Originally published in 2015. And now, for something completely different. Lest you think my interest in electronics begins and ends with blinkenlights, I’d like to introduce you to Elbert. The Elbert V2 from Numato is an entry-level FPGA board. The...
While interfacing a DS3231 RTC to a STM8 development board using the Standard Peripherals Library and PlatformIO (BTW, you don't need to build SPL, it's provided by a PlatformIO package), I fell into a simple trap. I assumed that the address wanted...
Yassin Ali, 15 years old, student at Al-Qawmiya Al-Arabiya Official Preparatory School for Boys, in the third year of middle school, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt. Interested in the field of programming and the field and skills of scientific research...
Possible usage cases and also business models for the sign that makes it possible for location-dependent individual communication even inside structures are presently being fiercely debated. In-store advertising as well as discounts, mobile settlements,...
See current entries: sci-fi-contest tagEntry Deadline: 12:00:00am PDT on 4/29/14Let’s face it… you want an excuse to build something cool. In addition to the notoriety of winning a Hackaday contest, we have a number of very respectable prizes this...
Long ago, in a land called Kettering, OH, my 14-year-old self got bored, restless and discontent, but this was no ordinary case of adolescent ennui. I was jealous, longing, consumed by the desire to do one thing above all else. It was a crazy...
It seems like most HackADay projects involve Arduinos, in their various forms. I view Arduino as a gateway drug: it lets people start experimenting with micro controllers, but you will (probably) soon outgrow them. My first micro controller project,...
Like it or not, a whole new wave of Hardware Startups is coming our way. Crowdfunding campaigns are making it possible for everyone with an idea to "test the waters", tech-savvy Angel investors are eager to help successful ones cross over, and Venture...
DESCRIPTIONA gradually improving attempt to make a useful pcb mill out of a printer and other assorted garbage, with a minimal budget and no fancy tools. It works!, but let's see how much better it can be.DETAILSNOTE: This project is gradually improving....
Yesterday I was chasing duo/bicolor LEDs on ebay.com because I read about blue/red ones on Reactron Integron for Automobile from Kenji Larsen. It never occurred to me that they weren't only red/green ones anymore. Inspired by this I made a...
A friend told me once that her flatmate wanted to build a LED cube and I was like "pfff, I can do that..". I started to look for LEDs and stuff I would need, but had so much stuff laying around, that I said "use the stuff you already have" and harvested...
One of my focuses is to create work that will interact with the viewer. Project Ideas include:Robotic body parts (inspired by Sifi films and games) that light up twitch and make sounds when a viewer triggers it.A sound board made of hundreds of...
I thought I might as well share my thoughts on some new stuff I got from SparkFun.First up: the 50 watt soldering station. Apart from the metal dome for the brass sponge in the iron holder being loose, it's a solid iron. Adjustable temperature, fine...
Seems like every month I stumble over an idea and can't get rid of it. This time of year I always get nostalgic and thought about using the fubarino as an cartridge reader and programmer for simple eeprom cartridges. I'm already developing a little board...