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When it comes to taking an idea from concept to prototype reality, depending on the type of project, there can be quite a few sub-tasks along the way. Take for …read more Continue reading This Parametric Project Box Generator Is Super Easy
[Voja Antonic] has been building digital computers since before many of us were born. He designed with the Z80 when it was new, and has decades of freelance embedded experience, …read more Continue reading Remoticon 2021 // Voja Antonic Makes You a Digital Designer
Many of us hardware-oriented types find it hard to walk past a lonely-looking discarded item of consumer electronics without thinking “If only I could lug that back to the car …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering: Trash Printer Gives Up Its Control Panel Secrets
The traditional Ethiopian Gojo is a circular domed dwelling constructed from a central vertical beam, and a surrounding structure of curved beams made from wood or bamboo. A covering of …read more Continue reading Rainwater Storing Gojo Is A Stroke Of Genius
Flexible circuits built on polyimide film are now commonplace, you can prototype with them at multiple factories, at a cost that is almost acceptable to your average hacker. Polyimide film …read more Continue reading Silicone Devices: DIY Stretchable Circuits
These cheap Chinese-built programmable power supplies are nothing new, we’ve been using them for years. They’re not particularly good power supplies, since current feedback is in software, but for some …read more Continue reading Another DPS5005 Alternative Firmware
When you spend a lot of time on the computer doing certain more specialised tasks (no, we’re not talking about browsing cat memes on twitter) you start to think that …read more Continue reading A DIY CAD Mouse You Can Actually Build
I’ve been following the development of KiCAD for a number of years now, and using it as my main electronics CAD package daily for a the last six years or …read more Continue reading KiCAD 6.0: What Made It and What Didn’t
We’ve not had a circuit sculpture piece for a while, so here’s “ioalieia” a lovely hybrid digital-analog sound sculpture by [Eirik Brandal] to dig into. The host of the show …read more Continue reading The Eerie Sounds Of Ioalieia: An ESP32/Valve/Analog Hybrid Circuit Sculpture
[NightHawkInLight] has been developing his design for a vacuum canon for a while now, so it seems fitting to drop in check out the progress. The idea is pretty straightforward, …read more Continue reading Rapid-Reload Vacuum Cannon Totally Demolishes Those Veggies