Retrogadgets: Oscilloscope Cameras
Today, if you want to get a picture from your oscilloscope — maybe to send to a collaborator or to stick in a document or blog post — it is …read more Continue reading Retrogadgets: Oscilloscope Cameras
Author Archives: Al Williams
Cheap Sensor Changes Personality
If you want to add humidity and temperature sensors to your home automation sensor, you can — like [Maker’s Fun Duck] did — buy some generic ones for about a …read more Continue reading Cheap Sensor Changes Personality
Component Tester Teardown
In the modern age, when you hear “component tester” you probably think of one of those cheap microcontroller-based devices that can identify components and provide basic measurements on an LCD …read more Continue reading Component Tester Teardown
Building a DIY Nipkow Disk Display
Before flat screen technologies took over, we associate TV with the CRT. But there were other display technologies that worked, they just weren’t as practical. One scheme was the Nipkow …read more Continue reading Building a DIY Nipkow Disk Display
Inside an Arcade Joystick
If you ever played an arcade game and wondered what was inside that joystick you were gripping, [Big Clive] can save you some trouble. He picked up a cheap replacement …read more Continue reading Inside an Arcade Joystick
Retrotechtacular: Computer-Generate Video 1968 Style!
[Classic Microcomputers] read in a book that there was a computer-generated film made in the late 1960s, and he knew he had to watch it. He found it and shared …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Computer-Generate Video 1968 Style!
DIY Digital Caliper Measures Up
You might wonder why [Kevin] wanted to build digital calipers when you can buy them for very little these days. But, then again, you are reading Hackaday, so we probably …read more Continue reading DIY Digital Caliper Measures Up
Teaching a Pi Pico E-Ink Panel New Tricks
We’ve noticed that adding electronic paper displays to projects is getting easier. [NerdCave] picked up a 4.2-inch E-ink panel but found its documentation a bit lacking when it came to …read more Continue reading Teaching a Pi Pico E-Ink Panel New Tricks
DIY Lock Nuts
If you have a metal lathe just looking for some work, why not make your own lock nuts? That’s what [my mechanics insight] did when faced with a peculiar lock …read more Continue reading DIY Lock Nuts
Reviewing the World’s 2nd Smallest Thermal Camera
A thermal camera is a very handy tool to have, and [Learn Electronics Repair] wanted to try out the Thermal Master P2 for electronic repair, especially since it claims to …read more Continue reading Reviewing the World’s 2nd Smallest Thermal Camera