[Josh] has a child and what do children like more than stuffing random things into their mouths? Pushing buttons, twiddling knobs, and yanking things of course! So [Josh] did what any self-respecting hacker would do and built his little man a custom cyberdeck. The build follows the usual route of some electronics wedged into a pelican-style […]
2023 CYBERDECK CONTEST: A TODDLER’S CYBERDECK Continue Reading
Material testing is important in big industry, where manufacturers must be able to trust the properties of the raw materials they’re using. The rest of us generally take a supplier’s word for it that they’re giving us what we’ve paid for. However, you could always take on material testing yourself with the Universal Tensile Testing Machine
HACKADAY PRIZE 2023: UNIVERSAL TENSILE TESTING MACHINE Continue Reading
Parol 6 is a 3D-printed six-axis robot arm created by [Petar Crnjak] as a combination of the principles from a few previous projects. Aside from a pneumatic gripper, each axis is driven by a stepper motor, with at least a few of these axes being driven through a metal planetary gearbox for extra precision and torque.
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Do you know how you see those cheap telescopes at the department store? The box has beautiful pictures that probably came from the Hubble. What you will see is somewhat different. You have to carefully look at [upir’s] Arduino thermal camera project because it intersperses pictures of what you expect an 8×8 sensor will produce with images
LOW RES ARDUINO THERMAL CAMERA Continue Reading
In the realm of renewable energy, a groundbreaking device known as Mysoltrk is a fantastic project powered by Arduino designed to track the sun’s position, optimizing solar panel performance and maximizing energy production. The tracker is robust, cost-effective, and sturdy enough to withstand outdoor conditions, making it an ideal solution for those seeking to harness the power of
Build a solar panel Sun tracker using Arduino Continue Reading
What’s the difference between a 64k ROM in a 28-pin DIP and a 128k ROM in a 32-pin DIP? Aside from the obvious answers of “64k” and “four pins,” it turns out that these two chips have a lot in common, enough so that it only takes a little bodging to make them interchangeable — more or
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In the realm of DIY electronics, the Arduino UNO has emerged as a versatile platform for a myriad of projects. One such innovative project is the creation of a low-cost thermal camera, as demonstrated by Vaclav Krejci, also known as “upir” on YouTube. Krejci’s tutorial video guides viewers on how to construct an infrared camera
Low-cost thermal camera built using Arduino Continue Reading
For the last ten to fifteen years, optical drives have been fading out of existence. There’s little reason to have them around anymore unless you are serious about archiving data or unconvinced that streaming platforms will always be around. While there are some niche uses for them still, we’re seeing more and more get repurposed
LASER ENGRAVER USES ALL OF THE DVD DRIVE Continue Reading
If you are interested in learning how to connect to your home heating system for remote monitoring and control. You might be interested to know the Arduino team has recently published an great article on their official blog. Providing more information on the fascinating world of remote home heating control, specifically using the Arduino Cloud, Honeywell
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While things like the Arduino platform certainly opened up the gates of microcontroller programming to a much wider audience, it can also be limiting in some ways. The Arduino IDE, for example, abstracts away plenty of the underlying machinations of the hardware, and the vast amount of libraries can contribute to this effect as well.
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