Building a Carousel Autosampler
A common task in a laboratory setting is that of sampling, where a bit of e.g. liquid has to be sampled from a series of containers. Doing this by hand …read more Continue reading Building a Carousel Autosampler
Author Archives: Maya Posch
Looking at a Real Fake Raspberry Pi RP2040 Board
Since the RP2040 microcontroller is available as a stand-alone component, it’s easy enough for third parties to churn out their own variations — or outright clones of — the Raspberry …read more Continue reading Looking at a Real Fake Raspberry Pi RP2040 Board
Making Code a Hundred Times Slower With False Sharing
Writing good, performant code depends strongly on an understanding of the underlying hardware. This is especially the case in scenarios like those involving embarrassingly parallel processing, which at first glance …read more Continue reading Making Code a Hundred Times Slower With False Sharing
Pushing China’s EAST Tokamak Past the Greenwald Density Limit
Getting a significant energy return from tokamak-based nuclear fusion reactors depends for a large part on plasma density, but increasing said density is tricky, as beyond a certain point the …read more Continue reading Pushing China’s EAST Tokamak Past the Greenwald Density Limit
When Electricity Doesn’t Take the Shortest Path
Everyone knows that the path of least resistance is the path that will always be taken, be it by water, electricity or the feet of humans. This is where the …read more Continue reading When Electricity Doesn’t Take the Shortest Path
Hacking the Krups Cook4Me Smart Cooking Pot for Doom
With more and more kitchen utilities gaining touch screens and capable microcontrollers it’d be inconceivable that they do not get put to other uses as well. To this end [Aaron …read more Continue reading Hacking the Krups Cook4Me Smart Cooking Pot for Doom
Fixing a KS Jive DAB Radio with a Dash of Fake ICs
The exciting part about repairing consumer electronics is that you are never quite sure what you are going to find. In a recent video by [Mick] of Buy it Fix …read more Continue reading Fixing a KS Jive DAB Radio with a Dash of Fake ICs
The Distroless Linux Future May Be Coming
Over the decades the number of Linux distributions has effectively exploded, from a handful in the late ’90s to quite literally hundreds today, not counting minor variations. There lately seems …read more Continue reading The Distroless Linux Future May Be Coming
The Intel 8087 and Conditional Microcode Tests
Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode contains the …read more Continue reading The Intel 8087 and Conditional Microcode Tests
Reverse-Engineering the Tamagotchi IR Connection
The Tamagotchi Connection is a series of Tamagotchi toys that took the original portable pet concept and mixed things up with a wireless connection, which allowed you to interact with …read more Continue reading Reverse-Engineering the Tamagotchi IR Connection