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,...
API wrapper for hack.chat using ws package - Hack Chat of https://www.npmjs.comUsagevar HackChat = require("hack-chat");var chat = new HackChat(); // Client group for multiple channels chat.join("lobby", "TestUser");var programmingSession = chat.join("programming",...
From @Sven Gregori: 4chord MIDI the USB MIDI keyboard dedicated to play all the four chord songs, from Adele via Green Day and Red Hot Chilli Peppers to U2 and Weezer. Thanks to MIDI, you can be any instrument – and all of them at once. Yay! Built...
Having obtained 50 MHz analogue single channel oscilloscope opened new avenues for researching of electronics. Here I will present the results regarding measurements of logic gate parameters. I started with the most basic "gate", made up...
I love my oscilloscope almost as much as one can love a machine... My oscilloscope is *both* analog *and* digital. This ain't no small potatoes... We're talking: Its "bandwidth" is 20MHz, but I've diagnosed signals up to 128MHz, by adjusting various...
been learning a lot about floppy drives/disks/controllers lately, what with #Floppy "Fun" -- Backing up a unique Kay-Pro disk and #Improbable AVR -> 8088 substitution for PC/XT Also finally started attacking a long-planned project to record...
From Brian Benchoff on the Hackaday blog: Real-Life Electronic Neurons NeruroBytes is not a strange platform for neural nets. It’s physical neurons, rendered in PCBs and Molex connectors. Now, finally, it’s a Kickstarter project,...
Dammit! I have to go shopping, and Bea's managed to lose her gloves again. This is a regular occurrence, luckily I have a contingency. I lent her mine, and spent an hour making myself a pair for today. She also manages to wreck zips, so I have a plentiful...
[Hello future reader. This article refers to OpenSCAD 2018.05.05, please check if it still applies later on] 3D printing internal and external threads is interesting for many reasons. Unlike gears that invariably wear rapidly and cannot measure up compared...
We've tried the Black-web Wireless HD Video Unit, and we don't believe it's superior to the Io-gear GW3DHDKIT. We've additionally added another Nyrius model to the What to anticipate segment. In the wake of going through 25 hours flipping...
“Some assembly required.” Those words can strike terror into anyone looking forward to the new item that they’ve purchased. I, too, know this terror; mine was a foosball table that we gave to our children one Christmas. Due to the size...
Full disclosure: I was contacted by a PCBWay rep offering to spin a board for me in exchange for a review.I've used several PCB fabs over the years and last week I tried out PCBWay for my latest Atmega328P Target board revision. Ordering was straightforward...
Full disclosure: I was contacted by a JLCPCB rep offering to do a few boards for me in exchange for a review. I should further note though that I have done business with them as a normal paying customer in the past.I used JLCPCB for my current...
For this year's MakerFaire in Berlin @Alex, @bitluni, @Clemens Mayer and I formed a collective called "⅘ Sterne". Everything that happened, everyone I've met and everything I have seen, wouldn't fit in a single tweet, so I thought I would write a bit....