The Garmin HUD+ was a small Bluetooth device intended for the dashboard of a car, meant to be used as a GPS heads-up display for data from Garmin smartphone apps. It used a bright VFD (vacuum fluorescent display) which was viewed through a clear reflector, and displayed GPS information and directions. It was discontinued in […]
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ePaper pricetags are becoming popular parts in the hacker community as a cheap way into tinkering with the technology. [Aaron Christophel] got his hands on a 4.4″ model with red, black, and white colors, and set about programming an ESP32 to drive the price tag instead. The protocol the display uses was reverse-engineered by prompting the
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For British kids of a certain age, their first experience of a computer was very likely to have been in front of a Sinclair ZX81. The lesser-known predecessor to the wildly-successful ZX Spectrum, it came in at under £100 and sported a Z80 processor and a whopping 1k of memory. In the long tradition of
ONE OF THE WORST KEYBOARDS EVER, NOW AN ARDUINO PERIPHERAL Continue Reading
Hearing loss is a common problem for many – especially those who may have attended too many loud concerts in their youth. [mircemk] had recently been for a hearing test, and noticed that the procedure was actually quite straightforward. Armed with this knowledge, he decided to build his own test system and document it for others to
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When the need for speed overcomes you, thoughts generally don’t turn to 8-bit computers. Sure, an 8-bit machine is fun for retro gameplay and reliving the glory days, and there certainly were some old machines that were notably faster than the others. But raw computing power isn’t really the point of retrocomputing. Or is it?
THIS SNAPPY 8-BIT MICROCOMPUTER BRINGS THE SPEED TO RETROCOMPUTING Continue Reading
Using a little Arduino hardware and programming YouTuber Brumberjack Woodworks has created a fantastic automatic dust collection system for his workshop. Providing an easy way to collect dust from any of the machines he may be using. Equipped with servo mounted blast gates the desk collection system Arduino code is available to download from GitHub from the link below. Check out the overview
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AppliedSBC has created a new Internet of Things based indoor gas monitor using Arduino technology and more specifically the Nano 33 IoT board to control several different sensors. The Airio Explorer 1 sensor is the first product in the range and is now available to purchase price state $589. Specifications for the indoor gas monitor solution include : CO2 Gas 0-2000ppm, ±10%, O2
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It has been a while since we’ve seen a 86Duino, but [TheRasteri] reminded us about it, with his video showing how to use one to run classic MS-DOS games. To be fair, the computer isn’t really an Arduino, it’s essentially a tiny 486 PC on an Arduino-style PCB. If it were just running DOS games on
CLASSIC DOS GAMES ON AN ARDUINO? Continue Reading
In the world of hardware hacking, you sometimes spend a ridiculous amount of time debugging a problem, only to find a simple solution that was right in front of you the whole time. [Zack Freedman] got a good dose of this while building the Optigon V2, a modified Epson Moverio wearable display he uses as a
CUTTING A WEARABLE DISPLAY IN HALF IS HARDER AND SIMPLER THAN IT SEEMS Continue Reading
Makers, engineers and hobbyists who would like to automatically manufacture a variety of different size plastic gears you might be interested in a unique machine built using a little Arduino hardware, taking the form of the plastic gear cutting machine. Powered by an Arduino Nano microcontroller the gear cutter has been created by YouTuber Mr Innovative and allows you to build your
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