Hackaday

2021-02-03 13:00:49 Manual Pick and Place Turntable Makes Board Assembly Easier
https://hackaday.com/2021/02/03/manual-pick-and-place-turntable-makes-board-assembly-easier/

Surface mount devices were once upon a time considered a huge imposition for the electronics hobbyist. Tiny, difficult to solder by hand, and barely even labelled, many wondered whether the pastime was about to hit a brick wall entirely. Instead, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/03/manual-pick-and-place-turntable-makes-board-assembly-easier/) Open / Comment

2021-02-03 09:18:27 Youngster’s ESP32 Jukebox uses RFID to Queue Tunes
https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/youngsters-esp32-jukebox-uses-rfid-to-queue-tunes/

Though kids today have an incredible knack for figuring out modern phones and tablets, there’s still something to be said for offering a simple physical user interface for little hands. To that end, [Martin Hierholzer] has put together a whimsical …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/youngsters-esp32-jukebox-uses-rfid-to-queue-tunes/) Open / Comment

2021-02-03 06:56:00 Building a 60s Toy the Way it Should Have Been
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The original Hasbro “Think-a-Tron”, a toy from the dawn of the computer revolution, was billed with the slogan, “It thinks! It answers! It remembers!” It, of course, did only one of these things, but that didn’t stop the marketers of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/building-a-60s-toy-the-way-it-should-have-been/) Open / Comment

2021-02-03 03:25:27 Arducam Now Working With the RPi Pico
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The Raspberry Pi Pico came out of absolutely nowhere, and has taken the maker world by storm. At the low, low cost of $4, packing some seriously grunty original silicon, and even available free on the cover of magazines, it’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/arducam-now-working-with-the-rpi-pico/) Open / Comment

2021-02-03 00:48:01 AM/FM Radio Gets Bluetooth Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/am-fm-radio-gets-bluetooth-upgrade/

For many commercial broadcast radio has lost its luster, leaving an unknowable number of perfectly serviceable AM/FM radios to lie dormant. But they don’t have to. As [Dan Gebhardt] shows in his recent hack, integrating a Bluetooth audio receiver into …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/am-fm-radio-gets-bluetooth-upgrade/) Open / Comment

2021-02-02 22:45:46 Building An Ultrasonic Levitation Rig
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Levitation may sound like magic, but there are a wide variety of physical phenomena that can be manipulated to generate the desired effect. In this case, [Mirko Pavleski] has built a rig capable of levitating small, lightweight particles through the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/building-an-ultrasonic-levitation-rig/) Open / Comment

2021-02-02 21:38:47 Learn Bil Herd’s DIY Surface Mount Assembly Process
https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/learn-bil-herds-diy-surface-mount-assembly-process/

You can do your own Surface Mount Technology based PCB assembly with just a handful of tools and some patience. At the heart of my SMT process is stopping to inspect the various steps all while trying to maintain a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/learn-bil-herds-diy-surface-mount-assembly-process/) Open / Comment

2021-02-02 21:37:54 Simple 3D Printed Seven-Segment Displays
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7-segment LED displays were revolutionary, finally providing a clear, readable and low-power numerical display solution. We’ve got plenty of other cheap display options now, but sometimes you just need the old nought-through-nine, and in a big, visible package, to boot. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/simple-3d-printed-seven-segment-displays/) Open / Comment

2021-02-02 18:43:34 3D Printering: Why Aren’t Enclosures Easier?
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For 3D printers that aren’t already enclosed, why is easily adding a cheap and effective enclosure still not a completely solved problem? The reason is simple: unless one’s needs are very basic, enclosures are more than just boxes.
Different people …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/3d-printering-why-arent-enclosures-easier/) Open / Comment

2021-02-02 15:24:57 “Alexa, Stop Listening to Me or I’ll Cut Your Ears Off”
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Since we’ve started inviting them into our homes, many of us have began casting a wary eye at our smart speakers. What exactly are they doing with the constant stream of audio we generate, some of it coming from the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/02/02/alexa-stop-listening-to-me-or-ill-cut-your-ears-off/) Open / Comment