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While the average computer user likely hasn’t given much thought to the lowly serial port in decades, the same can’t be said for the hardware hacker. Cheap serial-to-USB adapters are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/04/samd11-provides-two-serial-ports-for-price-of-one/)
Hi, my name is Dan and I’m a crimpoholic. Honestly, I didn’t know I was a serial abuser of crimping tools until this weekend. I’ve been working on a small …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/04/confessions-of-a-crimpoholic/)
Ultrasonic levitation — the practice of creating a standing wave between two ultrasonic sources and positioning lightweight objects such that they can float in the pressure minimums between them — …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/04/levitate-the-ne555-way/)
Above our heads, the atmosphere is a complex and unpredictable soup of gasses and charged particles subject to the influence of whatever the Sun throws at it. Attempting to understand …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/04/monitor-space-weather-and-the-atmosphere-with-your-cellphone/)
Rubber Band “Slide Rule” Doesn’t Slide, but Rotates
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/04/rubber-band-slide-rule-doesnt-slide-but-rotates/
Around here we mostly enjoy slide rules. We even have our own collections including some cylindrical and circular ones. But [Mathologer] discusses a recent Reddit post that explains a circular …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/04/rubber-band-slide-rule-doesnt-slide-but-rotates/)
It seems like large-screen cheap meters are really catching on. [TheHWcave] does a very detailed review of a KAIWEETS KM601, which is exactly the same as a few dozen other …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/04/detailed-big-screen-multimeter-review/)