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We originally heard about the FemtoDuino last year. It looked good enough and tiny enough, but we didn't really have a need for it. Recently though, we started on a new project (which you can follow on the forums!) which required an easy modification to an existing circuit. Space and weight were quite important so we decided to pick up a couple femtoduinos at $25 each, and give them a try. … [Read more...]
For those of you that can't make a decision between buying an Arduino and a PIC processor, [Brad] has come up with a novel solution, the PICnDuino. We've featured him before with his [Retroball] project, but this time Brad has been full funded on Kickstarter, and is pre-selling boards for delivery in March. [HAD], specifically I, was fortunate enough to be sent one of the boards to try out … [Read more...]
Years and years ago, someone gave me this book as a gift. [John Knittel], a co-author thought I might find it amusing. The book, titled The Dangers of Computer Hacking, is a grade school level breakdown of, well, computer hacking and the dangers thereof. At the time, I thought it was rather fun and amusing. Since then, it has sat on my shelf without much action. Last weekend, however, my 8 year … [Read more...]
We're big fans of [Bill Hammack], aka the Engineer Guy. His series of engineering videos dredge up pleasant memories of watching Mr. Wizard but spin to the adult science enthusiast. The most resent season (he calls it series #4) scratches the surface of the topics covered in his book Eight Amazing Engineering Stories, which was written with fellow authors [Patrick Ryan] and [Nick Ziech]. They … [Read more...]
We've been getting a lot of emails on the Hackaday tip line about the Makey Makey. This business-card sized circuit board turns everything - bananas, Play-Doh, water, and people - into a touch interface. There have been a ton of blogs that have written about the Makey Makey Kickstarter and debut at the Bay Area Maker Faire, but Hackaday has been mum on the pending release of the Makey … [Read more...]
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This is the gauntlet; a place where things are tortured in ways that only an engineer could appreciate. Today's victim is a 1.0W green laser module, manufactured by Suzhou Daheng under the brand name "DHOM". As far as Chinese laser manufacturers go, Suzhou Daheng is about one rung lower than CNI in terms of quality. Although US companies like Coherent blow these guys out of the water, … [Read more...]
Following Maker Faire, we’ve had a few days to poke around with Digilent's 32-bit Arduino-compatible chipKIT boards and compiler. We have some initial performance figures to report, along with impressions of the hardware and software. … [Read more...]
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