Hackaday (unofficial) December 21, 2023 10:00pm Making a Guitar Go to Eleven, The Hard Way #musicalhacks #brass #guitar #knob #machining #potentiometer #spline #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Making A Guitar Go To Eleven, The Hard Way At the end of the day, all it takes to make a guitar go to eleven is a new knob. Making the knob is another thing — that takes a shop full of machine tools, the expertise to use them, and a w…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 11, 2023 7:00pm Pimp the Potentiometer #ledhacks #knob #ringlight #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Pimp The Potentiometer Sometimes, a hack isn’t really about the technology but about the logistics. If we asked you to light up an LED using an Arduino, there’s a good chance you’d know exactly how to d…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 25, 2023 6:00pm Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Foot Keyboard #hackadaycolumns #peripheralshacks #antimicrobial #crarytypewriter #footkeyboard #knob #monoblocksplit #rotaryencoder #vcrscrollwheel #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Foot Keyboard [crispernaki]’s opening comments to this VCR head scroll wheel project lament that overall technical details aren’t “complex, ground-breaking, or even exciting.” Since when …
Hackaday (unofficial) February 16, 2023 4:00am Hobnobbing with the Knob #microcontrollers #peripheralshacks #hidkeyboard #knob #usb #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Hobnobbing With The Knob The scroll wheel might be the best thing that happened to the computer mouse since, well, the computer mouse. But sometimes you want something a little more tangible. For example, with a software-d…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 14, 2023 10:00pm Make Your Own Pot and Encoder Knobs, Without Reinventing Them #3dprinterhacks #hardware #howto #3dprinted #custom #diy #encoder #heatset #knob #pot #shim #spline #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Make Your Own Pot And Encoder Knobs, Without Reinventing Them Rotary potentiometers, switches, and encoders all share a basic design: adjustment is done via a shaft onto which a knob is attached, and knobs are sold separately. That doesn’t mean one knob…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 30, 2022 4:00pm Custom Printed Knobs in Just a Few Lines of Code #3dprinterhacks #parts #3dprintedparts #knob #openscad #parametricdesign #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Custom Printed Knobs In Just A Few Lines Of Code While not everyone is necessarily onboard for the CAD-via-code principle behind OpenSCAD, there’s no denying the software lends itself particularly well to parametric designs. Using a few cho…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 27, 2022 9:00pm Odd Inputs and Peculiar Peripherals: RoenDi Smart Knob Thinks Outside the Box #contests #peripheralshacks #detent #encoder #gpio #input #iot #knob #lcd #smartknob #stm32 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Odd Inputs And Peculiar Peripherals: RoenDi Smart Knob Thinks Outside The Box When it comes to design decisions, we’re often advised to “think outside the box.” It’s generally good advice, if a bit abstract — it could really mean anything. But i…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 25, 2022 12:00am An In-Depth Look at the Haptic Smart Knob #parts #peripheralshacks #bldc #brushlessdc #haptic #input #knob #lcd #peripheral #straingauge #wheatstonebridge #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 An In-Depth Look At The Haptic Smart Knob At Hackaday, we love those times when we get a chance to follow up on a project that we’ve already featured. Generally, it’s because the project has advanced in some significant way, wh…
Hackaday (unofficial) April 20, 2022 12:00am OLED Display Kicks Knob Up Several Accurate Notches #hardware #microcontrollers #digitalgauge #knob #oleddisplay #volumeknob #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 OLED Display Kicks Knob Up Several Accurate Notches As far as input devices go, the potentiometer is pretty straightforward: turn it left, turn it right, and you’ve pretty much seen all there is to see. For many applications that’s all y…
@Om* November 18, 2021 8:14am knob... #knob #phallic #sexual #doorknob #doorhandle #handle #notsurewheretofocus #alotgoingon
Hackaday (unofficial) November 10, 2021 10:00am 3D Printed Absolute Encoder is Absolutely Wonderful #hardware #mischacks #3dprinted #actuator #knob #robotics #rotaryencoder #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 3D Printed Absolute Encoder Is Absolutely Wonderful When you need to record the angle of something rotating, whether it’s a knob or a joint in a robotic arm, absolute rotary encoders are almost always the way to go. They’re cheap, they&#…