Originally published in 2017. PDP-1 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory As you might have gathered from my projects, I am a bit of computer and electronics history buff. I’m old enough to actually remember using an 8-bit Heathkit H-89 computer...
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The BPI-Pico-S3 is an ESP32S3 development board that has been fully adapted to CircuitPython, and the TinyUF2 + CircuitPython firmware is installed by default. No need to install any drivers in Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu Desktop, or Mac OS operating...
Are you the type of person who likes listening to good ol' radio like I do? Unfortunately, medium-wave broadcasting has decayed in the last few decades. There's nothing in many areas, even at night when medium wavelengths work best. That’s why the radios...
My daughter loves reading, and I appreciate her hobby as it helps her collect information. To honor her hobby, I will give her a customized bookmark that I made. It will be a symbol of love and appreciation for taking her hobby so seriously...
The ideaI’m David, and my goal with this repository/article is to demystify Sockets by try to explain them in the simplest possible way.In these examples, I’m going to use NodeJS and Particle (any version will do) to show how hardware can talk with NodeJS,...
Dyson V6 Setup and Running System Dyson handheld vacuum cleaners utilize high RPM brushless DC motors. Specifications indicate that some models can reach as high as 125000 RPM. I’ve disassembled DC56(V2), V6, and V10 models. Each has a brushless single-phase...
South by Southwest 2014 is approaching, bringing along the usual tech-startup-launch frenzy, streets filled with party buses and endless hordes of geeks drinking themselves into oblivion. Although Interactive traditionally draws from software crowds...
You said anything...so I thought I would see what happens when I share all the links from this Open Source GIS Tool website. This is information that helps my project team work on our upcoming projects. Enjoy! Open Source GIS[Last...
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...
Intelligence Aatah recently managed the development of the program from which you can determine the location of any user of the Internet within 15 seconds of his use through advanced technology and bounds. The newspaper said in a report that this new...
ANTI-videogame inspired by Arduino controlled LED cube:and Space Invaders, just for fun. Also inspired by...http://hackaday.com/2012/04/06/the-best-led-cube-build-weve-seen/Concept: Use a tinted plexiglass enclosure, utilizing optical color subtracting...
The Toilett Paper printer was built as a submission to “Mach flott den Schrott“, a hardware hacking contest put on by German technology magazine c’t.More Information: http://www.mariolukas.de/2011/09/mach-flott-den-schrott-toilettenpapier-drucker/http://hackaday.com/2011/09/27/toilet-paper-printer-made-from-scrap-parts/...
My first 3D Printer made of old scanner and inkjet printer partshttp://hackaday.com/2013/04/30/scratch-built-3d-printer-shows-rock-solid-performance/http://www.mariolukas.de/2012/12/repstrap-3d-drucker-aus-computerschrott-teil-4/