Hey all!This is another project log to update the latest developments of OWL (Just in case you forgot, we call it OWL because, well, Open Indirect Ophthalmoscope, OIO).So, since the last time I made a log, we’ve been working on--making an elegant GUI...
The Z axis deviated from using the motors used on the X and Y axis. Instead a motor that was pulled from some random copy machine was used. The linear guides are some that were bought off of ebay coming from China. Not sure if I will go this route for...
All this is being done for a set piece for a local Atlanta Dance Company called Lucky Penny. It sounded like an amazing project and I was hooked from the beginning. Too bad I didn't find out about it sooner as we had about 2.5 months before...
I promised this log for several times and now it is finally here. Let's start with how a rising edge looks.RisetimeThe orange and light blue ones were measured using commercial devices, the Agilent 86100C and LeCroy WaveRunner (this one was already mentioned...
The joy of using hypermodern multiple e-beam direct-write lithography to "advertise" TTL technology from the 1960s... This is an electron microscope image of the Gigatron startup screen. This time it isn't displayed on a VGA monitor (or on a supercon...
Some sort of people are not convinced of what they don't confirm experimentally by themselves but are able to predict naive possibility. Yes I am, too.All the SD card are required to have mandatory lower compatibility to SPI mode. The key is, SD card...
Crazy ramblings written prior to the decision to take on the Ridiculous TV-Board Venture [FAIL] in the previous log...Yesterday: pulled apart three LCD displays in an attempt to fight through brain-mush, didn't work, and ended up with a bunch of precariously-placed...
All I can say is "WOW"! The past week has been one of the most difficult of my life, and if I had the chance I would do it again in a heartbeat. Last Wednesday I drove up to Oklahoma and competed in the Icarus X race and WON! The race is a cross country...
This component serves 2 purposes:- illustrates that microcoding can easily be used for non-CPU circuits such as display, I/O, disk, or any other custom controllers- useful in the project to trace main CPU instructions executing for debugging or illustration...
I have signed up for the RetroChallenge 2023/10 - my goal is to turn this into the multi-functional Microtronic extension I've been dreaming of. As described on the RetroChallenge page: My goal is to create a multi-purpose expansion for the Busch Microtronic...
Alright! Lets get started. Welcome to Hack Chat @kevin ! While we wait for people to post their questions to https://hackaday.io/event/159091-art-cars-and-flame-effects-with-kevin-bracken can you tell us about about yourself ? kevin3:02 PMCertainly!...
Persistent, dynamic information displaySystem design documentThe project consists of two phases. PHASE ONE: HARDWARE: Make a small prototype using an existing commercially-available plotter.oThis is working, however I will have to try other dry-erase...
20/09/2018 On the 1st day, everyone were being briefed what this project is all about and what can we expect to learn while working on it. The following is the brief on what we will be working on over the next 4 months. For groups of 2 people, design...
Stephen Tranovich12:08 PMCool, let's get rolling! This hack chat is going to be more of a community discussion around Prize entries, unique ways of energy harvesting, and anything else about the Prize. Orlando Hoilett12:09 PMIt's kind of a neat way to...
Finally, today is a day with sunny weather + some hours of free time :DQuestion: At which voltage should I use my (unknown type) solar panel to get maximum power out of it? Is it really that worse if I use it a few volts above or below? Is it worth the...