Arduino + TFT = Micro Star Chart
We always look at the round LCDs and wonder what to do with them other than, of course, a clock. Well, [shabaz] had a great idea: use it as a …read more Continue reading Arduino + TFT = Micro Star Chart
Author Archives: Al Williams
Ask Hackaday: How Do You Make Front Panels?
We’ll admit it. The closer a project is to completion, the less enthusiasm we have for it. Once the main design is clearly going to work on a breadboard, we’re …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: How Do You Make Front Panels?
What You Can See with a SEM?
The last time we used a scanning electron microscope (a SEM), it looked like something from a bad 1950s science fiction movie. These days SEMs, like the one at the …read more Continue reading What You Can See with a SEM?
Linux Fu: Kernel Modules Have Privileges
I did something recently I haven’t done in a long time: I recompiled the Linux kernel. There was a time when this was a common occurrence. You might want a …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Kernel Modules Have Privileges
Lindroid Promises True Linux on Android
Since Android uses Linux, you’d think it would be easier to run Linux apps on your Android phone or tablet. There are some solutions out there, but the experience is …read more Continue reading Lindroid Promises True Linux on Android
TDK Claims Solid State Battery with 100X Energy Density
Regulations surrounding disposable batteries have accelerated a quiet race to replace coin cells, which on the whole are not readily rechargeable. TDK produces solid-state batteries and has announced a new …read more Continue reading TDK Claims Solid State Battery with 100X Energy Density
Raspberry Pi Saves Printer from Junk Pile
Around here, printers have a life expectancy of about two years if we are lucky. But [techtipsy] has a family member who has milked a long life from an old …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi Saves Printer from Junk Pile
A LEGO Orrery
We aren’t sure how accurate you can get with LEGO, but a building block orrery looks cool, if nothing else. [Marian42] saw one done a few years ago and decided …read more Continue reading A LEGO Orrery
What If
We’ve noticed a recent YouTube trend of producing trailers for shows and movies as if they were produced in the 1950s, even when they weren’t. The results are impressive and, …read more Continue reading What If
The IBM PC: Brainchild of a Misfit
We’ve read a number of histories of the IBM PC and lived through that time, too. But we enjoyed [Gareth Edwards’] perspective in a post entitled The Misfit who Built …read more Continue reading The IBM PC: Brainchild of a Misfit