Hackaday (unofficial) May 11, 2024 12:00am Split-Flap Clock Uses Magnets Everywhere #arduinohacks #clockhacks #arduinonano #clock #halleffectsensor #magnets #splitflapdisplay #steppermotor #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Split-Flap Clock Uses Magnets Everywhere While split-flap alarm clocks once adorned heavy wood nightstands in strong numbers, today the displays are most commonly found in train stations and airports. Hey, at least they’re still aro…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 12, 2023 10:00pm Arduino Sticker Dispenser Saves Time #arduinohacks #arduino #arduinonano #nema17 #pastedispenser #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Arduino Sticker Dispenser Saves Time What’s the worst part about packaging up a whole lot of the same basic thing? It might just be applying the various warning stickers to the outside of the shipping box. Luckily, [Mr Innovativ…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 1, 2023 5:00am 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Converted Proton Pack Lights Up the Night #holidayhacks #18650 #arduino #arduinonano #cyclotron #ghostbusters #protonpack #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Converted Proton Pack Lights Up The Night It’s really quite unfortunate that Hackaday/Supplyframe employees and their families are not allowed to place in the 2023 Halloween Hackfest, because our own [Tom Nardi] has thrown down a cos…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 1, 2023 12:00am 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Quoth the Raven, “Caww!” #arduinohacks #holidayhacks #arduinonano #dfplayermini #pirsensor #powerled #raven #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Quoth The Raven, “Caww!” Sometimes, projects start in somewhat unlikely places. This one began when [Istvan Raduly] scored a fake raven at a neighbor’s garage sale and decided to turn it into a thunder-and-lightning …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 3, 2023 9:00pm 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Treat Trough of Terror Is Actually Pretty Cute #arduinohacks #holidayhacks #howto #arduino #arduinonano #halloweencandy #leds #treatdispenser #ultrasonicdistancesensor #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Treat Trough Of Terror Is Actually Pretty Cute Even though it seems the worst of COVID has passed, October generally kicks off cold and flu season, so why not continue to pass out Halloween treats in a socially-distanced fashion? That is, of co…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 29, 2023 12:00pm Musical Robot Lets You Play the Recorder Hands-Free #musicalhacks #robotshacks #arduinonano #recorder #roboticinstruments #solenoid #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Musical Robot Lets You Play The Recorder Hands-Free Although many people might remember the recorder as just a simple instrument from their introductory music classes, it can nevertheless produce rich and varied melodies in the hands of a virtuoso l…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 8, 2023 9:00pm Converting A B&W Exposer Head For Colour Analog Photo Printing #ledhacks #analogphotography #arduinonano #cobled #mcp23016 #pca9685 #pwm #ra4 #rgbled #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Converting A B&W Exposer Head For Colour Analog Photo Printing [Koraks tinkers] was gifted a gargantuan photographic enlarger, a Durst Laborator 138 s, which is a unit designed specifically for black and white usage only. This was not good enough for [Koraks] …
Hackaday (unofficial) November 26, 2022 4:00pm LEDs Put New Spin on a Sonic The Hedgehog Costume #arduinohacks #ledhacks #arduinonano #costume #halloween #sonic #ws2812b #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 LEDs Put New Spin On A Sonic The Hedgehog Costume [Wentworthm] couldn’t say no to his son’s plea for a Sonic the Hedgehog costume for Halloween but also couldn’t resist sprucing it up with LEDs either. The end result is a surpris…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 20, 2022 1:00pm Homebrew Espresso Maker Modding with Gagguino #cookinghacks #advancedcoffeemachine #arduinonano #espresso #espressomachine #pidcoffeemachine #stm32 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Homebrew Espresso Maker Modding With Gagguino For those that don’t know, Gaggia is a company that produces a line of affordable “entry-level” espresso coffee makers that offer good quality consumer espresso machines at reason…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 6, 2022 8:00pm The Great Resistor Embiggens the Smallest Value #arduinohacks #hardware #ledhacks #toolhacks #arduino #arduinonano #colorcode #neopixel #oled #resistor #ws2812 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The Great Resistor Embiggens The Smallest Value With surface-mount components quickly becoming the norm, even for homebrew hardware, the resistor color-code can sometimes feel a bit old-hat. However, anybody who has ever tried to identify a rand…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 12, 2022 6:00am Thrills with an LED “Thriller” Jacket #3dprinterhacks #ledhacks #wearablehacks #arduinonano #led #ledwearables #sewing #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Thrills With An LED “Thriller” Jacket [Louise Katzovitz] has created a light-up jacket in the style of the jacket worn by Michael Jackson in the 1983 music video for “Thriller”. [Louise Katzovitz]’s Thriller jacket is…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 18, 2022 3:00pm Robot Opens Master Combination Locks in Less Than a Minute #lockpickinghacks #arduinonano #combinationlock #lockpicking #masterlock #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Robot Opens Master Combination Locks In Less Than A Minute A common trope in bank heist B-movies is someone effortlessly bypassing a safe’s combination lock. Typically, the hero or villain will turn the dial while listening to the internal machinery,…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 21, 2022 3:00am Hacking A Jack-in-the-Box To Be Extra Surprising #toyhacks #arduinonano #jackinthebox #toy #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Hacking A Jack-in-the-Box To Be Extra Surprising A Jack-In-The-Box is scary enough the first time. However, if you’ve seen the clown pop out before, it fails to have the same impact. [Franklinstein] decided that swapping out the clown for a…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 3, 2022 7:00pm Fireball-Flinging Figurine Feeds Fiction #arduinohacks #contests #2022scificontest #9vbattery #arduinonano #maquette #neopixelring #rgbled #rgbledring #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Fireball-Flinging Figurine Feeds Fiction If you’re writing a screenplay or novel, there will likely be points along the way at which you can’t get enough encouragement from friends and family. While kind words are kind, acts s…
Hackaday (unofficial) February 7, 2022 8:00pm Arduino Nano Adds USB Interface to the Psion Organiser II #arduinohacks #classichacks #handheldshacks #arduinonano #diyusbinterface #psionorganiser #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Arduino Nano Adds USB Interface To The Psion Organiser II Introduced in 1984, the Psion Organiser series defined the first generation of electronic organizers or PDAs (personal digital assistants). Even though these devices are now over 30 years old, the …
Hackaday (unofficial) January 12, 2022 8:00pm Arduino and an OLED Make This Space Invaders Cabinet Tiny #classichacks #games #arduinonano #cabinet #miniature #oledssd1306 #replica #spaceinvaders #videogame #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Arduino And An OLED Make This Space Invaders Cabinet Tiny For as simple as it appears now, Space Invaders was one machine from the Golden Age of video games that always seemed to have a long line waiting for a chance to lose a couple of quarters. And by w…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 28, 2021 10:00am Turing Ring is Compact #arduinohacks #ledhacks #retrocomputing #arduinonano #neopixel #turningmachine #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Turing Ring Is Compact One of the problems with a classic Turing machine is the tape must be infinitely long. [Mark’s] Turing Ring still doesn’t have an infinite tape, but it does make it circular to save spa…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 25, 2021 1:00am Bluetooth Record Player Puts a New Spin On Vinyl #arduinohacks #musicalhacks #arduino #arduinonano #bluetooth #hbridgemotorcontroller #portable #recordplayer #vinyl #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Bluetooth Record Player Puts A New Spin On Vinyl You know, we were just discussing weird and/or obsolete audio formats in the writers’ dungeon the other day. (By the way, have you ever bought anything on DAT or MiniDisc?) While vinyl is har…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 4, 2021 9:00am Focus Flower Motivates By Squirting Water In Your Face #arduinohacks #arduino #arduinonano #motivation #negativereinforcement #pomodoro #solenoid #thepomodorotechnique #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Focus Flower Motivates By Squirting Water In Your Face When you need to get some tasks done and are short on attention, it’s hard to beat a timer. But whenever you do, it feels pretty darn good. The problem is that when you don’t finish in …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 30, 2021 12:00am World’s Cutest Pomodoro Timer Is Also a Clock #arduinohacks #clockhacks #7segmentdisplay #arduino #arduinonano #buzzer #pomodoro #rtc #thepomodorotechnique #timemanagement #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 World’s Cutest Pomodoro Timer Is Also A Clock Student and hacker [prusteen] recently fell in love with the Pomodoro method of time management. That’s where you concentrate on your task for 25 minutes, then take a five-minute break, and r…