SMD components may be a little challenging for the home builder – even though the’re inordinately practical for homebrew PCBs – but if you play around with electronics and solder long enough, you’re eventually going to run into the horrors of BGA parts. instead of convenient pins, BGA parts have tiny metallic balls on which […]
Ben Einstein, a product designer and founder at Bolt, a hardware-based VC, recently got his hands on a Juicero press. This desktop juice press that only works with proprietary pouches filled with chopped fruits and vegetables is currently bandied in the tech press as evidence Silicon Valley has gone mad, there is no future in building […]
That’s a lot of qualifications, but we’re pretty sure that you can’t accuse us of hyperbole in the title: this is one of the tightest little 3D printer builds we’ve ever seen. add in the slightly esoteric CoreXY kinematics and the thick aluminum frame, and it’s a speed demon in addition to being a looker. […]
[Yezzer] has published a video of a awesome bit job he’s working on. He has interfaced the Arduino as well as the Wii Nunchuck to manage some servos. He mounted a basic USB webcam on it for great measure. There isn’t a whole great deal of information, however he does include a few links to […]
This presentation fixes the power supply of a DVD player, however the skills transcend this application. [Alan] walks us with the process of repairing a power supply (translated) on a easy consumer electronics unit. Obviously this starts by cracking open the dead gadget as well as verifying that the culprit is the power supply. [Alan] then […]
June 6th is the date of the upcoming worldwide Hackday. This time, focusing on affordable concrete interfaces, primarily trackmate. They want as numerous people to join as possible, even if you’re not comfortable with code. We’ve covered the building of the trackmate surface before, now develop one as well as get in there as well […]
want to know which way to point your WiFi antenna to get the best signal? It’s a guessing game for most of us, but a quick build of a scanning WiFi antenna using mostly off-the-shelf components could point you in the right direction. With saturation WiFi coverage in most places these days, optimizing your signal […]
If you’re into robotics, you’re most likely already familiar with the 2 motor walker. This design, typically utilized in B.E.A.M. robotics is a quite simple method to make a 4 legged walking robot. [Edwindertien] has made the style a bit bit simpler to develop with these flatpack walker plans. He utilized 4mm thick birch, cut […]
[Avi] sent in his PSP as a status monitor hack(zip). He’s using Lua on the PSP, so you have to install LuaPlayer. The computer side is written in python, so it must be cross platform. Last time we saw a psp as an extra monitor, it had a lot more capabilities, but it was limited […]
only a Human would understand the pithy sarcasm in “You had one job”. When [tterev3]’s RopeBot the Robot became sentient and asked “What is my purpose?”, [tterev3] had to lay it out for him quite bluntly – “You cut the rope”. He created RopeBot (YouTube video embedded below) for one job only – single mission, single […]