Collaborate Disseminate
The concept of Continuous Integration (CI) is a powerful tool in software development, and it’s not every day we get a look at how someone integrated automated hardware testing into …read more Continue reading How Hardware Testing Got Plugged Into a Continuous Integration Framework
When USB first came on the scene, one of the benefits was that essentially any four conductors could get you to the point where you could send information at 12 …read more Continue reading JITX Spits Out Handy USB Cable Tester
Multimeters are indispensable tools when working on electronics. It’s almost impossible to build any but the most basic of circuits without one to test and troubleshoot potential issues, and they …read more Continue reading Your Multimeter Might Be Lying To You
There are a number of ways to efficiently and elegantly limit an LED’s brightness, but [Tommy] found that using a light pipe or diffuser can integrate better with a device, …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Light Pipe Turns Overly-Bright LED Into Design Harmony
One of the core features of the scientific community is the concept of “peer review” where any claims made by a scientist are open to be analyzed and reproduced by …read more Continue reading Peer-Reviewed Continuity Tester
There are plenty of resins advertised as being suitable for functional applications and parts, but which is best and for what purpose? According to [Jan Mrázek], if one is printing …read more Continue reading When 3D Printing Gears, It Pays To Use The Right Resin
The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a cautionary cliché, but is directly contrary to several other common sayings. In the case of [Spikee]’s planned CNC machine …read more Continue reading Testing an Inexpensive CNC Spindle
Any software that accepts user input must take some effort to sanitize incoming data, lest unexpected and unwelcome things happen. Here to make that easier is the Big List of …read more Continue reading The Big List of Naughty Strings Helps Find Those User Input Problems
Sodium nitrite is often added to cured meats, in order to prevent spoilage while also giving the meats their distinctive color and flavor. It can also cause health problems in large amounts, however, which is why a color-changing film has been created … Continue reading Meat-testing film changes color to warn of high nitrite levels
“Don’t worry, that’ll buff right out.” Alarming news this week as the James Webb Space Telescope team announced that a meteoroid had hit the space observatory’s massive primary mirror. While …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: June 12, 2022