Piezo Buzzer Makes a Drum
The humble piezo disc buzzer is much more than something that makes tinny beeps in retro electronic equipment, it can also be used as a sensor. Tapping a piezo buzzer …read more Continue reading Piezo Buzzer Makes a Drum
Author Archives: Jenny List
A Direct Conversion Receiver Anyone Can Build
A couple of years ago one of the Hackaday Prize finalists was a project to take highschoolers through building a direct conversion radio receiver for the 40 metre amateur band. …read more Continue reading A Direct Conversion Receiver Anyone Can Build
It’s a Doughnut, In Hardware
Making a physical doughnut is easy enough, given a good dough recipe and a nice hot deep fat fryer. But have you ever considered making a one in physical electronic …read more Continue reading It’s a Doughnut, In Hardware
It’s A Bench, But It’s Not Benchy
Whatever the nuances are surrounding the reported taking down of remixes derived from the famous Benchy 3D printer stress test, it was inevitable that in its aftermath there would be …read more Continue reading It’s A Bench, But It’s Not Benchy
Tactility; The ESP32 Gets Another OS
Doing the rounds this week is a new operating system for ESP32 microcontrollers, it’s called Tactility, and it comes from [Ken Van Hoeylandt]. It provides a basic operating system level …read more Continue reading Tactility; The ESP32 Gets Another OS
Hackaday Podcast Episode 303: The Cheap Yellow Display, Self-Driving Under $1000, and Don’t Remix that Benchy
As the holiday party season fades away into memory and we get into the swing of the new year, Elliot Williams is joined on the Hackaday Podcast by Jenny List …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 303: The Cheap Yellow Display, Self-Driving Under $1000, and Don’t Remix that Benchy
SerenityOS On Real Hardware
One of the problems facing any developer working on their own operating system is that of hardware support. With many thousands of peripherals and components that can be found in …read more Continue reading SerenityOS On Real Hardware
It’s IP, Over TOSLINK!
At the recent 38C3 conference in Germany, someone gave a talk about sending TOSLINK digital audio over fiber optic networks rather than the very low-end short distance fibre you’ll find …read more Continue reading It’s IP, Over TOSLINK!
A Street For Every Date
Different cultures have their own conventions for naming locations, for example in the United Kingdom there are plenty of places named for monarchs, while in many other countries there are …read more Continue reading A Street For Every Date
38C3: It’s TOSLINK, Over Long Distance Fibre
If you’ve owned a CD player or other piece of consumer digital audio gear manufactured since the 1980s, the chances are it has a TOSLINK port on the back. This …read more Continue reading 38C3: It’s TOSLINK, Over Long Distance Fibre