Completed the first part of the FPGA wiring for Master Serial / SPI mode - i.e. configuring the FPGA from SPI flash. Created a video that details some of the nuances and aims to explain the wiring in the schematic a bit. Files uploaded to...
Uploaded video number 4 to Youtube, showing both SPI Multiplexing with a TI Bus Switch, and also implementing Asychronous SRAM (128K x 16). Next up, power supply!
Released a complete collection of manufacturing outputs including Gerber, NC Drill, ODB++, Testpoint files, & Pick and Place. All of these are for building proper prototypes. Expect to have boards in 5 days. 2 Days for assembly, a day...
Got the new boards back from Advanced Circuits (they rock BTW...attention to detail like few others) and they look awesome. Went with black soldermask this time around and it makes things look so much cooler (much more Hackaday-chic). These...
The first pass of this board was built with the Due in mind (3V3) and other development boards that I had sitting around, almost all of which *other* than Arduino were 3.3V. In planning the evolution of this however, it quickly made...
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....
We preempt this week’s Hacklet to bring you an important announcement.Hackaday.io got some major upgrades this week. Have you checked out The Feed lately? The Feed has been tweaked, tuned, and optimized, to show you activity on your projects, and from...
This week’s Hacklet focuses on two wheeled thunder! By that we mean some of the motorcycle and scooter projects on Hackaday.io.We’re going to ease into this Hacklet with [greg duck's] Honda Sky Restoration. Greg is giving a neglected 15-year-old scooter...
In this weeks Hacklet we're looking at household hacks. Not necessarily globally connected home automation hacks, but task specific hacks that we want in our lives yesterday!We've all had it happen, you're burning the midnight oil on a project when you...
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,...
We asked, you listened! Last weeks Hacklet ended with a call for more Halloween themed projects on Hackaday.io. Some great hackers uploaded awesome projects, and this week's Hacklet is all about featuring them. Every one of our featured projects was...
The transistor may rule the electronics world today, but before solid state moved in, vacuum state was king. Tubes, or valves if you're from Europe, were the only way to fly. Every good hacker knew their triodes from their tetrodes and their pentodes....