista yet and making commnts about how desperate they are. Um, Vista isn’t being supported by microsoft yet either, because it hasn’t been released yet. You microsoft bashers are doing nothing but making youselves look like idiots. “It is best to keep your mouth shut and be presumed ignorant than to open it and remove all doubt.”-Mark Twain",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23179",
"author": "ealbers",
"timestamp": "2006-11-23T15:52:37",
"content": "What an insult.What if M$ makes a product, which can be hacked to run Linux, and no one bothers.Not even worth hacking…quite the insult really.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23181",
"author": "munsen",
"timestamp": "2006-12-05T16:07:50",
"content": "I’ll be impressed with the capabilities when I can drag and drop my already existing ogg/flac/mp3 files on it from my file manager on Linux. No universal storage device capabilities? No buy. Laden with DRM schemes that no doubt require a bunch of hacking to get around? No buy. When someone gets Rockbox or something else working on it I’ll be in line to buy one. Thanks for calling.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23182",
"author": "julian",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T19:41:28",
"content": "someone figure out how to make zune play protected music… or get pass that fucking 3 by 3 rule or whatever it is!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23183",
"author": "Manzoor",
"timestamp": "2006-12-29T01:30:51",
"content": "GREEEEATTT!!Cant wait to see LINUX FOR ZUNE!!! GOO FOR ITKEEEP UP DA GOOD WORK",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23184",
"author": "larry mcsandals",
"timestamp": "2007-01-05T07:38:39",
"content": "welll its a lot uglier with the cover on so i say they should have clear plastic shells.whos with me?OH and also, if it could be modded to put an ipod like clickwheel interface with its linux software that dosnt have a crappy drmatized 3 day 3 play bs, SOLD",
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{
"comment_id": "23185",
"author": "mskee",
"timestamp": "2007-03-09T07:30:47",
"content": "Please… Only someone who buys into the whole ipod marketing ‘you aren’t cool if you dont have one’ crap could say zune sucks. I’m no fan of ms windows, but they actually did a good job with this mp3 player. Anyone who knows anything about hardware or software design knows Zune is superior to ipod in almost every way. ipod sucks, and only people who buy into the marketing are dumb enough to buy one. I would however be curious to see a linux hack on Zune, if done properly theres alot of potential.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23186",
"author": "Steven Smith",
"timestamp": "2007-03-18T13:34:00",
"content": "I love when I read how much people hate the Zune and favor the IPod or any other MP3 player over the Zune. If anyone in the room can tell me one feature the IPod does over the Zune that is worth while (I don’t count being able to play Tetris or watch a full length movie on a 2.5″ screen w/black widescreen bars a plus) then I will bow down to you. I had a 30 gb Video IPod and sold it days before the Zune was released. I love it, the ability to buy an mp3 player that doesn’t feel like I need to rush out and immediately buy a case for it just so it has a chance to see its 1 month birthday. The ability to fully customize the look and feel is expecially nice since I am both a photographer and graphic designer. And the option to fill my MP3 player for $15 a month as oppposed to ITunes marvelous $.99 a song or $9.99 a cd. So to all the neighsayers I would love to know why the IPod is “the better choice”.",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "23187",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2007-04-22T04:37:20",
"content": "My wife and I both have Zunes with the “all you can eat” membership to the Zune Marketplace, and we love them. They do most of the things that we want them to do. For the record⦠we donât squirt anything with our Zunes. I canât defend that gem of miserable marketing.I bought a Zune, but I donât hold any ill feelings toward the iPod. The iPod is, and has been, a great device that has revolutionized the industry. You just donât sell 100 million iPod’s if they totally suck. The fact of the matter is that there is a bandwagon of “I hate Microsoft” people that will hate everything that Microsoft creates. That, along with racism, sexism, etc, will never change. If the Zune was released with the ability to make you 6â 3â tall and bring back dead relatives, there would still be a group of people that would complain that they wanted to be 6â 4â tall or that they hate all there dead relatives and would never use that feature.The Zune is Microsoftâs first attempt at a device that is in direct competition with the iPod. I think they did a great job on the initial product, and I hope that they will continue to release firmware adding functionality that matters to me in the future (not holding my breath). I am happy with the product I bought⦠for now, but if I want a feature they don’t add, I am not against going to Linux to get the features I want. I long since did the same with most of the computers in my house.",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "23188",
"author": "bluescales",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T07:52:58",
"content": "Well, yeah, vk, installing linux on the zune would be a bit like installing linux on PC that had windows…a lot better, faster, and more customizable. Plus you could send files via wi-fi and play them as much as you want. Plus maybe even a web browser or something… I dunno much about the hardware in these things, but I can imagine it MIGHT be possible to do some sort of browser. I’ll bet MS tried to hide something in there to make it really really hard to install linux.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23189",
"author": "mike greenwood",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T04:04:52",
"content": "I agree with vk about the software defining the zune and linux just making it another linux device. But that’s the point, I dropped windows two years ago and received a zune as a gift (non-returnable) and you can really use it…That’s crap…. Hack it put a linux kernel on it with a simple GUI with xmms, a photo library, and a video playerDone and it’s a use full device. The wifi is still kind of useless in this application….",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23190",
"author": "Jinx",
"timestamp": "2007-07-24T01:17:18",
"content": "I would love to see a way to hack zune to use flac files, flac > zune support would rock.I dont want to have to convert my media to put it in my zune which converts it again anyway….. :(Help this lossless fanatic and the millions in other lurking in the lossless realm.",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "23191",
"author": "Fenix",
"timestamp": "2007-08-13T23:20:57",
"content": "its kinda funny, I won a free zune but now im gona hack it and put linux on it, since linux owned microshit from day one in everything.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23192",
"author": "hackarmy",
"timestamp": "2007-09-25T23:19:57",
"content": "i wonder wath that moddule is next to the lcd ribbon cable ?cough",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23193",
"author": "Aerospaced",
"timestamp": "2008-05-28T22:05:25",
"content": "I have been going over the data sheets for the IC’s that I can make out, wow, the potential here is awesome! Do you have a list of the other IC’s? Nothing here has been potted, the FOOLS! I think I will conformal coat mine when I finish my mods. P.S. I have an idea of what your up to now.LOL ;)",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63145",
"author": "ZUN34G3",
"timestamp": "2009-02-16T17:01:33",
"content": "Zune. Linux. Can we please use the wifi for seomthing else? Not many people want to share songs with other people. Put linux on it, lets browse the internet. Internet radio. Something? Please? Anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "68287",
"author": "grungedoobie",
"timestamp": "2009-03-28T01:48:29",
"content": "The jolly guy laughed himself sick when he sent my dad a Zune for Christmas. Here’s the skinny. Most of us at the house have gone Linux because we’re tired of paying bucks to MacroShaft for shoddy software. There isn’t anything yet that we’ve not been able to do with Linux that we did with the other. We’re simple people but we like to be able to use decent software, and the Linux communities have given us that. Thank you Linux communities. 8-)The Zune. Wow. That company is so full of hate towards whatever it thinks may be any sort of competition that it takes it out on its customers by coming up with this contraption. I have an AMD Phenom 9500 Quad on a generic MoBo. I ripped Vista off the thing shortly after getting it because it ran like garbage. Put linux on it, and now I have a dream machine.My dad has a good machine that’s a couple years older than mine, and we took Vista off of it for the same reason. Now, he has a dream machine.So, he gets the Zune. Now we have a WMD (Windows Media Device?) with 120G drive that only plays one video and has some free lance splash art on it.I had an old XP SP2 disk (yes, and the proper key) and set about making the Zune useful.What a nightmare!! XP was written for single core processors, and is forbidden by its writers to function on anything else. XP fried a hard drive when I tried to make it a USB boot device. (These installs are easily done in Linux by the way. No matter what flavor you choose.) The USB boot device was a measure of last resort because XP refused to use the hardware after making a flawless install.Finally I opted to try puting it on a computer from 1996. Intel P3 S1 550Mhz. It had Linux on it as well, and is used as a backup computer. I had to rummage through parts to find a configuration that XP could work with (nightmare). As always, Linux was working beautifully with what was already there.I finally got XP installed. Ever tried installing a Dell version of XP on a Gateway MoBo? What a pain. The Zune Software is shoddy at best. If a file is out of place during the first sync, you have to sync three more times just to set it right. There’s no way of organizing files on the Zune. There’s no way of modifying play lists directly from the Zune. You can’t directly manage files on the Zune unless you tweak your registry and hope that tweak doesn’t crash your system. You have to install about a dozen overbloated programs just to add a game to the Zune. MacroShaft has never fixed their device grab and release problems, so good luck trying to sync twice in less that 10 minutes without hanging the device manager and having to reboot. (Especially when you sync via wireless.) The only upgrades available to the Zune customers are what MacroShaft wants you to have. (Aside from a weak game scripting software package that is a poor attempt of a hack off of visual C++) Programs written for one version of OS on the Zune are not compatible with any other. Battery life stinks. Shall I continue?Linux, help save us from this madness!!Or better yet, Let’s clobber us a jolly bearded maniac. 8-) Y’all be cool.",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "124133",
"author": "JohnMark",
"timestamp": "2010-02-16T08:28:17",
"content": "I have a Zune.. it sucks balls.. it would be nice if i could use it on my suse.. how simply wonderful it would be if i could just drag my banshee mp3s right over to the device.. but that would be to easy..",
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/14/o2-sensor-simulator/
|
O2 Sensor Simulator
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Bob Blick] built
this simulator
from a 555 and few other common parts. Just when I thought I’d seen all the uses for the 555. The oxygen sensor on a cars exhaust is used to determine how efficiently the fuel mixture is to an engine. These can be a real pain to replace, so it can be helpful to fake the signal to the ECU.
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"comment_id": "23142",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T05:12:21",
"content": "Question #2 on the site:The car eventually will get too rich or too lean because it isnât using the oxygen sensor anymore. This is a diagnostic aid, not a long-term replacement for an oxygen sensor.Just thought I’d use this to point out that using this to fake an o2 sensor permanently (Or for any actual use of the car) is a bad idea, unlike what the post suggests.",
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},
{
"comment_id": "23143",
"author": "Jonathan Eisch",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T05:18:10",
"content": "This is not a replacement for a “difficult to replace” oxygen sensor. This could be used in drag racing, but in most cases it won’t matter (the O2 sensor isn’t used for WOT conditions on any car I know of), maybe only to keep the ECU from throwing a check engine light.In most cases, the ECU will know that this isn’t a properly operating oxygen sensor, so it will mostly ignore it. You’re in real trouble if the ECU /does/ think it’s a real oxygen sensor, and decides to lean out the mixture, possibly burning up valves and causing serious problems.Someone please tell me I’m wrong and that there is a reason for such a /hack/.",
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},
{
"comment_id": "23144",
"author": "Timothy farrell",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T05:19:03",
"content": "David, this is unless you want the motor to run rich or lean. In my case the engine is supercharged and has to run rich and leans out as boost increases. If I still had my stock o2 sensors I would have my check engine light on all the time. Luckily there was a company that made a module that plugged into the o2 sensor connector and simulated a normal signal. Unfortunately the company went out of business but at luck would have it, I now have another solution. You can probably use this as a long term solution without damage to you engine, but you probably won’t pass emissions inspections.",
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{
"comment_id": "23145",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-11-15T09:07:26",
"content": "“In most cases, the ECU will know that this isn’t a properly operating oxygen sensor, so it will mostly ignore it….Someone please tell me I’m wrong…”Nope, absolutely right… Autospeed mentioned something about temporarily interrupting the O2 signal line in an article awhile back. When the ECU detects the O2 sensor(s) went dead – it tends to run on the rich side. Just fyi if you’re trying to add a little bit more…The reason why to build might have something to do with “because I can.”—–http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/oxygen_sensor_simulator/index.htmlIs a sensor I used on my old car. The ECU was a little over sensitive on the downstream (post cat) sensor. So the check engine light would come on prematurely – that sensor did not control fuel trim whatsoever, so no worries there. Popped this on and the ECU was happy.",
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},
{
"comment_id": "23146",
"author": "jimmycat",
"timestamp": "2006-11-17T00:53:41",
"content": "I wouldn’t try this on a car with a catalytic converter. If you get the mixture too wrong it will most likely destroy the cat = expensive repairs and the car probably not passing the emissions test when it’s MOT time!I would only use it purely for diagnostics, and even then only if you truly know what you are doing.",
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},
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"comment_id": "23147",
"author": "James Holland",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T21:40:04",
"content": "I’ve seen this before and I think that its just plain wrong.Someone has measured the signal from the sensor, determined that it switches high/low and then assumed that that is a function of the sensor. Its not, in closed loop mode the ECU drives the fuel mixture rich/lean to determine the average fuellng error. It then adds an adjustment to the fuelling. The switching is a function of the control loop. With this circuit the ECU is driving the fuelling rich/lean and receiving a completely unsynchronised signal back. The frequency of switching is a function of the temperature of the sensor, its much slower to respond at lower temperatures.The other big problem is that a standard O2 sensor isn’t very stable with temperature so the ECU runs open loop over 75/80 per cent throttle. For drag racing you’re back where you started.",
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},
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"comment_id": "23148",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2007-04-26T00:56:38",
"content": "This can’t be used on your pre cat o2, or it will make your engine run like crap most likely, because it controls the air/fuel mixture. It is for the post cat o2, which tells your computer if the cat is working or not, so it is completely harmless to use this on the post cat o2. Dont use it on the pre cat o2 though. Or you can just waste a bunch of money to buy a $80-220 o2 sensor when yours goes out.",
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},
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"comment_id": "23149",
"author": "virgil",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T09:44:04",
"content": "with the newer cars they have a simple catalytic converter check, just an O2 sensor that says that the emissions is lower on the aft side of the cat, and the car does not do any tuning from it, I would like to see how to make a small discreet plug that goes in place of the O2 sensor to stop the MIL light from coming on when a high flow cat is in place",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "23150",
"author": "Adam Cooper",
"timestamp": "2007-08-01T06:22:37",
"content": "cool",
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"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "23151",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2007-08-01T11:41:37",
"content": "So let’s just say that “somenone” has a 2003 chevy s10 4.3l with a post cat o2 sensor. And that person “accicdently” took out their cat’s and replaced them with a straight pipe wich then turned on the check engine light. Will that effect my fuel mixture. Some have said yes some have said no. Does anyone know 100% either way?",
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},
{
"comment_id": "23152",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-08-08T20:57:17",
"content": "ok this would be used for the O2 sensors located after the catalytic converters. The sensors off the manifold before the cats are a linear sensor that is determining air/fuel mixture, however it is not entirely accurate to a value. This is constantly re-calibrating itself based on the emissions. The post-cat sensors measure emissions, and based on what those sensors see for emissions, carbon or nitrogen based depending on rich/lean, the sensors before the cats recalibrate. However above like 2500 rpm the car runs open loop and therefore the engine ignores the readings anyways. The post-cat sensors are fast acting switches, but this circuit hooks up to the signal wires and only relates to the signal going back, not the heater. This circuit can be used long term on those sensors because you are basically showing a timed voltage drop, which simulates as if the O2 sensor is working properly, however it is not a replacement, simply to be used in addition to the sensor when you remove the catalytic converters to stop the service engine light from coming on. Your car will revert to running at how the sensors before the catalytic converter were calibrated in the factory, slightly rich or slightly lean during closed loop. don’t quote me on it but it is all credible information.",
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"comment_id": "23153",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-08-08T21:00:02",
"content": "Nick, it will affect your fuel mixture, but only slightly. I took my cats off my ’99 Trans Am with an LS1, the gas mileage was very close to the same as before, and it runs slightly richer, not big deal, you just dump a little more fuel",
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{
"comment_id": "23154",
"author": "deucy",
"timestamp": "2007-11-20T00:21:59",
"content": "these mods are only a bandaid on a bigger problem. if an O2 sensor is going out, either side of the cat, it should be replaced to make the ECM run correctly. altho the lower end, postcat, may send a signal, it is probably to the extent of a thermocouple effect, and as the tempature, mixture, and FULETYPE (yes, some cars dont like high octane, especialy a E85, less btu rating for the ethanol, hence higher octane) or racing fuel, so the mixtures change drasticaly, but the O2 sensors will both read consistanty “off” and that then leads to why this wont work. as far as replacing a missing postcat sensor like with straitpipes, you will eventualy throw the mixture anyway with the lost backpressure and mostlikely a high performance air filter, in conclusion, this will most likely cause more problem than help.",
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"comment_id": "23155",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2008-03-28T08:18:10",
"content": "I have a 98 honda civic lx. My check engine light is on so i got a diagnostic reading and it says p0135 and p0141 are no good so I bought the lower sensor not the primary sensor cause the lower sensor was missing when the mechanic lifted my car up and where the sensor insert hole was there was only a bolt the same type used for the oil tank that was inserted there to cap the hole up and I thought that could of have been the source of the problem so i bought the lower sensor but still check engine light stays on when he put the new sensor .So i got another diagnostic reading and instead of getting the codes the mechanic checked to see what is on or off while the car was on and it says that my o2 sensors are both off. I bought this car not too long ago and the person who had this car before me did some modification to it he took off the bulb for the check engine light so that he can sell the car without any hassels. He cut one of the wire harness sensors where the lower sensor was missing and put a male plug-in end of the wire harness (when the end of the wire harness is suppose to be a female plug-in port)for the lower o2 sensor not the primary sensor without connecting a o2 sensor to it. And I really dont/cant understand why he did this.So if you can help me before I bring my car to an electrian and spend big bucks please let me know and I will be so greatful.Oh yeah I followed where the wires goes for the o2 sensors with my hands and eyes and they lead me to the back of the engine and i saw a cut wire (all black with a yellow stripe) could this be the problem cause the mechanic says he doesnt see any other cut wire that might connect to it so please please please help me… Thanks you so much for taking the time to read this…My friend said i have a flexi pipe",
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},
{
"comment_id": "118662",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T14:17:28",
"content": "i farm and would like to take the cat converter off of my 2020 for f 350 v 10 will the o2 sensor cause a problem or do i need a o 2 sensor simulator or am i just stuck with the cat converter",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "388605",
"author": "zombierob",
"timestamp": "2011-04-30T21:25:11",
"content": "This circuit is for experimentation only. The article on this circuit is printed on another web site and explains what the circuit will and wont do.There are circuits that will add or subtract voltage on top of the front o2 sensors voltage, making it possible to richen or lean out your mixture while driving( this is not one of those).There are also circuits using the 555 chip that will replace the signal from your rear o2 sensor to keep your check engine light from coming on. These just put out a fixed signal( voltage and frequency) that will fool the computer into thinking there is still a real o2 sensor in place. You would use these if you removed your cat and didnt want to have codes pop up / check engine light on.In states like California you cant just pull the check engine light bulb or put in an ECM that has that function removed, because they plug a code reader in to check it, and you will fail smog.They also look for the o2 sensor extensions and if the see those, you will fail also.Look here for a good rear o2 sensor simulator that will pass the toughest smog: MKIV.com .The rear o2 sensor has NO affect on the fuel mixture.",
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},
{
"comment_id": "488237",
"author": "F Simmons",
"timestamp": "2011-10-23T19:47:10",
"content": "I made one of these units for my off road 03 trailblazer and installed it in place of the rear o2 sensor, check engine light went out and stayed out, and reduced power tripping on quit. It is a good unit.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6266310",
"author": "Dawn",
"timestamp": "2020-07-27T09:09:58",
"content": "I have an 85 caprice 4.3tbi that is giving me an O2 sensor code. It only has 1 sensor. It currently is misfiring on what seems like one cylinder. It was retrofitting with a dual exhaust (not by me) and doesn’t have an O2 sensor installed. Can a dummy sensor be used in this case to resolve the issue, or will it continue. If I can use the dummy, will I still need to install it in a bung on the exhaust?",
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"depth": 1,
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/09/analog-video-synth/
|
Analog Video Synth
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’d call this more of a video mixer with audio inputs, but it’s an interesting way to hack video signals. [brian] sent in the
VS001 Analogue Video Mixer
. He noted that it’s along the same idea as the
Mac SE/30 visualizer
, but outputs VGA and can route signal through audio gear for even more interesting permutations. It looks like all the information is there if you want to build your own.
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{
"comment_id": "23054",
"author": "Corwin",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T00:57:35",
"content": "Wow, a circuit bent vga signal. Wish there were some schematics. Given the diagram though, someone ought to be able to hack a similar device together.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23055",
"author": "Enrico Fermi",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T05:12:13",
"content": "from what i can see from the diagrams he has the red green and blue signals from the VGA being sent to some logic that plays with their syncs. After the logic part (he just labeled it as logic gates, counters vibrators, etc), the audio is mixed into the red green and blue signal lines.this diagram is kinda hard to find, so i’ll put up the url:http://www.mediumrecords.com/random/wp-content/vidisynth/vidisynthVGAtap.jpgi’m not an expert at this, but i hope this will help some.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23056",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T06:38:40",
"content": "Did anyone else notice the internals? I gota hand it to him, thats the true hacker approach to wiring",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23057",
"author": "lain",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T15:12:23",
"content": "vga is actually a pretty simple system, there’s two sync signals (hsync and vsync), which are active low. then theres the analog R, G, and b signals.. from what i understand the vga spec calls for 0.7volt max for the rgb signals to indicate full brightness, and lower the voltage will control brightness/intensity. a pulse on hsync indicates the start and end of a line, and a pulse on vsync indicates the start and end of a screen,.so, one fullscreen image would involve a pulse on vsync, then a series of pulses on hsync indicating the start and end of each line, then another pulse on vsync. timing depends on the pixel clock which is determined by the mode (vga, xga, etc.)there is also the “front porch” and “back porch” which are areas where all rgb signals are blanked out and the sync signals are not pulsed, this is the time when the deflection coils in a CRT jump to the start of the next line (the time between the starting and stopping hsync pulses for each line). there is also a front and back porch for vsync, allowing it to jump back up to the start of the screen..thus, hsync controls the frequency at which lines are drawn, and vsync controls the frequency at which entire screens (frames) are drawn.he mentions it doesnt work on an lcd, that is likely because he doesn’t seem to have any circuitry to protect the front and back porch signals. if he could keep these intact, it would perhaps provide a slightly less ‘awesome’ image (it wouldnt fluxuate the screen so much, because the deflection coils wouldnt be going all whacky), however it would then make it compatible with the adjustment feature in lcds.just thought i’d share that since i recently started working on a digital KVM-like device and i’ve had to digest all this, myself! friggin cool hack!!",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23058",
"author": "bbb",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T19:33:54",
"content": "well it works on some lcd gear but not on some others…actually the one projector it didn’t work on could be tricked into working a bit, but not stable enough for super freakie changes in the video.the solution (well a solution) was a 4066 controlled by the h andand v sync to get the blank areas back. this made the rgb signals a bit too dim… some 2n3904s made short work of that but… they boosted the contrast too much for my liking. highspeed op amps are the ticket i think. and a bit of agc i guess…. but all that extra stuff can just go in a little box stuck on the output for use as need.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23059",
"author": "cosmo",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T23:05:31",
"content": "Any chance you can post more detailed schematics?Im not quite understanding how the audio portion is being handled, namely what is implied with the audio beams?Wouldn’t the amplitude of the audio signal vary the brightness of the pixels, but not provide the pretty vertical waveforms shown in the screenshots? Are you somehow delaying the pixel data accross each horizontal scanline?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23060",
"author": "fish",
"timestamp": "2006-11-11T16:59:05",
"content": "a damn cool hack.wish i could build things like this one, too",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23061",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T22:20:23",
"content": "The video ‘synthesizer’ is not a new concept or device. While at the Ontario College of Art in 1977-78, I used one, the Rutt-Etra VSynth, with audio and video signals to produce ‘art’ and special effects on video. The college spent a lot of money buying one but, apparently, I was the only person at the college to be able to actually produce anything more than trivial with it. Nam June Paik, a video artist, used one too. Get over tohttp://www.audiovisualizers.com/toolshak/vidsynth/ruttetra/ruttetra.htmand you will read about it and the incredible special effects it could produce.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23062",
"author": "pixel form",
"timestamp": "2007-12-19T18:40:07",
"content": "I’ve been experimenting with hacking the VGA synth and have been in contact with Brian about his work. From email correspondance and jpgs of his circuit diagrams, I have determined that a great deal of generating the “beams” (vertical oscilloscope lines) was intuitively figured out. He started with a VCA circuit and used that to control the logic chip circuits used in tampering with the VGA synch signals. The diagram he sent me was a “snapshot” of his breadboard after working the modded VCA circuit into his logic system. II have had mixed success in producing a VGA synth of my own. The page outlining my work is being migrated along with the rest of one of my sites but I still have a video available:http://www.art-rash.com/pixelform/video/apeiron-peras-i-comp.movThe vertical banding is generated by driving 40106 based schmitt trigger oscillators with the hsynch. A tunable resistor allows subharmonics of the Hsynch to be generated and thus different numbers of vertical bands.The audio and video are together generated by a feedback network (through and audio mixer + reverb) and switched internally by a self controlled 3×3 routing matrix.Right now I’m working on a touch based VGA synth that uses overdriven op-amp circuits to produce signals for use as video and audio. More on those experiments later.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23063",
"author": "tim musabay",
"timestamp": "2008-03-11T13:44:48",
"content": "man…..this is amazing….if only i had the technical ability to do this myself i would….if the person who made this is reading….AMAZING WORK……i doubt you would commission such a device but if for some reason you would please write me atwildturkey1978@hotmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/08/five-dollar-eprom-programmer/
|
Five Dollar Eprom Programmer
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"eeprom",
"eprom",
"programmer"
] |
A couple years ago I spent a good week wiring up a fairly complex EPROM programmer so I could burn a prom for my jeeps EFI system. Today I ran across
this $5 version
.
build
built by Jay Kominek He uses shift registers to handle the addressing and IO lines, all driven directly by the parallel port. There’s no way to escape the number of pins that have to be wired up, but the
schematic
itself is pretty simple.
[By the way, arcade supply shops are a great source for cheap UV erase EPROMS.]
[Update: I’d forgotten about the voltage change (3 vs 5 if I remember) needed to write UV EPROMS vs EEPROMS. With a little mod, you can certainly use this for EPROMS as well.]
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{
"comment_id": "23036",
"author": "Tillin9",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T07:58:11",
"content": "Great hack! I had wanted to build something similar, basically a parallel to serial EEPROM adapter. Using some 7400 or 4000 series shift registers I could reasonably approximate a simplified I2C bus, and get to reuse all the old EPROM and EEPROM chips I have. The goal was originally intended for a Basic Stamp, but could work with a PIC or a standard serial port with a little more work. If anybody knows how to do the whole I2C bus approximation in discrete logic easily, please post. Implementing the automatic address shift, rollover, and controll registers seems pretty hard without a micro of some sort.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23037",
"author": "PsychoRNGD",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T10:33:28",
"content": "you burned a prom for your jeeps EFI system? what kinda of jeep?(I myself have a 92YJ) do you have anymore info on this, because I would love to read up on that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23038",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T11:46:03",
"content": "Build = built.Learn to spell before you write for a space seen by thousands of people.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23039",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T12:13:44",
"content": "this isn’t an eprom burner, it only does eeproms. I prefer them anyway though. pity I already bought a commercial eprom burner :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23040",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T16:21:23",
"content": "Soldering the pins on a DB connector is nothing compared to doing surface mount stuff. -I’m spooked!Anyhoo, that’s a great project right there! Well done!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23041",
"author": "verycool",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T17:49:02",
"content": "Is there a source of information on programming the eeprom in a fuel injection system? All i can seem to find is the “Send use the box and 3000 and well send it back chipped” sites.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23042",
"author": "chris26",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T17:54:34",
"content": "NEEEAARRDDS!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23043",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T18:02:55",
"content": "Yeah, but how did he get the zero insertion force socket for less than $5?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23044",
"author": "tomas316",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T18:06:16",
"content": "Crash, I dont belive either of those two words are misspelled.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23045",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T18:07:19",
"content": "maybe it’s me, but wouldn’t most people who would use eeproms already be into microcontrollers? seems to me that you could build an equally simple pic or avr programmer that would perform better.neat project, but i don’t see the application.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23046",
"author": "jay kominek",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T21:14:31",
"content": "i made the programmer because i was a poor college student (this design dates to 2000), and i couldn’t afford any sort of microcontroller programmer. this could be made without any programmed parts (besides a computer, anyways), and i could find, scrounge or beg the shift registers.(also, i’ve been reading hackaday for awhile now, and got a real kick out of seeing some of my work featured. thanks. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23047",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T00:17:08",
"content": "Nice but who has still a parallel port. I find this hack rather cheap. I like this tool better but its expensive:http://www.pic-tools.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23048",
"author": "zapht",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T04:34:40",
"content": "sorry people have nothing better to do but be critical about spelling, very good find/hack if you have more information about hacking vehicle cpu’s post them please.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23049",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-11-11T05:30:30",
"content": "YAH OK THIS HAD TO BE POSTED THE FUCKING DAY AFTER I BOUGHT A PIC PROGRAMMER DAMN AND FOR $15 WASTED DOLLERS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23050",
"author": "joshme",
"timestamp": "2006-11-14T05:01:59",
"content": "I’m with “Psychorngd” and “verycool” I’d like to know what you did with your EFI. I have a 92 XJ and I am currently embarking on adding a homemade electric turbo and some problems deal with the EFI and air density.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23051",
"author": "peter",
"timestamp": "2007-08-23T17:34:16",
"content": "I built an parallel port eprom programmer some time years also (found the schematics anywhere on the web). But now I really love my simple ordered usb based eprom programmer:http://www.progshop.com/shop/programmer/BX32P/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23052",
"author": "cocotower",
"timestamp": "2007-09-07T23:42:29",
"content": "Why in the world do you convert people’s posts to all lowercase, making them look like dummies?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23053",
"author": "Abdul Majeed Tahir",
"timestamp": "2008-03-24T07:34:48",
"content": "I need programmer schematic for AT24FR08",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "181802",
"author": "claro mensajes",
"timestamp": "2010-09-16T07:24:25",
"content": "maybe its me, but wouldn’t most people who would use eeproms already b into microcontrollers? seem to me that you could build an equally simple pictures or avr programmer that would perform better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3202093",
"author": "Hugh Mungis",
"timestamp": "2016-09-16T20:20:37",
"content": "Shematic link is forbidden.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3204997",
"author": "Mahweena issa'enyah",
"timestamp": "2016-09-18T14:19:08",
"content": "Use archive.org and take the way back machine to 2007, there you’ll find what it is you are looking for.",
"parent_id": "3202093",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "3482938",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2017-03-30T23:49:51",
"content": "I been looking for one that uses the USB port. My laptop went out after trying to find away to bypass the factory password that came up when I was trying to install my laptop back to the factory settings. I did something that killed the eeprom I was told. Whatever I did they said Laptops couldn’t be done that way that my laptop was toast. Somebody else told me about an eeprom programmer could get my laptop back up and running, but the factory password would still be on it and I should contact Toshiba to see how to get the factory password off of it. But as usual I bought something from a company that don’t won’t to help their customers. Check that one off as not buying any more. That and the Phillips smart tv is two I will never buy again. Bought a 55 inch and no help getting apps. Don’t buy either one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4742241",
"author": "Palle",
"timestamp": "2018-07-13T12:21:41",
"content": "Diagram NOT accessabel…????",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,907.283627
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/11/07/siamese-electric-motors/
|
Siamese Electric Motors
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"electric vehicle",
"electricvehicle",
"ev",
"siamese motor",
"SiameseMotor"
] |
I’ve been meaning to post something about these for a while.
Jim
builds motors for EV hobbiests on the side – one of his cooler creations is the
siamese electric motor
. Some others have used belt drives to combine motors, but Jim actually builds the motors into a single unit. He built this set of 8 inch twins for the
White Zombie
drag racer.
I pumped Jim for more details, but he’s not done tweaking his next set of siamese motors. So, why is this even a hack? It’s a nice piece of machine work, but it gets interesting if you consider some stock specs. Most EV cars get 9″ motors – these are rated at 19hp or so. They take some monster hardware just to drive – high amperage, high voltage. Running a pair of 8hp motors can produce similar power with significant cost savings – everything gets cheaper. To generalize, you need a $1500 motor and $1000 controller just to get in the game. Not to mention that rebuildable forklift motors can be had for a song.
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|
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{
"comment_id": "23018",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T07:56:00",
"content": "um… thanks for that.. picture.am I missing something? or is this actually the most detail-less hack to date?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23019",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T11:15:08",
"content": "I added a bit to the post to help explain things. I need this cold to go away already.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23020",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T14:15:34",
"content": "See how compelling this work is?People are already clamoring for more details! :DDarkcobra, I would wager that you could e-mail jim for specifics if you’re looking to get started right away.I’m sure the details would be interesting to read about even if there aren’t any pics! (hint hint) ;)A few years back I built a wheeled ROV and barely scratched the surface with EV drive systems.It’s nice that the equipment (controllers, etc), while still expensive, have more availability nowadays.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23021",
"author": "Tabajara",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T15:23:51",
"content": "It is about time to have a open-source EV controller…One that can be built for 1, 10, 100 or 1000 amps, just adding more mosfets. Not that Zilla isn’t a great controller. But not everyone has money to buy one of that, nor access to one (I’m Brazilian and have no ways of buying one overseas)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23022",
"author": "SOI Sentinel",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T16:54:52",
"content": "Open source EV controller? Try the Open Source Motor Controller. I’m a member of the osmc Yahoo group that started this, but I think it’s easier to go and see robotpower to actually see what’s available, since they build the units and sell them.http://www.robotpower.com/osmc_info/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23023",
"author": "Mitch Cerroni",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T20:32:57",
"content": "I’ve known about the osmc for a while since I’ve build battlebots. But they need a super osmc like Tabajara said for 1000 Amp EV controller. You’re already spending several thousand for a ADC motor, batteries, and charger, the controller needs to be affordable and fixable. I can’t wait to build a EV someday, maybe a 12 second car like white zombie.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23024",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T22:06:34",
"content": "#2 – Will O’Brien: Thanks! Hope your recovery is quick, I’ve got a cold too and it’s a nasty one. That is a clever cost-reduction technique. Perhaps it offers some redundancy as well – if one motor goes bad, you won’t be racing, but you could at least drive back to the shop. EVs are out of my ability/budget right now, but this could be used for robotics and R/C too.Others: I’d agree the OSMC would be the best starting point. With google’s cache of “why mosfets fail in sstc duty” as a laundry list of things to check if (when) it blows up. :)The controller in the Tesla Roadster is quite talented. There is *one* controller for both driving the motor and charging. The switching transistors (and heatsinks, fans, etc.) used to drive the motor are reused and reconfigured on-the-fly into the heart of a regulated, step-up/step-down switching power supply to charge the battery from almost any power source. Apparently it even eliminates the need for an inductor as normally seen in a switching power supply, by using the motor windings! That’s an improvement in cost, component count, weight, and versatility. If anyone can figure that one out, at either robot or EV scale, that would be a truly moby hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23025",
"author": "Rick",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T23:22:37",
"content": "this looks a lot like the brushless motors model airplane guys are building from old CDROM drives, stacking armatures in a single can and custom winding the armatures.Tho with brushless your controller is in charge of timing which allows adjustable output and greater efficiency where this dual motor DC unit has to be physically configured to time correctly.Not bad if you have a machine shop handy and sponsors, electric vehicles used to have the curse “it’s the battery, stupid” as the performance limiter. Now things are becoming ” its the controller, stupid!”. Finding a way to properly manage a minimum of 2 kilowatts safely and reliably and affordably is the new challenge.that, and of course, having enough electricity to charge your batteries, which Kalifornia has shown it’s unable to do reliably at even current demand over the last decade-much less in the future.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23026",
"author": "Rogue",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T00:37:30",
"content": "You can see more pictures on the White zombie website gallery herehttp://photos.plasmaboyracing.com/slideshow.php?set_albumName=buildsequence“",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23027",
"author": "MrGoodBytes",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T01:20:09",
"content": "ummm, ya cool for dragging were you almost anticipate blowing something up on every outing… bad bad bad idea for everyone else.I’ve done it with a few motors [small 1hp ones up to 12hp suckers]… never felt safe with the results.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23028",
"author": "MrGoodBytes",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T01:24:49",
"content": "didnt even look that close at the pictures, opposing shaft outputs! have you ever tried to get a matched set of perfectly neutrally timed motors. have you ever tried to neutrally time motors yourself. If they hold up, I’d say he did some impressive work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23029",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T02:40:37",
"content": "not to rag on you or anything, will, but this is *hack*aday (italicized, bolded, underlined, size 120 font). if we wanted to see ev’s we’d go to an ev site. i was going to say this earlier but decided to wait until another post. this is the next post. so i am saying it now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23030",
"author": "ezombie",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T07:42:50",
"content": "It is a hack. It’s a double hack, even. That is a *hacked* set of forklift motors sitting in a thoroughly *hacked* datsun automobile.Kodus, I say ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23031",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T16:14:45",
"content": "andrew: it’s been said before, and will be said again: if you don’t like the content, wait 24 hours. after a very ev-oriented hack I’m sure tomorrow’s will be something different. ezombie makes a good point: salvaged hardware + ingenuity + new purpose + photos of the process = hack.if, like me, you wanted to see more pictures of the motor build process but couldn’t find them, go tohttp://photos.plasmaboyracing.com/slideshow.php?set_albumName=buildsequence",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23032",
"author": "larrino",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T20:59:57",
"content": "just in time for impatient andrew I will be unveiling my latest uber_hack. It’s a computer interface device modelled after a typewriter. Get ripley’s on the phone!also ready to re-test the automatic cat petter after updating the firmware. still need a new cat though ;).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23033",
"author": "Markp.com",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T02:30:04",
"content": "Sweet! This is a great little hack! Loving all the EV stuff you’ve posted, from controllers to batteries!More please!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23034",
"author": "Robb",
"timestamp": "2006-11-13T00:29:40",
"content": "We need a tutorial. At least those like me who would like to try this and have no idea how to rebuild an electric motor of this size. Much less make it a twin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23035",
"author": "abdul fatah soomro",
"timestamp": "2006-12-18T19:02:02",
"content": "we are in need of electric motors of various type for our new flour mills unit. can u sent us complete details of your product.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "301812",
"author": "Israel Mc Duff",
"timestamp": "2011-01-11T22:38:45",
"content": "where can i find and buy a controler for a 1000$ that can handle a 1000 Amp + !????I need one!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/06/locksport-international-visual-picking-guide/
|
Locksport International Visual Picking Guide
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"comic book",
"ComicBook",
"lock picks",
"lockpicking guide",
"LockpickingGuide",
"lockpicks"
] |
[Chronos] let me know that Locksport International released a
new visual lock picking guide
. The MIT guide is a classic, but not nearly as easy on the eyes. This one covers all the basics and it reads like a comic book.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "23012",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T07:34:04",
"content": "great tutorial",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23013",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T13:04:40",
"content": "w00t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23014",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T16:45:41",
"content": "yay 1st comment! (couldn’t resist)This is a nice guide, well written and very informative- i totally agree with their point that recreational lock picking needs some work on its image, and rather than ban/incriminate lockpicking tools it would probably be more sensible to restrict pick guns and other tools that can be used by much less experienced people seeking to gain illegal access to locks. also, the more people that learn how locks work, the easier it is to develop better, more pick-resistant locks, but not everyone has the time, money or inclination to do it professionally.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23015",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T20:45:56",
"content": "#1And of course, by not using such cheap and easily picked locks would help too…For those looking for a cheat, lookup ‘bump key’ on eBay.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23016",
"author": "Chronos",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T21:38:37",
"content": "Yep, that’s definitly one of the goals of LSI. The were actually on the cover of the Wall Street Journal not too long ago, anyone get a chance to pick it up?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23017",
"author": "Josh Nekrep",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T03:38:55",
"content": "W00t. We’ve been hackaday’d. :)Thanks folks for the kind comments. We really felt it the time had come for something a little easier to get through than the MIT Guide. I hope everyone enjoys, and… tell yer friends! :)-j",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/05/mac-se30-audio-visualizer/
|
Mac SE/30 Audio Visualizer
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Mac Hacks"
] |
[
"audio visualizer",
"AudioVisualizer",
"crt hacks",
"CrtHacks",
"mac se",
"MacSe"
] |
Sure, you could
make it into a web server
, but [markie] sent me his
Mac SE/30 visualizer
. It was inspired by another’s mac mod, but he was kind enough to write up an entire how-to. The audio signal was run directly into the deflection coils on the macs tubes. The mod is so simple, I might have to pick one up just for CRT experimentation.
[The next regular podcast cometh, but It’s delayed by my cold.]
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| 24
| 24
|
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"comment_id": "22988",
"author": "unfathomablekitten",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T05:30:55",
"content": "finally I realize something that people obviously should try",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22989",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T06:04:27",
"content": "ah this is wonderful :)what a great use for one of my dead apples!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22990",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T06:10:49",
"content": "hmm about the macse webserver. wheres the link to the article? i noticed that on a few rather old pages..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22991",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T06:46:13",
"content": "Yeah, the older read links were broken by the database migration from the blogsmith/server upgrade. It’s an ongoing rant of mine, but out of my direct control.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22992",
"author": "Tavor",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T07:17:05",
"content": "Will, just be careful.—– Warning: CRT’s can be very very dangerous —–",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22993",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T08:21:25",
"content": "You know, every time I see one of these mods (there has been at least one other posted here in the past), I always wonder how hard it would be to turn an old CRT into a basic oscilloscope. Certainly it would not be of any great accuracy, but it seems like it should be possible to put something together that could be at least marginally useful for the electronic’s tinkerer, and not cost $500.But really, since when did these hacks have to have a point in the first place? I would just like to see it done for the sake of doing it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22994",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T12:25:54",
"content": "Try rotating the yoke first! Now that’s a good idea. Proper left-right scan. I’ve built several of these. I’d recommend adding an amplifier of some kind, or at least a resistor, as the resistance of those deflection coils is around the 1 – 2 ohm mark I do seem to recall, and thus may damage your stereo machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22995",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T12:29:00",
"content": "also, I doubt the CRTs in these things could kill a person. I got a minor shock off one once. Leaving it for a while after shutting it down should do the trick, and it’ll save you accidentally breaking the glass and experiencing an embarassing implosion.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22996",
"author": "Mark hoekstra",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T15:35:31",
"content": ">I’d recommend adding an amplifier of some kind>as the resistance of those deflection coils is around the 1 – 2 ohm mark I do seem to recall, and thus may damage your stereo machine.There is an amplifier in this setup, I did take some old amp (I bought for 10 euros) dedicated for these Macs and not a ‘proper’ amp (in case I would break it) ;-) The resistance I measured is indeed 1-2 ohm.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22997",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T16:35:03",
"content": "I’m guessing the mac has a constant operating high voltage supply, which is somewhat unusual… Most monitors and televisions use the energy from the collapsing field in the horizontal deflection coil as a power source for the high voltage supply. In these cases, it is generally required to leave the horizontal coil attached, and move it off to the side, using another coil for your deflection.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22998",
"author": "jimmy d",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T19:30:57",
"content": "Curious if this could be applied to any sort of CRT display of the instructions are specific to just this type of Mac. Very interesting, but alas, no room for a dedicated visualizer display… I’m sticking with the ol’ software vis.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22999",
"author": "neoxide",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T00:14:18",
"content": "As an owner of about 10, these are the heaviest compact macs I have. Aside from that dodgy color one, they’re the most powerful too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23000",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T01:39:46",
"content": "The fact that you used rubber gloves to protect yourself against the high voltage out of a tv really disturbs me. The output from a flyback transformer can easily break through most gloves, gloves that are designed to take 30kv have a very thick layer of rubber and a layer of cotton to protect the rubber.In any case, if it works it works ;)As to making one into a real oscilliscope, there are a few problems. The first is that you need a time base for the x-axis. You should be able to get away with a function generator that gives a sawtooth wave feeding into an amp for that tho… But the bigger problem is that the magnetic coils are very limited in their bandwidth, being highly inductive they can’t be used for more then a few hundred khz.Although a scope made out of a big ole TV would be a great teaching tool to show classes what waves look like…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23001",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T02:11:01",
"content": "#7:Ha – “I doubt the CRTs in these things could kill a person”. The flyback transformer in that CRT puts out 20kv. The phosphorus in the front of the screen will kill you. And, think about what you are doing in a CRT; shooting electrons at near light-speed at a piece of phosphorus and glass. That uses a lot of power. Be careful, y’all.#6 You CAN make a CRT into an oscilloscopehttp://www.angelfire.com/80s/sixmhz/tvscope.htmlCRT’s rock.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23002",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T03:22:15",
"content": "@ #14: sure, the vacuum, the phosphorus and the sharp edges could all potentially kill a person, but concrete will kill you if you eat enough of it….as for shooting electrons at “near light speed” – it doesn’t really use that much energy. electrons don’t exactly have a lot of mass. the voltage used to accelerate the electrons in a macintosh SE is quite high, but it’s quite low current. it probably wouldn’t be the best idea to touch it while it’s on, but once it’s been switched off it’s fairly safe very quickly. the large power filter capacitors on the analog board present more of a risk.anyway, don’t just take my word for it, this topic has been discussed to death on places like applefritter where turning compact macs in to interesting things is practically a way of life… and of course, as always, better safe than sorry :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23003",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T04:22:11",
"content": "wow this is amazing!! so simple too! makes me kinda wish i hadn’t sold that broken se for 1$ in the last garage sale :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23004",
"author": "mattyfu",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T06:54:04",
"content": "A drum riser made out of these is only a matter of time LOL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23005",
"author": "neoxide",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T08:11:07",
"content": "You SOLD an SE for $1? why?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23006",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T19:06:22",
"content": "If you have time at your hands do do something that useless probably you should reconsider your life…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23007",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T01:43:34",
"content": "I did the same thing about 15 years ago with two ancient IBM dumb terminals. The long-persistence green phosphor made for a very nice display. The cases were painted gray fleckstone, and they were a big hit at a mad-scientist themed Halloween party I hosted. I no longer have them, they were trashed one move because they were huge and weighed a ton. I tried again with a modern monitor, but I didn’t like it nearly as much without the long-persistence phosphor.Tip: make sure you don’t run the electron gun without either the X or Y deflection running, you’ll burn the screen. there will be a blackened spot and a permanent smoke trail running up the inside.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23008",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T07:23:02",
"content": "#19: if you have nothing better to do than complain about how other people have nothing better to do then *you* need to reconsider your life ;)anyway i sold the se because it was broken and i was moving and i really didn’t care about it anymore :/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23009",
"author": "DeFex",
"timestamp": "2006-11-10T07:51:53",
"content": "back in the day we used to make these when we were kids from old TV sets. we called them “sound to scribble”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23010",
"author": "neoxide",
"timestamp": "2006-11-12T09:37:56",
"content": "I if I was you, I would use a more useless compact mac like a Classic or SE. Use the SE/30 for something useful, like word-processing, or playing Brickles.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "23011",
"author": "a random John",
"timestamp": "2008-02-26T00:03:45",
"content": "note that the following hack-a-day link seems to cover what I did 10 years ago but without the spirograph effect:http://www.hackaday.com/2006/11/05/mac-se-30-audio-visualizer/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,907.18725
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/04/serial-controlled-power-outlet/
|
Serial Controlled Power Outlet
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"energy conservation",
"EnergyConservation",
"power outlet",
"PowerOutlet",
"rs-232",
"serial control",
"SerialControl"
] |
[Alan] sent me his
simple rs-232 controlled power outlet
. He built it to turn on his laser printer when a print job appeares in the queue. The relay is directly controlled by the DTR line on the serial port. Lots of espresso machine PID conversions use them to run boilers, so he could have avoided the extra mechanical relay. [I can’t pick on him too much, my old laserwriter is on all the time.]
He tied it together with some perl to turn on the printer and get the print job going once it’s had enough time to initialize.
| 12
| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "22976",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T06:48:15",
"content": "“But I have more fun breaking, I mean making things myself, “I have a lot experience breaking things, making them work is th trick :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22977",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T16:50:10",
"content": "cool, ive been looking to do something like this, but ive been too lazy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22978",
"author": "F. Shafique",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T18:24:49",
"content": "And for the rest of us, there’s the printer’s sleep mode. Not as effective, but still retains the warranty.Also, I suppose this could be combined with the Wake-on-lan hack from a few days ago, to get a sort of WOL relay for your network printer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22979",
"author": "bchafy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T20:30:30",
"content": "I also made a similar power outlet, based on DPMS:http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/bchafy/pstrip/dpmspowerstrip.htmlHere’s another that uses the parallel port (found it on digg), albeit a little on the dangerous side: :)http://www.foogazi.com/2006/11/03/controlling-electronic-devices-made-easy/My guess is any one of these could be combined with wake-on-lan. Problem for me is I have an inkjet printer that goes into a 10+ minute selftest whenever its unplugged and plugged back in. I suspect most of my cartrige ink drains away during that time. Fortunately it doesn’t consume much power.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22980",
"author": "neoxide",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T23:18:09",
"content": "oooh…a Laserwriter. What model?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22981",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T23:31:17",
"content": "uhhh yeah, about that foogazi.com link… there are many things wrong with that circuit. first, it’s got the paralell port directly running a relay. besides the fact that there is no mention of a protection diode (!!) virtually any relay will pull more current than what your typical parallel port is rated for. an npn transistor and resistor is absolutely essential. furthermore, he’s got the whole thing with AC mains wiring in a cardboard box! i wouldnt even think about doing that!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22982",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T23:37:24",
"content": "bchafy: just took a look at your dpms circuit. nice :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22983",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T15:57:20",
"content": "Neat. Could also automagically power cycle the cable modem if it loses sync (they usually give up re-trying after 15 minutes).Although, for the non-DIY’er who has more money than time there is X10:First you need the controller:http://www.smarthome.com/1132b.htmlThen your need plugin modules:http://www.smarthome.com/2456s3.htmlAnd naturally software to drive it:http://www.linuxha.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22984",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T16:48:55",
"content": "That scares the holy shit outta me. He needs a light bridge to provide 100% isolation from the serial port to the switching device. Of course, you’ll need an extra board for the AC main turn on/off switch.And do it in a plastic Radioshack project box, with proper safety (erm, like fuses???).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22985",
"author": "Luis",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T19:45:33",
"content": "Hello I wrote the articlehttp://www.foogazi.com/2006/11/03/controlling-electronic-devices-made-easy/and in response to the person who says it’s dangerous… It is dangerous if youre paranoid. But in general it’s fine. If buy the exact relay i put there your parallel port will be fine. If you buy a different and connect it directly it might burn out your parallel port so yeah you will want to add a didoe.I tried to make it as easy as possible. And ac with the cardboard… The only way it would even start a fire is if the two wires some how touch. very unlikely.. Especailly beacuse mine are all insulated",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22986",
"author": "bchafy",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T00:50:05",
"content": "> It is dangerous if youre paranoid. But in general> it’s fine. If buy the exact relay i put there your> parallel port will be fineYou mean the solid state relay rated at 1-AMP ?Just call me paranoid then :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22987",
"author": "Alan Millar",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T23:29:28",
"content": "> And for the rest of us, there’s the printer’s sleep> mode. Not as effective, but still retains the> warranty.My hack here retains the printer warranty also. The printer is just on a glorified power strip. Of course, any printer new enough to have a warranty probably also has a decent sleep mode.> That scares the holy shit outta me. He needs a light> bridge to provide 100% isolation from the serial port> to the switching device.I was under the impression that solid state relays include an opto-isolator in them. I don’t really know. That’s a good point to investigate.> oooh…a Laserwriter. What model?This is a LaserWriter Pro 630. It can do PostScript and PCL 2, with serial AppleTalk, 10Mbps EtherTalk, and Centronics parallel interfaces. The PCL is limited to 300×300 resolution, while the PostScript can do 600×600 resolution. And the parallel port is glacially slow. So I drive it with PostScript over the EtherTalk interface.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/03/ben-heckendorn-interview-part-1/
|
Ben Heckendorn Interview (Part 1)
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"ben heckendorn",
"original podcast"
] |
Here’s part one of my interview with Ben Heckendorn. Because it’s so long, and I’ve got a cold, I’m breaking it up into a two parter. Check out
part 1 here
, add the
RSS feed
to your program of choice, or subscribe to the feed
via iTunes
.
Ben and I get into most of
the questions
you guys asked, along with a few tangents. Enjoy!
[The devs are working on the feeds for me, so they’re not quite perfect. yet.]
| 17
| 17
|
[
{
"comment_id": "22958",
"author": "jason",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T19:45:02",
"content": "Is there a transcript of this?I find it hard to listen to people talk like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22959",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T22:27:46",
"content": "Thought it turned out great. I’ll be looking forward to the next iteration.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22960",
"author": "sphetr2",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T23:10:08",
"content": "jim, how did you listen to it? The audio is f*ed up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22961",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T23:39:50",
"content": "I listened using Windows Media Player 10. I noticed some slight audio glitching, but nothing that prevented me from hearing what was spoken.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22962",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T23:53:39",
"content": "haha will – my question wasn’t that nuts. good call on the book mention – forest mimms’ books are absolutely fantastic. very much worth it.-the good steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22963",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T01:31:14",
"content": "The glitches on Ben’s audio was thanks to skype. I had to do some exotic trickery to get it recorded into Audacity, but it worked out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22964",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T06:16:58",
"content": "I like how you skipped right over my question.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22965",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T07:13:55",
"content": "We jumped around. It may be answered in part 2. I’d look, but this cold is killing me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22966",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T09:44:38",
"content": "I figured. No big deal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22967",
"author": "its-a-me_dewd",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T12:47:06",
"content": "WTF? Skype? I thought it was live! I don’t know what’s bothering you guys, I just used Firefox’s quicktime plugin and I had perfect sound!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22968",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T15:53:39",
"content": "I love the tangents, the interview sounds like a conversation between two hackers (essentially what it is, I guess), and to me gives a better idea of what’s going on in ben’s head than if he just answered the questions set. I had no problems with the sound playing through iTunes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22969",
"author": "Jim Reynolds",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T01:12:53",
"content": "There’s something wrong with the XML file that defines your RSS feed. I can’t access any of the items from a PSP !!!!!!!!! Can someone fix this please ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22970",
"author": "igsmrlmmu",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T02:51:48",
"content": "Hey i have that book. the forest whatever book from radio shack, i got a copy from a friend, its a very nice book.Great audio quality, very nice interview.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22971",
"author": "Henry",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T17:42:07",
"content": "Great interview, I am looking forward to part 2! Just one question, how stoned where you guys when you made this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22972",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T18:20:52",
"content": "11: I noted the issue to the dev guys. The feed is a work in progress.12: I was exhausted, ben was perhaps slightly inebreated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22973",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T23:45:33",
"content": "personally I thought you guys were pretty rude when discussing your readers questions. let’s face it anyone who is asking a question is a pretty dedicated fan, and it seemed like you were just paying them out.you spent significant amount of time bagging the wii – I thought nowadays people have stopped bagging future technology, it just too easy for it to come back and bite you in the arse.Anyways just my opinion, it’s good to see hack a day using different media forms.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22974",
"author": "soso",
"timestamp": "2006-11-08T03:13:58",
"content": "hi,i’m looking for somebody they can hacking(crack) the mobile’s hardware,for making free call.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,907.841217
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/03/solder-paste-and-reflow-how-to/
|
Solder Paste And Reflow How-to
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"reflow",
"solder paste",
"soldering",
"solderpaste",
"stenciling"
] |
I was poking around
spark fun electronics
, and came across this interesting walk through showing spark fun’s
solder stenciling technique
. (I’d put on some gloves before handling that much lead paste) They top it off with some alternative ways of
doing reflow work
. My favorite has to be the target hotplate method. It’s a nice introduction if you’re interested in doing SMD work to save money and space on your projects [but not sanity. say goodbye to that] Me? I’ve used a 15 watt weller with a dremel modified small tip. It works great if you’ve got some one of those syringes of heat activated glue. Place, bake and solder.
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[
{
"comment_id": "22948",
"author": "David Li",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T06:08:43",
"content": "Hmm, maybe coral cache next time?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22949",
"author": "weirdguy0101",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T06:42:48",
"content": "working fine for me, this seems pretty useful",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22950",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T07:02:41",
"content": "I prefer the desoldering bulb mod…http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/07/how-to-make-a-surface-mount-soldering-iron/Hasen’t let me down yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22951",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T07:12:28",
"content": "hah! I wrote that. Glad to hear it works for you. Some people have had bad luck with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22952",
"author": "mac",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T07:34:22",
"content": "http://www.macetech.com/desolder-close.jpgi just heat until it wiggles, flip up with a dental pick. that’s a $20 heat gun suspended over the board, on low setting. you’ll want to put foil over the rest of the board. soldering is easy, use a small iron and roll a tiny bead along all the pins in one stroke. if you did it right, the whole row is soldered. if not, you need to use a little desoldering braid and clean up one or two bridges. flux pen helps a lot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22953",
"author": "lain",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T15:44:19",
"content": "where do you guys get your solder paste? i’ve been trying to find a good / cheap supplier, but i have no idea who to go with. i’ve been salvaging surface mount components for some time, but now i’d like to start using them in my own designs!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22954",
"author": "kwijibo",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T17:52:34",
"content": "Bollocks, not bullocks, Ben.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22955",
"author": "jimmy d",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T00:21:00",
"content": "Good information. My soldering skills are hardly up to par compared to some of those tutorials, but nevertheless useful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22956",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T04:30:10",
"content": "@mac: the chip doesn’t break when hot-air desoldering? is there a maxmimum time for heating?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22957",
"author": "matt baker",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T17:09:55",
"content": "“that mush lead paste” most solder paste is now lead free and has been for a few years now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47357",
"author": "Grovenstien",
"timestamp": "2008-10-23T08:40:35",
"content": "A bullock is a bull with no bollocks!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,907.679344
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/02/ion-cooler-take-2/
|
Ion Cooler Take 2
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
[Jared] sent in
inventgeek.com’s ion cooler 2.0
. This time the ion cooler is pushing air out of the case to avoid charged air crossing the sensitive components. They kept the cost down and used easily acquired components.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "22929",
"author": "Celly",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T05:22:49",
"content": "That’s a really cool idea. I’ll have to try it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22930",
"author": "jackstone",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T05:51:39",
"content": "oh thats a fake. There has to be a fan somewhere to make those bicycle flares move.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22931",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T06:09:17",
"content": "I put this togeather tonight using a neon sign transformer that i have thats very simular to the transformer they recommended other than its 120V AC so i have to plug it in. IT WORKED! its not as good a 2 fans ( one in front and one in back) but its as good as one case fan for sure! and it only took about 45 min to build no less.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22932",
"author": "Jason Nelson",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T06:24:03",
"content": "I set about testing this as well. what i found is there is a balance between the distance between the electrodes and the power output of the transformer. once i got them far enough apart it worked well and i didnât have a 4th of july display in my face. this definitely works, but bench test this before you mount it to the case!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22933",
"author": "Jason Nelson",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T06:25:49",
"content": "one more note is that the you only have about .25 Inches of play with the wire distance between not working and fire works. some where in the middle is the honey spot and it requires some tinkering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22934",
"author": "weirdguy0101",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T06:28:18",
"content": "At Jackstone,there is a CPU fan on there ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22935",
"author": "Jason Nelson",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T06:32:10",
"content": "i dont think that matters. obviously its not the same system as the big ion cooling system he has on there as well. its probably some other system he has that he used to bolt it on to. the point is the cooling system works. i wonder if the larger blades like in a air cleaner would work better though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22936",
"author": "DarkCobra",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T06:56:55",
"content": "First, some warnings:1) They’re using a 20kv power supply, which is *way* too high. There is a *reason* why air ionizers never operate at that high a voltage – OZONE! Using a lower voltage will result in less airflow, but that can be compensated to a degree by using more emitter/collector wires, and finer emitter wires.2) They didn’t mention another important detail – the negative output from the supply should always go to the finer emitter wires. This should not be reversed, otherwise you’d be spraying positive ions in the room, which is most likely a *bad thing*. Look up “Föhn wind” on Wikipedia, and then understand that one of the leading hypothesis for the resultant “illness ranging from migraines to psychosis…suicide and accidents increased by 10 percent” is the presence of unusually high levels of positive ions. There is further scientific evidence on the bad effects of positive ions, and the healthful effects of negative ions, as well. Whether it’s true or not, the fact remains that you will *never* see a commercial air ionizer wired to emit positive ions into the environment. Why push your luck?3) Whatever the output air from this device blows near *will* collect dust. Very fine dust which is extremely hard to remove – sometimes impossible depending on the surface. I’ve seen wallpaper and some plastics permanently stained by ionizers, or other ion emitters such as TVs. Just a little tip before you ruin something you’d rather not.Now that’s out of the way, I gotta say I’m disappointed. Yes, this project is pretty neat, and I do tip my hat to the creators. It’s just that this *not* an “ion cooler”, it’s an “ion fan”. And every time I see “ion cooler”, I get my hopes up that it’s the real thing. Let me explain:With a standard heatsink/fan, most of the air takes the path of least resistance, flowing past the metal without coming into physical contact. In addition, the air particles closest to the metal tend to form a slow-moving, high-pressure boundary layer that pushes air flow away from the metal, effectively acting as an insulator.But if you emit a stream of charged air particles at a metal object (such as a heatsink) that’s grounded or has an opposite charge, each of those air particles is attracted into physical, intimate contact with the metal in order to give up its charge.The result is incredible thermal transfer with a fraction of the airflow. I’ve seen this effect demonstrated. A grounded piece of metal was heated red-hot with a torch. When a nearby ion emitter was switched on, the metal cooled rapidly, even though the air movement was barely noticeable.So picture an “ion cooler” on the CPU, and an “ion fan” replacing the power supply and/or case fans. Voila, silent and effective cooling. Ok, high voltage isn’t exactly CPU-friendly – but neither is water, and people use that anyway. I’m sure it could be done with some care and ingenuity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22937",
"author": "DarkCobra",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T07:06:29",
"content": "#3: A neon transformer puts out too much current and is *DANGEROUS* – capable of causing bodily harm or setting things aflame. Your transformer likely puts out 5-20 milliamps. The power supply they use puts out 50 *MICROamps*, max. Please replace the transformer at earliest opportunity!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22938",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T09:45:31",
"content": "Not this bs again.. Why did they not record sound in the video?and I’m curious as to why they used mylar, wouldnt the electrostatic charge have some effect on it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22939",
"author": "Pelle",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T10:39:42",
"content": "Really neat project – quite a different way of fanbuilding but theres certainly no moving parts andnot a lot of sound. If it’s made well it would be really useful…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22940",
"author": "TellusCitizen",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T11:51:52",
"content": "@ 8; DarkCobraYour suggestion of the ion-cooler got my gray matter doing the rain dance:Mod A: use one of these popular aftermarket fanmouted ~1kg copper CPU cooler products as a base. Remove the fan, properly ground it (Hook it up to the – wire) and build a directed + emmiter.I forsee a possible problem with the coppers direct contact with the CPU: Could anyone confirm this?Mod B: use a aftermarket water cooling kit mounted, but rig the outside mounted water heatsink as the negative collector, and the aimed emmiter at it.Here I think we loose the ‘silent’ effect with the use of a water pump.Anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22941",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T12:14:48",
"content": "so how exactly does the cold air cool the computer? doesn’t the ionizer cool the air? but they said the ionized air is not blown into the computer because it damages wires.could the cool air be electrically neutralized by being blown through a metal screen connected to an earth ground? i have some fine aluminium screen so fine it looks semi-solid from a few feet away, if i connected it to an earth ground and situated it so the ionized air would move through it would that not solve the problem?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22942",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T12:21:11",
"content": "Neat stuff!I kinda hate to criticize but all the minor typos I always see on inventgeek (threw != through) sort of make the site look bad.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22943",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T16:27:45",
"content": "Yes, you too can fail elementary English and still make a kick-ass PC mod! Could you increase air flow by repeating the basic anode/cathode module and stacking them vertically? And, could you do this without requiring an additional power supply?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22944",
"author": "kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T16:49:38",
"content": "very neat, something i would have never come up with!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22945",
"author": "Oo.et.oO",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T18:54:14",
"content": "WTF?they STILL did not do ANY measurements of before and after. they listened to the least critical of everyones feedback and completely ignored the rest.i bet half the people that read this still don’t believe that it works as suggested.at least they didn’t suggest 0dB again. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22946",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T22:55:10",
"content": "it definetly doesn’t move air like a good fan, but with some carfull consideration of internal components, im sure this could be an effective cooling setup",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22947",
"author": "L E D",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T19:13:50",
"content": "i’ve been tinkering. how about using something like the mesh monster is mentioning instead of steel covered copper rod and guitar string. shouldn’t it give more surface area = more “bang for the buck”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4501312",
"author": "Chasse",
"timestamp": "2018-04-24T01:26:30",
"content": "My flatmate stated he only thought there would be ozone produced if there were sparks. As for the other comments about illness etc what would stop you having some AC duct on this and venting the air outside where sunlight could turn it back into o2?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,907.74034
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/11/01/online-skill-crane/
|
Online Skill Crane
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Ethan] sent in the
online skill crane
. It made it to shmoocon, but now it’s online for anyone to play. The machine is interfaced to the parallel port and controlled with a C program. It lacks a bit on the tech details, but you know you want one. Playing nets you a video of the results linked via email.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "22919",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T05:40:54",
"content": "This is cute and all, but it has to be one of the worst Internet controlled devices that I have ever seen.You don’t even have direct control over the claw, you have to type in percentages of movement (which you just arbitrarily guess, as there is no measurement grid on the glass or anything), and then they email you a video of what happened.It might as well be controlled by snail mail, I write them a letter with some numbers on it, and they can send me back a description of what happened.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22920",
"author": "chupa",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T07:43:40",
"content": "why dont they have a live cam?at least the Christmas lights hoax looked like real time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22921",
"author": "Ethan O'Toole",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T20:12:34",
"content": "#1 – The reason we went with a percentage system over live control is to handle higher loads at lower bandwidth. The email system was done as it originally tracked users/passcodes and built a social network map. This was turned off, and the email was relied upon to handle a queue of requests. It was easier than doing a http queue system.#2 – Bandwidth :-( We currently have a DS1 (T1) line, so we are limited in our ability to offer streaming video. It does not come cheap. To get 10 megabits extended to our place would cost over $2800/month. DSL doesn’t offer great upstream, and cable modem service suffers heavy price increases at commercial locations (It’s located in a “hacker space”).The good news is, it processed over 4700 grabs yesterday, and was down part of the day. This weekend I plan to fix a mechanical issue and it should be good to go again.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22922",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-11-04T08:38:22",
"content": "Nice idea. I could see a business model around this. Put some cool stuff in the box. Charge fee to play and send them what they win.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22923",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2006-11-05T03:15:15",
"content": "how long does it usually take to get your video? It’s been about 20 minutes now and i’m starting to wonder if this even works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22924",
"author": "TerrorByte",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T01:40:57",
"content": "Still no video!!But then again, it’s only been 30 secs :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22925",
"author": "terie",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T04:02:15",
"content": "It works! And the best part is you don’t need quarters to play. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22926",
"author": "trevor",
"timestamp": "2006-11-07T06:05:29",
"content": "This thing is awesome, and I actually managed to get one. Not bad considering I’ve never been able to do that in person.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22927",
"author": "Fred",
"timestamp": "2007-05-04T03:50:46",
"content": "We have actually perfected this game, online with live video streaming out a fiber optic network. Check outhttp://www.superclaw.comSuperClaw",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22928",
"author": "rachel",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T23:28:58",
"content": "fred is right…Superclaw.com is a hot site. You should log in and watch me play. Love to all, Rachel",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "140783",
"author": "Chang Knutt",
"timestamp": "2010-05-07T20:16:36",
"content": "Another insightful and important post , thanks :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,907.540806
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/31/happy-halloween-extra-2/
|
Happy Halloween Extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"ipod hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Playstation Hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] |
[
"c64",
"circuit bending",
"circuitbending",
"extra",
"halloween",
"ipod",
"psp",
"sk-1",
"usb led",
"UsbLed"
] |
[Update: pumpkin carved by
Team Hack-A-Day
member mastershake916]
We’ve got plenty of tricks around here, and I’ve got a treat coming up – you’ll hear about it in the next
podcast
.
[Ronald Schaten] sent me his
USB LED fader
. ATMega, PWM lit LEDs, he uses it to indicate status on his pvr.
[computerguru365] sent in his
cell phone car charger turned USB cable
[steve] sent in this over the top
C64DTV mod
.
[Everett] sent along his
button activated PSP shoulder lighting
.Nice tiny soldering work for that on.
[Jorge] sent in his friends latest
junk art metal lathe
. Not an easy thing to build – Nice!
[gijs] sent me this crazy
bent Casio SK-1
. We’ve had a few of these on Hackaday before.
[seniorcheez] sent in his
iPod shuffle dock
with integrated power and tunecast.
| 8
| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "22912",
"author": "farris",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T23:41:35",
"content": "Alright, I just wanna make a quick comment referring to the days before the comment shut-down:WOW! Steve made a contribution!Lol. Just thought I’d say, I like that PSP mod, too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22913",
"author": "twinder",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T00:32:52",
"content": "hi! the shuttle dock works fine, I’ve tested it for 3 hours and everything is just GREAT!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22914",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T07:44:12",
"content": "Thanks for the add of the pic!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22915",
"author": "jj",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T10:19:11",
"content": "that casio keyboard site has to be one of the most blinding sites in the history of the internet. now if you’ll excuse me i need to go stare at the sun…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22916",
"author": "Fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T11:49:04",
"content": "I’m wondering, that shuffle mod… I thought that most Car Stereo’s had an Audio In, allowing for higher quality audio, and cutting down the need for another weight in the car…I dont mean to flame, i mean i have an iPod Shuffle laying around with no battery, I’m hoping to replace the battery and use it as a car stereo memory stick xD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22917",
"author": "Ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T16:04:49",
"content": "> I thought that most Car Stereo’s had an Audio InMost factory car stereos made before 2001 (pre iPod) do not have any external audio-in. The few newer cars I’ve looked at have not had any (easily accessible) external aux-in. It can be assumed factory stereos with CD changer capability have some sort of audio-in, but it is usually tied to the proprietary changer interface and can be difficult to “break out” (not to mention usually having to tear up the dash to get to it).The Belkin Tunecast II is my current FM transmitter of choice (digital tuning, almost full FM freq range, external power, etc). Sounds good. Requires no modification to the vehicle. There’s a small shelf right below my radio where I put the transmitter and I hide all the extra cords in my unused ashtray.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22918",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T17:27:14",
"content": "hey now, that was *ME* steve not *THAT* steve. otherwise known as “the good steve” thanks to eliothttp://www.hackaday.com/2006/08/13/xen-on-intel-mac-mini/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119925",
"author": "secure wifi",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T01:20:48",
"content": "at last the information i needed thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,907.786147
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/30/thinkpad-style-keyboard-light/
|
Thinkpad Style Keyboard Light
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"Atmel",
"attiny",
"keyboard light",
"KeyboardLight",
"led"
] |
[Sprite_tm] keeps coming up with nice work. This time he sent in his
thinkpad style keyboard LED lighting solution
for his toughbook. I know, you’re thinking… ‘it’s a LED…’ He used an ATtiny13 to monitor the caps lock LED. If it’s operated two times in succession, the LED is turned on and off. Nice, clean and effective.
[By the way,
Part 2
of my diy projector how-to is up on engadget. Look for part 3 later Tuesday.]
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{
"comment_id": "22900",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T08:22:04",
"content": "That is clever and all, but a much simpler method (and one I would personally consider more elegant) is to use a photocell mounted somewhere on the machine (probably on the top of the lid, as not to be effected by the LCD itself) to trigger the LED at a predetermined level of darkness.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22901",
"author": "Harold",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T08:29:01",
"content": "@TJWhat do you do when it’s dark out and you don’t want it on? i.e watching a movie, leaving the lid open on a desk, etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22902",
"author": "tossy",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T09:11:18",
"content": "but then what about when he’s watching a video in the dark?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22903",
"author": "cameron",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T09:28:03",
"content": "mmm very nice hack indeed, very convenient, i like the choice of manual control, the auto activated ones irritate me, i might just do this to my acer, using pixace08M as the microcontroller",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22904",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T12:18:12",
"content": "Tossy, the point of the hack is the clever method he used to switch it on and off, not the simple addition of an ‘always on’ illumination source, which would be irritating for films etc. as you mention.This is great hack. I may borrow these idea…. I’m thinking along the lines of painting beneath the keys a nice reflective light then using three or four 3mm blue LED’s to get a nice glow from beneath the keys.Thanks for the idea",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22905",
"author": "shadymilkman",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T18:41:44",
"content": "i have a thinkpad with the light already on it and guess how many times i’ve used it. NONE!! its pointless if you have a backlighted LCD screen because the light from there is 100x brighter than the little light up top. Nice little hack, but entirely useless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22906",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T19:07:33",
"content": "Why not have it directly connected to the caps lock LED? I mean, if someone is noobish enough to need to know exactly where a key is in the dark, they are probably noobish enough to leave the caps lock on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22907",
"author": "Robert Brown",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T19:16:08",
"content": "@shadymilkmanGoing to have to completely disagree with you there. The keyboard light is a very useful feature to have on the ibm laptops especially when in the dark. The lcd hardly illuminates the keyboard unless you have it pointed down towards the keyboard.Nice hack and well executed. Making it turn on that way is even more effective than the fn+pg_up configuration it is on my ibm a20. Good work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22909",
"author": "splitime",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T22:03:03",
"content": "@shadymilkmanI also have to disagree. I use the led alot when in the dark. The screen never provides enough light when you need to use random keys.Nice hack. Something alot of people could find usefull.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22908",
"author": "tossy",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T22:59:27",
"content": "liam, I know, I was just responding to the first dude. seems like a well designed system he made.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22910",
"author": "Robert Brown",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T18:30:19",
"content": "@crashI challenge you to know where every key is on a laptop keyboard. Considering I own about 3 laptops and they all have a different keyboard layout it is nice to have a lit one to find say the page up key. And it is not just being able to find your keys it is being able to see what you are doing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22911",
"author": "Hans",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T19:09:14",
"content": "nice, but how are you going to find the caps lock key in the dark, heh? ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94298",
"author": "Jackey",
"timestamp": "2009-09-16T06:23:19",
"content": "Ran across this by google search and I often work (really mostly play) late into the night.Being able to see the keys late into the night is important, I normally spend good amount of time into the night and when it gets to late I have to look down sometimes, If I cant see they keys then I have to stop what im doing and figure it out.Its useful, like a Real panic button!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "177005",
"author": "ioannis",
"timestamp": "2010-09-04T02:26:48",
"content": "nice man,really nice.i d rather uv led because keys letters are white and the contrast will be beautyfull.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/30/dan-kaminskys-ssl-hell/
|
Dan Kaminsky’s SSL Hell
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Here is
another segment
from Dan Kaminsky’s talk at Toorcon 8. You can download the high quality version
here
. He discovered approximately 1 in 3 deployed SSL boxes share a private key. This means that you can buy a box off of eBay and read encrypted SSL traffic from any identical box. He has also got a trick for making bank logins more secure.
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{
"comment_id": "22890",
"author": "william",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T23:44:18",
"content": "interesting stuff, what a discovery. seems like someone would have found this out earlier but i guess not.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22891",
"author": "nocotigo",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T03:12:16",
"content": "Who is this guy, and why does he think this is a discovery? I’ll do him one better. Just put the entire login form in the , and then redirect the parent when the login completes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22892",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T04:39:44",
"content": "I don’t get the math here perhaps..If 90% of the keys were unique, then how can the remaining 10% make up 1/3 of the computer’s he scanned? Or is he just extrapolating the 1/3 figure based on 10% of the billions of the SSL servers out there? (I.e, it’s just a guess)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22893",
"author": "oddsends",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T05:19:57",
"content": "Well, tj,2/3 of servers have unique keys. Those use ninety percent of the keys that are out there. 1/3 of the machines share the remaining 10% of keys. Quick math says that keys that are not unique are used on average 4.5 times.2/3 of servers have 90% of keys. (thus 1/3 has 45% of keys, 1/3 has 45% of key, 1/3 has 10% of keys) The last group reuses keys.Am i wrong?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22894",
"author": "oddsends",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T05:32:29",
"content": "Yes i am wrong, i switched the 2/3 and the 1/3 (he had them the other way around in the presentation)just fix my math",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22895",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T08:19:13",
"content": "Not paying attention ;-)90% of the _keys_ were on unique machines, they make up 33% of the possible machines on the net. The other 10% of keys cover the last 66% of machines.i.e. for every 10 keys there are 9 unique machines and 27 machines sharing a key",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22896",
"author": "wesley mcgrew",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T15:21:50",
"content": "Any chance of video from this talk?http://toorcon.org/2006/conference.html?id=13Have heard it was very entertaining.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22897",
"author": "Dewi Morgan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T20:36:12",
"content": "nocotigo: The reason that just putting the login form in the iframe would be bad is that you would then lose the performance benefit. It would mean that *every page* on your website would build an SSL connection.And that’s what he’s trying to avoid. He wants a situation that means you get the ideal situation for:1) Performance: never use SSL except when logging in or using the secure areas.2) Security: always use SSL when logging in.3) Usability: there should be a login form on every page.The only way to avoid using SSL when surfing on regular, non-secure pages, and yet to use SSL when logging in from those same pages, is to build the SSL connection only once people have started to log in.I’d add to his suggestion, though, that it needs to handle auto-fill-in of forms. Some browsers will automatically fill in the username and password on every page, which again destroys the performance benefit, or, if it doesn’t trigger the onfocus, destroys the security benefit.So if the login form got filled in *really fast*, then I think there are two options:1) blank it (if you want to force them to manually type it in every time, which I would strongly NOT recommend, since it adds nothing to security, and just alienates users), or2) make the onfocus have a bit of a delay in, so it doesn’t start up SSL unless it is being manually filled, and then have an onsubmit that does the same thing as the onfocus if it finds that the iframe has not been made. None of which is difficult.So long as this method degrades gracefully for browsers without javascript enabled (which it should), this is the ideal compromise. Unlike just using SSL for every page, it *would* require a “you need javascript to be completely secure” notice, though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22898",
"author": "olleB",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T13:35:51",
"content": "Check this out:http://www.toolcrypt.org/rants.html?2006-10-31-why_this_isnt_secure_either",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22899",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T21:19:31",
"content": "w00t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/29/wireless-card-arm-development-platform/
|
Wireless Card = ARM Development Platform
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"arm",
"arm development",
"ArmDevelopment",
"i2c",
"wireless"
] |
[Archantos] sent us this one. The
mustumbler project
is actually trying to use some external hardware to make a miniature wireless stumbler. [Archantos] points out that it’s could be a cheap way to get your hands on an ARM development platform. He’s right. Just a few connections gets access to the I2C bus, a GPIO expander for I2C runs the LCD and an EEPROM is there for program storage. The software is still being sorted out, but the hardware itself is functional. If they can manage to reverse engineer the Conexant chipset, they should have a very promising platform.
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{
"comment_id": "22881",
"author": "Andrew H",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T04:38:56",
"content": "First PostCool idea- lots of possibilities",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22882",
"author": "Rectifier",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T04:39:29",
"content": "Very interesting.I might have to search around for the parts to do something like this in my free time. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22883",
"author": "tom61",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T06:26:44",
"content": "I was wondering when hacks like this would appear, but was expecting it to be a more high-end card used, like the “killer-nic”.A list of cards containing ISL38xx chips would be usefull.:( Unless I already have a card with the chipset, I’ll probably end up picking one up, and I already have too many ARM platforms as it is. 6 Mattle Juiceboxs, not from the overstock.com deal, but from various Wal-Marts and K-Mart. A handfull of wireless and non-wireless routers. In addition to a WinCE PDA. And that’s just the ARM stuff I have laying around.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22884",
"author": "Tillin9",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T08:35:07",
"content": "The D-Link DWL-G120 is an ISL38801K according to the two I have here. I had bought them for use with an older laptop that soon after died and was replaced with a new one with internal wi-fi. Was trying to figure out what to do with them (cards don’t seem to work under Linux). I’d be willing to try this, or donate to the cause if more cards are needed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22885",
"author": "archantos",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T18:27:31",
"content": "i would like to point out that u can run any arbitrary code on the arm processor, the wireless(Baseband) part is the only thing that hasnt been figured out yet so you can run and use this board as a development platform even now, the existing codebase is functionally complete enough for using the board as an amazing development platform, everything else like dma, pci, i2c and gpio have been fully reverse engineered(And have the required software support), here’s the additional link i forgot to posthttp://www.prism54.org/freemac.htmlhttp://www.prism54.org/mustumbler.htmlHappy Hacking :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22886",
"author": "archantos",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T18:34:15",
"content": "Tillin9 ,i have got an isl3880 card working on linux, mine works just fine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22887",
"author": "Tillin9",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T20:03:53",
"content": "@6, the last a tried was awhile ago (2.6.12). Maybe I just couldn’t get ndiswrapper and stuff to work or maybe it wasn’t fully supported then. Remember not all cards are the same. If I may, what exactly is the card you are using and what are you using to get it to work?Also, @3 tryhttp://www.prism54.org/newdrivers.htmlI didn’t notice the first time around but it has a list of some cards with the isl chips.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22888",
"author": "ellis",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T21:40:33",
"content": "The thing I would like to see is GPS and storage (CF/SD/etc…). I wouldn’t need to have an LCD.http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MS-GM-03&cat=GPS(16 channels – and I bet getting the TTL off of it would be simple).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22889",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T00:07:46",
"content": "Anyone have a list of ISL38** cards?I think the USB model mentioned above would be a tad small for this kind of work..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114712",
"author": "iPhone News",
"timestamp": "2010-01-04T00:18:25",
"content": "That’s inconceivable, right? Macs never used to be quite like that. I am seasoned enough to remember the very first one that had pointer recognition AND two clicker buttons, nevermind all this stuff they have now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/29/ask-ben-heck/
|
Ask Ben Heck
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"ben heck",
"ben heckendorn",
"benheck",
"benheckendorn",
"interview",
"original podcast"
] |
If you missed it, I put up a
new podcast
yesterday. You can subscribe
via the iTunes store
or just use the
RSS podcast feed
. You guys asked for interviews, so here we go. Ben Heckendorn is going to be our first one. He and I are going to put it together later this week, so submit your question in the comments if you want me to ask him. [I’ll pick and choose, so make it good]
Ben built the
Xbox 360 laptop
, the
colecovision portable
, the
PSP analog joystick
, and plenty of others.
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{
"comment_id": "22861",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T22:38:57",
"content": "What were some of the difficulties that were encountered during the production of the N64 portable unit.Judging by Ben’s unwillingness to make another, I am curious.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22862",
"author": "Gary Z",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T23:04:29",
"content": "Any interest in mass production?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22863",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T23:04:41",
"content": "when you cut off unecessary components on circuit boards, do you just cut them off while the circuit board is on and see if it stops working or do you jump the leads? What process do you use to determine what to cut and what exactly do you do?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22864",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T23:05:52",
"content": "Does he find anything lacking in the portable game market? And if so, what would he change?Also, what does he think of the GP2X?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22865",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T23:11:06",
"content": "Have you ever considered a career as a professional corporate designer/electronics’s engineer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22866",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T23:16:53",
"content": "thanks for the opportunity will!ben: your skill in making new and unique what once were old and common is quite incredible. have you any suggestions for any aspiring engineers? books to read? devices to dismantle? practice vs theory?many thanks,steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22867",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T23:33:12",
"content": "can i have your children?seriously though, is there a reason you chose not to do a gamecube portable? i have heard that they are difficult but you surely can do it. their small size just begs for a conversion",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22868",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T02:49:09",
"content": "I was going to say “interviews with the hacking big names, like ben heck, would be shiny” in the podcast feedback… 8|My question would be, what would you like to see in the new generation of handhelds/consoles, either for the unadulterated system or for hackability? and what potential do you see for novel interface gizmos like those in the revol.. sorry, the Wii?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22869",
"author": "Matt R.",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T03:10:48",
"content": "What are your plans for the wii? With the novel new input device, portability doesn’t seem entirely plausible… So do you plan to do anything with it at all? I’m dying to know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22870",
"author": "elg0nz",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T05:06:20",
"content": "First, what’s your favorite console and why?Second, i’ll ask the same thing as David Perry, What would you do to bring the sony psp back to life, what design errors you see software and hardware wise? (i mean, such an poweful system ruined by drm and overpriced hardware)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22871",
"author": "some person",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T05:22:49",
"content": "@8:i was thinking of finding (or using a DS (or) Lite’s) LI-Ion battery and making a Wiimote charger, if only Ben Heck is reading this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22872",
"author": "croz",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T10:50:25",
"content": "With your successes with making portable versions of home systems, have you considered making some home systems out of portables?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22873",
"author": "sgt_easton",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T17:34:59",
"content": "The battery you used for the PS2p: Your build story stated that the battery you used had an output of 9V. I looked it up at Wal-Mart.com, and there it says 7.2V.Link:http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2350787I don’t think a PS2 can run off of 7.2V, so did you have a different battery, or what?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22874",
"author": "Ben Hou",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T05:40:16",
"content": "What is your favourite mod so far?Which creation of yours do you personally use the most?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22875",
"author": "sgt_easton",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T06:06:35",
"content": "Can you share with us how to make a battery life indicator like the one on your PS2?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22876",
"author": "mattyfu",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T07:19:38",
"content": "Have you ever had any really ridiculous idea’s like “man building a game and watch gallery into a hamburger would be perfect?” if so what are they?Can you do a flip? How about a handstand? A walking one? That would be rad.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22877",
"author": "weirdguy0101",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T06:13:05",
"content": "I would really like to knwo his reasoning for even using a resivor on the x360 laptop…most of the time thye are just to look cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22878",
"author": "Pekar",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T16:27:49",
"content": "What were you for Halloween?andHave you done any interesting modifications to things other than game systems??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22879",
"author": "DSdude2007",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T08:54:45",
"content": "Hey ben :) I’d love to see some wonderful mods to the nintendo DS. frankly there are not any out there. And if anyone can do it, its you. so when are ya going to do some :P. Good job on the 360laptop, i’d love to have one of those. It came out so clean it looked as if it was ment to be that way. Keep up all your amazing work, i can’t wait to see your next project!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22880",
"author": "smicbng",
"timestamp": "2007-11-08T18:27:50",
"content": "i’ve got ps2 from my friend, and i want add hardisk to my ps2 but i don’t know how. pleeez give me the way. email me how to do it coz i don’t know everything… thank’s guyz…!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "545937",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2011-12-28T13:55:48",
"content": "What is two or three of the best consoles to hack or mod and why?I really would like to have a console that plays all game systems and have a gigantic hard drive to do it,even though I realize the old school games take almost no space on todays hard drives.I value your opinion and would like to know which console/consoles are best for turning into an universal console.THANKS & Looking forward to your reply!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/28/hackaday-podcast-4/
|
Hackaday Podcast 4
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"original podcast"
] |
I’ve been thinking of resurrecting the podcast for a while. Now that my new mic and preamp finally showed up, it’s here, That’s right, podcast 4 is up. It’s an experiment, so let me know what you think. If it goes over well, I’ll try to make it a weekly feature. In the meantime, you can get it
here
– I’ll let you know when it’s published via iTunes. Meanwhile, here’s the
rss feed
if you want to subscribe. If you want to know about the hardware, you can check it out
here
.
[Yes, there will be a new hack later today.]
Oh yes, I forgot to add the music credits. Today’s podcast featured
Captured
by Ronka R and
Discoshit
by Voxter
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{
"comment_id": "22837",
"author": "Seth Just",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T18:59:15",
"content": "The podcast was great, I’d love to have it on a regular basis, but the background music was distracting. A little music as an intro an a closer would be fine, but having it all the way through was somewhat irksome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22838",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T19:07:26",
"content": "Thanks. I’m glad you liked it.I’m still messing around with the format – it’s hard to think of your own voice as interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22839",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T19:50:49",
"content": "That’s a MXL 1006. I added a link to my page about the hardware I used for the post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22840",
"author": "Jozer",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T20:16:48",
"content": "You mean you BOUGHT a mic and a preamp? How un-hack-a-day of you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22841",
"author": "Ch33ze",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T20:36:07",
"content": "I found the music in the background very distracting. I was trying to listen to the podcast while my roommate slept in the other room but i couldnt turn it up very loud because of the volume of the background music. maybe lower the volume of the background music… otherwise i really cant listen to it before work =o/i dont own a “pod” so… no headphones XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22842",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T21:31:24",
"content": "I got the amp and the mic for the cost of the amp. And the amp is pretty mod friendly – I’ve got some burr brown chips I might put in instead.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22843",
"author": "Chris_Rybitski",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T21:37:46",
"content": "I must say, great podcast.I enjoyed having the music in the backgroung…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22844",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T22:26:56",
"content": "It was enjoyable but it would have been better if the music was a tad lower in volume , it was hard to hear you speaking at times(not to say the music doesn’t have its role , it just needs to be in the background).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22845",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T23:13:33",
"content": "I’ve been looking for a nice alternative to a typical PC mic to do some voice recordings… Any hardware suggestions for something better then your typical PC mic but not as pricey as the setup you used… Maybe something $75-ish?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22846",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T23:22:46",
"content": "it’s fine, but the background music needs to go, or at least turned down quite a bit, because it is very distracting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22847",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T23:30:57",
"content": "Okay. So besides the background music… do you folks have any suggestions for what type of content you would like to see in the show etc?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22848",
"author": "weirdguy0101",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T02:04:24",
"content": "Interviews, i think #2 had one, not sure but one of them did.Also i liked the music, just turn it down a but.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22849",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T03:41:32",
"content": "oh good idea, i’ll second that on the interviews :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22850",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T03:44:50",
"content": "perhaps note some hacks that didn’t make it on to hackaday? i don’t know how many you guys “throw out” per se, but…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22851",
"author": "Ch33ze",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T04:59:10",
"content": "Perhaps like… a “honorable mention” section… like andrew said, hacks that just didnt quite make it but are still kinda fun if we want to look em up or google around. maybe links to them with the podcast. “mentioned in the podcast… -link-” ?:3",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22852",
"author": "krux",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T15:08:42",
"content": "Good podcast, but get rid of the music bed.. it’s a bit much.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22853",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T20:33:30",
"content": "Personally I’d love to hear your view on the hacks (already there, keep it up :) ) and any uses you see or larger interesting projects you know of where they are used. if anything it should content the “this is a useless hack” people and give a wider context for how stuff can be used (eg the wake-on-lan ideas from the last one).references to relevant previous projects would be good for people who haven’t been reading for long. it shouldn’t need technical details unless they’re absent from the hack write-up, but possibly some type of FAQ-style answers to questions that many people are asking.I second the music comments, the bed was good but the level was too high. interviews would also be awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22854",
"author": "Old Number 7",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T00:34:14",
"content": "Podcast audio sounds great and congrats on starting it back up. Some suggestions:1) As mentioned before, remove the music from all but the intro2) Get a co-host, somebody you can bounce ideas off of and vice-versa. Otherwise you might just read though the points quickly and skip over some really good discussion topics.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22855",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T05:46:11",
"content": "Yup.Sigh, don’t have time to hunt down the first one.Here’s 2 and 3. The second is the best.http://www.hackaday.com/2005/05/28/hackcast-hackaday-podcast-2/http://www.hackaday.com/2005/07/08/hackaday-podcast-03/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22856",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T22:28:57",
"content": "The podcast was cool. But as so many people have said the music was to loud. One thing that could add to the podcast would be a co-host. Drop me an line if you would like to work together.-Bill",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22857",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T14:59:46",
"content": "The links to the old podcast audio files don’t appear to be working on their pages- the mp3 files linked to appear not to exist, and the site (media.weblogsinc.com/…) gets stuck in an infinite loop of redirecting. If you have local copies could you put them up on the site somewhere?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22858",
"author": "csaw",
"timestamp": "2006-11-06T18:05:08",
"content": "You may want to stick a pop-filter in front of the MXL to cut down on plosives. There were a few instances during the cast.If you have any audio questions, feel free to email me at the address provided.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22859",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2006-11-27T23:51:46",
"content": "Please speak up a little more. It was a little hard to follow parts, although that could change with no or limited background noise. thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22860",
"author": "Kelsea",
"timestamp": "2007-01-11T04:17:00",
"content": "it was hard to hear the guy talkign while the music played. thats my only isue with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/28/solar-backpack-ipodusb-charger/
|
Solar Backpack Ipod/usb Charger
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"ipod hacks",
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] |
[
"ipod solar charger",
"IpodSolarCharger",
"solar",
"solar backpack",
"solar charger",
"SolarBackpack",
"SolarCharger",
"usb charger",
"UsbCharger"
] |
Jason sent me his
solar ipod charger how-to
. The regulator may not be neccesary – but there are so many models, I don’t know if the new Nano’s hold up to the old power input standard. He put a 7805 regulator on a 6v 100ma flexible panel that he mounted on his backpack. I’ve seen this sort of thing on a shuffle before, but this one should work for most iPods. USB power management sometimes shoots itself in the foot, but iPods are willing to pull power if it’s not present. It’s nice, clean and simple. I’d consider adding some high temp hot glue (or epoxy)to keep the soldered connections from breaking.
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{
"comment_id": "22814",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T23:50:05",
"content": "To protect it from wind/rain/branches you could try and place a transparent film/sheet of plastic on each side , seal the edges with tape and at the wire exit hole add some epoxy.First post btw :P.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22815",
"author": "Dane Kouttron",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T23:57:39",
"content": "Hey, you should look into a maxim dc-dc converter(MAXIM-IC IS awesome)Use the sample circuit, it will take in anything from 1.8V (low sun) and dc-dc automatically to 5v (you have to set this part)Heres a list of their stuffhttp://para.maxim-ic.com/cache/en/results/4635.htmlHeres what i reccomend:http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1742Ahem… Free Samples Ahem…Emperor Dane",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22816",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T00:07:35",
"content": "I did something like this, although it was a bit simpler.I was doing a week long backpack to Mt. Wittney, and wanted to bring a th55 and gps so that I could have tunes/games/gps location and all that.So I made a panel that gave out .2a/4v (8×0.5v cells) and just plugged it into a 1a/hr lithium battery I had laying arround. It hung it off my pack and charged the battery the battery during the day, then at night I used them to charge my th55 and little gps that i had been using.I figured that at 200ma I couldn’t kill the battery, and to this day that battery still works great ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22817",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T00:13:02",
"content": "@3 While it is an easy and safe method of charging something up it is also rather inefficient as you loose some energy during the electric>chemic>electric conversion due to a part of the energy getting converted into heat and the general efficiency of the intermidiary battery.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22818",
"author": "Mikael",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T01:13:11",
"content": "Does anyone know here I can buy a similar solar panel in th UK?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22819",
"author": "Tom Parker",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T01:30:41",
"content": "I bought my solar panel off eBay it has yet to turn up… :( but it will be used in a Ipod/ipod speaker project…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22820",
"author": "Kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T16:13:04",
"content": "really neat, this thing! i guess you’d be able to use it on other portable devices too, couldn’t you?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22821",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T18:10:00",
"content": "I love duct tape and safety pins!_very_ resourceful!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22822",
"author": "Dash",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T19:28:59",
"content": "i took a look at the solar panel listed on the materials list but it doesnt seem like the same solar panel that he is using, whats the deal?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22823",
"author": "Wonko The Sane",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T19:52:46",
"content": "Err, Not the best circuit, the 78M05 is not the best for this circuit – it requires about 2V more to regulate – e.g. at least 7V to give 5V out….What is required is a LDO (Low Drop Out) regulator also a few caps on the circuit would make it more stable e.g. 10uf 16V, and 10nf on the input, and the same on the output (Yes, 2 Caps for each, 10uf smooths the supply, and the 10nf remove the High frequency instability)Nice idea…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22824",
"author": "asdf",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T20:33:22",
"content": "funny how he says he cant find a solar ipod charger, yet if you search “Solar ipod charger” in google the first link leads to this:http://www.solio.com/v2/index.htmits even compatible with the nano.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22825",
"author": "uski",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T00:09:42",
"content": "I am quite afraid by what I’m reading here.1) NEVER EVER charge a Lithium battery without the proper charging circuitry. Li-ion and Li-po batteries are extremely susceptible and they _WILL_ protest if you charge them incorrectly, sometimes by catching fire at an unexpected moment.2) Using a 7805 off a 6V panel is stupid as common 7805 have a drouput voltage larger than 1.5V, which means that you’d need a stable 6.5V (min) at the 7805 for it to deliver a proper, regulated, 5V output. To do things professionnally you’d need a flyback/SEPIC switching power supply that generates a 5V only when the light is sufficient.3) Feeding your iPod or [insert your favorite MP3 player model here] by some unregulated voltage may harm it, especially if the voltage gets higher than the rated power supply nominal voltage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22826",
"author": "unjust",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T19:30:09",
"content": "so ironically the company he bought the solar panel from sells the same thing.http://store.sundancesolarcorp.com/sosochforipc.htmlnot that it’s not inherently more fun/cheap/lighter to build it oneself, but clearly there’s some research skills lacking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22827",
"author": "MrGoodBytes",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T01:30:01",
"content": "or he could’ve just bought a solar powered backpackhttp://www.voltaicsystems.com/or do what I did and win it from treehugger.com for a DIY contest",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22828",
"author": "devoinregress",
"timestamp": "2006-11-30T22:52:19",
"content": "Why not use the firewire power instead of USB? All you have to do is switch two wires to the dock connector. USB is fine I guess but it can be flakey (especily with RockBox)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22829",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp": "2006-12-01T04:25:41",
"content": "C’mon guys! Ok… So I am a total newbie, but I thought this project was great! I actually was able to understand something out of it – and is giving me interest into all of this!I think the article is good and that more of these “SIMPLE” projects are welcomed! Then, we can share ideas and improvements!And please! keep it always very cheap, very understandable (as this article is!), and positive!!Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22830",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2006-12-13T04:45:15",
"content": "I like this concept. The thought of being able to listen to my motorola V360 iTunes (1000 song hacked version) or play a game or video if I want while in the bush makes me want to make one.If the voltage is stable who cares usb is usb. The right voltage regulator would make all the difference for me. Mybe he could use laminating film to seal it instead of packing tape.Good hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22831",
"author": "Jody",
"timestamp": "2007-01-07T16:17:18",
"content": "This is my first visit to this site. Pretty cool. anyone know of a version of this that uses a hand crank like those wind up flashlights to charge a usb device. The solar panels are great but I need an option for use at night.thanks,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22832",
"author": "bidomo",
"timestamp": "2007-03-09T09:53:40",
"content": "Hey guys!I can find only the solar panel in the 400ma versions, what can I do to use this one instead of the 100ma one?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22833",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2007-08-05T01:23:46",
"content": "I bought the solar panel, the usb female adapter and the voltage regulator, precise as he listed… I built the device. It doesn’t work. I’m a new, for sure, in soldering and building this stuff, but this is a pretty simple project and based on a friend’s recommendation, I tried it. It just doesn’t work.Worst, I can’t figure out how to email the author for advice as to why it might not. I’m sure I must have done something wrong.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22834",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2007-08-05T16:49:15",
"content": "Welllll…. I figured out the problem. The picture he uses is ambiguous as to where the leads to the regulator go (or the panel is backwards from his and the manufacturer’s instructions). I ended up just having to switch the input and output wires and it all worked out, after I bought it outside for a full sunlight. It works. Sorry for the panic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22835",
"author": "pyrex",
"timestamp": "2007-11-01T00:18:14",
"content": "This circuit will not charge an Ipod. Perhaps a nano or shuffle, but not a bigger ipod.As was stated by comment 9, you need to get a lvdo regulator and probably 1uF caps between Vin and ground and Vout and ground.Now you have a steady 5V supply for your USB, but your ipod will still not charge from this circuit, you need a voltage divider. I don’t know how to post it here, but if you take apart any USB ipod charger, the voltage divider is there.This being said, it’s probably much easier to buy a higher voltage panel, regulate down to 9V (anything from 9V-12V is fine) and charge directly through USB or firewire, as the ipod’s charging circuitry will automatically begin charging from this voltage without any handshake/voltage divider. However, you won’t be able to charge any other USB devices from this charger.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22836",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2008-04-02T08:31:55",
"content": "Thanks for all the input. As I tried to make clear, i am no electronics guy, I just want an ultralight iPod charger to go with me backpacking and I really appreciate the feedback. Now, how do I do that voltage divider business?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113306",
"author": "Jenny",
"timestamp": "2009-12-25T13:34:11",
"content": "is it possible to get asolar phone chargerfor a lg phone (specifically lg vx9800 and chocolate)? where can i find one?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,908.107574
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||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/27/pcmcia-modem-serial-port/
|
PCMCIA Modem Serial Port
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
[nickjohnson] sent in
today’s hack
. Mike removed the extraneous hardware, just leaving the UART on this IBM PCMCIA modem and replaced it with a SMD MAX241 ttl-rs232 converter. He added a new end to the original cable and ended up with a nice, finished PCMCIA serial port. That fine SMD soldering is hard to do. Impressive work.
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[
{
"comment_id": "22801",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T14:18:43",
"content": "Just a thought, how do you go from a modem to a fully-recognizable serial port from a software standpoint? Wouldn’t Windows (or whatever OS) still think that it’s a modem?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22802",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T15:11:11",
"content": "Man, this hack is ANCIENT… I remember reading this when I was back in highschool.Good hack though, just a bit dated. (You can get USB->Serial ports now, for cheaper than $20.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22803",
"author": "JD",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T15:31:52",
"content": "Neat little hack, but his excuse that pcmcia serial adaptors are hard to find or expensive just makes me laugh. He suggests a cheap 20 dollar 14.4 modem for this project, but you can buy pcmcia serial adaptors all day long for 10-20 dollars on ebay or other discount sites.Some things you do for fun/experimentation and some you do out of necessity. Be honest with yourself and admit you just wanna tinker.. its okay! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22804",
"author": "Steve DiRaddo",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T15:55:54",
"content": "@1: When a PCMCIA modem is plugged in, Windows maps it to a COM port to allow windows programs to communicate with it. Windows simply assumes theres a modem connected to that com port, but you can still use it for whatever you want.I had actually wondered it this was possible.. and now I know it is! my particular model (14.4 as well) has an x-jack, so i could remove that and fit the chip there instead. this is really neat, too bad theres not more info tho :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22805",
"author": "Robert Brown",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T18:38:23",
"content": "In response andrew, it would seem that the modem is simply detected through the serial interface on the pcmcia card. And just because you can buy a solution does not mean it was either fun or informative to build your own. Seems if nothing else the author will gain a better understanding of how the device works. That is something you simply cannot put a price on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22806",
"author": "Kyndal",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T19:23:35",
"content": "i did this mod once, kinda hard to folow the directions and pictures.i had to get the datasheetFor the chip and “start over”but it works.i made a FULL Rs232 ModRegarding the cheap 20$ modem.this is a couple of years old like 1999 or 2000where serial cards where harder to come by!(specialty hardware like)if anybody wants the details, they can send me an emailkyQWERTYndal.dk@gmail.comRemove the capital letters!/Kyndal",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22807",
"author": "Kyndal",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T19:41:53",
"content": "seems Hackaday removes my capitalion. :o)i just love my “qwerty” keyboard ;o)/Kyndal",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22808",
"author": "zigzagjoe",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T01:24:46",
"content": "yea, i remeber this hack from a while ago as well. still cool none the less",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22809",
"author": "zigzagjoe",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T01:33:04",
"content": "scratch that, that is the site i remeber. old hack. be sure to check out the rest of the site…wicked cool stuff",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22810",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T03:01:43",
"content": "ah ok, yeah i was thinking that must be the case but i wasn’t sure… neat ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22811",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T12:21:20",
"content": "this guy’s website has great stuff!shame its design isn’t the best but I’m used to that kinda thing :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22812",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T13:19:21",
"content": "While you can get usb to rs232 adaptors really cheap, there are heaps of things that still dont work reliably/at all, or go really slow on them since you dont have real access to the handshaking lines, so this hack still has value.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22813",
"author": "Pedro Hin",
"timestamp": "2007-07-19T21:37:05",
"content": "I just found an old (1998) Compaq modem (free) — It is USB connected & USB BUS powered. One of my laptops doesn’t have a serial port, and I didn’t want to spend any money on a USB / Serial dongle. I especially did not like the ones CompUSA has — they require you to plug the USB/Ser adapter into an AC adapter *Boggles*.I might try this hack, so that I can use my crappy portless laptop on router configs :) .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "123343",
"author": "Boyce Shaffer",
"timestamp": "2010-02-12T00:32:33",
"content": "As a xbox lover I like your blog and will make some more comments after more reading.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "129601",
"author": "Lon Stoliker",
"timestamp": "2010-03-13T06:23:36",
"content": "Want the complete solution to never paying for games ever again?Never Pay For Games Systemis here! Check out the site and purchase the guide on unlocking any video game console in only moments! The guide includes Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Sony PSP tutorials on how to hack and mod them to play burned games!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "198193",
"author": "Max",
"timestamp": "2010-10-17T04:32:46",
"content": "Why not just buy a serialPCMCIA card fromhttp://www.usconverters.com, its easy and cheap",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/27/dan-kaminskys-cryptomnemonics/
|
Dan Kaminsky’s Cryptomnemonics
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[
"dankaminsky",
"netscape",
"toorcon"
] |
Our buddy
Dan Kaminsky
gave an interesting talk at
Toorcon
. This is just one part where he talks about a novel way to help the user remember SSH keys by
converting them to couples names
. You can get it in high quality
here
. 17 minutes long. Thanks to Fabienne for shooting the video.
| 15
| 15
|
[
{
"comment_id": "22787",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T20:48:56",
"content": "I really don’t like these speeches. They are not really hacks. Bring back lazy days.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22788",
"author": "Tech^CF",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T22:15:15",
"content": "I relly like those speeches. I installed Wicrawl after the last one, this one is downloading now (to get fullscreen, web-embedded google video has fullscreen ;) )thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22789",
"author": "Figgy",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T22:27:00",
"content": "I didn’t follow all of it, but I did understand some of it. One of my questions though is, what happened to that last beer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22790",
"author": "Arochone",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T00:10:00",
"content": "Actually, I was wondering about that last beer too. Anyone here who can shed some light on what happened to it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22791",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T00:22:58",
"content": "This is just one part of Dan’s talk. I’m sure he gave away the last one later. (Fabienne gave me hers :-) This video also doesn’t have Dan drinking a mixture of Mickey’s and Cinnamon Toast Crunch which was his self-inflicted punishment for tunneling DNS over DNS.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22792",
"author": "Figgy",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T05:25:22",
"content": "Where do you get the tips for these conferences?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22793",
"author": "Xone God",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T14:21:36",
"content": "Pretty brilliant reasoning. I think this guy is on to something, I just hope that he is not all theory and not code, otherwise all it is(and-ever-will-be is) a really nice idea. I hope he takes it from concept to prototype. I only wish I lived closer to Nevada so I could have gone.As with Figgy, I too was wondering where one can find info of where this type of Hacker conventions are taking place as google usually reveals some convention that happend back in the 90s. Any tips, or links would seriously be appreciated, specially for the south region(Tx, Al, Ms, LA, MX, NM). Thanx.And Crash – While the speaches them selfs are not “Technically” a hack or talking about one, It does fit into the relm of out of the norm technology rearrangement, thus giving it a hack status. Just my opinion. ..X..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22794",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T00:08:54",
"content": "well as long as it does not involve some huge-ass shiny blade and some poor sap screaming for mercy and something about collecting his intestines it is technically not a hack…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22795",
"author": "steve (the good one)",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T00:25:52",
"content": "interesting. still, i feel the urge to kill this wannabe comedian.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22796",
"author": "johan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-29T04:07:39",
"content": "Awesome video! Thanks for sharing :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22797",
"author": "Dewi Morgan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T23:03:08",
"content": "I totally agree with him, though I think there could have been better name selection criteria. In particular, we remember people we know much better than those we don’t, so a list of famous people or characters is probably a better source than the census. John and James and Jim and Jason and Joe and Joseph and Jack are to my mind more disparate than uncommon names like Dezzutti and Doornbos.“Sting and Mary Einstein”“Dante and Cher Bush”“Pinocchio and Marge Hitler”…and so on.Though I think very few women are known for their first names… I may be wrong.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22798",
"author": "Dan Kaminsky",
"timestamp": "2006-11-03T20:34:15",
"content": "Actually, there are three directions to go in in terms of name selection:1) Generic — hard, because there’s not enough generic names to go around2) Famous — an idea I hadn’t thought of, but yes, pinocchio and marge hitler is pretty funny. Somehow I suspect it might lead to collisions though (hitler is a stronger signal than marge)3) Constructed — “ponno and jib quona” or some other ridiculous combination of name-y words.I may try all three.There is code. Mail if ya want it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22799",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2006-11-12T01:23:44",
"content": "So, if you need special software to either show a face or convert it to a set of names anyway, you could as well encrypt the fingerprint with some user entered key and it will be more difficult to fake the fingerprint if you do not know that key.Can I have that 4th beer please?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22800",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2006-11-12T01:33:00",
"content": "Oh. perhaps they are already doing that with the client fingerprint. so nevermind that idea",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "130965",
"author": "Rueben",
"timestamp": "2010-03-20T11:02:04",
"content": "Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but records.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/26/thursday-mini-extra/
|
Thursday Mini-extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"ipod hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Russ] sent in his
Great Pumpkin
computer case mod. (Non-biodegradable)
[Nuke] sent in his
$10 ipod dock
. It makes me think of doom for some reason.
[phnx] sent in this
amusing case mod
.
These have been around, but they’re excellent, so deal. Evilmadscientist.com has a couple of great pumpkins.
Check out the
Cylon Jackolantern
and the
R/C Dalek Pumpkin
[Daedalus] sent in this one –
adsl via sound card
. 96kbs. The sound card is interfaced
with an audio transformer to the line at each end.
And this one just came in from [Eric]. Make a
magsafe connector
for thinkpads! Awesome.
| 11
| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "22777",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T18:50:34",
"content": "The adsl one is a bit…old isn’t it? 1999, that has to be some sort of a record.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22778",
"author": "Piranha",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T19:50:35",
"content": "This is not a PC mod. This guy was growing pot in an empty PC case!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22779",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T19:58:42",
"content": "adsl via sound card – Along the same lines, is there a purely software modem to turn an audio card into a standard v.whatever modem?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22780",
"author": "mahder pwned",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T21:28:27",
"content": "EX…..TERM…..I….NAAAAAAAAAAATEE!!!!daleks pwn:P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22781",
"author": "snorkle256",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T22:00:22",
"content": "Just to identify the laptop being used in the magsafe for thinkpads. That is a T40 series laptop and more than likely the T41 model.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22782",
"author": "freiheit",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T01:35:24",
"content": "‘ “It is not compatible with standard central office ADSL equipment, but requires a soundcard-equipped PC at both ends of the “last mile” copper connection.”That means it is totally useless….’Unless you were to have a mile of copper wire and two computers.On 2nd thought you’re right, no one on HaD would have that kind of kit just lying about.It would have been cool back in the day, I’m wondering if you can pull 96kbps with that over an acoustic coupling* via a normal phone call. Perhaps a cellphone and asterisk?*(not the widget that holds the handset, i mean it in a general term like an rj-11 -> headphone jack dealie)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22783",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T07:13:52",
"content": "yaay HAD extras!and double yaay for an ipod hack that doesn’t require you to have a nano, shuffle or 5G! some of us still have and love our perfectly-fine* 4G’s.*except for gapless albums :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22784",
"author": "mirthless",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T07:24:53",
"content": "“9. yaay HAD extras!and double yaay for an ipod hack that doesn’t require you to have a nano, shuffle or 5G! some of us still have and love our perfectly-fine* 4G’s.*except for gapless albums :(Posted at 12:13AM o”—–Umm… open your EYES. That’s a 5g video iPod. doooyyyyyyy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22785",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T07:49:01",
"content": "mirthless – a 5g was used, but one isn’t *required*. That was his point.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22786",
"author": "Fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T10:30:53",
"content": "Oh god I feel a rant coming on…#1, the Ipod dock was made for under $10, which is probbably pretty good because iPod docks probbably cost $50 upwards if they are available, and it looks like a bad shot of the paint job, but it would have been better had a darker coat, primer and sanding…#2 yes it is old… so what?#3 yes, that is pot in there, it is technically a PC mod, just the reverse of what you might think it is. Some people smoke pot, I dont, but if you wanna grow it in an old PC case (which is probbably a good hidable area) so what?#4 I believe there would be, I saw a TV show with it once, but you’d need some resistors or something (I’m no good at electronics) but google it up and hope you find something :)#5 If my exchange is ADSL equipped, and my friends is too, we could get a 96kbps line between our houses for an STD call (I think), although pointless when internet is becoming cheaper, still cool, and probbably better for not-so-legal activites that ISP’s dont like…#7 Err, how pointless, go spam some neopets boards or something#8 read my reply on #5#9 all non-flash based Ipods suck. Period. Flash memory owns them#10 well done noticing that, but there still relatively the same size",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "90026",
"author": "calli673",
"timestamp": "2009-08-28T01:54:14",
"content": "Great place you have here. I’ll be coming back often :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,908.664418
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/25/psp-analog-stick-part-2/
|
PSP Analog Stick Part 2
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Playstation Hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] |
[
"ben heck",
"benheck",
"psp",
"psp analog",
"psp analog mod",
"psp mod",
"PspAnalog",
"PspAnalogMod",
"PspMod"
] |
I’ve been getting some help with How-To’s over at engadget. One of our favorite hardware hackers
Ben Heckendorn
put up
part two of his analog joystick PSP mod
. When he showed me the original I was surprised at just how simple this mod is.
Part one
showed off the wiring, while part two puts it in a clip on enclosure. Who else would strap a jerky tin to his PSP?
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| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "22771",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T18:10:52",
"content": "I’m not normally one to complain, but this was posted at Engadget yesterday… And engadget gets far more hits than Hackaday. Hopefully we’ll get a more original hack later in the day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22772",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T19:23:27",
"content": "All we need now is a hack that gets compelling software on the device, and the PSP might start moving some hardware units.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22773",
"author": "mahder pwned",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T20:08:36",
"content": "or, we could maybe try to make a robot out of a HP95LX, the first handheld Pocket PC that came out…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22774",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T00:48:31",
"content": "Ben Heck is posting on engadget?Then it get’s posted on HAD the next day?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22775",
"author": "Cameron",
"timestamp": "2006-11-12T06:09:21",
"content": "I gotta say, I like this…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22776",
"author": "len",
"timestamp": "2008-04-01T21:59:41",
"content": ",nnc nsn asl",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "73259",
"author": "xboxwiimodchip",
"timestamp": "2009-05-09T15:34:53",
"content": "Hi, I can�t understand how to add your site in my rss reader. Can you Help me, please :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "110678",
"author": "360experts",
"timestamp": "2009-12-07T11:07:39",
"content": "Hey Ive been doing some crazy visual mods recently if your looking for something done then have a look on site. You can even buy backup games!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,908.474473
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/25/led-sensor-solar-tracker/
|
LED Sensor Solar Tracker
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"solar power",
"solar tracking",
"solarpower",
"SolarTracking"
] |
More of my EV kick coming through. A solar tracker is used rotate a solar panel to get optimum energy from the sun.
This one
uses LEDs as the light sensor and mosfets to drive the output to rotate on a single axis. He even reduced the duty cycle on the fets so no heatsink is needed. Mounting in a peanut butter jar keeps the circuit dry and allows the sun to shine through. (The designer sells these, but has circuits up on the site)
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| 18
| 17
|
[
{
"comment_id": "22760",
"author": "Tank",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T04:59:37",
"content": "I don’t want to be a grammar nazi, but when you say “to rotate on a single access” the word you want is ‘axis’ not ‘access’.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22761",
"author": "Will O'Brien",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T05:06:21",
"content": "I deserved it on that one. Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22762",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T06:12:41",
"content": "Ah here we go. good work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22763",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T14:55:56",
"content": "Very nice. I’ve tried using LEDs as a photosensor before, but couldn’t get enough of a signal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22764",
"author": "joiseymike",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T16:19:22",
"content": "What’s a good book or primer to learn about circuit boards, eprom programming and stuff? Would hack-a-day consider a section to newbies like me who want to pop their heads out from being neck-deep in code all the time?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22765",
"author": "grendel",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T17:17:40",
"content": "Awesome! Excellent work. I’ve considered taking a stab at something like this myself, but not with SMT chips. Way to go!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22766",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T17:52:28",
"content": "while using a pic is certainly adequate, isnt it a bit overkill? the linked page mentions BEAM style solar tracking, and i speak from personal experience when i say that such circuits utterly simple, far less expensive, and equally as effective.search for BEAM with respect to an ivore or a photovore, sunhead, sun tracker, solar tracker, etcSome good examples:http://costaricabeam.solarbotics.net/Circuits_Main.htm-steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22767",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2006-10-27T04:09:00",
"content": "bfr – reducing the duty cycle doesn’t mean increasing the frequency… just means that they are in an “high” state less often, therefor less voltage and less power",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22768",
"author": "gorobotics.net",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T04:55:30",
"content": "Re to #5nickjohnson, LEDs, function almost like a photodiode. Photodiodes, however, are optimized to detect light not emit it. You’re right though, you won’t see much a signal at all from a LED, your best be would be to use a phototransistor, as this amplifies the signal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22769",
"author": "obm",
"timestamp": "2006-10-30T11:05:51",
"content": "I actually participated in a solar energy course in university. The problem with solar tracking systems is the energy it requires. If you write down the energy gain vs. loss, it turns out that fixed angle is more efficient for most of the panels/motors out there. A solar panel works even it sees the sun at an angle (even more efficently in some cases, for example double glass heat capture types), and drop from the optimum in such a condition often does not compansate energy needed to rotate the system. A simple calculation yields 40′ N at 23′ panel slope in my country for optimum yield.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22770",
"author": "MrGoodBytes",
"timestamp": "2006-11-09T01:34:29",
"content": "good to see the EV post trend. That project has been posted for YEARS [I used that very site to build mine about 4 years ago]. It works great!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87778",
"author": "JC",
"timestamp": "2009-08-19T02:25:12",
"content": "So… where is the hack? Or is this yet another commercial for a product in the box?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "135410",
"author": "Sagar",
"timestamp": "2010-04-10T16:37:52",
"content": "I thought LED meant Light Emitting Diode. How is an LED being used to DETECT Light? Please pardon my ignorance and someone post a reply.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "135411",
"author": "Sagar",
"timestamp": "2010-04-10T16:39:56",
"content": "I thought LED meant Light Emitting Diode. How is it being used to DETECT light? Pardon me for my ignorance but would appreciate someone explaining this.Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "324267",
"author": "Arun",
"timestamp": "2011-02-05T10:12:54",
"content": "i want more information about sensor. please sent to me please.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "829670",
"author": "william roosa",
"timestamp": "2012-10-22T17:41:45",
"content": "Or you could use an LED and Op amp. Pretty standard stuff to get an Opamp to, well, amplify the signal from the LED then us that output to drive a power transistor…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "996394",
"author": "kenneth harnage",
"timestamp": "2013-04-23T01:52:44",
"content": "would love to purchase 2 led sensor solar trackers the one on the web sight",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1027506",
"author": "Joe Coquat",
"timestamp": "2013-07-16T20:45:05",
"content": "Did you poat the location to purchase the diode based solar tracker? Thanks",
"parent_id": "996394",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,908.527013
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/24/environmental-monitoring/
|
Environmental Monitoring
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"environmental monitoring",
"EnvironmentalMonitoring",
"temperature logging",
"TemperatureLogging"
] |
[Daniel Klien] sent me his
thermd environmental monitoring
project. It’s written in perl, but the cool part is the sheer number of supported devices. It’s pretty rare when a single developer is given test hardware so he can add support for it.
Sure, this isn’t a hardware hack, but temperature logging is one of those irritating problems of hardware hacking. I’ve got loads of uses for it – coffee roasting, house management, battery charging, monitoring for my
EV motorcycle project
.
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{
"comment_id": "22749",
"author": "drew",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T14:53:29",
"content": "Sweet first comment if you hooked that up right i bet you could control a house.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22750",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T15:51:27",
"content": "very, very nice hack – unfortunately I’ve never been a big fan of perl; I may have to learn because I could put a system like this to good use!slightly off topic, but I’d also like to say thanks to will for linking your project. I’ll be keeping an eye on that. I just hope that when you start the work you’ll be giving a detailed write up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22751",
"author": "chap",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T20:41:26",
"content": "neat and tidy… just as I lkie it )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22752",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T03:10:22",
"content": "i do similar things with munin (http://munin.projects.linpro.no/) and our weather goose (http://www.itwatchdogs.com/) units.His script looks more suited to the problem though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22754",
"author": "Turkey",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T05:36:26",
"content": "This guy who designed this is growing weed for sure!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22753",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T06:00:59",
"content": "Pretty cool… but total overkill for most hacking applications. A pic, a cheap LM temp sensor and maybe an external memory chip would be much simpler and far more versatile. Of course grabbing the data off of it can be a little more irritating than using one of these and having a whole harddrive to fill up with logs is handy. (hmmm… on my 100 gig HD I can track the temperature once a minute for the next 190 years or so.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22755",
"author": "patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T09:28:12",
"content": "along the same lines, i have two ds1631 sensors hooked up to my computer to measure indoor and outdoor temperatures, but the outdoor one goes off by about 30 degrees when the sun is shining on it. i’ve tried constructing a sort of breathable sun protecting shield for it but have had little success.are there any good (hopefully diy) solutions for this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22756",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T16:25:03",
"content": "You could mount it in the shade ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22757",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T17:05:03",
"content": "^^^^ Wot he says ^^^^Alternately –http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevenson_screen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22758",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T17:10:56",
"content": "PS –http://weather.overflow.net.au/station/stevenson.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22759",
"author": "william",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T23:28:55",
"content": "this is really neat and useful. as soon as I move back to the U.S. i’ll buy some temp sensors and try this out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54572",
"author": "Dalkalterceda",
"timestamp": "2008-12-10T19:40:39",
"content": "dirty at home porn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77990",
"author": "intasop",
"timestamp": "2009-06-13T23:18:53",
"content": "Tired of a competitor’s site? Hinder the enemy? Fed pioneers or copywriters?Kill their sites! How? We will help you in this!Obstructions of any site, portal, shop!Different types of attacks: Date-attack, Trash, Attack, Attack, etc. IntellectualYou can work on schedule, as well as the simultaneous attack of several sites.On average the data, ordered the site falls within 5 minutes after the start. As a demonstration of our capabilities, allows screening.Our prices24 hours of attack – $ 7012 hours of the attack – $ 501 hour attack – $ 25Contact via ICQ: 588 666 582",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119399",
"author": "Evgenia-Zel",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T01:44:53",
"content": "В ночь под Новый годОткройте двери настежь,Хоть метель мететИ пурга ревет.В ночь под Новый годПриходит к людям счастье.Пусть оно и к Вам придет.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/23/wake-on-lan-network-tester/
|
Wake On Lan Network Tester
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[
"cat5",
"network tester",
"NetworkTester",
"wake on lan",
"WakeOnLan"
] |
[Jachin] sent in his
network port tester
built from a network card, wake on lan cable and a battery holder. Three AAs supply 4.5v DC just like the motherboard would to the card via the WOL cable. Nice trick, I’d consider adding a static bag at the least to keep the card from getting zapped.
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{
"comment_id": "22713",
"author": "william",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T00:24:09",
"content": "good stuff, interesting. great idea",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22714",
"author": "n3ldan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T00:25:57",
"content": "Okay, I don’t get it. The instructions differ from the picture quite a bit.Looks like he is giving the card the 4.5v it expects from the motherboard, then you plug a WOL cable into that modded card and a regular one? Why not just hook the 4.5v directly to the WOL card? What exactly is this even going to tell you? I don’t get it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22715",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T00:27:50",
"content": "dosn’t look too “finished”, but seems handy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22716",
"author": "n3ldan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T00:30:20",
"content": "when I said “why not just hook up the 4.5v to the WOL card” I meant “why not just hook up the 4.5v to the WOL cable”..Still don’t get this…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22717",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T00:31:19",
"content": "n3ldan – It’s a network connectivity tester. You plug a patch cable into this gadget, and the other end into a jack, and if there is connectivity, the project card will light up. He mentions this in the “why” section of the project.Anyway, this is a great idea, and I’ll definitely be making one for work. I can’t count the times I’ve had to test jacks that haven’t been used in years, and needed to lug a laptop around to do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22718",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T00:36:01",
"content": "re: what it will tell you…If you plug this into a network port, you can immediately tell if the port is ‘live’, e.g. is connected all the way back to another network device, such as a switch. Not so much of a interest to home users, but useful in a building with 1000+ network drops. We bough a $500+ LanFluke and this ability (testing network connectivity) was the most used on the device.Also, he is only plugging the 4.5V into the WOL power plug that is on the card because that is where the card expects power to come from when the PCI bus is not providing power. He is just simulating what state the card is in when the the computer is turned off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22719",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T00:38:00",
"content": "“4. when I said “why not just hook up the 4.5v to the WOL card” I meant “why not just hook up the 4.5v to the WOL cable”..”…thats what he is doing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22720",
"author": "n3ldan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T00:49:15",
"content": "Oh, I get it now. For some reason I thought he was plugging it into another computer’s nic…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22721",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T01:35:51",
"content": "although i would have liked it if the author of the article said what kind of card ended up working for him, since he said that 3com and d-link didn’t work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22722",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T02:08:31",
"content": "It seems like there would be a much more elegant way to detect if the cable is properly connected…Plus, all this is going to tell you is if the cable is connected to a switch somewhere upstream. It can’t tell you if there is actually any TCP/IP connectivity. You would need a laptop or PDA with Ethernet (like the Zaurus) to test that, so you might as well just use the laptop/PDA in the first place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22723",
"author": "Triikan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T02:54:27",
"content": "Isn’t this exactly what cable testers like this one do?http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SS35407-TEST&cpc=SCH",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22724",
"author": "jerrod",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T03:22:13",
"content": "My first guess was that it was an intel 10/100 pro ….I looked up the OID of the MAC and it is an intel.I looked up the FCC ID (go here for more infohttps://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=92736&fcc_id='EJMNPDALBANY‘)and it is an intel 100+ pro.I guess I pretty close …. lol, its kinda sad I could tell what family it was from with just that pic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22725",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T03:40:15",
"content": "@ TriikanNo. that thingy only checks if the cable is assembled correctly.What this does:Say you are in an office where there are 40 PCs and 100 RJ-45 wall jacks, and a router with 50 ports on it. You need to find one of the 10 wall jacks out of 60 that are both unused AND connected to the office network already.Now you could lug around a laptop, but this is a much lighter solution. When you plug the other end of the cable into the walljack and the little LED lights up, you know that the other end is connected to the network already.Good hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22726",
"author": "MKnight",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T05:39:47",
"content": "Network FCC# EJMNPDALBANYIntel 100 Pro Plus Network Interface Card[url]http://www.etech4sale.com/Intel_100_Pro_Plus_Network_Interface/EJMNPDALBANY/partinfo-id-1951.html%5B/url]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22727",
"author": "spock",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T06:39:02",
"content": "nice hack, but a bit overkill for a link tester. i bet you could whip up something similar with some transistors and an led. that is, unless there is a more sophisticated protocol for establishing an ethernet link (i doubt it)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22728",
"author": "bodiby",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T07:15:31",
"content": "it sure seams like overkill. let’s figure out an easier way (or find a link). the upstream device is sending power on the send pair, so the downstream port should have a voltage on the receive pair. shouldn’t a resister and led work?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22729",
"author": "bodiby",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T07:26:15",
"content": "this is a still a great hack !!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22730",
"author": "david",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T07:30:04",
"content": "putting it in an anti-static bag or on conductive foam would be a bad idea. anti-static bags are conductors on the inside, and insulators on the outside iirc, so that static doesnt accumulate or if it does, the whole card is coupled to it, so it can’t do any damage. (Like how utility line workers are brought up to the voltage of the line they are working on when it doesnt make sense to turn the line off) as long as theres no difference of voltage between pins on any given chip theres no problems.A better thing would be a project case. Wood, Plastic, or metal with standoffs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22731",
"author": "m8",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T08:31:40",
"content": "Wow! I didn’t think of doing that!Admittedly this particular project is possibly a little overkill. (as #14 and #15 said) drawing out the power on the patch cables and driving a LED(did I say LED?) would be far simpler.What facinates me more, is that WOL signal wire!! :-)I can record the MAC address of the NIC and use it for starting or stopping things. Even through my VPN to home, from work!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22732",
"author": "ViceVirtue",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T09:29:10",
"content": "An inspiring project: Why not use the functionality of the card to turn on some device? I assume that sending the magic WOL signal to the cards MAC address would make it pusle the motherboard to wake up the computer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22733",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T10:16:54",
"content": "I somewhat doubt that a simple resistor and led would work. I’m trying to find the standards myself, but the line voltages are either 3.3 or 5 volts. While standard voltages, the pulse duration is very small, even compared to RS232. So, the net effect is that if you see anything on the led at all it will be very dim. Very fast pulses followed by relatively long spaces will not yield any visible light. To make matters worse, its likely even too fast for a cheap logic probe.Finnally, I am not sure if the physical layer requires an announcement before the hub/switch up stream passes anything back or not. So, you may not get any data until something intelligent says “hello, Im here!” in such case, the card does in fact do that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22734",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T10:18:43",
"content": "And a p.s. – a cheap nic is like.. $10. which, when you think about it, you could spend close to that on discrete parts if you go to radio shack, and opt for a socket rather than a hard wired cable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22735",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T10:55:40",
"content": "eep.. it looks like the voltage swings are 3 volts for old school low speed ethernet, and down to the milivolot p-p for Gigabit.and before anyone says “Yeah, but the card link lights do it…” those are simulated by the ethernet processor and at best are synched to the frame, not individual bits. Precisely why the card is not such a bad choice for such a project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22736",
"author": "w00tbike",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T17:28:31",
"content": "yeah ok.http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6c20/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22737",
"author": "acidrain",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T21:49:17",
"content": "Regarding the link in #11 to geeks.com and the continuity tester:We use one of these at work. The continuity tester is nicer in the fact that it tests for shorts and cuts along all 4 pairs, but it can’t do that unless there is a “transmitter” at the other end. The device is simple, just some resistors and LEDs at the receiving end, and a battery with some logic to charge the pairs in order. (and ours has LEDs at that end too). We spent $99 on ours, but it looks very similar to the one on the geeks page. If you plug in the transmitter at the drop, it will light if there is some network device at the other end.The best part is you can get an inductive wand, plug your transmitter in at the drop, and go back to your wiring closet/server room with the wand, and wave it over the cable bundles. It will sound a tone the closer you get to the cable, or you can stick it in an empty RJ45 jack and it will sound really loud. Makes it easy to map your wiring or find a specific jack if you are unlucky enough to be in a place that wasn’t properly mapped to begin with. The wand will set you back about $180 (probably less, we paid more out of convenience in a large order). Both the continuity tester and the inductive probe were made by Tempo. The wand is a 200GX Inductive Amplifier with a LAN Toner 2 AT8L, the continuity tester is a 468R and 468T.Cool hack though. It will just tell you the active drops, it doesn’t tell you WHICH drop it is. Just that it is live. And it doesn’t tell you if the wires are all correctly set. This only tests the send and receive pair, not the extra 2 (used for Power over Ethernet and I believe gigabit ethernet, maybe CDDI too)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22738",
"author": "trilly",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T22:21:08",
"content": "any more thoughts on how to use this for remote control of other things than pc’s?my dad’s a tech freak and our house has rj-45 wall plugs, so it would be really nice if i could WOL my TV or some other device. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22739",
"author": "Atlantis",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T23:25:01",
"content": "HIso id played a little bit around whith the wol function and hey guess what EVERYTHING! could be turned on whith this funktin.After the magic packet is sended the signalline(pin3)is up to 3,3V.To reset these 3,3V the card has to be disconnected from power.So if the card is disconnected everytime the WOL packed is sended it would be makeable to make some kind of a “serial” protocol so more devices could be controlled over just one card/mac all over the world ;)If there is a interest on that i try to make a litte project out of thatSo if anyone is interested just mail meAtlantis",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22740",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T00:20:13",
"content": "by itself, this hack is a bit of an inelegant solution. however, by utilising the WoL pin it suddenly becomes uber-useful. I will definitely be using this and writing it up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22741",
"author": "chic",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T15:30:59",
"content": "the comment about the anti static back was quite correct, so hows about an inside out antistatic bag? insulates the NIC’s bits from itself, throws a conductive/protective sheath over the whole lot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22742",
"author": "trilly",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T18:13:24",
"content": "shouldnt be too hard to turn on just one device via a normal and a bistable relais and a normal one. just wire it up so the WOL 3.3v triggers the normal relais which then gives the bistable one a jolt and resets the NIC to 0v. the bipolar relais would be switched everytime a magic packet is arriving.no need for a serial protocol. theres no way of sending back things to the pc in an easy fashion anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22743",
"author": "trilly",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T18:22:02",
"content": ">> via a normal and a bistable relais and a normal one.i meant just a bistable and a normal one. sorry",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22744",
"author": "ChRoNo16",
"timestamp": "2006-12-12T01:38:04",
"content": "Wonderful idea, beats the hell out of Fluke testers, mainly because of cost. Spent about a dollar at radio shack to make one, works awesome, defeats bringing laptop and is small enough to fit most anywhere, even those tight behind the desk spaces!!!!~ChRoNo16",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22745",
"author": "drew",
"timestamp": "2006-12-14T03:02:49",
"content": "BEHOLD! a cable tester is 10 bucks on ebay, and works thru a LAN as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22746",
"author": "Cybex",
"timestamp": "2007-06-14T05:21:02",
"content": "I would like to ask a question about the possibility of creating just an active port tester. This project got really close to the mark in regards to downsizing the original hack but then got diverted into the WOL project. I need to come up with a small LED (light/no light) port tester. I don’t have the luxury of putting a tone or pulse on the opposite end, besides if I could do that I would just look at the switch lights. I know the RX pair has insignificant power to light an LED but I was thinking a battery hooked to an LED with a in-line circuit that could be closed by the small voltage present on the RX pair. I am not very knowledgeable about any of this but I am trying to learn. The original project would work but for my requirement I do not want or need the presence of a MAC. Although I guess I could use a read-only patch cable between the tester and the wall port… I would still like to cut the unnecessary components in order to make a smaller and sleaker tester.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22747",
"author": "Thecapking",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T16:56:38",
"content": "We bought these linkchecks from smartronix for $20, tells you if the drop is active and the speed. They are tiny and work well.http://www.amazon.com/Smartronix-Linkcheck-Ethernet-Tester/dp/B000RGI6R6What I really want is something that will pull an IP to see what VLan the drop is connected to without a laptop.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22748",
"author": "BaaZ",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T13:46:57",
"content": "What is the link to the guide building the ethernet card tester, the link is not working.ORCould someone please tell me which wire of the WOL to connect where?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99693",
"author": "LAN cable Tester",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T07:53:16",
"content": "Cable tester traces the continuity of cable to ensure high speed in a network.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "773673",
"author": "SP",
"timestamp": "2012-09-06T10:50:31",
"content": "Does anyone have the link, or the instructions for this project? Because, it seems that the links given are not working anymore and I cannot find it anywhere else. Any help, would be appreciated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,908.829694
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/22/electronic-door-lock/
|
Electronic Door Lock
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"electronic door lock",
"ElectronicDoorLock",
"keypad lock",
"KeypadLock",
"pic controller",
"PicController"
] |
[Dheera] sent in his
electronic door lock
. The current version is purely microcontroller based, but I loved this crazy iteration. Seeing something like this evolve is fantastic. I really wanted a keypad door lock when I was old enough to dream of electric sheep.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "22704",
"author": "Myles",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T05:29:12",
"content": "Wow, thats pretty cool cause at my work we have these with keypads or using a key but they’re like $150+ bucks. Really cool if u gave it a keypad though too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22705",
"author": "HeBD",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T09:33:18",
"content": "wow!! this is a very different approch :)i hope he still carys a key with him ‘cos in the dorms i’ve been in that keyboard would have gone missing one night while i was out late….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22706",
"author": "SL",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T15:05:58",
"content": "at MIT, that sort of thing is admired, not vandalised. I’m sure it would stay there for quite a long time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22707",
"author": "t-junk",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T17:36:21",
"content": "hahah what a nice algorithm! :applause:",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22708",
"author": "greg",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T17:39:03",
"content": "#3well obviously number 2 doesn’t go to MIT.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22709",
"author": "rugelin dinda",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T02:58:02",
"content": "If want one like that. Just email mekabukicho2001@hotmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22710",
"author": "Ron",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T08:27:33",
"content": "I go to UMR and made one of these using an old desktop with an unused parallel port. I picked up a cheap RF relay control board, so I don’t have to worry about theft, heh.I have to give this guy props, he did a hell of alot more dirty work for this. Also, in case the keyboard did get thefted, what about a web interface?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22711",
"author": "charlie gibbs",
"timestamp": "2008-05-14T21:05:17",
"content": "need two door locks & a gate pass they will read t-chek cards",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22712",
"author": "Xero",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T17:53:20",
"content": "Also, can you tell me how to crack/hack PIN keypad locks(keyless locks) along with schematics of these keypad locks and how they can be rigged or picked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/21/pre-geek-o-ween-mini-extra/
|
Pre Geek-o-ween Mini Extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Zodiac] sent in this
pumpkin computer
. Gutted laptop, dvd drive, need I say more?
[max] sent along this ‘flaming’
led modded pitchfork
.
I ran across Woz
lighting himself up
.
[Jon] and [Shawn] sent along this
freaky project
. [Warning: Involves taxidermy] [Jon] suggests a bluetooth headset… Dude.
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| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "22688",
"author": "Brett",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T21:38:10",
"content": "Won’t the pumpkin rot?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22689",
"author": "jamEEs",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T22:41:38",
"content": "looks like theres a video of them dropping the pumpkin off a roof after taking all the tech out of it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22690",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T04:34:04",
"content": "I can’t wait to see their Thanksgiving mod!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22691",
"author": "Spaceman",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T07:27:24",
"content": "The over at engadget is better!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22692",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T10:21:19",
"content": "That would have a good idea for about 3 weeks. Then It would begin to rot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22693",
"author": "edocronian",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T13:09:40",
"content": "“Warning – Contains Taxidermy”Now thats a warning that made me laugh…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22694",
"author": "hunter",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T22:08:42",
"content": "the rat thing is f’ing great",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22695",
"author": "D3L373",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T23:16:29",
"content": "cool stuff, thow the rat is something i cant agree on, thad thing is just sick putting leds in a dead rat? come on :|",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22696",
"author": "pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T23:34:33",
"content": "I just got a sandisk digital audio player. I figure i could fit that and my bluetooth stereo transmitter dongle into a medium-size rat. Maybe his nose could be the D-pad.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22697",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T01:12:37",
"content": "I think steve is now happy , the rat doesn’t need more leds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22698",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T03:01:53",
"content": "That rat thing is awesome. It combines two of my favorite things: taxidermy and LED throwies. Great.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22699",
"author": "Jinryu",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T06:00:13",
"content": "Agreed that the rat thing is over the line, ive been coming to hack a day for a long time now and it’s really dissapointing to see someone like that get publicity thru your site bothers me. Bring back the innovative stuff like DIY rail guns, home theators Puting OSX on your xbox. Something people put more time into than cuting open a dead rat and stuffing it full LED’s and magnets for shock value.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22700",
"author": "kitoru",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T09:50:57",
"content": "The Pumpkin mod had some potential, since everyone loves pumpkins. If only one could figure out how to dry a pumpkin while retaining its form, so it’d last…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22701",
"author": "necromcr",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T11:47:07",
"content": "Rat stuff: sick, really.. disgusting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22702",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T17:02:42",
"content": "kitoru: “The Pumpkin mod had some potential, since everyone loves pumpkins. If only one could figure out how to dry a pumpkin while retaining its form, so it’d last…”Yes, kitoru, it’s called freeze-drying. You might be surprised how effective it is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22703",
"author": "khoa",
"timestamp": "2007-09-05T11:01:21",
"content": "tui mun mua ban hack pre",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,908.925005
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/20/zipit-running-linux-pda-software/
|
ZipIT Running Linux PDA Software
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"handhelds hacks"
] |
[] |
[karosium] sent in this one. He(?) put in alot of effort
on this one
. After flashing the EEPROM on the ZipIT he got the PIXIL embedded linux distro running on the ZipIT. It’s a work in progress, but the web browser works. Even if you don’t have a ZipIT, it’s worth checking out. There’s mention of building a PLCC32/DIP32 flasher built from an old PII. Great work!
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "22674",
"author": "thejoeandchip",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T04:28:44",
"content": "very nice, i mean very nice. those zipits are pretty cheap, and anything with linux is good. i would love to do this sometime. more hacks like this please!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22675",
"author": "Triikan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T06:34:10",
"content": "Cue tripling of price on eBay in 3, 2… (happens with every other device that linux gets thrown on, even to the point where they cost more than the devices they sought to be cheaper versions of)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22676",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T08:17:16",
"content": "@#2Just make it a ‘watched item’ or a keyword, let a few weeks go by and you’ll see them drop back down in price again. I’ve got about 15 things that I ‘watch’ for that routinely popup here, slashdot, and digg.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22677",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T14:14:07",
"content": "ZipIts are still available new at Best Buy for less than $100. (Although now that I’ve mentioned this, possibly not for long.) Just do a search at bestbuy.com.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22678",
"author": "th0mas",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T18:43:43",
"content": "Grrr.. I bought one off ebay, then the seller farked off and never sent the item… :/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22679",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T19:54:02",
"content": "I’ve seen them on sale at RadioShack as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22680",
"author": "FOX-",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T21:13:22",
"content": "I love little handheld hacks like this.-FOX-",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22681",
"author": "tom61",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T21:19:23",
"content": "ZipIts don’t seem to be going for any higher, or at all, on eBay there’s only one listed right now.Not that horribly exciting, with a mono screen and not alot of RAM, storage, or expandability. A quick Froogle search brings up this site selling them for $55:http://www.pcliquidations.com/item.asp?referid=160164167166161&id=2080",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22682",
"author": "Doctor Whom",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T03:14:54",
"content": "Kinda odd that the price going up is the only thing being commented on, as linux zipit stuff has been on hackaday at least 3 times.monochrome, rubber keyboard like that, doesn’t come with backlight, need to solder for an SD card for actual storage is too many compromises from what I want in a tiny computer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22683",
"author": "camzmac",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T17:00:04",
"content": "These zipits are tough to find… First of all, nobody has them in my area. Tigerdirect used to have them, but they were over priced. When I was desperate enough to get it from TD, they had removed it from their inventory. And then I went on a trip to Minnesota and walked in to every damn toys r us, radio shack, best buy, target, ANY electronics store. Nobody had heard of it.And they hardly ever appear on ebay. When they do, the seller isn’t shipping to Canada :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22684",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T21:27:43",
"content": "Zipit good!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22685",
"author": "sfeng1",
"timestamp": "2006-10-23T06:37:19",
"content": "uh, my $90 ebay’d jornada720 is exponentially superior to this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22686",
"author": "David Murray",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T18:39:27",
"content": "I walked into Bestbuy 2 days ago (after seeing this article) and bought one for $79. They had 3 different colors.I got linux on it, but I have found that there are lots of websites on this, but none of them have much information. There don’t appear to be any (active) discussion groups on the matter. I’m fairly disappointed, actually. Not so much in the product, but the lack of good websites on the product.. and lack of any precompiled binaries of anything. I hate trying to compile stuff myself, that is why I stopped using Linux on my desktop computer years ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22687",
"author": "chuckstudios",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T04:13:50",
"content": "amadeus at dslinux.org is currently trying to port PIXIL to the Nintendo DS by way of DSLinux. He should be able to do it, since he made the RAM extensions work and stuff by circumventing 8bit writes and now we all have 36MB of RAM, so… :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "131741",
"author": "Elyse Hinshaw",
"timestamp": "2010-03-24T19:23:08",
"content": "Good information you have posted!I like your blog. Whenever i see the post like your’s i feel that there are helpful people who share helpful information for the help of others,Its good to share information among people.Keep sharing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,908.878457
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/19/electric-7-ev/
|
Electric 7 EV
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[] |
Yup, more EV stuff today.
This car
[
Cache mirror
]is just so impressive that I think it’s definitely worthy. The car is a Birkin S-3 reproduction kit. Instead of the 4 cylinder, he put in a 3 phase 100HP, yes, 100HP electric motor. That’s pretty kickin. The *really* interesting twist is the battery pack. Multiple hybrid car battery cells (think prius NiMH) were salvaged to provide the juice. It runs around on tires designed for the EV1.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "22650",
"author": "captsnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T05:03:20",
"content": "The Lotus Seven-style car is really perfect for a ev",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22651",
"author": "wyatt_z",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T07:52:47",
"content": "Is 100hp more than the original lotus 7 engine? At any rate the power:weight ratio must be insane.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22652",
"author": "Jozer",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T09:45:57",
"content": "Not only that, but hes running the motor directly to the wheels, and electric motors have CRAZY torque all through the RPM range. That thing must take off like a bat out of hell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22653",
"author": "Tavor",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T09:50:18",
"content": "Wow. Just wow.Only problem I see though is this…It needs to be green and yellow, with the registration plate “kar 120c”!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22654",
"author": "verycool",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T15:34:27",
"content": "wow we already crash the site",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22655",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T15:58:09",
"content": "Pretty sweet add Some big Wheel covers, chrome, and a flame paint job and you have an electric hotrod",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22656",
"author": "DriveSoSlow",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T16:40:17",
"content": "Google Cache:http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:kSl8R6LgMFEJ:www.electric7.com/+http://www.electric7.com/&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22657",
"author": "Mike Vroegop",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T17:15:40",
"content": "flame paint job? How about a lightning-style paint job? :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22658",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T17:33:55",
"content": "wow, we alredy blew thier server…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22659",
"author": "tyler",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T20:04:30",
"content": "is it just me or does the coral cache not have all of the images? it says 400-Bad Request on most of them…this is a cool idea- and i really like how the interior turned out (from the few pictures that i was able to see of it)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22660",
"author": "farris",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T20:33:06",
"content": "Does anyone here know how to get a hold of some LRR (low rolling resistance) tires? I would like to get some for my turbo-diesel beetle, but I’m not sure if they sell them at regular tire places, or if you have to buy them specially.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22661",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T21:53:15",
"content": "farris:Check outhttp://www.tdiclub.com. The forums there will be a better place to ask about those questions. I love my TDI wagon, 52mpg chipped.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22662",
"author": "gcc",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T22:06:26",
"content": "This is truely amazing… certainly not a job for the home hobbyist, but very, very impressive nevertheless. and I’m with #9- the acceleration must be something to behold.Just frickin wow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22663",
"author": "zap",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T23:32:42",
"content": "I drive an electric vehicle most days. For a 8 tonne lump they certainly get up and boogie real fast. :-)My VW TDI is way cool too. Performance AND economy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22664",
"author": "Jonathan Webber",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T04:07:32",
"content": "I’d be throwing an motor speed controller with an analogue input on the accelerator or a vfd/plc combo to control everything on the car.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22665",
"author": "JackNco",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T07:47:20",
"content": "The original 7 had 49 and 70BHP depending on the model of the original year of production. although most replicas have 150BHP Plus, up to 600BHP from the turbo Hayabusa powered cars!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22666",
"author": "Sp`ange",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T07:50:32",
"content": ">>>It needs to be green and yellow, with the registration plate “kar 120c”!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22667",
"author": "farris",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T10:22:11",
"content": "lawl, i looked back at my comment and realized that i didn’t really relate it to the post at all…it should have included a reference to the LRR’s from the EV1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22668",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-10-22T15:21:03",
"content": "He stole my idea! After reading the EVUK electric vehicle site I was all set on building an electric Se7en.. after I graduate that is. Still, I don’t think anyone’s built an electric Fisher Fury yet.. now that I want to see.The site still appears unhappy (no images, just the home page HTML) and the coral cache gives error 400s, any other ideas or do we just have to wait for the traffic to die down a little?#14- there are plenty of home hobbyists converting ice cars to electric, if anything this should be easier because you don’t have to work with the car’s old transmission and so on. Google electric car conversion to see just how many people already do it.I’m certainly appreciating all the ev stuff on hackaday- please keep it up, we need to persuade more people that electric cars aren’t hopelessly impractical milk floats any more!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22669",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-26T01:50:59",
"content": "Check out the movie “Who killed the Electric Car” (2006), a little off topic, yes… but I haven’t seen it advertised",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22670",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2006-10-28T18:53:15",
"content": "For all the EV enthusiasts who want to know a little more about the car (the information on the site is pretty sparse), I found a brief post by the maker here:http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/ev/2515/He mentions his charger and his source for the batteries (scrappers, even in january 2002) and tires- if anyone can find contact details, I’d love to ask him for some tech specs (the rather wooly “re-engineered to produce four times the original capacity and power” statement could do with elaboration).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22671",
"author": "jRoc",
"timestamp": "2006-12-09T03:09:42",
"content": "hate to burst your bubble, but the acceleration would not be as “bat-out0of-hell”-ish as you may think. sure electric motors have crazy torque, but thats only because the power output remains the same. power and torque are related, power=(torque x RPM) /some constant, therefore the torque would be around infinity at zero RPM, but the power is not, and the POWER defines the acceleration.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22672",
"author": "xenor",
"timestamp": "2007-01-15T06:51:41",
"content": "I’m not sure if the horsepower figures listed here are the ICE (internal combustion engine) equivalent, but because electric motors are measured at continuous power and ICE are measured at peak power, you can get a rough conversion buy multiplying the rating on the electric motor by 8 or 10. eg, a 20 HP electric motor is approx equivalent to a 160-200 HP ICE.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22673",
"author": "Andrés Fuenzalida",
"timestamp": "2007-01-17T17:41:50",
"content": "I used to have a Lotus Seven. it had about 120hp, and it really flyed. so an EV with 100hp must fly also",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "142856",
"author": "discus breeder",
"timestamp": "2010-05-17T02:00:34",
"content": "Hiya, just needed you to know I have added your web blog to my Google bookmarks because of your extraordinary blog layout. But seriously, I do believe your blog post has one of the finest theme I’ve surfed to. It really makes reading your blog much easier.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/18/tivo-external-sata-bypass/
|
TiVo External SATA Bypass
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
TiVo left the external SATA port on the series three disabled. [Lightrunner]
bypassed this silly restriction
by adding a sata to esata cable (AFAIK the only difference is the shape of the connector and shielding on the cable.) and a nice big SATA RAID array. Silly TiVo, massive recording storage is for everyone.
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[
{
"comment_id": "22646",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T06:57:32",
"content": "w00t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22647",
"author": "xxdesmus",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T14:27:52",
"content": "wow that is cool!I may just go pick one of these up for myself after all…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22648",
"author": "pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T16:05:24",
"content": "Let us know when you reegnigne a workaround to the 1TB limit. Very good work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22649",
"author": "Eleventeen",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T19:31:13",
"content": "That’s awesome.I wish someone could find a way to enable the SATA on the Comcast DVR boxes now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,909.021543
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/17/diy-projector-redeux/
|
DIY Projector Redeux
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
My latest how-to is up over on
engadget
– I’m writing up my build of a HD projector – This one features DVI-D with HDCP support along with component, VGA and on board tuner. This is one of those projects where you can make all sorts of compromises, but I’ve gone all out on the hardware. Pro lenses, electronic ballast, 6500k lamp… If you’ve been considering building one of these, you should check it out. When it’s done I’ll give it a good going over – is the picture quality worth the effort? Peace of mind at using a $50 lamp instead of a $300 one?
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{
"comment_id": "22633",
"author": "David Li",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T04:48:28",
"content": "Oh cool, you wrote that? I enjoyed it. I can’t wait for part 2.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22634",
"author": "verycool",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T06:31:11",
"content": "impressive Is there any more sites on DIY projectors?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22635",
"author": "TheCrazzyman",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T08:46:28",
"content": "man i wish they would include the calculations to make one with a smaller lcd. i have a small .5inch lcd id love to make into a mini projector.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22636",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T09:46:00",
"content": "verycool, check outhttp://www.lumenlab.comvery nice stuff here, i wish i could afford to make such a nice one. put one of the bean bag beds i saw at makezine.com the other day in front of that and i think you’d never see me again",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22637",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T09:57:59",
"content": "and after reading the whole thing TheCrazzyman, go tohttp://www.lumenlab.com/focal_calc.phpto use their calculator.i don’t mind too much, but seriously guys, both the links i’ve posted were in the write up. could you read the whole thing completely before posting comments?it said the php version would run under most operating systems, if it doesn’t run on your email me. sonicrdcr (you-know-what) yahoo.com. i’ll enter in your calculations and email you the answer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22638",
"author": "Lambda_drive",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T10:54:07",
"content": "I think the do it yourself lcd projector is easier to make in my opinion",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22639",
"author": "L E D",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T11:21:44",
"content": "Cool project. but instead of an 400 watts bulb there should be used some 3 watts leds insteadhttp://www.luxeon.com/products/family.cfm?familyId=8",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22640",
"author": "SL",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T21:02:51",
"content": "Those 3W LEDs only put out 80 lumens, no matter how bright they seem.The 400-watt metal halide lamp they’re using puts out more than 55,000 lumens.I think that it wouldn’t be very efficient or cheap to build in well over 500 of those LEDs, let alone dealing with collimating all those separate beams. It’s reasonable to use LEDs for a desktop projector that you might use in a 4-5 person meeting, but only for their size and power requirements. LEDs just can’t hold a candle (pun intended) to the “old” incandescent lamps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22641",
"author": "monopole",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T22:04:26",
"content": "l e d:Been there done that, unfortunately the lumens on a Luxeon just dont cut it yet. As a rule you need a point source of about 5,000 lumens to pull off a conventional DIY projector design. LEDs would be great otherwise because of the total absence of UV and IR and the incredible lamp lifetime. I tried using a Lamina Ceramics BL-3000 array with a PSOne LCD but I was slaughtered by Entendue problems.On the other hand, using large dense arrays of superbright LEDs immediately behind the LCD in conjunction with a CRT Projection lens will work. The problem is that the LED array has to be somewhat larger than the display panel (about 10-20%). See:http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6722Combining a large LED array (6 1/4″ dia), a PSOne projector and a US Precision Lens Delta 2 CRT lens would make an excellent (although somewhat dim) compact projector. The problem is getting a LED array of that size.TheCrazzyman:As noted above check out:http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6722Pretty much the answer to your needs.The lens is at:http://www.surplusshed.com/pages/item/l3294.htmlthe LED bulb is at:http://www.led.hightechlighting.com/product_info.php/cPath/158_239/products_id/1280Get some LEGOs and you are ready to rock!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22642",
"author": "dstone09",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T02:33:08",
"content": "I was just looking this up 2 days ago",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22643",
"author": "eatcaramels",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T07:17:54",
"content": "I’ve disliked loomenlab because they have charged for their forum access and their plans (which aren’t anything special)The real DIY projector site:http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=e6a1579196d9369cd01f7fa862d0a3ca&forumid=20And a good explanation of the elements:http://www.hommie.net/theory.htmAnd if you really want to get in over your head, there’s the 1920×1200 display and controller:http://members.cox.net/minoten/Actually, I think a neat idea would be to buy a Dell laptop with that screen in it and hack that into a projector. You’d end up with a built-in HTPC, but it wouldn’t have the cool controller board that accepts the different video connections.You can get a good enough result to really enjoy with just about ANY combination of lenses and panels. If you get addicted and focused on really bright, clear images from corner to corner, you need to match your optics.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22644",
"author": "davethehack",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T10:55:24",
"content": "yes another build that costs a fortune i think hackaday thinks that money grows on trees.not all of us have massive a mounts of money to waste.and buy the way leds.suck",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22645",
"author": "mac",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T11:14:19",
"content": "I built one of these last year, but went with a 15″ screen. Obviously it was a lot cheaper, weighing in under $300 when finished. It works pretty well, at least good enough for visitors to say “wow” at the projected image, so i’m not being prejudiced here. the downside to the 19″ project is going to be the absolutely gargantuan size. my 15″ projector already looks like a mini-fridge suspended next to my couches. to use such a large screen you need to have a very long focal length…this 19″ project is going to look like a coffin. probably best to stand it on end and bounce out the side with a mirror. another thing that’s going to suck is that metal-halide bulb, i’ve used a 400 watt, 6500K, virtually identical. the color temperature is ok (10000K is useless), but the arc size is absolutely huge. because of the way projector optics work, any arc outside of maybe 7 millimeters is completely wasted light. if these guys were really interested in going all-out on this project, they would check into the double-ended hqi lamps which have a much smaller arc. there’s a chinese guy named “ywh” on diyaudio forums who’s been supplying various small-arc bulbs for under $50. a short arc bulb of 250 watts will beat these guys with a 400 watt bulb. the image will also be sharper.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77992",
"author": "intasop",
"timestamp": "2009-06-13T23:32:44",
"content": "Tired of a competitor’s site? Hinder the enemy? Fed pioneers or copywriters?Kill their sites! How? We will help you in this!Obstructions of any site, portal, shop!Different types of attacks: Date-attack, Trash, Attack, Attack, etc. IntellectualYou can work on schedule, as well as the simultaneous attack of several sites.On average the data, ordered the site falls within 5 minutes after the start. As a demonstration of our capabilities, allows screening.Our prices24 hours of attack – $ 7012 hours of the attack – $ 501 hour attack – $ 25Contact via ICQ: 588 666 582",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81433",
"author": "van",
"timestamp": "2009-07-14T01:10:07",
"content": "hi guys ! im need a help here and hopefully anyone can give me some advise, i was trying to d.i.y my first projector about 100 inch and i dont know what parts that i need :eg;what kind of lense,lcd sizes,fresnal sizes, and what kind of bulb . thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2166526",
"author": "Seve Noskowicz",
"timestamp": "2014-11-21T23:21:00",
"content": "Did this ever go anywhere? I wonder how well it can work because the projection lenses didn’t have to be achromatic because each one was only used for one color. However, this system requires one lense to handle all colors and these lenses won’t focus all colors at the same time, thus producing a blurred image????I just pulled three out of a neighbor’s old TV and can use them and the screen for science demos at the local Challenger Learning CenterRegards, ScienceAdvisorStevehttp://www.challengerillinois.org/.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/16/ipod-tube-dock/
|
Ipod Tube Dock
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
Kurtis Berry sent in his response to all the ipod speaker docks out there. Instead of buying one, he
built one
. It’s really a combination of several projects, and it looks great. He used a monoblock tube amp kit to provide 8 watts of excitement to a well known diy speaker design, all encased in oak. He’s hit that wall we all know – that point where we quit because it’s working so nicely as it is. Still, I’m not sure that adding a second channel would add too much to the sound experience with his speaker unless he wants to build a matched set. (I can’t give him too much grief, I’m jealous.)
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "22610",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T05:20:31",
"content": "FSM iPod skin! yeah!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22611",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T06:15:43",
"content": "^^ beat me to it… hell yeah fsm!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22613",
"author": "blip",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T07:24:32",
"content": "Cool! But it seems like a lot of effort for mono.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22612",
"author": "Tom Parker",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T08:38:41",
"content": "Now thats nice… I just bought a iPod nano 2 dock… tried making one but it didnt go very far",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22614",
"author": "farris",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T16:14:27",
"content": "Does any company make an iPod cover that looks like oak? I think that would be sick in this project… hmmm… (*looks up price of blank stickers online*)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22615",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T17:36:50",
"content": "1 chanel? plz, hackaday nedds some real hacks, my 5yrold culd build that it needs mor leds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22616",
"author": "BillytheImpaler",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T19:42:52",
"content": "You have a child, Steve? I didn’t know they let trolls breed.I love this hack. I’ve been thinking about screwing together a tube-amp’d iPod dock for a few months now and this just gave me a serious kick in the butt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22618",
"author": "fred",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T22:03:13",
"content": "From the tube amp website:“These Amplifiers may be operated assupplied, however voltages in excess of 200 voltsare present on the board and the tubes getvery hot. It is advised that the amplifier be mounted in a well-ventilated metal enclosure to reduce the potential of fire or shock.”Hope that beautiful wood enclosure never catches fire.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22617",
"author": "Scruge",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T22:15:30",
"content": "Speakers look good.But I don’t understand the need for tube amp on an ipod?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22619",
"author": "jay",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T22:35:27",
"content": "The company sells a stereo tube amp:http://www.s5electronics.com/tube12.htmlI have built it and it sounds nice. I’ve been using it quite a bit. It does get very hot so I have to make sure the cats stay away from it.I bought mine here:http://www.tubesandmore.com/they have the same kit for less money.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22620",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T01:42:27",
"content": "am I the only one that doesn’t see the point of hooking the pos daq in an ipod into a $100 worth of tube amp? I seriously doubt that he is using lossless compression on a nano…on the other hand I do agree with the mono, as the speakers are so close to each-other that you wouldn’t get any stereo separation anyway. I just hope that he correctly combined the 2 stereo channels into the single mono one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22621",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T02:14:17",
"content": "it’s brilliant – i don’t mind mono in such a small design because i’d be wanting to use this as a portable or second stereo, and setting up stereo speakers for proper separation isn’t as easy as just placing them a foot apart – well it is nearly that easy, but considering that most stereos aren’t really that stereo, and it doubles the work and price, i’d build mono.as for valves? i don’t have any, but even with mp3 they’ll sound so much more alive and natural. i imagine the bass is beautiful.best hack yet – pity there aren’t more details.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22622",
"author": "n3rrd",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T03:26:20",
"content": "The source of the sound isn’t necessarily all that important… the tubes will color (warm) any signal passed through them, from a DAC or a record player. It’s no more stupid than running a CD player through a tube amp.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22625",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T10:37:32",
"content": "“…” if you read about the construction of the dayton 3 loudspeaker you will see that it is actually a 2 mid-woofer 1 tweeter setup with a crossover circuit built into it, rather than a stereo setup. the guy that designed the d3 is incredibly knowledgable about speaker construction.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22623",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T13:18:08",
"content": "“Hope that beautiful wood enclosure never catches fire.”Bet you drive a Volvo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22624",
"author": "Chris Grier",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T15:41:52",
"content": "I too built the stereo kit from tubesandmore.com, about five years ago, and it’s an amazing amp.I made four small improvements, though:1. I subbed out the stock capacitors with slightly better ones, for a total cost of about $4.2. I put the whole kit and kaboodle under a Marantz-style cage, which I bought from Hammond (prob from angela.com).3. I re-mounted the RCA inputs to a more user-friendly location on the chassis.4. The PCB-mount tube sockets that came with the thing are some sort of plastic, and started to deform and turn brown within a month, so I subbed ceramic ones at a cost of about $8.The bass on this thing is pretty good. Eight watts is plenty loud for home listening.I also have what the audiophile geeks call a “single-ended triode” amp, which is supposedly the bees nuts as far as accuracy, euphonious distortion, killer sound, blah blah blah, are concerned, but this thing is every bit as good, the bass is a little stronger in the sub 50Hz range, and the eight watts pushes my not-very-expensive speakers better. I like it.There’s also a fair amount of web pages devoted to modding the thing; google K-502, which is the number given to the kit when I bought it yrs ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22626",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T23:39:18",
"content": "So, I’m also wondering about the safety of surrounding the tubes with wood… is this generally a risk for fire?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22627",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-10-24T13:20:41",
"content": "“So, I’m also wondering about the safety of surrounding the tubes with wood… is this generally a risk for fire?”No more than a hot cup of coffee on your end table. (but you probably use a coaster)Funny to see these reactions, goes to show 1] how ignorant people are about tubes these days, and 2] how nervous people are… your toaster is much bigger threat than this!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22628",
"author": "La Rotta",
"timestamp": "2006-10-31T02:04:26",
"content": "Is Beautiful!!!! IGorgeous!! I dont have any words. I love the sound, but I love more the old-school style, and MUCH MORE the mix between old and new school!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22629",
"author": "Kurtis Berry",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T00:07:52",
"content": "the only part that gets warm is the wood directly behind the tubes. it isn’t as hot as my coffe cup.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22630",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-11-01T06:47:57",
"content": "Transistors > tubes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22631",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2007-05-10T22:42:02",
"content": "tubes are so much better than transistors if a bit more expensive. The warm sound and bass you can get out of a good set of EL34s or KT-88s is unrivaled.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22632",
"author": "P",
"timestamp": "2008-03-04T11:31:13",
"content": "Hi! Wonderful work! I’m gonna build one of these too, as soon as I find a cheap kit on the web! Thanks for sharing!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/15/sequential-battery-charging/
|
Sequential Battery Charging
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’m getting pretty interested in building an electric motorcycle, and I ran across
this little hack
to charge multiple batteries with one charger. It uses a 4020 counter that’s pulsed by my dear friend the 555 to activate a series of relay pairs to switch a single charger sequentially between battery cells. A more advanced version could use a microcontroller to monitor the state of each cell to ensure even charging. If you’re thinking of constructing an uber-ups, this could be useful.
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[
{
"comment_id": "22592",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T06:02:21",
"content": "yea your gettin me interested in building one too! when we gonna talk about the 36 volt dewalt batteries?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22593",
"author": "Tom Parker",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T09:43:20",
"content": "looks good not sure what i’d use it for though :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22594",
"author": "trump",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T15:13:05",
"content": "I tried to do such a thing a year ago, let’s see if you can! $)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22595",
"author": "SOI Sentinel",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T15:53:26",
"content": "Ack, where to begin. I’m curious why they didn’t use a standard 12V battery charger. A few in parallel would have allowed them to vary charge current in large blocks. I think once they try and tackle their own home made power supply for this they’ll find it a LOT easier to vary the power (via supply side SCR into an isolation transformer that feeds a high current bridge rectifier and filter cap). I don’t think he’d be interested in the alternative (PWM control from a line bridge rectifier – capacitor combination to a lower value DC capacitor… they call this a one quadrant DC drive at this size, not a buck or stepdown power supply). DC current is easy to measure by linear Hall effect sensors these days, as I wouldn’t want to think of the size of a shunt resistor required to get anything useful out of this.Oh, and a beefier electric motorcycle was done by an EET team for senior design at my alma mater, but I only found one reference article to it online…http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/APC04/608290567/1029Beefier body than the one posted previously, and other then the plan to switch to LION batteries, they’ve also designed the power electronics themselves. Nifty and ambitious.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22596",
"author": "electricmotorcycles.net",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T16:47:45",
"content": "Pretty cool but I don’t see how it would be usefull in the long run to charge a whole pack. However, I can see that it might be usefull as a type of BMS (Battery management system).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22597",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T19:25:46",
"content": "I wonder if over time the batteries will develop problems from being charged separately. Even matched batteries from the same run will have slightly different charge and discharge characteristics. I would be curious if not charging them as a single series battery would have any negative side effects.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22598",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T20:55:58",
"content": "The issue with all EV (Bikes, trikes, cars, trains, whatever) is that they still rely on dead dinos for the power. The power companies still burn them because they are cheap.Sure, your breaking free of ‘big oil’ but your still dependant on _someone_ for your ride to work.And the best part is, if everybody had a EV that they needed to charge every night… the power grid would collapse! Fantastic!EV are oool now, and don’t get me wrong–they are cheap to ‘fill up’–but you have to look into the future 15 years. And elecricity will rise up higher to compensate for everybody drawing more watts out of the grid.What we need is everybody to have solar cells on their houses. Every last one of them plug into the grid, and that will solve the issue once and for all. Use what you got, and we haven’t even begun to tap the power of the sun. not even close.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22599",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T22:33:58",
"content": "“The issue with all EV (Bikes, trikes, cars, trains, whatever) is that they still rely on dead dinos for the power. The power companies still burn them because they are cheap.”That’s 100% correct, and I agree with you for the most part. The turbines that the power companies use are far more efficient than the ICE that would have been in the vehicle. Yes, it is still burning fossil fuels. But, it is getting more power per pound and then being used at a higher efficiency.Meh, even nuclear (and now we’re going to have members going nuts on us) – its too bad the united states has fallen behind in that area. Hell, Canada – our neighbors to the north, have a better system (from production to management) than we do… We don’t need to be enriching all this uranium…While its not a solution, its a start. If it (any alternative) is to be accepted, these smaller steps need to make their way through. We could very well be in trouble in 15 years – but change can not happen in a snap (unfortunately).—And I completely agree with your solar idea ;) Every year the cost per kW slowly goes down AND even really old panels are capable of producing. I can’t wait until solar road panels are developed. But if the masses are going to accept this while dino fuels are still around, the conveniences they have now can’t go away.—Last thing… those big power plants don’t throttle back as expected. Yes, occasionally a turbine/boiler is taken offline for maintenance – but not because of daily load fluctuation. That is very expensive to do, very inefficient and can add extra wear (especially if go into wet steam area). In fact, its cheaper to discharge energy not used.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22600",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T00:25:31",
"content": "wow, this is very useful, i didnt know relays can be used to charge batteries…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22601",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T18:21:11",
"content": "“That’s 100% correct, and I agree with you for the most part. The turbines that the power companies use are far more efficient than the ICE that would have been in the vehicle. Yes, it is still burning fossil fuels. But, it is getting more power per pound and then being used at a higher efficiency.”Yes. But we will be out of them in 2050. Unless we can figure out how to get it from the sand like they’ve been promising us for the last 20 years, we are going to be out of them. But even besides that, the emissions from them–the smog, the heavy metals, the chemicals needed to burn them–are what is really messing things up.“Meh, even nuclear (and now we’re going to have members going nuts on us) – its too bad the united states has fallen behind in that area. Hell, Canada – our neighbors to the north, have a better system (from production to management) than we do… We don’t need to be enriching all this uranium…”Send it out into space. Why not? Just send all the spent radiation at the sun. What is it going to do? Nothing. There is no reason we shouldn’t be launching our nuclear waste at the sun. We are going to spend far more than what it would cost to send it to the sun to keep it under a mountain for the next thousand years.“While its not a solution, its a start. If it (any alternative) is to be accepted, these smaller steps need to make their way through. We could very well be in trouble in 15 years – but change can not happen in a snap (unfortunately).”Yes. Because the people of this country have taken the easy route of letting the government run them instead of the people running the government.“And I completely agree with your solar idea ;) Every year the cost per kW slowly goes down AND even really old panels are capable of producing. I can’t wait until solar road panels are developed. But if the masses are going to accept this while dino fuels are still around, the conveniences they have now can’t go away.”The real issue is not getting solar panels efficient. Yes, it will help, but the problem of the efficiency will go away with numbers. What is the roof of your house doing? nothing. There’s hundreds of millions of square feet going to waste.This is what I’m talking about:http://www.premierpower.com/solar_energy_residential/roof_solar_tile.phpIf everybody had these, then every electric issue this country has would be eliminated.“Last thing… those big power plants don’t throttle back as expected. Yes, occasionally a turbine/boiler is taken offline for maintenance – but not because of daily load fluctuation. That is very expensive to do, very inefficient and can add extra wear (especially if go into wet steam area). In fact, its cheaper to discharge energy not used.”I realize that they just keep running them and shunt the load off into giant resistors. They keep the generators running at a constant speed, and they shunt off whatever current they don’t need. Why is California having rolling blackouts in the summer? Everybody has the AC on, and the grid can’t output enough. If they all had solar panels on their houses, nobody would have this issue.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22602",
"author": "michael",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T18:35:53",
"content": "being new to this, i’m curious why you wouldn’t simply charge the batteries as a pack, instead of charging them individually. charging as a pack seems a lot easier but i might be missing something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22603",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T00:16:39",
"content": "“Why is California having rolling blackouts in the summer?”Fair enough… and very good point ;)“Send it out into space. Why not? Just send all the spent radiation at the sun. What is it going to do?”Even that makes me (someone very supportive of nuclear) a bit nervous. I know the vessels the material would be in would survive a catastrophic failure. And I know vitrified waste isn’t going anywhere… I just have a bad feeling. The best alternative I’ve heard was to place the casks in a zone under the ocean with no earthquakes that moves under the crust and back to towards the Earth’s core. There was a few zones found to have these traits – sorry I’m sketchy on details, I read about this a long time ago :P“emissions from them–the smog, the heavy metals, the chemicals needed to burn them–are what is really messing things up”Hey, I’m all for that ;) I just don’t see it reasonable (especially for most americans) to accept the next alternative outright. That is, without some sort of viable transition. Honestly, I really loathe hybrid cars. The idea is great, but the cost considering the average amount of passengers in a car is something like 1.2 people is very high. Hybrid busses, that’s another story (average passengers in 2005 was about 29 persons).—On the subject of efficiency. A friend of mine from poland had mentioned a system they have in his hometown. They have signs saying the speed you need to travel to get a green light at the next intersection. This means very little idle time. he was somewhat amazed that poland (not exactly a 1st world nation, but getting there) can accept this system. But here, going anything but 5+mph over the speed limit into a red light is not fashionable.—Hey, don’t get me wrong – I think we’re on the same page for the most part. Maybe a different book, but on the same subject :P You want to hear something sad though… my hometown will not allow those solar roof tiles. “It doesn’t meet code.” Stupid crap of roof tile color!!! Yet one of my neighbors was allowed to paint their house canary yellow and put up a 6 foot privacy fence (hrmmm… robery? No witness? puh).—“Yes. Because the people of this country have taken the easy route of letting the government run them instead of the people running the government.”Agreed… and to add – For some reason, something has to be fashionable to be acceptable. thankfully, not everyone shares these ideals…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22604",
"author": "electricmotorcycles.net",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T02:15:05",
"content": "Alan & Michael,Charging batteries in series can have a detrimental effect on them because the batteries nearest the charger can get over charged while the ones further down the string don’t get fully charged and will eventually go below 80% depth of discharge (DOD) which kills deep cycle batteries.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22605",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T08:07:38",
"content": "I am no battery expert but I have worked on many systems that use huge battery banks and all charged many batteries in series. I am not sure I agree that batteries further down the string will be undercharged since there will be an equal charge current flowing through each battery and all being equal (which is not exactly true) the batteries will have the same charge voltage across each of their cells.Just my take on it, please correct me if I am wrong.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22606",
"author": "electricmotorcycles.net",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T16:01:52",
"content": "I’m probably describing it wrong but you can find more info here:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22607",
"author": "Luke",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T21:34:07",
"content": ">Charging batteries in series can have a detrimental effect on them because the batteries nearest the charger can get over charged while the ones further down the string don’t get fully chargedNo. WRONG. Go to chapter 1 of your electronics 101 book and read about electric current.This is *NOT* how charging batteries works. High end batteries, like EV batteries, need to be charged by dedicated charging circuits that provide a CONSTANT, carefully regulated supply to a cell or battery of cells. A good charger CONSTANTLY monitors the charging voltage and temperature and how they change over time.You will **RUIN YOUR BATTERIES** if you charge them in this manner.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22608",
"author": "ar0cketman",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T03:47:26",
"content": "The biggest problem with solar is it’s still a net drain on the energy system. It still takes more power to generate a solar array than it can produce over it’s lifetime. Things are nearing breakeven, however, and if the new South African solar technology pans out, solar will have long term viability, despite the fact that most US households use significantly more power than falls on their lots in the form of solar power.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22609",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-10-20T06:58:14",
"content": "High end batteries, like EV batteries….You will **RUIN YOUR BATTERIES** if you charge them in this manner.these are EV batteries… these are not the high end EV batteries that require special charging… these are AGM lead acid batteries (which I guess you could call “high end” for a non E-vehicle) ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/15/wicrawl-next-gen-wifi-auditor/
|
WiCrawl – Next-gen WiFi Auditor
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"backtrack",
"mrl",
"toorcon",
"wicrawl",
"wifi"
] |
At
ToorCon
, our friends at
Midnight Research Labs
released a new automated WiFi auditing tool called
WiCrawl
. WiCrawl automatically scans for accesspoints. Once an AP is discovered a number of plugins can be run against it ranging from getting an IP to breaking encryption. Aaron Peterson’s talk and demo is 50mins. You can download the 640×480 170MB .mov version
here
. The tool is going to be included in the next
BackTrack
CD.
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[
{
"comment_id": "22569",
"author": "Dok",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T23:50:58",
"content": "I am definatley getting a copy or whatever of that. esp if its automated completely. like all u have to do is add it to your start menu.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22570",
"author": "Lucidix",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T01:35:07",
"content": "hmm, am i the only one that sat here a watched the whole thing? if its mainly writin in perl, whats the problem with compiling it for windows?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22571",
"author": "tuckie",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T01:58:51",
"content": "wireless drivers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22572",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T02:39:33",
"content": "yay, elliot is back :)After watching 98% of it I can say that it certainly looks like if will be an amazing program, but it will probably be plagued with the problems that everyone’s system is different, so you have to mess around with getting the drivers set up correctly…I am also eagerly waiting for the day that they get it working of the wrt54g, you just plug your computer into the ethernet and looks at the web page to see how things are going as it runs aircrack…Fun stuff!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22573",
"author": "madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T02:47:16",
"content": "The problem with porting to windows, is, as tuckie said, wireless drivers. Specifically, its very easy to interface in linux; it seems they’re just using iwconfig and libpcap, along with many other linux-only utilities. Porting is definately possible, but would require some work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22574",
"author": "Monster",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T04:49:52",
"content": "dude, i just downloaded a kanotix live cd, it boots a linux distro (a modified kanotix) into ram from your cd-rom and doesn’t touch your hard drive.i found the link from a toms hardware WEP cracking how-to. its athttp://tinyurl.com/yynyqcyou can click my name and it should open it though.so would a live cd work for this? you could theoretically add the programs to a cd-r or dvd-r live cd so yu had an os and programs on one disc, right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22575",
"author": "Xan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T05:10:38",
"content": "A live cd would be fine, you just need to use a thumb drive or w/e to write the packets that you capture >_",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22576",
"author": "Monster",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T05:23:22",
"content": "cool. this might sound stupid, but will th kanotix cd recognize my attache 128 mb thumbdrive automatically or should i boot with it in?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22577",
"author": "Pseudo Idol",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T05:30:19",
"content": "Near the end of his talk he mentioned it would be on the next version of the Backtrack Live CD. That version he spoke of was released on Friday so you can download it athttp://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/BackTrack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22578",
"author": "Xan",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T09:41:07",
"content": "@monsteryou have to mount the thumb driveso like on the older backtrack cd theres something called ‘qtparted’ and you can mount it through there =i think the hardest thing is getting drivers to work on linux in the first place though… besides i dont know what i’m doing a huge percentage of wireless chips dont work on linux, and that pisses the hell out of me……Why cant i use my built in wireless Broadcom card that came with my laptop, instead of buying some $100+ card… it is stupid >_> zzzand its like some cards are like half supported…i have an SMC2635W and after searching for hours everywhere they have linux drivers and it doesnt work or something… zzz impossible ,,,,…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22579",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T10:51:26",
"content": "Hi all:Glad to hear people are interested in the tool.Regarding the port to windows: It’s definitely on the roadmap, but we have a few things to work out first. We need to push some of the functionality (like association, etc) from the plugins into the core in a more portable fashion (like someone pointed out, some of the functionality/tools we use at the moment are currently linux specific). I think, however, that BSD/mac os is the next target (mostly due to ease of implementation).Regarding configuring wireless drivers on linux: Yeah, this still sucks in general for many reasons. I wish we could do something about this. As far as wicrawl is concerned though, you should be good as long as your card can be put into monitor mode (so if kismet works, wicrawl _should_ work, and you don’t need to do any extra configuration as long as linux sees your card properly). We think we have good coverage in terms of card support, but please update our wiki (http://midnightresearch.com/wiki/index.php/CardSupport) with how your card works (or doesn’t) so we know for sure.Thanks,Aaron(ps. Thanks Eliot for the post and good video editing, :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22580",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T18:44:05",
"content": "Does anyone seriously try to do wlan scanning and auditing with Windows?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22581",
"author": "Joe Mama",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T21:43:28",
"content": "I don’t see that this has been added to backtrack yet, I tried version 2.0 public beta.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22582",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T22:36:31",
"content": "Has anyone a clue what song it is at the beginning of the Video??Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22583",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T23:19:27",
"content": "that has to be the worst online video player i’ve ever seen.. just clicked on it to try and replay a bit i missed and it dumps me back of the beguining.. (i cant wait for gootube….)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22584",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T23:20:21",
"content": "looks really cool tho",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22585",
"author": "Monster",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T23:22:32",
"content": "how exactly do you mount a thumbdrive? i’m am a complete linux virgin.which would be the best ubuntu version for an athlon 64 xp3200+ with a scrounged 30 gig drive? if you need more info sned me an email @ sonicrdcr(you-know-what goes here)yahoo.com, my name should setup an email though, click it.i’ve heard good things about ubuntu for beginners, but theres ubuntu, xubuntu, edubuntu, kubuntu, fluxbuntu, and ubuntu server edition (i’m pretty sure the server edition isn’t the best bu thats just how new i am to this)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22586",
"author": "tuckie",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T02:42:03",
"content": "I can’t help but think that there must be a better place to learn linux other than the comments section of hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22587",
"author": "Monster",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T09:43:58",
"content": "yeah, i was actually thinking about that after i posted. oh well",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22588",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T14:08:02",
"content": "monster, get ubuntu. kubuntu is a bit harder to use, and xubuntu and fluxbuntu are designed for slower computers, certainly not yours.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22589",
"author": "kaptk2",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T22:16:07",
"content": "Why can’t I download the video? I get to 32mb and then it stops.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22590",
"author": "Monster",
"timestamp": "2006-10-17T22:51:20",
"content": "alright james, i’ll go with ubuntu. but heres the $23 question, which type?there is the PC edition, which is “for almost all PCs, including x86-based systems like Intel Pentium and AMD Athlon.”or the 64-bit PC Edition, for “computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)”i have a Athlon xp3200+ on an Asus a8n motherboard, which is it? as far as i can tell its both versions.thanks for the help!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22591",
"author": "Studz",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T02:10:02",
"content": "Yes! please get this program to work in windows xp in near future.Looking really cool!nice job",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1050860",
"author": "harsh",
"timestamp": "2013-09-01T08:12:35",
"content": "pls provide me the activation key for wifi hack v2.1pls dear sir",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,909.415994
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/10/14/usb-port-phone-hack/
|
USB Port Phone Hack
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks"
] |
[
"nokia hack",
"NokiaHack",
"soldering",
"usb cell phone",
"usb port mod",
"UsbCellPhone",
"UsbPortMod"
] |
This one is more case mod than real hack – [computerguru365] whacked a female mini-b USB port
into his Samsung
[thx rsilvawashington] to avoid buying the overpriced Nokia cable(Reminds me of the infamous $65 startac serial cable) I like it, internal cell phone hardware hacks don’t come along very often, and he found a use for one of those useless demo phones.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "22557",
"author": "Webster",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T05:43:05",
"content": "It’s neat, but I’d prefer a hack-a-day article on getting a phone working that already has a USB port, but no software to access it by.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22558",
"author": "HaDAk",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T06:14:10",
"content": "@1: Those exist?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22559",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T06:43:37",
"content": "@2:Yes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22560",
"author": "rsilvawashington",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T07:21:29",
"content": "samsung A620/VGA1000, not nokia",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22561",
"author": "totaly off topic",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T08:32:37",
"content": "still getting floating ads here. also now that we keep talking about them google ads seems to be generateing regular ads which sell these floating ads. lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22562",
"author": "Dok",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T08:54:29",
"content": "I really hate those…… sry to be off topic…Sweet cellphone mod tho..dok",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22563",
"author": "Philip Forget",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T17:41:17",
"content": "I did this to my nokia 3300, it offers USB support to write to the MM card, but not to transfer anything else to the phone, which is frustrating. Nokia’s pop port is the worst interface ever, the stereo adapter works on and off because the contacts get dirty at the drop of a hat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22564",
"author": "drmr",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T00:44:51",
"content": "He hacked a port into his Samsung to avoid buying a Nokia cable? Way to piss off Sony Ericsson!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22565",
"author": "tuanh anh",
"timestamp": "2007-07-04T11:46:34",
"content": "tuj can mua ban? hack prefer m0j nhat’ aj c0 gjup tuj nha sin ljen he langtuhahhoa_tamthieugia1234 c0 thj` dao vao njck tuojcho007 nhathank you nhju nh0′ pm laj ch0 tuj nha",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22566",
"author": "phonejammer",
"timestamp": "2008-02-13T21:51:42",
"content": "check out this cool product to jam cell phone callshttp://www.phonezapper.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22567",
"author": "phonejammer",
"timestamp": "2008-02-13T21:53:04",
"content": "check out this cool product to jam cell phone callshttp://www.phonezapper.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22568",
"author": "phonejammer",
"timestamp": "2008-02-13T21:54:48",
"content": "check out this cool product to jam cell phone callshttp://www.phonezapper.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43144",
"author": "Kim",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T19:28:34",
"content": "This prolly an easy one fer u ppl. who do this as a hobby.Q:How do I access my locked Samsung cell phone if Ive forgotten the 4 digit code?& no,its not the last four digits of my phone #.Please help!!…I really dont want all my info erased just to access my phone!!",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/10/13/removable-laptop-water-cooling/
|
Removable Laptop Water Cooling
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[
"laptop cooling",
"LaptopCooling",
"removable cooling",
"RemovableCooling",
"silent cooling",
"SilentCooling",
"water cooling",
"WaterCooling"
] |
[Bard] just sent me a nice
water cooling hack
. He built a simple water cooling system that can be manually inserted into the cooling system of his laptop. He wanted it for watching movies sans annoying fan noise. He soldered the parts together using a stove instead of the standard propane torch. Necessity is definitely the mother of invention. I hope he relocates the water cooling supply. When he wants to go mobile, he just unplugs the cooling fins.
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{
"comment_id": "22527",
"author": "Tom Parker",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T00:42:17",
"content": "Very clever",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22528",
"author": "Tom Parker",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T00:44:20",
"content": "Ohhhhh it loaded and i accidently closed the window and now its down >_",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22529",
"author": "mark",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T00:59:16",
"content": "Seems really cool, too bad the site seems to be down. BTW I got a floating ad from questionmaker about some survey. I seem to remember hearing we should report these things if we saw them. Just putting it out there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22530",
"author": "Twiner!",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T01:00:05",
"content": "Yay @ Norwegians! :DSeriously, this is neat. And I havent even seen the details on it yet!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22531",
"author": "bard",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T01:34:27",
"content": "Seems that my university’s server is down:( hope it’ll go back online soon…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22532",
"author": "Erik",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T01:37:45",
"content": "Site doesn’t work! :(Looks good, though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22533",
"author": "bard",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T02:06:57",
"content": "JSP server is down I think.. optional link (will be removed when jsp server is up and running again):http://folk.ntnu.no/bardlund/hack2.htmlLets hope it stays up or they will revoke my privileges for the rest of my life ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22534",
"author": "gh",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T02:40:39",
"content": "This is cool. My laptop gets really hot and sounds like a vacuum cleaner when it’s playing movies. The heat gets so bad that the OS had to auto shutdown the system halfway through a movie. So I’d put an ice pack, fresh from the freezer, under my laptop to cool it off…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22535",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T04:12:18",
"content": "I had the exact same idea a while ago. When on AC my fan turns on at very low temperatures (44 ish), so it is basically constantly on.There is no way I would attempt it though, nice work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22536",
"author": "dax",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T04:29:02",
"content": "i can’t access the site, but damn, this sounds identical to an idea I had after I looked at the cooling fins that are visible through my laptop case..although I was thinking of using some powereful peltier with watercooling. i don’t have any experience with cooling though.i’m not trying to steal credit or anything though..a good hack is always respected :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22537",
"author": "C141Clay",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T09:51:22",
"content": "This is great! There are many ideas floating around out there, but few who actually realize them. I like how such a potentially complicated a concept was refined and created with so few parts.Q: anyone know sources for small/micro/tiny/itsy-bitsy dc pumps? I want to try a version of this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22538",
"author": "cameron20020",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T10:21:06",
"content": "iv seen this before, and the link is dead, for me anyway",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22539",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T17:20:06",
"content": "yep, the floating add came up for me too, the banners up at the time were of mictrosoft ad center, save-vegas, and the indecent “true” ones",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22540",
"author": "Keleus",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T18:24:12",
"content": "OK, instead of “Hey, i saw a banner about:” can we get the links they go to? The servers they load from? This is hackaday, we should be able to figure out how…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22541",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T20:16:36",
"content": "“Q: anyone know sources for small/micro/tiny/itsy-bitsy dc pumps? I want to try a version of this.”I’ve seen some pretty small windshield washer fluid pumps. Not micro or tiny – but they can be bought second hand for cheap. And if you run them at less than 12v, I wouldn’t worry about them overheating ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22542",
"author": "mr resistor",
"timestamp": "2006-10-14T21:20:45",
"content": "sorry if i have missd the point but thought the hole idea of laptops was to be portable that dont look very portable to me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22543",
"author": "PUNiSH3R",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T01:48:58",
"content": "Floating ads still going BTW.I’m suprised no one has bothered to manufacture a small, flat rotary displacement or rotary vane pump for laptop liquid cooling yet. Centrifugal impeller pumps are just too voluminous to maintain portability. I’m willing to bet that if it wasn’t for the outsized dimensioning of both the cooling pump and the heatsink this system could have remained in “the spirit” of a laptop.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22544",
"author": "Cory",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T02:22:52",
"content": "Seems a little overboard for simply not wanting to hear a fan while watching a movie. Perhaps headphones could accomplish the same thing? I think the idea is cool, but it does defeat the purpose of a portable/laptop.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22545",
"author": "Dok",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T08:52:07",
"content": "anybody thought of a sterling engine powered pc pump, i doubt u could get it for a laptop, but desktop would suffice. The hotter it got, the faster it would pump. Any questions or if anybody wants to do it, email me Dok@DokumentAMarble.dok",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22546",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T13:30:05",
"content": "Uh folks.Wouldn’t simply increasing the amount of surface area be enough to increase cooling significantly?Adding an external heat sink should be enough to tip the scales towards a cool enough (and that’s really the point here, cool _enough_) running CPU to keep the fan off.This water cooling thing, while incredibly cool looking and really clever, is most likely major overkill unless you can overclock that sucker, but then again that just makes more heat, don’t it? :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22547",
"author": "bard",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T14:47:47",
"content": "Yes it is enough when used in “air mode” (as mentioned in the article). Adding water to the equation makes for an even cooler experience. Right now I’m running at a comfy 41*Celsius (106*F) in “water mode”. Things go a thad quicker when cool ;)btw; I’m posting the alternative link here again;http://folk.ntnu.no/bardlund/hack2.htmlMy original site is running a jsp server that ain’t that friendly and tends to kneel sometimes;(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22548",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-10-15T20:12:18",
"content": "much better link thank youI love the pics. that really is lovely.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22549",
"author": "fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-10-16T02:29:37",
"content": "Hah, that completely owns the watercooled doghouse I was (seriosuly) planning to make….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22550",
"author": "[j°Sh]",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T03:10:33",
"content": "oh, man…. i had the same idea, but did not have the means nor the will to acutally pull it off.well done",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22551",
"author": "eyuras",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T17:36:36",
"content": "Now that i like, its an original hack, but something id never dare to attempti wonder if it helps with the crotch burning tendancy of most laptops",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22552",
"author": "Hoi",
"timestamp": "2006-10-18T22:28:36",
"content": "hey. good stuff. i was just wondering, when you shove the ‘fins’ in. wouldn’t it interfere with the spinning of the fan blades if they do kick in?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22553",
"author": "bard",
"timestamp": "2006-10-19T00:47:31",
"content": "haha “crotch burning tendancy”. Yeah it does help. @23; No the fins don’t touch the fan blades.BTW; update’s up",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22554",
"author": "Clay H",
"timestamp": "2006-10-21T08:27:38",
"content": "more info…For small pumps, check out your local thrift stores. I found a number of small “desk fountains”. they are great for parts, the one I picked up had a small & quiet (1″ x 1.5″) 3v DC pump. Neato. I’m actually considering plumbing in cooling lines directly into my old laptop (or desktop?), and then putting a quick-disconnect of some sort connect to the fountain as is. I figure the water being aerated and flowing over the rocks will dissapate enough heat. And the fountain will help the fung shwe of my office.aahhh…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22555",
"author": "word of advice",
"timestamp": "2006-10-25T01:25:23",
"content": "if your screen is broken, why not just use that laptop as a stationary desktop and hook it up with a vga moniter, usb mouse and keyboard? thats what i did with my crappy lappy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "22556",
"author": "bard",
"timestamp": "2006-11-11T17:00:53",
"content": "haha can I quote you on that?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70009",
"author": "Jun",
"timestamp": "2009-04-10T21:08:34",
"content": "man, how did you do that? That looks awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "104475",
"author": "kocoman",
"timestamp": "2009-10-28T15:57:14",
"content": "Does anyone still have the archive of this site? its now 404",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1948934",
"author": "Cauli",
"timestamp": "2014-10-03T23:22:35",
"content": "Likewise; I’d really like a mirror too, if anyone’s listening? Awesome idea. My Clevo P150HMx’s 485m gpu overheats during any 3D. Even just 50% usage will raise the temp to 90C in half an hour. This would make my laptop usable; don’t care anymore if it’s not portable. Btw, I’ve cleaned it & reseated the heatsink; it made no difference. It runs at 50-60C when idle :-/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3669671",
"author": "Hironori",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T18:32:30",
"content": "does anyone has any info regarding this?I want to do it….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6243923",
"author": "Jeremiah Landi",
"timestamp": "2020-05-08T21:42:32",
"content": "Let me start out by saying this looks like a cool hobby project.However, I don’t know how well this works since it is getting rid of the exhaust and not the heat unless you can adequately interlock into the internal heat sink fins.The secondary concern is inserting something into the internal heat sink of the computer. Typically laptops keep the fans pretty close to the outside and I would be afraid of stop that fan without knowing it and causing thermal runaway.I did a search online and I found that (besides ASUS’s crazy water cooler) they make Laptop Fan Cooler (shorturl.at/hmERZ) that is similar to this but just a fan. Looks like the vacuums work well (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdqmrIynyZQ) but doesn’t drop the comp dramatically.I’d love a water cooled mater that I could stick to the bottom of my comp to pull away heat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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