Collaborate Disseminate
How hard can it be to kill a flash drive? Judging by the look of defeat on [Walker]’s face in the video below, pretty darn hard. To bring you up …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: This Flash Drive Will NOT Self-Destruct in Five Seconds
We’ve all heard of the dangers of static electricity when dealing with electronics, and we all take the proper precautions when working with static-sensitive components — don’t we? But as …read more Continue reading The Other Kind Of Static Hazard to Your Logic Circuits
If you need to send data from sensors, there are plenty of options, including a bewildering selection of wireless methods. Trouble is, most of those protocols require a substantial stack …read more Continue reading Simple CMOS Circuit Allows Power and Data Over Twisted-Pair Wiring
If there’s anything people hate more than being locked into a printer manufacturer’s replacement cartridges, it’s proprietary batteries. Cordless power tools are the obvious example in this space, but there …read more Continue reading LiPo Replacement Keeps Portable Scanner in the Action
Two RUDs are better than one, right? That might be the line on Saturday morning’s briefly spectacular second attempt by SpaceX to launch their Starship vehicle atop a Super Heavy …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: November 19, 2023
When we first saw [Maarten Tromp]’s article about a “momentary latching switch” for guitar effects pedals, we have to admit to being a bit confused. When it comes to push-button …read more Continue reading Two-Channel Guitar Stomp Box Makes Momentary Switches Latching
If you try to sew leather on a standard consumer-grade machine, more often than not you’ll quickly learn its limits. Most machines are built for speed, and trying to get …read more Continue reading Bigfoot Turns Classic Sewing Machine into a Leather-Eating Monster
We’ve noticed an uptick in “project to product” stories lately, which seems like a fantastic trend to us. It means that hackers are turning out projects that really resonate with …read more Continue reading Taking a Public Transit Display from Project to Product
If you’d have asked us for odds on whether you could successfully turn a canned ham into an amateur radio antenna, we’d have declined the offer. Now, having seen [Ben …read more Continue reading A Canned Ham Ham Antenna
You never know when you’ll be called upon to [MacGyver] your way out of an emergency. We can’t imagine what kind of situation would call for whipping up a satellite …read more Continue reading Umbrella Antenna Protects You from Rain, but Not the Way You Think