Hackspace Websites And The Great Software Trap

Vydáno 21. 9. 2016

Part of the job of a Hackaday writer involves seeking out new stories to write for your delectation and edification. Our tips line provides a fruitful fount of interesting things to write about, but we’d miss so much if we restricted ourselves to only writing up stories from that source. Each of…... [Continue...]
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Arduino Detects Pants on Fire

Vydáno 21. 9. 2016

Hard as it is to imagine, lie detectors have been sold as children’s toys for a number of years. A simple battery-operated device clipped to your fingers and would show the conductivity of your skin. The concept — which is probably not very reliable — observers that lying causes you to…... [Continue...]
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Here’s the Turbocharged BBQ Grill You’ve Been Waiting For

Vydáno 21. 9. 2016

We’re not actually sure that it’s a good idea at all, but it’s got a heck of a lot of style; [Morgan]’s barbecue grill is turbocharged. Literally. Keeping with the automotive theme, a serve-motor-driven throttle from a Ford Mustang serves as a (naturally-aspirated) air intake, and a Honda Civic manifold…... [Continue...]
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Hackaday Prize Entry: The Internet Of Meat

Vydáno 21. 9. 2016

We’ve only just begun to see the proliferation of smart kitchen gadgets. Dumb crock pots with the intelligence of a bimetallic strip, are being replaced by smart sous vide controllers. The next obvious step is barbecue. For his Hackaday Prize entry, [armin] is building a smart, eight-channel BBQ controller for real barbecue,…... [Continue...]
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Arcade Button Pressing Game

Vydáno 21. 9. 2016

When every month brings out a fresh console blockbuster game that breaks new boundaries of cinematic immersion in its gameplay, it’s easy to forget that sometimes the simplest of game interfaces can be rewarding. “Hele Norges Knapp” (“All of Norway’s Button”), is a good example. As you might expect, it’s…... [Continue...]
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Classing Up a RetroPie Arcade With a Wine Barrel

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

Arcade cabinets are a lot of fun, and something most of us would probably like in our homes. Unfortunately, space and decor constraints often make them impractical. Or, at least, that’s what our significant others tell us. Surely there must be a workaround, right? Right! In this case, the workaround…... [Continue...]
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How to run C programs on the BeagleBone’s PRU microcontrollers

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

Ken Shirriff writes: This article describes how to write C programs for the BeagleBone’s microcontrollers. The BeagleBone Black is an inexpensive, credit-card sized computer that has two built-in microcontrollers called PRUs. By using the PRUs, you can implement real-time functionality that isn’t possible in Linux. The PRU microcontrollers can be…... [Continue...]
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LEGO Looper Makes Modular Music

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

This LEGO synth made by [Rare Beasts] had us grinning from ear to ear. It combines elements from LEGO Mindstorms with regular blocks in order to make music with color. A different music sample is assigned to each of five colors: red, blue, green, yellow, and white. The blocks are attached to spokes coming off…... [Continue...]
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MakerBot Releases Their 6th Generation Of 3D Printers

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

Just in time for the back to school and holiday season, Makerbot has released their latest line of printers. The latest additions to the lineup include the new Makerbot Replicator+ and the Makerbot Replicator Mini+. The release of these new printers marks MakerBot’s first major product release since the disastrous…... [Continue...]
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Expose your Raspberry Pi on Any Network

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

Everyone’s talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) these days. If you are a long-time Hackaday reader, I’d imagine you are like me and thinking: “so what?” We’ve been building network-connected embedded systems for years. Back in 2003, I wrote a book called Embedded Internet Design — save your money,…... [Continue...]
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How to run C programs on the BeagleBone's PRU microcontrollers

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

This article describes how to write C programs for the BeagleBone’s microcontrollers. The BeagleBone Black is an inexpensive, credit-card sized computer that has two built-in microcontrollers called PRUs. By using the PRUs, you can implement real-time functionality that isn’t possible in Linux. The PRU microcontrollers can be programmed in C…... [Continue...]
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RC Drag Racing Christmas Tree and Speed Trap

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

In the drag racing world, a Christmas tree is the post at the start line that sequentially lights up a set of yellow lights followed shortly after by a green light to tell the drivers to go, the lights obviously giving it its seasonal name. Included at the base of…... [Continue...]
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Ask Hackaday: Help Me Choose A ‘Scope

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

If there is one instrument that makes an electronic engineer’s bench, it is the oscilloscope. The ability to track voltages in the time domain and measure their period and amplitude is one akin to a light in the darkness, it turns a mere tinkerer with circuits into one in command of…... [Continue...]
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nRF51822 based fitness trackers

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

As regular readers of my blog will know I’m an ardent fan of the Nordic nRF51 (and nRF52) series of Bluetooth Low Energy MCU’s. So when I found out that a number of fitness tracker / smart watches, used the … Read More Source: nRF51822 based fitness trackers [Continue...]
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Absolute 3D Tracking With EM Fields

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

[Chris Gunawardena] is still holding his breath on Valve and Facebook surprising everyone by open sourcing their top secret VR prototypes. They have some really clever ways to track the exact location and orientation of the big black box they want people to strap to their faces. Until then, though, he…... [Continue...]
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An ESP8266 in Every Light Switch and Outlet

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

[Hristo Borisov] shows us his clever home automation project, a nicely packaged WiFi switchable wall socket. The ESP8266 has continuously proven itself to be a home automation panacea. Since the ESP8266 is practically a given at this point, the bragging rights have switched over to the skill with which the solution is implemented.…... [Continue...]
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Hackaday Prize Entry: Mouse Controlled Microscope

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

You might imagine that all one should need to operate a microscope would be a good set of eyes. Unfortunately if you are an amputee that may not be the case. Veterinary lab work for example requires control of focus, as well as the ability to move the sample in…... [Continue...]
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Video: Talk MIDI with the Bus Pirate on Talk Like a Pirate Day

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

Here’s a video tutorial on how to set up the Bus Prate for the MIDI protocol from Bent-Tronics: Until now there hasn’t been much on the interwebs on how to set up the Dangerous Prototypes Bus Pirate for decoding MIDI data. Here’s my contribution, which happens to be on International Talk…... [Continue...]
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The Cicada: A Parasite Art Piece With Commitment Issues

Vydáno 20. 9. 2016

How often do you think deeply about the products around you? How about those you owned five years ago? Ten? The Cicada — brainchild of [Daniel Kerris] — is an art piece that aims to have the observer reflect on consumer culture, buyer’s remorse, and wanting what we cannot have.…... [Continue...]
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Thermoelectric Dry Ice Generator Does Not Work (Yet)

Vydáno 19. 9. 2016

[Pabr] is trying to make dry ice the hard way by building a thermoelectric dry ice generator. The project is a well planned round trip through thermodynamics and cryogenics with a hard landing on the icy grounds of trial and error. While dry ice can be obtained with simpler methods, for example…... [Continue...]
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