Collaborate Disseminate
If there is one thing we took from [azwankhairul345’s] environmental monitor project, it is this: sensors and computing power for such a project are a solved problem. What’s left is …read more Continue reading Environmental Monitoring on the Cheap
Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams took a break to talk about their favorite hacks last week. You can drop in to hear about articulated mirrors, triacs, and even …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 354: Firearms, Sky Driving, and Dumpster Diving
We miss the slide rule. It isn’t so much that we liked getting an inexact answer using a physical moving object. But to successfully use a slide rule, you need …read more Continue reading Size (and Units) Really Do Matter
Today’s PCs are locked up with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices so much so that modern Windows versions insist on having a recent TPM to even install. These have become …read more Continue reading Embedded TPM: Watch Out!
What happens when a traditional board game company decides to break into electronic gaming? Well, if it were a UK gaming company in 1978, the result would be a Waddingtons …read more Continue reading A 1970s Electronic Game
[Clough42] created a 3D print for a lathe tool and designed in some support to hold the piece on the bed while printing. It worked, but removing the support left …read more Continue reading Touchless Support Leaves No Mark
[Kevin] admits that FreeCAD may not be the ideal tool for editing STL files. But it is possible, and he shares some practical advice in the video below. If you …read more Continue reading STL Editing with FreeCAD
One of the good things about simulating circuits is that you can easily change component values trivially. In the real world, you might use a potentiometer or a pot to …read more Continue reading Simulating Pots with LTSpice
If you follow electronics history, few names were as ubiquitous as RCA, the Radio Corporation of America. Yet in modern times, the company is virtually forgotten for making large computers. …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: RCA Loses Fight to IBM
There was a time when wise older people warned you to check your tire pressure regularly. We never did, and would eventually wind up with a flat or, worse, a …read more Continue reading Tech in Plain Sight: Finding a Flat Tire