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FDM Printing with Resin Update

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Al Williams

[Proper Printing] is at it again. He’s trying to perfect his hybrid printer that works like an FDM printer but uses UV-curable resin gel instead of filament. You can see …read more Continue reading FDM Printing with Resin Update→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, 3D Printing, laser, resin

Will Carmakers Switch Clay for Computers?

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Al Williams

The 3D printing revolution has transformed a lot of industries, but according to [Insider Business] the car industry still uses clay modeling to make life-sized replicas of new cars. The …read more Continue reading Will Carmakers Switch Clay for Computers?→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, CAD, car design, car hacks, clay modeling, cnc hacks

PCB Makes 7 Segment Displays

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Al Williams

Of course, there’s nothing unusual about using 7-segment displays, especially in a clock. However, [Edison Science Corner] didn’t buy displays. Instead, he fabricated them from a PCB using 0805 LEDs …read more Continue reading PCB Makes 7 Segment Displays→

Posted in Arduino Hacks, clock, clock hacks, LED display, led hacks

The Curved Nature of Time Clock

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Al Williams

While we’re told that space-time curves, we aren’t sure that was what [andrei.erdei] was going for when he built a great-looking curved LED clock. The LEDs are courtesy of a …read more Continue reading The Curved Nature of Time Clock→

Posted in clock, clock hacks, led hacks, ws2812

SCSI: The Disk Bus for Everything

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Al Williams

Early home PCs usually had a floppy disk and a simple hard drive controller. Later, IDE hard drives became the defacto standard. Of course, these days, you are more likely …read more Continue reading SCSI: The Disk Bus for Everything→

Posted in retrocomputing, scsi

Emulating All the TRS-80 Software

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Al Williams

Even if you didn’t own a TRS-80, the widespread footprint of Radio Shack in malls meant that if you are old enough, it is a good bet you have seen …read more Continue reading Emulating All the TRS-80 Software→

Posted in Hackaday Columns, retrocomputing, trs-80

Internet Connected Pinball Machine Shows Off Scores

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Al Williams

Before video games, there were pinball machines. Not that they don’t exist today, but a modern pinball machine will likely have microprocessors and other fancy things that traditional pinball machine …read more Continue reading Internet Connected Pinball Machine Shows Off Scores→

Posted in Microcontrollers, Pi Pico W, pinball

Toroid Transformers Explained

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Al Williams

HF radios often use toroidal transformers and winding them is a rite of passage for many RF hackers. [David Casler, KE0OG] received a question about how they work and answered …read more Continue reading Toroid Transformers Explained→

Posted in parts, radio hacks, toroid, toroidal, toroidal transformer

Tiny Machine Learning on as Little as 2 KB of RAM

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Al Williams

All of the machine language stuff coming out lately doesn’t affect you if you are developing with embedded microcontrollers, right? Perhaps not. Microsoft Research India wants you to use their …read more Continue reading Tiny Machine Learning on as Little as 2 KB of RAM→

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, software development, tensorflow, TinyML

German Air Force Surplus Teardown

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Al Williams

It isn’t clear to us how [mrsylvain59] came into possession of a late-model piece of military gear from the German airforce, but we enjoyed watching the teardown below anyway. According …read more Continue reading German Air Force Surplus Teardown→

Posted in Military, teardown | Tagged Helicopter

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