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2023 Cyberdeck Contest: A Toddler’s Cyberdeck

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

[Josh] has a child and what do children like more than stuffing random things into their mouths? Pushing buttons, twiddling knobs, and yanking things of course! So [Josh] did what …read more Continue reading 2023 Cyberdeck Contest: A Toddler’s Cyberdeck→

Posted in Arduino Mega 2560, ChatGPT, contests, cyberdeck, Cyberdecks, Hackaday Columns | Tagged Portable

A Turing-Complete CPU In Sunvox? Why not!

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

Day-time software engineer and part-time musician, [Logickin,] knows a thing or two about programming the SunVox modular synthesiser and tracker software. Whilst the software is normally used for creating music …read more Continue reading A Turing-Complete CPU In Sunvox? Why not!→

Posted in 16-bit, CPU, emulation, musical hacks, SunVox

Hackaday Prize 2023: PAROL6 – A GPL Desktop Robotic Arm

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

Parol 6 is a 3D-printed six-axis robot arm created by [Petar Crnjak] as a combination of the principles from a few previous projects. Aside from a pneumatic gripper, each axis …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: PAROL6 – A GPL Desktop Robotic Arm→

Posted in 6 DOF Robot arm, planetary gearbox, robots hacks, rs485, stepper motor, STM32F4, TMC2209

Install ChimeraOS and Never Leave The Sofa

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

There are some projects that initially don’t seem to make sense, but actually turn out to have valid use cases. ChimeraOS appears to be one of those. The idea is …read more Continue reading Install ChimeraOS and Never Leave The Sofa→

Posted in games, os, remote gaming, retro gaming, steam deck | Tagged Chimera

PentaBlinky – When One LED Is Not Blinky Enough

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

[michimartini] over on Hackaday.io loves playing with multivibrator circuits, and has come across a simple example of a ring oscillator. This is a discrete transistor RC-delay design utilizing five identical …read more Continue reading PentaBlinky – When One LED Is Not Blinky Enough→

Posted in blinky, classic hacks, discrete transistors, led, led hacks, ring oscillator

Super Mario In sed, Sort Of

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

We definitely needed to reach for a sed reference guide for this one, but looking at the animated GIF of the script running, it is recognizably Super Mario World, albeit …read more Continue reading Super Mario In sed, Sort Of→

Posted in games, graphical, nintendo, sed, software hacks, super mario world

The Orb Web Desktop

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

[Hugo Leisink] is a programmer who contributes to Open Source projects. In their spare time, they have been developing a web-browser-based operating system called Orb. It is available for the …read more Continue reading The Orb Web Desktop→

Posted in javascript, PHP, software hacks, web desktop, WebAssembly

No Need To Buy A Woodchipper – Build One!

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

Polish YouTuber WorkshopFromScratch finally got fed up with tripping over piles of garden detritus and decided to have a go at building a woodchipper (Video, embedded below). Since they had …read more Continue reading No Need To Buy A Woodchipper – Build One!→

Posted in C45 steel, garden, gearmotor, Hardware, metalworking, steel, tool hacks, wood chipper

The Egyptian Coin Box ‘Trick’

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

[James Stanley] likes to spend time making puzzles and gadgets for escape rooms, and decided for a change to try their hand at a bit of magic. The idea was …read more Continue reading The Egyptian Coin Box ‘Trick’→

Posted in capacitive sensing, cnc routing, esp32-C3, Hardware, magic, toy hacks | Tagged Bluetooth

This Kinetic Art Display Uses a Gin Bottle

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Dave Rowntree

[David McDaid] likes gin. So in homage to their favourite tipple, a certain brand of Scottish origin, a kinetic art project was brewed. Tabled as a Rube Goldberg machine — …read more Continue reading This Kinetic Art Display Uses a Gin Bottle→

Posted in 3d printed, LDPE, marble run, TMC2208 | Tagged Art

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