Debugging the AMD GPU
Although Robert F. Kennedy gets the credit for popularizing it, George Bernard Shaw said: “Some men see things as they are and say, ‘Why?’ I dream of things that never …read more Continue reading Debugging the AMD GPU
Author Archives: Al Williams
Magnetic Transformer Secrets
[Sam Ben-Yaakov] has another lecture online that dives deep into the physics of electronic processes. This time, the subject is magnetic transformers. You probably know that the ratio of current …read more Continue reading Magnetic Transformer Secrets
A Brief History of the Spreadsheet
We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance you are talking about an Excel spreadsheet, …read more Continue reading A Brief History of the Spreadsheet
Mass Spectrometer Tear Down
If you have ever thought, “I wish I could have a mass spectrometer at home,” then we aren’t very surprised you are reading Hackaday. [Thomas Scherrer] somehow acquired a broken …read more Continue reading Mass Spectrometer Tear Down
The Near Space Adventures of Bradfield the Bear
Admit it or not, you probably have a teddy bear somewhere in your past that you were — or maybe are — fond of. Not to disparage your bear, but …read more Continue reading The Near Space Adventures of Bradfield the Bear
Hackaday Podcast Episode 349: Clocks, AI, and a New 3D Printer Guy
Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met up to cover the best of Hackaday this week, and they want you to listen in. There were a hodgepodge of hacks …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 349: Clocks, AI, and a New 3D Printer Guy
Step into my Particle Accelerator
If you get a chance to visit a computer history museum and see some of the very old computers, you’ll think they took up a full room. But if you …read more Continue reading Step into my Particle Accelerator
3D Printering: That New Color Printer
Color 3D printing has gone mainstream, and we expect more than one hacker will be unpacking one over the holidays. If you have, say, a color inkjet printer, the process …read more Continue reading 3D Printering: That New Color Printer
Retrotechtacular: Learning the Slide Rule the New Old Fashioned Way
Learning something on YouTube seems kind of modern. But if you are watching a 1957 instructional film about slide rules, it also seems old-fashioned. But Encyclopædia Britannica has a complete …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Learning the Slide Rule the New Old Fashioned Way
MicroCAD Programs CAD
We love and hate OpenSCAD. As programmers, we like describing objects we want to 3D print or otherwise model. As programmers, we hate all the strange things about OpenSCAD that …read more Continue reading MicroCAD Programs CAD