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[How to Mechatronics] on YouTube endeavored to create a comprehensive guide comparing the various factors that affect the performance of 3D printed gears. Given the numerous variables involved, this is …read more Continue reading Studying the Finer Points of 3D Printed Gears
We take easy communications for granted these days. It’s no bother to turn on a lightbulb remotely via a radio link or sense the water level in your petunias, but …read more Continue reading Bidirectional Data Transfer Through Mud?
Apple is well-known for its secrecy, which is understandable given the high stakes in the high-end mobile phone industry. It’s interesting to get a glimpse inside its durability labs and …read more Continue reading A Peek Inside Apple Durability Testing Labs
Many hackers have familiar sayings in their heads, such as “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and KISS (Keep it simple, stupid). Those of us who have been in …read more Continue reading Embrace IPv6 before its too late?
Many people have been attracted to the low price and big dreams of the CNC3018 desktop CNC router. If you’re quick, you can pick one up on the usual second-hand …read more Continue reading The Cheap CNC3018 Gets a Proper Revamp
With the performance of modern CPU cores plateauing recently, the main performance gains are with multiple cores and multithreaded applications. Typically, a fast GPU is only so mind-bogglingly quick because …read more Continue reading Make Your Code Slower With Multithreading
[Michael Kohn] started programming on the Motorola 68000 architecture and then, for work reasons, moved over to the Intel x86 and was not exactly pleased by the latter chip’s perceived …read more Continue reading Comparing x86 and 68000 in an FPGA
Sometimes, startups fail due to technical problems or a lack of interest from potential investors and fail to gain development traction. This latter case appears to be the issue befalling …read more Continue reading A3 Audio: The Open Source 3D Audio Control System
YouTuber My Developer Thoughts, a self-confessed middle-aged Software Developer, clearly has a real soft spot for the 6502-based 8-bit era machines such as the Commodore 64 and the VIC-20, for …read more Continue reading Using Kick Assembler and VS Code to write C64 Assembler
Inductors are more like a resistor in series with an ideal inductor, resistors can be inductors as well, and well, capacitors aren’t just simply a capacitance in a package. Little …read more Continue reading Why Is My 470uF Electrolytic Cap More Like 20uF?