Collaborate Disseminate
When temperatures plummet, there’s nothing like a hot beverage to keep you warmed up inside. [Palingenesis] aka [Tim] sure does fancy a nice cuppa, but only within a certain temperature …read more Continue reading Beverage Coaster Indicates Ideal Drinking Temperature
If there’s one good thing to be said about the chip shortage of 2020-2023 (and counting!) it’s that a number of us were forced out of our ruts, and pushed …read more Continue reading The New Hotness
DYMO 550 series printer marketing blurb says “The DYMO® LabelWriter® 550 Turbo label printer comes with unique Automatic Label Recognition™”, which, once translated from marketing-ese, means “this printer has DRM …read more Continue reading #FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM
[Fearless Night]’s optical theremin project takes advantage of the kind of highly-integrated parts that are available to the modern hacker and hobbyist in all the right ways. The result is …read more Continue reading Optical Theremin Makes Eerie Audio with Few Parts
With the market for STM32F103C8-based ‘Blue Pill’ boards slowly being overrun with boards that contain either a cloned, fake or outright broken chip, [Terry Porter] really wanted to have an …read more Continue reading Test Your ‘Blue Pill’ Board For A Genuine STM32F103C8 MCU
It’s that time of year in both hemispheres — time to get outside and play before it gets unbearably hot (or cold). No matter what your game, don’t keep score …read more Continue reading Portable, Digital Scoreboard Goes Anywhere
GPS technology is a marvel of the modern world. Not only can we reliably locate positions on the planet with remarkable accuracy and relatively inexpensive hardware, but plenty of non-location-based features of the technology are available for other uses as …read more
[Amen]’s Rockwell 920 calculator from the 70s was a very impressive piece of hardware for its time. It sported a 16-digit display, a printer, and it could run programs. It even had a magnetic card reader/writer that could be used …read more
Continue reading Vintage Calculator Design Shows Just How Much We Take for Granted Today
For hackers on a tight budget or with limited bench space, a USB oscilloscope can be a compelling alternative to a dedicated piece of hardware. For plenty of hobbyists, it’s a perfectly valid option. But while the larger discussion about …read more
Continue reading A Physical Front Panel for Oscilloscope Software
For many years now, the so-called ‘Blue Pill’ STM32 MCU development board has been a staple in the hobbyist community. Finding its origins as an apparent Maple Mini clone, the diminutive board is easily to use in breadboard projects thanks …read more
Continue reading Blue Pill Vs Black Pill: Transitioning From STM32F103 To STM32F411