Thought we forgot about this, didn't you? Well, the Hackaday Retro Edition is still going strong, and this time we have a few more retro successes that were able to load our retro site with ancient hardware. First up is a submission by [rusbus]. He had a Power Macintosh 6100/60 lying around - the first Macintosh with a PowerPC processor instead of the Motorola 68k - and loaded up our retro … [Read more...]
Giving the MSP430 a GUI
October 7, 2012 By 30 Comments
Sometimes you need to toggle or read a few pins on a microcontroller for a project so simple (or so temporary) that coding some firmware is a rather large investment of time. [Jaspreet] had the same problem - wanting to read values and toggle pins without writing any code - so he came up with a rather clever solution to control an MSP430 through a serial connection. [Jaspreet] calls his project … [Read more...]
A mobile electronics lab for all your projects
October 7, 2012 By 20 Comments
When [Nisker]'s son got a very, very loud and annoying toy, he did what any good maker parent would do: instead of removing the batteries, he sought a way to lower the volume instead. This, of course, meant cracking open the toy and going at the circuit board with a soldering iron. Not having a permanent electronics workbench meant [Nisker] needed to dig out his Weller from a bag full of tools. … [Read more...]
Using UAVs to find mannequins lost in the outback
October 7, 2012 By 40 Comments
Every other year the Australian Research Center for Aerospace Automation, the government of Queensland, Australia and other government and research institutions hold a contest to develop technology for unmanned aerial vehicles for the wastes of central Australia. Canberra UAV - a group of autonomous drone enthusiasts from the Make, Hack, Void hackerspace - took part in this UAV challenge … [Read more...]
freeSoC, for when you need 68 I/O pins
October 7, 2012 By 24 Comments
Like many of us, [Jon] began his journey through the magical world of microcontrollers with an Arduino. For a beginner, the Arduino is a wonderful tool, but [Jon] quickly found himself limited by the platform. There are too few pins on the Arduino, and and the platform doesn't really lend itself to extremely complex projects. To this end, [Jon] designed freeSoC, an Arduino-compatible platform … [Read more...]
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