Hackaday Podcast 102: Raspberry Pi Microcontroller, Microphone Killswitch, and a 45-Degree 3D-Printer From hackaday.com 2 hours ago in Blogs Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys sift through a week of excellent hacks. Big news is of course the Raspberry Pi microcontroller which Elliot had a few weeks to play around with on the bench before the announcement —...
Porting Firefox To Apple Silicon: Tales From The Trenches From hackaday.com 3 hours ago in Blogs For any smaller and larger software product that aims to be compatible with Apple’s MacOS, the recent introduction of its ARM-based Apple Silicon processors and MacBooks to go with them came as a bit of a shock. Suddenly one of...
This Week in Security: OpenWRT, Favicons, and Steganographia From hackaday.com 4 hours ago in Blogs OpenWRT is one of my absolute favorite projects, but it’s had a rough week. First off, the official OpenWRT forums is carrying a notice that one of the administrator accounts was accessed, and the userlist was downloaded by an unknown...
Light, Tiny Image Sensor for VR Headsets From circuitcellar.com 5 hours ago in News AMS has announced the pre-release of what it claims is one of the industry’s smallest, lightest 100k pixel image sensor to provide a digital video output suitable for use in mobile or wearable consumer devices like virtual reality (VR) headsets....
AMD’s Threadripper Is The Beating, Heating Heart Of “Most Powerful” DIY Laptop From hackaday.com 7 hours ago in Blogs There are plenty of powerful, “desktop-replacement” laptops out on the market if you’ve got the money to spend. Sometimes, though, that just doesn’t scratch that crazy itch in the back of your head for true, unbridled computing power. When you’ve...
Rockchip RV1126 AI Camera SoC features 2.0 TOPS NPU, promises 250ms fast boot From www.cnx-software.com 9 hours ago in News The Rockchip Developer Conference that took place at the end of November 2020 allowed us to learn more about RK3588, RK3566, and RK3568 64-bit Arm processors for AIoT applications. But the company also presented additional details about camera SoC’s, namely...
Fixing nRF24L01+ Modules Without Going (Too) Insane From hackaday.com 10 hours ago in Blogs Good old nRF24L01+ wireless modules are inexpensive and effective. Well, they are as long as they work correctly, anyway. The devices themselves are mature and well-understood, but that doesn’t mean bad batches from suppliers can’t cause hair-pulling problems straight from...
Game Boy Replica Built In Brass From hackaday.com 13 hours ago in Blogs Nintendo’s Game Boy is legendary for being the meat in the handheld gaming revolution, as well as being nigh-on indestructible whether in the custody of children or soldiers in the Gulf War. However, [Jiri] decided to see if he could...
Android 10 ported to RISC-V board powered by Alibaba T-Head XuanTie C910 Processor From www.cnx-software.com 15 hours ago in News RISC-V has made a lot of progress in just a few years, but for anything requiring 3D graphics acceleration, it’s not quite there yet. and we only expect RISC-V SoC with Imagination Technologies GPU to come out later this year...
Raspberry Pi Tower PC #3DPrinting #3DThursday From blog.adafruit.com 16 hours ago in PlatformsStores dctsystems shared this project on Thingiverse!I wanted a working PC for a 1/3 scale BJD. A Raspberry PI was an obvious choice, but couldn’t find a design I liked, that was easy to build, and looked like a classic tower...
The US Air Force Wants Your 3D Scanner Ideas From hackaday.com 16 hours ago in Blogs One key piece of technology from Star Trek is the replicator, a machine that 3D prints up almost anything using some hazily-defined high technology. You have to wonder though, how did the patterns for Earl Grey tea or a spare...
As Data Centers Expand, How are Engineers Upping AC/DC Conversion Efficiency? From www.allaboutcircuits.com 16 hours ago in BlogsNews The demand for data center efficiency is only expanding in 2021. Here are some methods that EEs use to increase A/C/ power conversion efficiency—including a new option of GaN-powered AC/DC power supplies.
Minecraft Torch Holder with Screw Tabs #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 17 hours ago in PlatformsStores Very important component if you want to display your torch. From gambit951 on Thingiverse:just added some side tabs for mounting using screws instead of double tape.Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY...
Sony Tries Sink-Or-Swim EV Gambit From www.eetimes.com 18 hours ago in News Last year when Sony came to the CES to talk about its EV project called "Vision-S," it had a look of a marketing stunt. This year, Sony EV gambit seems more like a real car project. The post Sony Tries...
Alluvial Crush (Tealight holder – Reaction-Diffusion spirals) #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 18 hours ago in PlatformsStores voidbubble shared this project on Thingiverse! Meandering sigils inscribe a lore of inexorable beauty. This tealight holder features a pattern generated from a reaction-diffusion simulation using the Gray-Scott model. A subtle overlay of small-scale noise gives the surface a grainy...
It’s Time to Look at FD-SOI (Again) From www.eetimes.com 19 hours ago in News In comparison to bulk silicon, FD-SOI offers improved power, performance, and area metrics. There are also operational optimizations. The post It’s Time to Look at FD-SOI (Again) appeared first on EETimes.
359: You Can Never Have Too Many Socks From embedded.fm 19 hours ago in Podcasts Thea Flowers (Stargirl, @theavalkyrie) creates open source and open hardware craft synthesizers that use Circuit Python for customization. She also writes about the internals of the SAMD21.Thea’s synthesizer modules are found at Winterbloom, including Castor & Pollux and the Big...
Stackable Shoe Rack #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 19 hours ago in PlatformsStores Get a handle on your unkempt footwear situation with this print from 3DDIY on Thingiverse:Hi Everyone, This is a shoe rack design based off of my Monitor stand. This can be printed on a Prusa Mk3 Bed dimensions. You will...
Raspberry Pi Pico From hackerboards.com 20 hours ago in News The tiny Raspberry Pi Pico module is based on the Raspberry Pi Foundation's own 133MHz dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ based RP2040 SoC, plus 264KB RAM and 2MB flash. The module offers USB, UART, SPI, I2C, PWM, GPIO, and ADC I/O, and...
Exacto Saw Handle #3DPrinting #3DThursday From blog.adafruit.com 20 hours ago in PlatformsStores mtungate shared this project on Thingiverse!Handle for an Exacto hobby saw. See attachments for settings.Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4677356 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models....
New Image Sensors Find Use in Brain Imaging, Security Cameras, and Even Selfies From www.allaboutcircuits.com 20 hours ago in BlogsNews A new crop of image sensors shows how device makers have been thinking out of the box with on-chip hardware "re-mosaic," curved image sensors, and more.
Razor Crest The Mandalorian Kit Card #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 21 hours ago in PlatformsStores This all in one kit card would make a perfect party favor for a Star Wars themed birthday party. From Fine_Engineer on Thingiverse:This is a Kit Card of the Razor Crest from the TV-Show “The Mandalorian) Easy to Print, just...
Raspberry Pi 4 Case #3DPrinting #3DThursday From blog.adafruit.com 22 hours ago in PlatformsStores JoeBowler shared this project on Thingiverse! Snap fit Raspberry pi 4 case, no screws necessary. Basically a honeycomb venting style design. There’ s 3 types of tops. 1.) No slots or cutouts. 2.) Top with slots cutout. 3.) Top with...
Making Silicone Molds – Big Ones! From hackaday.com 22 hours ago in Blogs If you’ve got one of something and you want more, duplicating it with a silicone mold can be a great way to go. This is applicable to 3D printing something you need many copies of, and a whole variety of...
John Park’s Workshop — LIVE! TODAY 1/21/21 @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit From blog.adafruit.com 22 hours ago in PlatformsStores It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP! — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today! LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Tune in for: GameBoy CircuitPython & 0MX-27 Arduino Action! MakeCode Minute MCA Game Pick of...
Why Qualcomm Is Set for Auto DMS Dominance From www.eetimes.com 23 hours ago in News CES 2021 revealed in-cabin AI as the hottest trend in automotive. This has profound implications, with Qualcomm potentially set for its DMS dominance. The post Why Qualcomm Is Set for Auto DMS Dominance appeared first on EETimes.
Nine Great Hobby Tips From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in PlatformsStores In this video, Jay of the hobby wargaming channel, Eons of Battle, shares 9 tools he highly recommends and three that he doesn’t. I wholeheartedly agree with many of these, such as getting packs of small-tube CA glue instead of...
Eyes for Animatronics and Puppets #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in PlatformsStores Realistic project eyes from HendrikxWorkshop on YouMagine:Tutorial explaining eye assembly for dolls, puppets, robots and animatronics (no painting required)Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication...
Watch a Deep Dive w/Scott at 2pm Pacific Tomorrow (~23 hours from now) @tannewt From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in PlatformsStores Join Scott tomorrow, Friday January 22nd on Adafruit YouTube or Twitch at 2pm Pacific.The plan is to talk all things RP2040, the new microcontroller from Raspberry Pi. Scott has spent the last month or so bringing CircuitPython to the RP2040...
EDLC Series Electric Double Layer Capacitors/Supercapacitors rated at 500mF From www.electronics-lab.com 24 hours ago in Blogs TDK’s electric double layer capacitors are small in size with a low profile TDK’s electric double... The post EDLC Series Electric Double Layer Capacitors/Supercapacitors rated at 500mF appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.