Collaborate Disseminate
Single Sideband, or SSB, has been the predominant amateur radio voice mode for many decades now. It has bee traditionally generated by analogue means, generating a double sideband and filtering …read more Continue reading It’s SSB, But Maybe Not Quite As You Know It
Over the years there have been many different audio amplifier designs which have found favour for a while and then been supplanted by newer ideas. One of them has crossed …read more Continue reading Bringing a Current Dumping Amplifier Back To Life
QR codes have been with us for a long time now, and after passing through their Gardenesque hype cycle of inappropriate usage, have now settled down to be an important …read more Continue reading SHOUT For Smaller QR Codes
Making a multi-band amateur radio transceiver has always been a somewhat challenging project, and making one that also supported different modes would for many years have been of almost impossible …read more Continue reading A Ten Band SDR Transceiver For Homebrewers
In the decade or more since small inexpensive Linux-capable single board computers such as the Raspberry Pi came to the mainstream, many a hardware hacker has turned their attention to …read more Continue reading BlackBerry Keyboard Makes This Handheld Pi Stand Out
Instant photography occupies a niche in film photography that has endured despite its relatively high cost and the ease of newer digital technologies. There are two main manufacturers, Polaroid and …read more Continue reading 3D Print An Instant Camera
Turning surplus LCD panels into stand-alone monitors with the help of a driver board is an established hack, and a search of eBay or AliExpress will turn up boards for …read more Continue reading Old iPad To New Screen
In 1997 a set of DEC tapes were provided by Dennis Ritchie, as historical artifacts for those interested in the gestation of the UNIX operating system. The resulting archive files …read more Continue reading UNIX Archaeology Turns Up 1972 “V2 Beta”
Vacuum forming is perhaps one of the less popular tools in the modern maker arsenal, something which surprises us a bit because it offers many possibilities. We’ve created our own …read more Continue reading Vacuum Forming With 3D Printed Moulds And Sheets
Rev up your browsers, package managers, or whatever other tool you use to avail yourself of new software releases, because the KiCAD team have announced that barring any major bugs …read more Continue reading Get Ready For KiCAD 9!