Categoria: Hackaday (https://hackaday.com/)
YKK’s Self-Propelled Zipper: Less Crazy Than It Seems
The self-propelled zip fastener uses a worm gear to propel itself along the teeth. (Credit: YKK) At first glance the…
From Good Enough to Best
It was probably Montesquieu who coined the proto-hacker motto “the best is the mortal enemy of the good”. He was…
XOR Gate as a Frequency Doubler
[IMSAI Guy] grabbed an obsolete XOR gate and tried a classic circuit to turn it into a frequency doubler. Of…
Hackaday Podcast Ep 318: DIY Record Lathe, 360 Degree LIDAR, and 3D Printing Innovation Lives!
This week Elliot Williams was joined by fellow Europe-based Hackaday staffer Jenny List, to record the Hackaday Podcast as the…
Sigrok Website Down After Hosting Data Loss
When it comes to open source signal analysis software for logic analyzers and many other sensors, Sigrok is pretty much…
Robot Gets a DIY Pneumatic Gripper Upgrade
[Tazer] built a small desktop-sized robotic arm, and it was more or less functional. However, he wanted to improve its…
You Wouldn’t Steal a Font…
In the 2000s, the DVD industry was concerned about piracy, in particular the threat to their business model presented by…
Onkyo Receiver Saved With An ESP32
[Bill Dudley] had a problem. He had an Onkyo AV receiver that did a great job… until it didn’t. A…
3D Printing A Useful Fixturing Tool
When you start building lots of something, you’ll know the value of accurate fixturing. [Chris Borge] learned this the hard…
From PostScript to PDF
There was a time when each and every printer and typesetter had its own quirky language. If you had a…
