Neopixels Recreate Pinball Color Wheel That Never Was
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/neopixels-recreate-pinball-color-wheel-that-never-was/
With what pinball aficionados pay for the machines they so lovingly restore, it’s hard to imagine that these devices were once built to a price point. They had to make money, and whatever it took to attract attention and separate the customer from their hard-earned coins was usually included in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/neopixels-recreate-pinball-color-wheel-that-never-was/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/neopixels-recreate-pinball-color-wheel-that-never-was/
With what pinball aficionados pay for the machines they so lovingly restore, it’s hard to imagine that these devices were once built to a price point. They had to make money, and whatever it took to attract attention and separate the customer from their hard-earned coins was usually included in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/neopixels-recreate-pinball-color-wheel-that-never-was/)
Deducing Stepper Motor Wiring
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/deducing-stepper-motor-wiring/
There are a lot of fun projects you can do with stepper motors salvaged from old printers or disk drives. However, it isn’t always clear how to connect to some strange motor with no markings or schematics. [Corvetteguy50] has a video showing his trick for working out the connections easily, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/deducing-stepper-motor-wiring/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/deducing-stepper-motor-wiring/
There are a lot of fun projects you can do with stepper motors salvaged from old printers or disk drives. However, it isn’t always clear how to connect to some strange motor with no markings or schematics. [Corvetteguy50] has a video showing his trick for working out the connections easily, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/deducing-stepper-motor-wiring/)
PC And Console Gaming United Courtesy Of Origin
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/pc-and-console-gaming-united-courtesy-of-origin/
When folk at Origin PCs realized that their company was about to celebrate its 10th anniversary of making custom (gaming) PCs, they knew that they had to do something special. Since one thing they did when the company launched in 2009 was to integrate an XBox 360 into a gaming …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/pc-and-console-gaming-united-courtesy-of-origin/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/pc-and-console-gaming-united-courtesy-of-origin/
When folk at Origin PCs realized that their company was about to celebrate its 10th anniversary of making custom (gaming) PCs, they knew that they had to do something special. Since one thing they did when the company launched in 2009 was to integrate an XBox 360 into a gaming …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/25/pc-and-console-gaming-united-courtesy-of-origin/)
HDMI From Your Arduino
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/hdmi-from-your-arduino/
Creating a video signal from a computer, a job that once required significant extra hardware, is now a done deal with a typical modern microcontroller. We’ve shown you more NTSC, PAL, and VGA projects than you can shake a stick at over the years. Creating an HDMI video signal however …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/hdmi-from-your-arduino/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/hdmi-from-your-arduino/
Creating a video signal from a computer, a job that once required significant extra hardware, is now a done deal with a typical modern microcontroller. We’ve shown you more NTSC, PAL, and VGA projects than you can shake a stick at over the years. Creating an HDMI video signal however …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/hdmi-from-your-arduino/)
Installing Android On Your Nintendo Switch, Because Why Not?
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/installing-android-on-your-nintendo-switch-because-why-not/
In a continuing trend of ‘but does it run Android?’, enterprising folk over at the XDA-Developers forum have found a way to get LineageOS (the successor to CyanogenMod) installed and running on the Nintendo Switch. Promising to release the necessary files to replicate this effort has obviously made other people …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/installing-android-on-your-nintendo-switch-because-why-not/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/installing-android-on-your-nintendo-switch-because-why-not/
In a continuing trend of ‘but does it run Android?’, enterprising folk over at the XDA-Developers forum have found a way to get LineageOS (the successor to CyanogenMod) installed and running on the Nintendo Switch. Promising to release the necessary files to replicate this effort has obviously made other people …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/installing-android-on-your-nintendo-switch-because-why-not/)
This Week in Security: Selfblow, Encryption Backdoors, Killer Apps, and the VLC Apocalypse that Wasn’t
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/this-week-in-security-selfblow-encryption-backdoors-killer-apps-and-the-vlc-apocalypse-that-wasnt/
Selfblow (Don’t google that at work, by the way) is a clever exploit by [Balázs Triszka] that effects every Nvidia Tegra device using the nvtboot bootloader — just about all of them except the Nintendo Switch. It’s CVE 2019-5680, and rated at an 8.2 according to Nvidia, but that high …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/this-week-in-security-selfblow-encryption-backdoors-killer-apps-and-the-vlc-apocalypse-that-wasnt/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/this-week-in-security-selfblow-encryption-backdoors-killer-apps-and-the-vlc-apocalypse-that-wasnt/
Selfblow (Don’t google that at work, by the way) is a clever exploit by [Balázs Triszka] that effects every Nvidia Tegra device using the nvtboot bootloader — just about all of them except the Nintendo Switch. It’s CVE 2019-5680, and rated at an 8.2 according to Nvidia, but that high …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/this-week-in-security-selfblow-encryption-backdoors-killer-apps-and-the-vlc-apocalypse-that-wasnt/)
Cheap Speakers Sound Great In A Proper Enclosure
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/cheap-speakers-sound-great-in-a-proper-enclosure/
It’s possible to pick up a low-cost set of speakers for a few dollars, but by and large, you don’t get a lot of quality for your money. Expect a small pair of drivers, with tinny sound and ugly noises from the enclosure’s cheap materials. [JSK-koubou] has shown us, however, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/cheap-speakers-sound-great-in-a-proper-enclosure/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/cheap-speakers-sound-great-in-a-proper-enclosure/
It’s possible to pick up a low-cost set of speakers for a few dollars, but by and large, you don’t get a lot of quality for your money. Expect a small pair of drivers, with tinny sound and ugly noises from the enclosure’s cheap materials. [JSK-koubou] has shown us, however, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/cheap-speakers-sound-great-in-a-proper-enclosure/)
Hackaday Podcast 028: Brain Skepticism Turned Up to 11, Web Browsing in ’69, Verilog For 7400 Logic, 3D Printing in Particle Board
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/hackaday-podcast-028-brain-skepticism-turned-up-to-11-web-browsing-in-69-verilog-for-7400-logic-3d-printing-in-particle-board/
Hackaday Editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams cover the most interesting hacks over the past week. So much talk of putting computers in touch with our brains has us skeptical on both tech and timeline. We celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Walkman, but the headphones are the real star. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/hackaday-podcast-028-brain-skepticism-turned-up-to-11-web-browsing-in-69-verilog-for-7400-logic-3d-printing-in-particle-board/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/hackaday-podcast-028-brain-skepticism-turned-up-to-11-web-browsing-in-69-verilog-for-7400-logic-3d-printing-in-particle-board/
Hackaday Editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams cover the most interesting hacks over the past week. So much talk of putting computers in touch with our brains has us skeptical on both tech and timeline. We celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Walkman, but the headphones are the real star. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/hackaday-podcast-028-brain-skepticism-turned-up-to-11-web-browsing-in-69-verilog-for-7400-logic-3d-printing-in-particle-board/)
Retrotechtacular: The Floppy Disk Orphaned by Linux
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/retrotechtacular-the-floppy-disk-orphaned-by-linux/
About a week ago, Linus Torvalds made a software commit which has an air about it of the end of an era. The code in question contains a few patches to the driver for native floppy disc controllers. What makes it worthy of note is that he remarks that the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/retrotechtacular-the-floppy-disk-orphaned-by-linux/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/retrotechtacular-the-floppy-disk-orphaned-by-linux/
About a week ago, Linus Torvalds made a software commit which has an air about it of the end of an era. The code in question contains a few patches to the driver for native floppy disc controllers. What makes it worthy of note is that he remarks that the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/retrotechtacular-the-floppy-disk-orphaned-by-linux/)
The March Toward a DIY Metal 3D Printer
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/the-march-toward-a-diy-metal-3d-printer/
[Hyna] has spent seven years working with electron microscopes and five years with 3D printers. Now the goal is to combine expertise from both realms into a metal 3D printer based on electron-beam melting (EBM). The concept is something of an all-in-one device that combines traits of an electron beam …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/the-march-toward-a-diy-metal-3d-printer/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/the-march-toward-a-diy-metal-3d-printer/
[Hyna] has spent seven years working with electron microscopes and five years with 3D printers. Now the goal is to combine expertise from both realms into a metal 3D printer based on electron-beam melting (EBM). The concept is something of an all-in-one device that combines traits of an electron beam …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/the-march-toward-a-diy-metal-3d-printer/)
Building A Smarter Smoke Alarm With The ESP8266
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/building-a-smarter-smoke-alarm-with-the-esp8266/
The modern hacker wields a number of tools that operate on the principle of heating things up to extremely high temperatures, so a smoke alarm is really a must-have piece of equipment. But in an era where it seems everything is getting smarter, some might wonder if even our safety …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/building-a-smarter-smoke-alarm-with-the-esp8266/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/building-a-smarter-smoke-alarm-with-the-esp8266/
The modern hacker wields a number of tools that operate on the principle of heating things up to extremely high temperatures, so a smoke alarm is really a must-have piece of equipment. But in an era where it seems everything is getting smarter, some might wonder if even our safety …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/building-a-smarter-smoke-alarm-with-the-esp8266/)
Building DIY Acoustic Panels To Cut Down On Echoes
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/building-diy-acoustic-panels-to-cut-down-on-echoes/
Plenty of hackers and makers are passionate about content creation. In the dog-eat-ice-bucket-challenge world of online video, production value is everything. If you want to improve your audio quality then cutting down on echoes is a must, and these acoustic panels will help you to do just that.
The build …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/building-diy-acoustic-panels-to-cut-down-on-echoes/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/building-diy-acoustic-panels-to-cut-down-on-echoes/
Plenty of hackers and makers are passionate about content creation. In the dog-eat-ice-bucket-challenge world of online video, production value is everything. If you want to improve your audio quality then cutting down on echoes is a must, and these acoustic panels will help you to do just that.
The build …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/building-diy-acoustic-panels-to-cut-down-on-echoes/)
Add Scripting To Your C++ Programs With ChaiScript
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/add-scripting-to-your-c-programs-with-chaiscript/
If you are writing a program that has a technical user base, it is a nice touch to make the program scriptable. In fact, you might want to do the hard work in a programming language and then use your scripting language to build out features. In theory, this should …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/add-scripting-to-your-c-programs-with-chaiscript/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/add-scripting-to-your-c-programs-with-chaiscript/
If you are writing a program that has a technical user base, it is a nice touch to make the program scriptable. In fact, you might want to do the hard work in a programming language and then use your scripting language to build out features. In theory, this should …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/add-scripting-to-your-c-programs-with-chaiscript/)
Jazzberry Bakes The Pi Into A Mechanical Keyboard
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/jazzberry-bakes-the-pi-into-a-mechanical-keyboard/
If you hang around Hackaday long enough, pretty soon you’ll start to see some patterns emerging. As the nexus of all things awesome in the hacking world, our front page offers a unique vantage point by which you can see what’s getting folks excited this particular month, year, or decade. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/jazzberry-bakes-the-pi-into-a-mechanical-keyboard/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/jazzberry-bakes-the-pi-into-a-mechanical-keyboard/
If you hang around Hackaday long enough, pretty soon you’ll start to see some patterns emerging. As the nexus of all things awesome in the hacking world, our front page offers a unique vantage point by which you can see what’s getting folks excited this particular month, year, or decade. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/26/jazzberry-bakes-the-pi-into-a-mechanical-keyboard/)
A Capacitive Soil Sensor Hack For Lower Voltage Supplies
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/a-capacitive-soil-sensor-hack-for-lower-voltage-supplies/
A frequent beginner project involves measuring soil moisture levels by measuring its resistance with a couple of electrodes. These electrodes are available ready-made as PCBs, but suffer badly from corrosion. Happily there is a solution in the form of capacitive sensor probes, and it is these that [Electrobob] is incorporating …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/a-capacitive-soil-sensor-hack-for-lower-voltage-supplies/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/a-capacitive-soil-sensor-hack-for-lower-voltage-supplies/
A frequent beginner project involves measuring soil moisture levels by measuring its resistance with a couple of electrodes. These electrodes are available ready-made as PCBs, but suffer badly from corrosion. Happily there is a solution in the form of capacitive sensor probes, and it is these that [Electrobob] is incorporating …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/a-capacitive-soil-sensor-hack-for-lower-voltage-supplies/)
Familiar Parts Make Interfacing Weather Station Easy
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/familiar-parts-make-interfacing-weather-station-easy/
Hackers love to measure things, and enjoy monitoring the world around them. Weather stations are a big part of this, and many tinkerers have tried to interface such hardware with varying levels of success. [Ray] is one such individual, and was pleasantly surprised when working on a recent project.
Unlike …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/familiar-parts-make-interfacing-weather-station-easy/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/familiar-parts-make-interfacing-weather-station-easy/
Hackers love to measure things, and enjoy monitoring the world around them. Weather stations are a big part of this, and many tinkerers have tried to interface such hardware with varying levels of success. [Ray] is one such individual, and was pleasantly surprised when working on a recent project.
Unlike …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/familiar-parts-make-interfacing-weather-station-easy/)
Add An Ant To Your Desk For Some Compact PCB Manufacturing
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/add-an-ant-to-your-desk-for-some-compact-pcb-manufacturing/
Usually when one thinks of using a CNC machine for producing PCBs, one thinks of those big, bulky CNC machines that pretty much fill an entire desk. But what if a CNC machine could be small enough to fit on a desk without getting in the way, yet still be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/add-an-ant-to-your-desk-for-some-compact-pcb-manufacturing/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/add-an-ant-to-your-desk-for-some-compact-pcb-manufacturing/
Usually when one thinks of using a CNC machine for producing PCBs, one thinks of those big, bulky CNC machines that pretty much fill an entire desk. But what if a CNC machine could be small enough to fit on a desk without getting in the way, yet still be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/add-an-ant-to-your-desk-for-some-compact-pcb-manufacturing/)
Does This Timber Have The Right Timbre?
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/does-this-timber-have-the-right-timbre/
A hi-fi amplifier used to be a right of passage for the home electronic constructor, back in the days when consumer electronics was still dominated by analogue entertainment. It’s unusual then to see [carbono.silício]’s stereo amplifier project, constructed in an open-wire circuit sculpture form on a log. You …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/does-this-timber-have-the-right-timbre/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/does-this-timber-have-the-right-timbre/
A hi-fi amplifier used to be a right of passage for the home electronic constructor, back in the days when consumer electronics was still dominated by analogue entertainment. It’s unusual then to see [carbono.silício]’s stereo amplifier project, constructed in an open-wire circuit sculpture form on a log. You …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/does-this-timber-have-the-right-timbre/)
This Wristwatch Is A Free Form Work Of Art
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/this-wristwatch-is-a-free-form-work-of-art/
Free-form circuitry built as open wire sculpture can produce beautiful pieces of electronics, but it does not always lend itself to situations in which it might be placed under physical stress. Thus the sight of [Mile]’s free-form wristwatch is something of a surprise, as a wristwatch cam be exposed to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/this-wristwatch-is-a-free-form-work-of-art/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/this-wristwatch-is-a-free-form-work-of-art/
Free-form circuitry built as open wire sculpture can produce beautiful pieces of electronics, but it does not always lend itself to situations in which it might be placed under physical stress. Thus the sight of [Mile]’s free-form wristwatch is something of a surprise, as a wristwatch cam be exposed to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/this-wristwatch-is-a-free-form-work-of-art/)
Building a Safe ESP32 Home Energy Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/building-a-safe-esp32-home-energy-monitor/
The first step to reducing the energy consumption of your home is figuring out how much you actually use in the first place. After all, you need a baseline to compare against when you start making changes. But fiddling around with high voltage is something a lot of hackers will …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/building-a-safe-esp32-home-energy-monitor/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/building-a-safe-esp32-home-energy-monitor/
The first step to reducing the energy consumption of your home is figuring out how much you actually use in the first place. After all, you need a baseline to compare against when you start making changes. But fiddling around with high voltage is something a lot of hackers will …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/building-a-safe-esp32-home-energy-monitor/)
Build Your Own LED Glow Poi
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/build-your-own-led-glow-poi/
Spinning poi is an entertaining pastime, and LEDs can make a great addition to the experience. [MilanDer] built some LED poi of their very own, using a few maker staples along the way.
A 3D printed enclosure is first created, using “clear” PLA that in practice produces translucent white parts. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/build-your-own-led-glow-poi/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/build-your-own-led-glow-poi/
Spinning poi is an entertaining pastime, and LEDs can make a great addition to the experience. [MilanDer] built some LED poi of their very own, using a few maker staples along the way.
A 3D printed enclosure is first created, using “clear” PLA that in practice produces translucent white parts. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/27/build-your-own-led-glow-poi/)