Collaborate Disseminate
We wondered recently about those crude ASCII schematics you see in some documentation — are there any dedicated schematic-focused tools to draw them, or are they just hand-crafted using various …read more Continue reading ASCII Schematic Diagrams
[Steven] at the 3D Printer Academy has been working on a variety of different gear designs. He recently embarked on a series of experiments to see how fast he can spin …read more Continue reading 7000 RPM on a 3D-Printed Gearbox
[Mansour Behabadi] wanted to harness the high power capability of USB-C using as simple a hardware design as possible. After some research and experimental prototyping, he designed the fpx — an easy …read more Continue reading Easy USB‑C Power For All Your Devices
The [IMSAI Guy] has posted a follow-up video with all the details of how he programs GAL22V10 chips in the modern era. We noted that this was missing from his stepper motor project …read more Continue reading Programming PALs in 2021
Although first presented to the world as an April 1st joke, [Jotun]’s IRC-enabled lawnmower began life as the result of casual bantering among folk on the Undernet IRC network. When …read more Continue reading Is It A Lawnmower? Is It an RPi IRC Server? It’s Both!
The notion of self driving cars isn’t new. You might be surprised at the number of such projects dating back to the 1920s. Many of these systems relied on external …read more Continue reading Forgotten Tech — Self Driving Cars
What started as business cards for [Nerdonic]’s engineering clients unexpectedly expanded into a project in its own right. A CheatKard set consists of seven electronics cheat sheets made in the style …read more Continue reading Pocket Cheat Sheets for Electronics
One of the selling points of the USB-C plug is that supposedly there is no way to incorrectly insert it. As [Pim de Groot] shows with a ‘Cursed USB-C 2.0 …read more Continue reading Cursed USB-C: When Plug Orientation Matters
Terry Pratchett once said “Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.” This is as true with technical skills as it is with the rest of life, and you won’t truly understand a specific topic …read more
[Tom Stanton] has been messing around with compressed air power for a few years now, and most of his work focused on piston engines. He likes using 2-liter soda bottles as lightweight tanks but their capacity is limited, so the …read more
Continue reading Pelton Turbine Development For An Air Powered Model Helicopter