Hardware Podcasts

Ep003: Igloos, Lidar, and the Blinking LED of RF Hacking

Hackaday Podcast · 24 Jan 2019 · 48m

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike and Elliot Williams discuss a range of hardware hacks, including Elliot’s construction of a 7-foot igloo and Brian Benchoff’s color art using an Image Writer 2 matrix printer. They explore low-cost LIDAR modules and passive RFID sensor research by Brian McAvoy, which involves cutting tag antennas to add sensors. The conversation also covers RF hacking of 433 MHz devices using RTLSDR and cheap transceivers, alongside software tools like SOX and FFmpeg for audio processing.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Hackaday, Tektronix
Products
Image Writer 2, LIDAR, Raspberry Pi
Tools
SOX, FFmpeg, RTLSDR

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