Collaborate Disseminate
Google’s Chromecast was first released in 2013, with a more sophisticated follow-up in 2015, which saw itself joined by the Chromecast Audio dongle. The device went through an additional two …read more Continue reading A Look Back at Google’s 2015 Chromecast
Raspberry Pi just dropped the new Raspberry Pi 500, which like its predecessor puts the similarly named SBC into a keyboard. In a detailed review and teardown video, [Jeff Geerling] …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi 500 and the Case of the Missing M.2 Slot
A good source of hackable home automation parts has come for a while in the form of inexpensive modules offered by large retailers such as Lidl, or IKEA. They’re readily …read more Continue reading A Look inside IKEA’s Vallhorn Motion Sensor Teardown
[TheHWcave] found a Fluke 27 multimeter that looked like it had had quite a rough life. At first, the display flashed an overload indicator until he gave it a good …read more Continue reading Fluke Meter Fails with a Simple Problem
If you want to add humidity and temperature sensors to your home automation sensor, you can — like [Maker’s Fun Duck] did — buy some generic ones for about a …read more Continue reading Cheap Sensor Changes Personality
In the modern age, when you hear “component tester” you probably think of one of those cheap microcontroller-based devices that can identify components and provide basic measurements on an LCD …read more Continue reading Component Tester Teardown
If you ever played an arcade game and wondered what was inside that joystick you were gripping, [Big Clive] can save you some trouble. He picked up a cheap replacement …read more Continue reading Inside an Arcade Joystick
In a world of digital monotony, the Avo DA14 digital multimeter, with its vintage J Nixie tube charm, is a refreshing gem. Recently refurbished by [Thomas Scherrer], this multimeter video …read more Continue reading The Nixie Tube Multimeter That Almost Made a Comeback
If you’re passionate about signal processing and retro tech, you’ll want to check out the Createc SC 01, a quirky handheld oscilloscope that recently caught the eye of [Thomas Scherrer] …read more Continue reading Signal Processing Shenanigans: The Createc SC 01 Pocket Oscilloscope
These days, not only are oscilloscopes very common, but even a cheap instrument today would have been the envy of the world’s greatest labs not that long ago. But back …read more Continue reading Classic Heathkit OL-1 Scope Gets Some TLC