Weird Things To Do With FPGAs
There’s an old joke about how can you find the height of a building using a barometer. One of the punchlines is to drop the barometer from the roof and …read more Continue reading Weird Things To Do With FPGAs
Category Archives: strain gauge
Exploring Woodworking Mysteries with Strain Gauges and Raspberry Pi
If you’re not a woodworker, you might not have heard of the “45-degree rule.” It goes like this: a clamp exerts a force that radiates out across a triangular region …read more Continue reading Exploring Woodworking Mysteries with Strain Gauges and Raspberry Pi
Haptick: The Strain Gauge Based 6DoF Controller
Six degrees of freedom (6DoF) controllers are used for manipulating an object in a CAD or 3d modeling program and are often called spacemice. You can twist it, push it, …read more Continue reading Haptick: The Strain Gauge Based 6DoF Controller
PCB Gets Weighty Assignment
[Curious Scientist] tried building an integrated strain gauge on a PCB, but ran into problems. Mainly, the low resistance of the traces didn’t show enough change under strain to measure …read more Continue reading PCB Gets Weighty Assignment
DIY Repair Stand Holds Your Bike and Weighs it
If you’ve ever done maintenance or repair work on your bicycle, you’ll know that positioning a bike in your workshop isn’t trivial. You can use your bike’s kickstand, or lean …read more Continue reading DIY Repair Stand Holds Your Bike and Weighs it
Digital Kitchen Spoon Makes Weighing Your Ingredients a Snap
There seem to be two camps when it comes to recipes: those based on volume-based measurements, and those based on the weight of ingredients. Gravimetric measurements have the advantage of …read more Continue reading Digital Kitchen Spoon Makes Weighing Your Ingredients a Snap
Urine Flow Measurement Made Accessible With uroFlow
If you’re dealing with a chronic illness, the ability to continuously monitor your symptoms is indispensable, helping you gain valuable insights into what makes your body tick – or, rather, …read more Continue reading Urine Flow Measurement Made Accessible With uroFlow
An In-Depth Look at the Haptic Smart Knob
At Hackaday, we love those times when we get a chance to follow up on a project that we’ve already featured. Generally, it’s because the project has advanced in some …read more Continue reading An In-Depth Look at the Haptic Smart Knob
Raspberry Pi Test Stand Tells You Which Glues to Use
Not all glues are created equal; or rather, not every glue is good for every application. But how is one to know which glue to use in which kinds of …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi Test Stand Tells You Which Glues to Use
Haptic Smart Knob Does Several Jobs
A knob is a knob, a switch is a switch, and that’s that, right? And what about those knobs that have detents, set in stone at the time of manufacturing? …read more Continue reading Haptic Smart Knob Does Several Jobs