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Tearing Down a Forgotten Video Game

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Al Williams

Remember Video Volley? No? We don’t either. It looks like it was a very early video game console that could play tennis, hockey, or handball. In this video, [James] tears …read more Continue reading Tearing Down a Forgotten Video Game→

Posted in pong, retrocomputing, teardown, video game

An LLM for the Raspberry Pi

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Al Williams

Microsoft’s latest Phi4 LLM has 14 billion parameters that require about 11 GB of storage. Can you run it on a Raspberry Pi? Get serious. However, the Phi4-mini-reasoning model is …read more Continue reading An LLM for the Raspberry Pi→

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, LLM, Microsoft, Raspberry Pi

Best Practices for FDM Printing

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Al Williams

If you’ve been designing parts for 3D printing, you probably have some tricks and standards for your designs. [Rahix] decided to write out a well-thought-out set of design rules for FDM …read more Continue reading Best Practices for FDM Printing→

Posted in 3D design, 3d Printer hacks, 3D Printing

The Nuclear War You Didn’t Notice

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Al Williams

We always enjoy [The History Guy], and we wish he’d do more history of science and technology. But when he does, he always delivers! His latest video, which you can …read more Continue reading The Nuclear War You Didn’t Notice→

Posted in cold war, cyclotron, Periodic Table, Science, transfermium

Inside a Selective Voltmeter

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Al Williams

[Martin Lorton] has a vintage Harmon 4200B selective voltmeter that needed repair. He picked it up on eBay, and he knew it wasn’t working, but it was in good condition, …read more Continue reading Inside a Selective Voltmeter→

Posted in Harmon, repair hacks, RMS, selective voltmeter, teardown

Oscilloscope Digital Storage, 1990s Style

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Al Williams

You’re designing an oscilloscope with modest storage — only 15,000 samples per channel. However, the sample rate is at 5 Gs/s, and you have to store all four channels at …read more Continue reading Oscilloscope Digital Storage, 1990s Style→

Posted in analog shift register, oscilloscope, teardown, tektronix, tool hacks

Scan Your Caliper for Physical Part Copies

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Al Williams

We’ve certainly seen people take a photo of a part, bring it into CAD, and then scale it until some dimension on the screen is the same as a known …read more Continue reading Scan Your Caliper for Physical Part Copies→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, 3D Printing, CAD

Understanding Linear Regression

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Al Williams

Although [Vitor Fróis] is explaining linear regression because it relates to machine learning, the post and, indeed, the topic have wide applications in many things that we do with electronics …read more Continue reading Understanding Linear Regression→

Posted in linear regression, Machine Learning, math

Edison Phonograph Plays the Cylinders

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Al Williams

You might be old enough to remember record platters, but you probably aren’t old enough to remember when records were cylinders. The Edison Blue Amberol records came out in 1912 …read more Continue reading Edison Phonograph Plays the Cylinders→

Posted in amberol, edison, home entertainment hacks, Phonograph

The Owon HDS160 Reviewed

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Al Williams

These days, if you are in the market for a capable digital voltmeter, you might as well consider getting one with an oscilloscope built-in. One choice is the Owon HDS160, …read more Continue reading The Owon HDS160 Reviewed→

Posted in HDS160, oscilloscope, owon, Reviews, scopemeter, teardown

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