If you have three hours and you want to learn the fundamentals of semiconductors, [Tiny Tapeout] has something for you: An introduction to SiliWiz.
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Crazy Hacks #3: How 3 of Nintendo’s consoles got defeated by everyday-life household items
Each one of these hacks deserves its own article, and many things have been said about them already, but the unreal aspect of being able to defeat software security with very simple objects means we had to bundle these three together: This is the story of how the Nintendo’s Wii, 3DS, and Nintendo
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Machining A Golf Ball To Make A Lovely Tactile Volume Knob
Golf balls are wonderfully tactile things. They have a semi-grippy covering, and they’re a beautiful size and weight that sits nicely in the hand. Sadly, most of them just get smacked away with big metal clubs.
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Wokwi – Online Arduino and ESP32 Simulator
What features do YOU care about? Wokwi Club is where your money supports what’s important for you!
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Batocera.linux
Batocera.linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution that can be copied to a USB stick or an SD card with the aim of turning any computer/nano computer into a gaming console during a game or permanently. Batocera.linux does not require any modification on your computer.
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Using An Old Smartphone In Place Of A Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi was a fairly revolutionary computing device when it came on the scene around a decade ago. Enough processing power to run a full Linux desktop and plenty of GPIO meant almost certain success.
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Very Slow Movie Player Avoids E-Ink Ghosting With Machine Learning
[mat kelcey] was so impressed and inspired by the concept of a very slow movie player (which is the playing of a movie at a slow rate on a kind of DIY photo frame) that he created his own with a high-resolution e-ink display.
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Water Solves Mazes, Why Not Electrons?
A few weeks ago, we looked at a video showing water “solving” a maze. [AlphaPhoenix] saw the same video, and it made him think about electrons “finding the path of least resistance.
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A Wall Mounted Newspaper That’s Extra
E-Ink displays are becoming more ubiquitous and with their low power draw, high contrast and hackability, we see many projects use them in framed wall art, informational readouts and newspaper displays. [Sho] uses this idea to create a wall mounted newspaper packed full of features.
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Using STEP And STL Files In FreeCAD
If you’ve tried FreeCAD, you know that it has a daunting number of workbenches and options. [MangoJelly] has a large number of video tutorials on FreeCAD, and the latest one, below, covers working with STEP and STL with the tool.
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