Microcontrollers now substitute for CPUs
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/microcontrollers-now-substitute-for-cpus/
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Microcontrollers Now Substitute For CPUs
Microcontrollers are getting faster and faster, as is most of the rest of the computing world. Just like you can play Nintendo console games on the newest Nintendo handhelds, it seems that modern m…
How to Measure the Extremely Small: Atomic Mass
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/how-to-measure-the-extremely-small-atomic-mass/
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/how-to-measure-the-extremely-small-atomic-mass/
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How to Measure the Extremely Small: Atomic Mass
How does one go about measuring the mass of an object? Mass is defined as the amount of matter an object contains. This is very different from weight, of course, as the mass of our object would remain...
Government Drones to Toss M&Ms to Prarie Dogs
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/government-drones-to-toss-mms-to-prarie-dogs/
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/government-drones-to-toss-mms-to-prarie-dogs/
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Government Drones to Toss M&Ms to Prarie Dogs
We hear a lot about drone surveillance, drone package delivery, drone this, and drone that. Honestly, though, the best use of drones has been taking cool aerial videos and posting them online. Until n...
LEGO Monowheel Corners Like It’s On Rails
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/lego-monowheel-corners-like-its-on-rails/
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LEGO Monowheel Corners Like It’s On Rails
[Jason]'s at it again. This time the LEGO maestro is working on a LEGO BB-8 droid. As a first step he's made a motorized monowheel that not only races along hallways and through living rooms at the pe...
Hacker-Friendly SBCs: Which ones?
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/hacker-friendly-sbcs-which-ones/
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/hacker-friendly-sbcs-which-ones/
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Hacker-Friendly SBCs: Which ones?
We have run out of fruits to name all the single-board computers on the market, but that doesn't mean you can't buy a rotten one. Bad documentation, incomplete specifications and deprecated firmwares...
Ham Antenna Rises to the Occasion
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/ham-antenna-rises-to-the-occasion/
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Ham Antenna Rises To The Occasion
There was a time when you could do what you wanted in your yard and hams could build giant antenna farms. These days, there are usually laws or deed restrictions that stop that from happening. Even…
Hackaday Prize Entry: A Simple CNC
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/14/hackaday-prize-entry-a-simple-cnc/
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Hackaday Prize Entry: A Simple CNC
3D printers are all the rage, but there's still space for more traditional CNC machines. For their Hackaday Prize entry, [Andy], [Tim], and [Chris] are building the Sienci Mill - a simple desktop CNC ...
This Motorless Pull-Behind Mower is Made From Junk
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/this-motorless-pull-behind-mower-is-made-from-junk/
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This Motorless Pull-Behind Mower is Made From Junk
Cutting a field of grass is a straightforward and satisfying process, given a suitably powered mover. A tractor with a rotary topper to hang on its three-point linkage and power-take-off will make …
Two Great Radios Taste Great Together
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/two-great-radios-taste-great-together/
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Two Great Radios Taste Great Together
[Johan Kanflo] sent us his latest recipe: a blend of one part RFM69 sub-gigahertz radio transceiver with one part ESP8266 module. The resulting dish looks absolutely delicious!
We're all charmed wi...
We're all charmed wi...
Ask Hackaday: Does Apple Know Jack About Headphones?
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/ask-hackaday-does-apple-know-jack-about-headphones/
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Ask Hackaday: Does Apple Know Jack About Headphones?
If you’ve watched the tech news these last few months, you probably have noticed the rumors that Apple is expected to dump the headphone jack on the upcoming iPhone 7. They’re not alone either. On …
45-Year Old Nixie Calculator Turned UDP Server
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/45-year-old-nixie-calculator-turned-udp-server/
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/45-year-old-nixie-calculator-turned-udp-server/
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45-Year Old Nixie Calculator Turned UDP Server
In this beautiful and well-documented reverse engineering feat of strength, [Eric Cohen] reverse-engineered a 1971 Singer calculator to gain control of the fabulous Nixie tubes inside. Where a lesser ...
What Is Home Automation?
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/what-is-home-automation/
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/what-is-home-automation/
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What Is Home Automation?
Perhaps the buzziest among buzzwords when it comes to electronics is Home Automation. This is a branch of IoT where you can actually go to the home store and come out with bags filled with products. T...
Code Craft – Embedding C++: Multitasking
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/code-craft-embedding-c-multitasking/
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Code Craft – Embedding C++: Multitasking
We’re quite used to multitasking computer systems today. Our desktops run email, a couple of browsers in different workspaces, a word processor, and a few other applications, apparently all at once…
Perovskite Solar: Coming Soon?
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/perovskite-solar-coming-soon/
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Perovskite Solar: Coming Soon?
Making solar cells out of silicon is difficult. There’s plenty of manufacturing steps, many of them at very high temperatures, and you need a high vacuum and a clean room. However, perovskite…
A Grounded Option for the Jet-Setting Homebody
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/a-grounded-option-for-the-jet-setting-homebody/
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A Grounded Option for the Jet-Setting Homebody
Over the course of 10 years, [Bruce Campbell] has built himself a sleek pad out of a Boeing 727-200 in the middle of the picturesque Oregon countryside.
As you'd expect, there are a number of hurdl...
As you'd expect, there are a number of hurdl...
The Raspberry Pi 3 Compute Module Is On Its Way
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/the-raspberry-pi-3-compute-module-is-on-its-way/
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The Raspberry Pi 3 Compute Module Is On Its Way
The Raspberry Pi Foundation founder Eben Upton has revealed in an interview with PCWorld that there will be a new version of the organisation's Compute Module featuring the faster processor from the l...
Baby Monitor Rebuild is also ESP8266 Audio Streaming How-To
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/baby-monitor-rebuild-is-also-esp8266-audio-streaming-how-to/
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Baby Monitor Rebuild is also ESP8266 Audio Streaming How-To
[Sven337]’s rebuild of a cheap and terrible baby monitor isn’t super visual, but it has so much more going on than it first seems. It’s also a how-to for streaming audio via UDP o…
Retrotechtacular: The US Air Force Has The Biggest Fleet
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/retrotechtacular-the-us-air-force-has-the-biggest-fleet/
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Retrotechtacular: The US Air Force Has The Biggest Fleet
When it comes to the superlatives of aviation, there are aircraft larger than the C-5 Galaxy. [Howard Hughes]'s Spruce Goose has the largest wingspan, and the Soviet and now Ukranian Antonov AN-225 M...
Hackaday Prize Entry: Linear Stepper Motors
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/15/hackaday-prize-entry-linear-stepper-motors/
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Hackaday Prize Entry: Linear Stepper Motors
Today, your average desktop 3D printer is a mess of belts, leadscrews, and pulleys. For his Hackaday Prize entry, [DeepSOIC] is eliminating them entirely. How's he doing this? With a linear stepper mo...
Obsolescence as a Service
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/16/obsolescence-as-a-service/
https://hackaday.com/2016/07/16/obsolescence-as-a-service/
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Obsolescence as a Service
Yet another Internet of Things service has left its customers in the lurch. IoT devices (mostly lightbulbs) made sold by Greenwave Systems stopped talking to the outside world on July 1. More specific...