Circuit Simulation in Python
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/circuit-simulation-in-python/
Using SPICE to simulate an electrical circuit is a common enough practice in engineering that “SPICEing a circuit” is a perfectly valid phrase in the lexicon. SPICE as a software tool has been around since the 70s, and its open source nature means there are more SPICE tools around now …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/circuit-simulation-in-python/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/circuit-simulation-in-python/
Using SPICE to simulate an electrical circuit is a common enough practice in engineering that “SPICEing a circuit” is a perfectly valid phrase in the lexicon. SPICE as a software tool has been around since the 70s, and its open source nature means there are more SPICE tools around now …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/circuit-simulation-in-python/)
Multi Material 3D Printing Makes Soft Robot
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/multi-material-3d-printing-makes-soft-robot/
When you zoom in on a fractal you find it is made of more fractals. Perhaps that helped inspire the Harvard 3D printers that have various arrays of mixing nozzles. In the video below you can see some of the interesting things you can do with an array of mixing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/multi-material-3d-printing-makes-soft-robot/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/multi-material-3d-printing-makes-soft-robot/
When you zoom in on a fractal you find it is made of more fractals. Perhaps that helped inspire the Harvard 3D printers that have various arrays of mixing nozzles. In the video below you can see some of the interesting things you can do with an array of mixing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/multi-material-3d-printing-makes-soft-robot/)
Let A CPR Robot Save The Day
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/let-a-cpr-robot-save-the-day/
Four highschool students in Lyon France are building a CPR robot, with the aim of removing the endurance problem faced by those delivering this form of essential first aid.
By every after action report, CPR is an emotionally and physically exhausting way to save a life. When someone’s heart stops …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/let-a-cpr-robot-save-the-day/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/let-a-cpr-robot-save-the-day/
Four highschool students in Lyon France are building a CPR robot, with the aim of removing the endurance problem faced by those delivering this form of essential first aid.
By every after action report, CPR is an emotionally and physically exhausting way to save a life. When someone’s heart stops …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/let-a-cpr-robot-save-the-day/)
This Week in Security:Malicious Previews, VNC Vulnerabilities, Powerwall, and The 5th Amendment
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/this-week-in-securitymalicious-previews-vnc-vulnerabilities-powerwall-and-the-5th-amendment/
Malware embedded in office documents has been a popular attack for years. Many of those attacks have been fixed, and essentially all the current attacks are unworkable when a document is opened in protected view. There are ways around this, like putting a notice at the top of a document, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/this-week-in-securitymalicious-previews-vnc-vulnerabilities-powerwall-and-the-5th-amendment/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/this-week-in-securitymalicious-previews-vnc-vulnerabilities-powerwall-and-the-5th-amendment/
Malware embedded in office documents has been a popular attack for years. Many of those attacks have been fixed, and essentially all the current attacks are unworkable when a document is opened in protected view. There are ways around this, like putting a notice at the top of a document, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/this-week-in-securitymalicious-previews-vnc-vulnerabilities-powerwall-and-the-5th-amendment/)
An Efficient Homemade Wood furnace
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/an-efficient-homemade-wood-furnace/
For poor [workshop from scratch], winter brings the joy of a cold workshop. Since the building is structurally made from tin, warming up the room is difficult.
Naturally, the solution was to construct a homemade wood furnace. The build starts off with an angle grinder being taken to a compressed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/an-efficient-homemade-wood-furnace/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/an-efficient-homemade-wood-furnace/
For poor [workshop from scratch], winter brings the joy of a cold workshop. Since the building is structurally made from tin, warming up the room is difficult.
Naturally, the solution was to construct a homemade wood furnace. The build starts off with an angle grinder being taken to a compressed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/an-efficient-homemade-wood-furnace/)
You’ve Got Mail?
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/youve-got-mail/
Life is full of tough decisions, such as deciding whether you want to go to the end of the drive to check if the mail has arrived. These questions are made even more arduous in the winter months, but [Catpin] has a solution. The Mail Box Alert uses an Electric …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/youve-got-mail/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/youve-got-mail/
Life is full of tough decisions, such as deciding whether you want to go to the end of the drive to check if the mail has arrived. These questions are made even more arduous in the winter months, but [Catpin] has a solution. The Mail Box Alert uses an Electric …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/11/30/youve-got-mail/)
DeepPCB Routes Your KiCAD PCBs
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/deeppcb-routes-your-kicad-pcbs/
Computers can write poetry, even if they can’t necessarily write good poetry. The same can be said of routing PC boards. Computers can do it, but can they do it well? Of course, there are multiple tools each with pluses and minuses. However, a slick web page recently announced deeppcb.ai …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/deeppcb-routes-your-kicad-pcbs/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/deeppcb-routes-your-kicad-pcbs/
Computers can write poetry, even if they can’t necessarily write good poetry. The same can be said of routing PC boards. Computers can do it, but can they do it well? Of course, there are multiple tools each with pluses and minuses. However, a slick web page recently announced deeppcb.ai …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/deeppcb-routes-your-kicad-pcbs/)
Manual Mesh Bed Levelling for 3D Printers
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/manual-mesh-bed-levelling-for-3d-printers/
In 3D printing, we often talk about leveling the print bed, although that’s not an accurate term. A bed that is level in our terms presents a flat surface that is parallel to the path of the print head, but within reason we care little about that. Instead we care …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/manual-mesh-bed-levelling-for-3d-printers/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/manual-mesh-bed-levelling-for-3d-printers/
In 3D printing, we often talk about leveling the print bed, although that’s not an accurate term. A bed that is level in our terms presents a flat surface that is parallel to the path of the print head, but within reason we care little about that. Instead we care …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/manual-mesh-bed-levelling-for-3d-printers/)
Turning a Bad Bench Supply into a Better Bench Supply
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/turning-a-bad-bench-supply-into-a-better-bench-supply/
‘Tis the season for dropping hints on what new doodads would make a hacker happy, and we have to admit to doing a little virtual window shopping ourselves. And as a decent bench power supply is on our list, it was no surprise to see videos reviews that the hive …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/turning-a-bad-bench-supply-into-a-better-bench-supply/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/turning-a-bad-bench-supply-into-a-better-bench-supply/
‘Tis the season for dropping hints on what new doodads would make a hacker happy, and we have to admit to doing a little virtual window shopping ourselves. And as a decent bench power supply is on our list, it was no surprise to see videos reviews that the hive …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/turning-a-bad-bench-supply-into-a-better-bench-supply/)
Creating Easy Glass Circuit Boards At Home
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/creating-easy-glass-circuit-boards-at-home/
This tip for creating glass substrate circuit boards at home might hew a bit closer to arts and crafts than the traditional Hackaday post, but the final results of the method demonstrated by [Heliox] in her recent video are simply too gorgeous to ignore. The video is in French, but …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/creating-easy-glass-circuit-boards-at-home/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/creating-easy-glass-circuit-boards-at-home/
This tip for creating glass substrate circuit boards at home might hew a bit closer to arts and crafts than the traditional Hackaday post, but the final results of the method demonstrated by [Heliox] in her recent video are simply too gorgeous to ignore. The video is in French, but …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/creating-easy-glass-circuit-boards-at-home/)
A STM32F4 Based Arduino in the Feather Form Factor
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/a-stm32f4-based-arduino-in-the-feather-form-factor/
[minh7a6] loves the Adafruit Feather, but sees some room for improvement.
First is the matter of 5V tolerance. While just about everything is available in a 3.3v range these days, sometimes it’s just nice not to have to care. The main controller on the Feather is plenty powerful, but its …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/a-stm32f4-based-arduino-in-the-feather-form-factor/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/a-stm32f4-based-arduino-in-the-feather-form-factor/
[minh7a6] loves the Adafruit Feather, but sees some room for improvement.
First is the matter of 5V tolerance. While just about everything is available in a 3.3v range these days, sometimes it’s just nice not to have to care. The main controller on the Feather is plenty powerful, but its …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/a-stm32f4-based-arduino-in-the-feather-form-factor/)
Hackaday Links: December 1, 2019
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/hackaday-links-december-1-2019/
We can recall a book from our youth that cataloged some of the most interesting airplanes in the world. One particularly interesting beast was dubbed “The Super Guppy”, a hilariously distended cargo plane purpose-built for ferrying Saturn rocket sections around the US in the 1960s. We though the Guppies were …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/hackaday-links-december-1-2019/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/hackaday-links-december-1-2019/
We can recall a book from our youth that cataloged some of the most interesting airplanes in the world. One particularly interesting beast was dubbed “The Super Guppy”, a hilariously distended cargo plane purpose-built for ferrying Saturn rocket sections around the US in the 1960s. We though the Guppies were …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/hackaday-links-december-1-2019/)
Almond: Open Personal Assistant from Stanford
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/almond-open-personal-assistant-from-stanford/
The current state of virtual personal assistants — Alexa, Cortana, Google, and Siri — leaves something to be desired. The speech recognition is mostly pretty good. However, customization options are very limited. Beyond that, many people are worried about the privacy of their data when using one of these assistants. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/almond-open-personal-assistant-from-stanford/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/almond-open-personal-assistant-from-stanford/
The current state of virtual personal assistants — Alexa, Cortana, Google, and Siri — leaves something to be desired. The speech recognition is mostly pretty good. However, customization options are very limited. Beyond that, many people are worried about the privacy of their data when using one of these assistants. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/almond-open-personal-assistant-from-stanford/)
Building a Faux Retro Portable Computer
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/building-a-faux-retro-portable-computer/
The modern laptop has its origins in the mid to late 1980s, when shrinking computer hardware and improvements to battery technology finally made mobile computing practical. Years before the now iconic clamshell form factor became the standard, these so-called “portable computers” often resembled pieces of luggage with keyboards attached. Even …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/building-a-faux-retro-portable-computer/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/building-a-faux-retro-portable-computer/
The modern laptop has its origins in the mid to late 1980s, when shrinking computer hardware and improvements to battery technology finally made mobile computing practical. Years before the now iconic clamshell form factor became the standard, these so-called “portable computers” often resembled pieces of luggage with keyboards attached. Even …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/01/building-a-faux-retro-portable-computer/)
Quick And Dirty: Operate An Intercom Via Telegram
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/quick-and-dirty-operate-an-intercom-via-telegram/
Never underestimate the quick and dirty hack. It’s very satisfying to rapidly solve a real problem with whatever you have on hand, and helps to keep your hacking skills sharp for those big beautifully engineered projects. [Guillaume M] needed a way to remotely open his apartment building door for deliveries, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/quick-and-dirty-operate-an-intercom-via-telegram/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/quick-and-dirty-operate-an-intercom-via-telegram/
Never underestimate the quick and dirty hack. It’s very satisfying to rapidly solve a real problem with whatever you have on hand, and helps to keep your hacking skills sharp for those big beautifully engineered projects. [Guillaume M] needed a way to remotely open his apartment building door for deliveries, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/quick-and-dirty-operate-an-intercom-via-telegram/)
Making Your Own Caving Headlamp
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/making-your-own-caving-headlamp/
An important distinction between equipment used for caving, climbing, biking, and other outdoor activities is the level of stress that’s generally applied. For instance, while climbing helmets are built to withstand the impact of sharp rocks, they’re not made to protect a biker’s head from suddenly hitting the ground. Likewise, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/making-your-own-caving-headlamp/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/making-your-own-caving-headlamp/
An important distinction between equipment used for caving, climbing, biking, and other outdoor activities is the level of stress that’s generally applied. For instance, while climbing helmets are built to withstand the impact of sharp rocks, they’re not made to protect a biker’s head from suddenly hitting the ground. Likewise, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/making-your-own-caving-headlamp/)
Supercon: The Things You Brought, and a Few You Forgot
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/supercon-the-things-you-brought-and-a-few-you-forgot/
Part of the fun of Supercon is that there is so much available in one place. For the price of admission, you’re surrounded by expertise, power, and soldering irons. Digi-Key brought several large parts bins stuffed full of everything from passives to LEDs to chips for people use in hacking …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/supercon-the-things-you-brought-and-a-few-you-forgot/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/supercon-the-things-you-brought-and-a-few-you-forgot/
Part of the fun of Supercon is that there is so much available in one place. For the price of admission, you’re surrounded by expertise, power, and soldering irons. Digi-Key brought several large parts bins stuffed full of everything from passives to LEDs to chips for people use in hacking …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/supercon-the-things-you-brought-and-a-few-you-forgot/)
Winter is Coming, This Clock Will Let You Know When
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/winter-is-coming-this-clock-will-let-you-know-when/
For Game of Thrones fans, it’s an awkward time. The show has ended its run on HBO (not without a certain level of controversy), the planned prequel is still years away, and who knows when George R. R. Martin will actually get around to writing the final books in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/winter-is-coming-this-clock-will-let-you-know-when/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/winter-is-coming-this-clock-will-let-you-know-when/
For Game of Thrones fans, it’s an awkward time. The show has ended its run on HBO (not without a certain level of controversy), the planned prequel is still years away, and who knows when George R. R. Martin will actually get around to writing the final books in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/winter-is-coming-this-clock-will-let-you-know-when/)
AMSAT CubeSat Simulator Hack Chat
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/amsat-cubesat-simulator-hack-chat/
Join us on Wednesday, December 4th at noon Pacific for the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator Hack Chat with Alan Johnston!
For all the lip service the world’s governments pay to “space belonging to the people”, they did a pretty good job keeping access to it to themselves for the first 50 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/amsat-cubesat-simulator-hack-chat/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/amsat-cubesat-simulator-hack-chat/
Join us on Wednesday, December 4th at noon Pacific for the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator Hack Chat with Alan Johnston!
For all the lip service the world’s governments pay to “space belonging to the people”, they did a pretty good job keeping access to it to themselves for the first 50 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/amsat-cubesat-simulator-hack-chat/)
How To Get Into Cars – Choosing Your First Project Car
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/how-to-get-into-cars-choosing-your-first-project-car/
The automobile is a wonderous invention, perhaps one of the most transformative of the 20th century. They’re machines that often inspire an all-consuming passion, capturing the heart with sights, sounds, and smells. However, for those who grew up isolated from car culture, it can be difficult to know how to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/how-to-get-into-cars-choosing-your-first-project-car/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/how-to-get-into-cars-choosing-your-first-project-car/
The automobile is a wonderous invention, perhaps one of the most transformative of the 20th century. They’re machines that often inspire an all-consuming passion, capturing the heart with sights, sounds, and smells. However, for those who grew up isolated from car culture, it can be difficult to know how to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/12/02/how-to-get-into-cars-choosing-your-first-project-car/)