HACKRF, OR playing FROM 30 MHZ TO 6 GHZ
Up on Kickstarter, [Michael Ossmann] is launching the HackRF, an inordinately cheap, exceedingly capable software defined radio tool that’s small enough to lose in your laptop bag. The HackRF was the subject of a lot of interest last time it was on Hackaday – the ability to receive up to 6GHz allows the HackRF to do …
BUBBLE LIGHTS made from scratch
Bubble lights are mesmerizing things to watch, up there with lava lamps as one of the nicer aesthetic creations of the mid-20th century. [Tech Ingredients] made a decision to head into the lab to whip up some of their own design, taking things up a notch beyond what you’d typically find in a store. Bubble …
LISTENING TO THE sounds OF THE earth
A geophone is a specially built microphone for listening to the Earth. [JTAdams] found them at a affordable price so gotten some to play with. A geophone is used to detect vibrations from earthquakes, explosions, rumbling trucks, and vibroseis vehicles. To be beneficial it needs an amplifier and a recording device to capture the signals. [JTAdams] used a …
USING THE RASPI AS AN ETHERNET shield
[Alexandre] wished to set up a web-based temperature logger with his Arduino, however discovered the Arduino Ethernet shield a little finicky. because his Raspberry pi was just delivered, he figured he might utilize the Raspi as an Ethernet shield with just a bit bit of coding. After [Alexandre] set up his Arduino to send a thermocouple with the …
A chilly CATHODE AUDIO VISUALIZER
Finally, chilly cathode lights can be utilized for much a lot more than illuminating the inside of your computer or making your whip look like it can hover. [James] found if he different the voltage going into the inverter, only a specific amount of the tube would light up. provide a hacker an fascinating observation …
USB FUME EXTRACTOR TAKES STINK OUT OF SOLDERING SESSIONS
Our homemade shop tools rarely reach this level of finished quality. We probably would have stopped with assembly of this USB powered fume extractor. but [X2jiggy] went for style points by adding a coat of paint. There are several great features included in his build. He wanted it to be very easy to power the …
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TWO MARS ORBITERS chatted FOR ATMOSPHERIC science
mission extensions for interplanetary robot explorers are usually continuations of their primary mission. but sometimes the hardware already on board are put to novel uses. European space agency has started using radio equipment on board two Mars orbiters to probe the Martian atmosphere. The scientific basis is straightforward: radio signals are affected by whatever they …
BLAST CHIPS WITH THIS BBQ LIGHTER fault INJECTION tool
looking to get into fault injection for your reverse engineering projects, but don’t have the cash to set out for the necessary hardware? fear not, for the tools to glitch a chip may be as close as the nearest barbeque grill. If you don’t understand what chip glitching is, perhaps a primer is in order. …
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KAY IGWE describes brain GAMING through SSVEP
We had some extraordinary speakers at the Hackaday SuperConference. one of the final talks was given by [Kay Igwe], a graduate electrical engineering student at Columbia University. [Kay] has worked in nanotechnology as well as semiconductor manufacturing for Intel. These days, she’s spending her time playing games – but not with her hands. Many of us …
SLICK 16-SEGMENT POV difficult DRIVE CLOCK
Hackaday visitor [svofski] sent in a great looking difficult drive-based POV clock (Google Translation) produced by a maker in the Sichuan province of China. The clock, like the one [svofski] built, relies on LEDs put behind the spinning platter to produce the POV effect. Quite a few very carefully put cuts have been made to the …