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M1 Development Board from Scraps

Posted on May 19, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

Apple is fairly notorious for building devices that are difficult to repair, but with the right tools it’s often not completely impossible to circumvent some of their barriers. As they …read more Continue reading M1 Development Board from Scraps→

Posted in apple, ARM, developer transition kit, Development, dtk, M1, Mac, Mac Hacks, Mac mini, pcb | Tagged Repair

Improved 3D Scanning Rig Adds Full-Sized Camera Support

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

There are plenty of reasons to pick up or build a 3D scanner. Modeling for animation or special effects, reverse engineering or designing various devices or products, and working with …read more Continue reading Improved 3D Scanning Rig Adds Full-Sized Camera Support→

Posted in 3d scanner, camera, gcode, grammetry, News, Photo, scanner | Tagged DSLR

Customizable Bird Clock Sings The Hours By

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

For those looking to build their own clocks, one of the easiest ways to get started is with a pre-built module that uses a simple quartz oscillator and drives a …read more Continue reading Customizable Bird Clock Sings The Hours By→

Posted in atmega128a, bird, bird song, clock, clock hacks, DS3231, mp3, rtc, stepper motor

Robotic Platform Turns Shop Vac into Roomba

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

The robotic revolution is currently happening, although for the time being it seems as though most of the robots are still being generally helpful to humanity, whether that help is …read more Continue reading Robotic Platform Turns Shop Vac into Roomba→

Posted in ebike, ebike battery, inverter, News, robot, roomba, shop vac, vacuum, windshield wiper motor | Tagged Autonomous

Plasma Cutter Gets CNC Treatment at Low Cost

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

[Daniel] has been metalworking on a budget for a while now. Originally doing things like plasma cutting on old bricks, he used his original plasma cutter to make an appropriate …read more Continue reading Plasma Cutter Gets CNC Treatment at Low Cost→

Posted in 3d printed, budget, cnc, cnc hacks, modification, plasma cutter, torch, welding, yeswelder

DIY Passive Radar System Verifies ADS-B Transmissions

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

Like most waves in the electromagnetic spectrum, radio waves tend to bounce off of various objects. This can be frustrating to anyone trying to use something like a GMRS or …read more Continue reading DIY Passive Radar System Verifies ADS-B Transmissions→

Posted in ADS-b, Aircraft, passive radar, radio hacks, reference, sdr, software-defined radio, yagi | Tagged Antenna, Radar, Radio

Nearly-Destroyed Commodore Gets New Life

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

We all have our shiny, modern computers for interacting with the modern world, but at times they can seem a little monochromatic. Even the differences between something like macOS and …read more Continue reading Nearly-Destroyed Commodore Gets New Life→

Posted in circuit board, commodore, pc-20, pcb, rebuild, restoration, retrocomputing

Keep Tabs on PC Use with Custom Analog Voltmeter

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

With the demands of modern computing, from video editing, streaming, and gaming, many of us will turn to a monitoring system of some point to keep tabs on CPU usage, …read more Continue reading Keep Tabs on PC Use with Custom Analog Voltmeter→

Posted in computer hacks, CPU, display, ESP32, LEDs, pwm, rgb, usage, voltmeter, Windows | Tagged Computer, Desktop, Monitor

A Smart Power Distribution Unit for Home Automation

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

Power distribution units, as the name implies, are indispensable tools to have available in a server rack. They can handle a huge amount of power for demands of intensive computing …read more Continue reading A Smart Power Distribution Unit for Home Automation→

Posted in ESP32, home automation, home hacks, mqtt, node-red, pdu, power distribution unit, relay, Server, server rack

Implantable Battery Charges Itself

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Bryan Cockfield

Battery technology is the major limiting factor for the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles and grid-level energy storage. Marginal improvements have been made for lithium cells in the past decade …read more Continue reading Implantable Battery Charges Itself→

Posted in battery, chemistry hacks, research, sodium | Tagged Implant, Oxygen, Pacemaker

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