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[Michelle Hampson] reports in IEEE Spectrum that Chinese researchers may improve self-driving cars by mimicking how the human eye works. In some autonomous cars, two cameras use polarizing filters to …read more Continue reading Self Driving Cars Learn from Our Eyes
[MIKROWAVE1] claims he’s not a radio repair guy, but he agreed to look at a malfunctioning Hallicrafters S-120 shortwave receiver. He lets us watch as he tries to get it …read more Continue reading Repairing a Hallicrafters S-120
It is common these days to have a soldering iron where you can set the temperature using some sort of digital control. But how accurate is it? Probably pretty accurate, …read more Continue reading How Hot is That Soldering Iron?
While version control used to be reserved for big corporate projects, it is very mainstream these days. You can attribute much of that to Git, the software that has nearly …read more Continue reading Get Thee to Git
Elliot Williams is back from vacation, and he and Al Williams got together to talk about the best Hackaday posts from the last week. Of course, the Raspberry Pi RP2350 …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 287: Raspberry Pi Woes, Blacker than Black, and Printing with Klipper
When you think of Sony, you probably think of a technology company that’s been around forever. However, as [Asianometry] points out, it really formed in the tough years after World …read more Continue reading How Sony Mastered the Transistor
[Peter Demchenko] wanted to use a low power TS555 in an ESR meter design. The problem is, he needed to handle significant current sink requirements for cases where the capacitor …read more Continue reading Humble 555 Gets a Boost for ESR Meter
Last time I tried to convince you that, if you haven’t already, you should try running your 3D printer with Klipper. There are several ways to actually make it work. …read more Continue reading 3D Printering: Switch and Klip(per)
While classroom learning isn’t for everyone, one awesome benefit of the Internet is that you have a variety of college classes available to you, even if they aren’t for credit. …read more Continue reading College Gives You Practical Electronics
I have several 3D printers, and I’ve always been satisfied with using either Repetier or Marlin on all of them. There are a few other firmware versions that could run …read more Continue reading 3D Printering: Klipper, the Free 3D Printer Upgrade