Stephen : Alright, let's get rolling. A BIG hello to @Parker for joining us today Parker : Howdy everyone Stephen : @Parker, why don't you kick this off by giving us an introduction of who you are, what you do, and what...
As I have mentioned in the previous update, I am still having some trouble with the MIPI-DSI. Currently I do not have access to any soldering tools, so the plan of making a new revision of prototype need to be postponed. In the meanwhile, I thought it...
Thursday, 06/07/2023, 12:40.(I wrote this project log before copy-pasting it here) Anyway, back to DIY electric motors: I can't simply use two 10:1 reduction ratios (which would give 100:1 in total) simply because if I want to reach 30 rpm with...
Jasmine Brackett Hello Everyone. Welcome to this week's Hack Chat! !!!Bhavesh Kakwani WooShulie: Welcome!! We have tons of questions in our sheet already! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZHahHN4kU0YBjMgrZMU9ntrmdDD8JOUmpHX2mR6Ok0w/edit#gid=0Jasmine...
Welcome all! We'll get started in about 15 minutes. Feel free to chat away morgan11:46 AMI hope to figure out how all this works... Daren Schwenke11:46 AM*cough* Machinekit *cough* morgan11:46 AMisn't it the same things?!? already confused Daren Schwenke11:46...
I designed my PCB in my favorite software - Diptrace. The motor footprint from switec's datasheet was missing a few key dimensions. It took a bit of measuring with a caliper and calculating hole sizes, but I was able to get all the dimensions correct...
With the PCB and parts finally back, and working pointers printed in safety orange, I started assembling. About 10 minutes of soldering later, the finished board looked greatNow I needed a face for my gauge. I broke out word for windows (I know,...
Made a cosmetic change the schematic (top level) and also uploaded PDFs to Git. One small change to PCB was required to get the cost down (increased via hole dia for QFN LDO from 2mm to 2.54mm...makes "low cost" standard mfg avail)
In this Hacklet, we talk about some car related hacks, making things light up, and a novel design for a 3D printer.Car HacksThere's been a few car hacks going on recently. First up is the SmartCar by [nGoline]. This is a little board that uses Bluetooth...
This week’s Hacklet is all about lasers, which have been shining a monochromatic light for hackers since 1960. The first working laser was demonstrated by [Theodore Maiman], who was a hacker / maker himself, having learned circuits in his father’s home...
This week’s Hacklet is all about Hackaday.io projects which use MIDI, or Musical Instrument Digital Interface for the uninitiated. MIDI was designed from the ground up as an open communications standard for musical instruments. Nearly every major instrument...
This week on the Hacklet, we’re spending some time looking at bugs and fire! First up we have [Noel] who is saving the bees with Bee-O-Neo-Tweet-O. Bees are incredibly important, both to Earth’s ecosystem and the food chain we humans need to survive....
This week's Hacklet is dedicated to arcade games. The arcade parlors of the 80′s and early 90′s may have given way to today's consoles and PC games, but the classic stand-up arcade cabinet lives on! Plenty of hackers have restored old arcade cabinets,...
This weeks Hacklet is all about being there when you can't through the magic of telepresence. More than just teleconferencing, telepresence takes things a step further to put the user in a remote space. That might be a robot platform, VR goggles, or...
In three words, Hackers love clocks. Not only do we think that digital watches are still a pretty neat idea, we love all manner of timepieces. This episode of The Hacklet focuses on the clock projects we've found over on Hackaday.io.We start with [rawe]...