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Learning About Ferroresonant Transformers While Fixing a 1970s Power Supply
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/09/learning-about-ferroresonant-transformers-while-fixing-a-1970s-power-supply/
While troubleshooting the power supply of a 1970s Centurion system, [Usagi Electrics] came across a fascinating feature of these units: the ferroresonant, or constant voltage transformer (CVT). The main difference …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/09/learning-about-ferroresonant-transformers-while-fixing-a-1970s-power-supply/)
There is something to be said for a vehicle that gains range just by standing outside in the sun. In the video after the break, [Drew Builds Stuff] demonstrates how …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/09/e-bikes-turned-solar-car/)
There is a lot to like about open software, and in some areas, a well-thought-out piece of software can really make a huge impact. A great example of this is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/09/decoding-the-8088/)
We’ve all got one: a blank space somewhere in our home that we don’t know what to do with. [James Miller] had one above his kitchen cabinets, so he filled …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/09/giant-led-matrix-fills-blank-space-in-the-kitchen/)
Type 1 diabetes remains a problem despite having an apparently simple solution: since T1D patients have lost the cells that produce insulin, it should be possible to transplant those cells …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/10/implant-fights-diabetes-by-making-insulin-and-oxygen/)
The Raspberry Pi 5 is the new hotness from the Cambridge-based single board computer vendor, thanks in part to its new wonder-chip peripheral that speeds up much of its interfacing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/10/raspberry-pi-lifts-skirts-a-little-on-their-rp1-peripheral/)