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It’s often said that one should not reinvent the wheel, but that doesn’t mean that you cannot change how the use of said wheel should be interpreted. After initially taking …read more Continue reading Building a Diwheel to Add More Tank Controls to Your Commute
Generally people equate the Arduino hardware platforms with MCU-centric options that are great for things like low-powered embedded computing, but less for running desktop operating systems. This looks about to …read more Continue reading Qualcomm Introduces the Arduino Uno Q Linux-Capable SBC
After the news cycle recently exploded with the announcement that Google would require every single Android app to be from a registered and verified developer, while killing third-party app stores …read more Continue reading Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration
For those who missed out on the past few years of ‘smart home’ gadgets, the Logitech POP buttons were introduced in 2018 as a way to control smart home devices …read more Continue reading Logitech POP Buttons are About to go Pop
It takes quite a bit of effort to get a 0 out of 10 repairability score from iFixit, but in-ears like Apple’s AirPods are well on course for a clean …read more Continue reading Apple’s Continuing Failing Repair Score With the AirPods Pro 3
The idea of using the Apple II home computer for digital photography purposes may seem somewhat daft considering that this is not a purpose that they were ever designed for, …read more Continue reading Optimizing a QuickTake Image Decoder for the Apple II’s 6502
Recently [Anthony Francis-Jones] decided to take a closer look at the inhaler that his son got prescribed for some mild breathing issues, specifically to teardown the mechanical counter on it. …read more Continue reading Simple Counter Mechanism in an Asthma Inhaler
Industrial robots like robotic arms are basically everywhere, albeit usually out of the public’s eye in factories. This also means that they get replaced and scrapped all the time, making …read more Continue reading Open Source Controller for Old and Expensive Industrial Robots
We have seen many scam USB chargers appear over the years, with a number of them being enthusiastically ripped apart and analyzed by fairly tame electrical engineers. Often these are …read more Continue reading When USB Charger Marketing Claims are Technically True
Usually databases are treated primarily as fairly dumb data storage systems, but they can be capable of much more. Case in point the PostgreSQL database and its – Ada-based – …read more Continue reading Implementing a Kalman Filter in PostgreSQL to Smooth GPS Data