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Visualize Regular Expressions with Marbles

Posted on October 20, 2026 by Al Williams

If you are one of those people who visualize things physically better than in the abstract, then Regex Marble Run by [bottomless] might be for you. You enter a test …read more Continue reading Visualize Regular Expressions with Marbles→

Posted in marble machine, regexp, regular expressions, software development

An Open Micro-Maniplulator Improved

Posted on October 19, 2026 by Al Williams

If you need a micro-manipulator, you probably already have a good idea of what it does. For example, you might be moving a probe over an IC die or wafer. …read more Continue reading An Open Micro-Maniplulator Improved→

Posted in micro-manipulator, micromanipulator, tool hacks

An LCR Meter with Compromises

Posted on October 19, 2026 by Al Williams

YouTube, like the Internet, has its plusses and minuses. On the plus side, you can find information on just about anything. On the minus side, you don’t always know if …read more Continue reading An LCR Meter with Compromises→

Posted in LCR meter, Reviews, teardown

A Plasma Donut

Posted on October 18, 2026 by Al Williams

We know [The Action Lab] always has something hands-on. This time, the video shows a toroidal plasma demo and how it relates to nuclear fusion. Plasma has a high temperature, …read more Continue reading A Plasma Donut→

Posted in plasma, Science | Tagged Fusion

Simplifying Slide Rule Calculations with Trig

Posted on October 16, 2026 by Al Williams

[Bob the Science Guy] remembers how to use a slide rule. Even after all these years, it is pretty easy to remember how to multiply and divide. If you can’t …read more Continue reading Simplifying Slide Rule Calculations with Trig→

Posted in math, misc hacks, retrocomputing, slide rule

The 10€ Gamepad

Posted on October 16, 2026 by Al Williams

We aren’t sure what [Lazy_Duck] is doing with video games, but it must require a lot of controllers. Dismayed at the cost and complexity of commercial gamepads, they started soldering …read more Continue reading The 10€ Gamepad→

Posted in custom controller, custom gamepad, games, rp2040

What’s a Nonius?

Posted on October 14, 2026 by Al Williams

If you already know what a nonius is, you can probably skip this post. But, if like us, you would have to look it up, we’ll tell you what we …read more Continue reading What’s a Nonius?→

Posted in astrolabe, Featured, Interest, misc hacks, nonius, nunes

The FPGA Chronicles: Ready to Probe

Posted on October 13, 2026 by Al Williams

In the last few installments, we looked at using the Tang Nano 20K with both the GOWIN tools and some open-source tools. The open-source tools certainly had the advantage of …read more Continue reading The FPGA Chronicles: Ready to Probe→

Posted in Featured, FPGA, integrated logic analyzer, logic analyzer, tang nano 20k

Your Computer Memory is a Lie

Posted on October 12, 2026 by Al Williams

When you first learn to program, memory seems pretty straightforward. You have a bunch of bytes, each with an address. If you want to read or write something, you specify …read more Continue reading Your Computer Memory is a Lie→

Posted in Cache, CRAM, Featured, Interest, memory, MMU, rants, swapfile, zram, zswap

A Free Cloud AI

Posted on October 12, 2026 by Al Williams

If you would like an AI “personal agent” but don’t want your data on some opaque cloud computer, there’s a new option that appears to be somewhat nicer: [rociiu] has …read more Continue reading A Free Cloud AI→

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, chatbot, cloudflare

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