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iCEBlaster: A Drag’n’Drop Bitstream Loader For iCE40

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

The iCE40 series of FPGAs gets a fair bit of coverage on these pages, largely due to its accessibility (thanks to huge efforts in reverse engineering and open tool chains) …read more Continue reading iCEBlaster: A Drag’n’Drop Bitstream Loader For iCE40→

Posted in FPGA, iCE40, lattice, USB mass storage

A Custom Outdoor Cooking Station For City Life

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

[shoobs] relocated from Australia to Luxembourg, and was really missing the whole outdoor cooking scene that is apparently very common in those parts. Now living in a modest apartment building …read more Continue reading A Custom Outdoor Cooking Station For City Life→

Posted in burner, cooking, cooking hacks, Wok Hei | Tagged Outdoor

A Passive Automatic CNC Tool Changer

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

[Marius Hornberger] has been busy hacking his “Hammer” CNC router again, and now it sports a much desired feature — an automatic tool-changer. Having wanted one for a while, [Marius] …read more Continue reading A Passive Automatic CNC Tool Changer→

Posted in automatic tool changer, cnc hacks, CNC router, passive

A Simple RP2040-Based Audio DSP Board

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

If you’re one of those people who got into building electronics for the purpose of making music, then this Raspberry Pi RP2040-based audio DSP project by [DatanoiseTV] might be of …read more Continue reading A Simple RP2040-Based Audio DSP Board→

Posted in computer hacks, DSP, eurorack, rp2040, synth, Vult

Can You Cheat At Tightrope Walking?

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

Tightrope walking is no mean feat — it takes years to master (even with a balance rod) — but that’s too much like hard work for [James Bruton]. Obviously, the …read more Continue reading Can You Cheat At Tightrope Walking?→

Posted in inertial, reaction wheel, self balancing, wearable hacks

72 DIY Musical Instruments Played In 7 Minutes

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

Humans have been making musical instruments from whatever items are close at hand for thousands of years, and we aren’t showing any signs of slowing down yet, least of all …read more Continue reading 72 DIY Musical Instruments Played In 7 Minutes→

Posted in beatbox, flute, musical hacks, PVC, ukelele, wind instruments

Behold The Mighty Floppotron 3.0

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

If anyone has been struggling to get hold of a 3.5″ floppy drive lately, we think we’ve got a clue as to why — behold, the mighty floppotron 3.0 by …read more Continue reading Behold The Mighty Floppotron 3.0→

Posted in flatbed scanner, floppy drive, hard disk, midi, Music, musical hacks

Kved: An Embeddable Key/Value Datastore

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

At some point when developing embedded applications, you’re going to want to store unique values in non-volatile memory, values that can’t be fixed at compilation time. Many microcontrollers have a …read more Continue reading Kved: An Embeddable Key/Value Datastore→

Posted in dictionary, embedded development, flash, microcontroller, Microcontrollers, non-volatile storage, software hacks

An Interesting Circular Stewart Platform

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

Stewart platforms are pretty neat, and not seen in the wild all that often, perhaps because there aren’t a vast number of hacker-friendly applications that need quite this many degrees …read more Continue reading An Interesting Circular Stewart Platform→

Posted in 6-DOF, arduino pro mini, h-bridge, misc hacks, Stewart platform, tb6612

Panelize PCBs Graphically With hm-panelizer

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

When you’re working with PCBs and making single units to knock out in those Chinese fabs, going from layout to manufacturable Gerber files is just a few button presses, no …read more Continue reading Panelize PCBs Graphically With hm-panelizer→

Posted in Gerber Panelizer, gerbers, mouse bites, panelisation, pcb, software hacks

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