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OpenDog Version 3 Is Ready To Go Walkies

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Dave Rowntree

We’ve been following [James Bruton]’s open dog project for a little while now, and with his considerable pace of work – pandemic or no pandemic – development has been incredibly …read more Continue reading OpenDog Version 3 Is Ready To Go Walkies→

Posted in 3D Printing, cycloidal gearbox, james bruton, OpenDog, Robotics, robots hacks

ESP8266 Based WiFi Game Boy Cartridge Browses WikiPedia

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dave Rowntree

[Sebastian Staacks] came across his old Game Boy and was wondering (as you do) what happened to recent attempts at getting a WiFi interface wedged into a standard cartridge. After …read more Continue reading ESP8266 Based WiFi Game Boy Cartridge Browses WikiPedia→

Posted in 3d printed, ESP8266, game boy, retrocomputing, Wi-Fi

A Well Documented BreadBoard Computer Shows Dedication

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dave Rowntree

These pages have not been exactly devoid of home-built computers, with those constructed on solderless breadboard less frequent, but still not rarities. But what is more of a rarity is …read more Continue reading A Well Documented BreadBoard Computer Shows Dedication→

Posted in breadboard, computer hacks, display, homebrew computer, logisim, retrocomputing, ttl

The Second Worst CAD Package Ever

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dave Rowntree

A while back, [Heavydeck] remembered stumbling across the worst CAD package ever, which is a schematic editor whose existence was purely intended for use to make quick circuit sketches for …read more Continue reading The Second Worst CAD Package Ever→

Posted in CAD, kludge, Klunky, online, schematic, software hacks

Implementing A CPU Using 555 Timers And Logic Synthesis

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dave Rowntree

There is many a comment on these here pages along the lines of “Why did you use a microcontroller, when you could just have easily used a 555 timer!” And, …read more Continue reading Implementing A CPU Using 555 Timers And Logic Synthesis→

Posted in 555 timer, computer hacks, pcb, PCBflow

DIY Semi Auto Grinder Builds Itself (Sort Of)

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Dave Rowntree

[JSK-koubou] is no stranger to making tools to improve their work, and this latest video is yet another in a long list of such builds, just checkout their YT channel …read more Continue reading DIY Semi Auto Grinder Builds Itself (Sort Of)→

Posted in aluminum extrusion, angle grinder, automatic, tool hacks

A Self Righting Balancing Robot Configured The Easy Way

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Dave Rowntree
Self balancing wheeled robot with auto-righting arms lofted high

Norwegian electronics hacker [Hans Jørgen] aka [time expander] on YouTube, has a clear interest in robotics, and for his latest effort, decided that it was time to build a custom …read more Continue reading A Self Righting Balancing Robot Configured The Easy Way→

Posted in balancing bot, BMO055, ESP32-WROOM-32, IMU, QR codes, robots hacks, self righting, two wheeler | Tagged OLED

Get Down To Some African Tunes With This HomeBrew Synth

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Dave Rowntree

South African [Afrorack] claims to have built the first home-built modular synthesiser in Africa. Whilst we can’t be sure of this (and to be frank, it doesn’t actually matter) what …read more Continue reading Get Down To Some African Tunes With This HomeBrew Synth→

Posted in africa, Modular synthesizer, musical hacks, solenoid

SuperCapacitors vs Batteries Again

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Dave Rowntree

Supercapacitors are definitely not the same as batteries, we all know that. They tend to have a very low operating voltage, and due to their operating principle of storing charge …read more Continue reading SuperCapacitors vs Batteries Again→

Posted in boost converter, Hardware, lipo battery, super capacitor

A Super Speedy Lightweight Lossless Compression Algorithm

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Dave Rowntree

[Dominic Szablewski] was tinkering around with compressing RGB images, when he stumbled upon idea of how to make a simple lossless compression algorithm, resulting in the Quite OK Image Format, …read more Continue reading A Super Speedy Lightweight Lossless Compression Algorithm→

Posted in image compression, lossless, software hacks

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