Collaborate Disseminate
Ah, the CAN bus. It’s become a communication standard in the automotive world, found in a huge swathe of cars built from the mid-1990s onwards. You’ll also find it in …read more Continue reading Supercon 2024: Yes, You Can Use the Controller Area Network Outside of Cars
Printed circuit boards were once so simple. One or two layers of copper etched on a rectangular fiberglass substrate, with a few holes drilled in key locations so components could …read more Continue reading Supercon 2024: A New World of Full-Color PCBs
When Apple first launched the Macintosh, it created a new sort of “Lunchbox” form factor that was relatively portable and very, very cool. Reminiscent of that is this neat portable …read more Continue reading Designing a Portable Mac Mini
There are a million ways to use LEDs to make a clock. [sjm4306] chose to go a relatively conventional route, making something that approximates a traditional analog timepiece. However, he …read more Continue reading LED Filaments Become Attractive Time Piece
[Robert’s Retro] is one of those great YouTube channels that shows us the ins and outs of old and obscure computers. [Robert] likes going a step beyond the traditional teardown …read more Continue reading Ancient Pocket Computer Gets a Serious Serial Upgrade
If you think of a metal detector, you’re probably thinking of a fairly simple device with a big coil and a piercing whine coming from a tinny speaker. [mircemk] has …read more Continue reading Metal Detector Built With Smartphone Interface
What if circuit boards could glow in the dark? It’s a fun question, and one [Botmatrix] sought to answer when approached by manufacturer PCBWay to run a project together. It …read more Continue reading Glow In The Dark PCBs Are Pretty Cool
USB Power Delivery is widely considered to be a good thing. It’s become relatively standard, and is a popular way for makers to easily power their projects at a number of …read more Continue reading PPS Is The Hottest USB-C Feature You Didn’t Know About
Let’s say you’ve got a big bare wall in your home, and you want some art on it. You could hang a poster or a framed artwork, or you could …read more Continue reading Mural: The Plotter That Draws On Walls
Every Super Nintendo console should run at the same speed. They were all built in factories with the same components so they should all operate at the steady clip mandated …read more Continue reading The SNES Seems To Be Getting Faster Over Time