via Hackaday: Portable Solder Paste Station Prevents Smears With Suction
Applying solder paste to a new custom PCB is always a little nerve-racking. One slip…
Category: 3D printing
via Hackaday: New Study Looks at the Potential Carcinogenicity of 3D Printing
We’ve all heard stories of the dangers of 3D printing, with fires from runaway hot…
via Hackaday: Replacing Selenium Rectifiers
Old radios often had selenium rectifiers to convert AC to DC. The problem is that…
New tech enables 3D printing electronics without semiconductors
Researchers at MIT have unexpectedly stumbled upon a way to 3D print active electronics –…
via Hackaday: Usagi Electric’s Paper Tape Reader is Ready to Hop With the Tube Computer
After previously working out a suitable approach to create a period-correct paper tape reader for…
via Hackaday: Portable Multi-SDR Rig Keeps Your Radios Cool
With as cheap and versatile as RTL-SDR devices are, it’s a good idea to have…
via Hackaday: The Apple Watch As An Ammeter
Your shiny new personal electronic device is likely to be designed solely as an app…
via Hackaday: 3D Printed Electronics Breadboard
The printed breadboard cover as seen from the bottom. (Credit: CHEP, YouTube) Does it make…
via Hackaday: SWD Interface Simplifies Debugging
The proliferation of microcontrollers has made it easier than ever to add some smarts to…
via Hackaday: A simple 6DOF Hall Effect ‘Space’ Mouse
The 3DConnexion Space mouse is an interesting device but heavily patent-protected, of course. This seems…
via Hackaday: Using a 2D Scanner to Make 3D Things
wanted to clone some model car raceway track and realised that by scanning…
via Hackaday: You Can 3D Print Yourself Some Simple Magnetic Switches
Permanent magnets aren’t typically switchable. They’re always doing their magnet thing. However, if you align…
via Hackaday: Open Source Liquid Rocket Reaches for the Sky
Since the very beginning, solid-propellants have been the cornerstone of amateur rocketry. From the little…
via Hackaday: Simulating Air Flow for 3D Printing
You’ve probably heard that a 3D printer is capable of producing its own replacement parts….
via Hackaday: Unusual Tool Gets an Unusual Repair
In today’s value-engineered world, getting a decade of service out of a cordless tool is…
via Hackaday: Open Source Residential Energy Storage
Battery news typically covers the latest, greatest laboratory or industry breakthroughs to push modern devices…
via Hackaday: Globe-Shaped World Clock Is A 3D-Printed Mechanical Marvel
Time zones are a complicated but necessary evil. Humans like the numbers on the clock…
via Hackaday: A Tiny Knob Keeps You In Control
There are many forms of human interface device beyond the ubiquitous keyboard and mouse, but…
via HACKADAY: Old Knobs with a Cast of Thousands
You have an old radio — in the case of , a Stromberg…
via HACKADAY: Printed Case Lets Pair of RTL-SDRs Go Mobile
We’ll admit to not fully knowing what has planned for the pair of…
via HACKADAY: GitHub Hosts Ham Radio
has been busy creating version two of a homebrew all-band ham radio transceiver. The…
Via AMSAT: AMSAT CubeSatSim Beta Release – v1.3
You might have heard about it or seen it at Hamvention or Symposium, but the…
via HACKADAY: Skip the Radio with This Software-Defined Ultrasound Data Link
We know what you’re thinking: with so many wireless modules available for just pennies, trying…
via HACKADAY: Brand-New PCB Makes Replica TRS-80 Possible
If like us, you missed out on the TRS-80 Model I back when it first…