Hackaday Podcast · 1 Feb 2019 · 39m
Hackaday editors Mike Stish and Elliot Williams discuss several hardware hacks, including Mike's experience with the STM32F103 'Blue Pill' microcontroller and the OpenCM3 library, and a project by Evdim that abuses 2512 SMD resistors as strain gauges for 3D printer bed leveling. They also review a Sega Genesis-inspired synthesizer by Thea Flowers using the YM2612 chip, a cardboard card sorter by Masamato, and an article on the rise of mainstream exoskeletons for medical and industrial use. Finally, they analyze Jenny's reporting on airport drone sightings, questioning the lack of evidence and suggesting mass hysteria or misidentified police helicopters.
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Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the technical implications of the 2038 time bug, the utility of the 'single-file libraries' GitHub repository for embedded development, and Christopher's hands-on MIDI project using an STM32 NUCLEO-144 board. Elecia also shares her exploration of Tiny ML for PID controller tuning and her attempt to apply for a NASA NIAC grant using curved crease origami for sensor systems.
Andrei Chichak, who teaches Embedded Wednesdays using STM32F401C-Discovery boards, and Chris Svec, an embedded software engineer at iRobot, join hosts Alicia and Chris White to announce the launch of the Embedded.fm blog. The group discusses their respective educational initiatives, with Chichak guiding students from blinking LEDs to self-balancing robots and Svec developing an 'Embedded Software Engineering 101' curriculum. They also preview White's upcoming book on taking apart toys like BB-8 and quadcopters, aiming to create a centralized community resource for embedded engineering education and news.
The host reviews several maker projects and products, including a hack of e-ink price tags from Maker's Fun Duck and a low-cost flex sensor alternative using an LDR created by a student at Gord Payne's High School. He announces the November Electromaker of the Month winners, highlighting Liminus Reductor's modular robot dog, a plant-identifying wrist device by 'donuts or else', and a hexabit-based distance meter. The episode also covers new hardware releases such as the Inkplate 2 e-paper kit, a Raspberry Pi prototyping breakout kit on Kickstarter, Elephant Robotics' Arduino-based Ultra Arm P340, and the Raspberry Pi Camera Module v3.
The host reviews several maker projects and crowdfunding campaigns, including a pneumatic soft robot tentacle controlled by an Arduino Nano BLE Sense and a DIY Stream Deck alternative called the Infinite Deck using an ESP32 and Ducky Script. He highlights Bela's Gliss, a pressure-sensitive Eurorack module based on an STM32, and the EsPiFF board, which combines an ESP32 and RP2040 in a Raspberry Pi form factor. The episode concludes with a look at the OKdo x Raxda ROCK 5 Model B, a powerful single-board computer featuring a Rockchip 3588 SoC.
Hosts Minja, Costillo, and Alvaro review their year, highlighting conferences like Supercon and DEFcon, and discussing the rise of edge machine learning on microcontrollers like the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. They detail hands-on reverse engineering experiences, including using an X-ray van from True View to inspect PCBs and learning chip decapping with John McMaster and Nanographs. The conversation also covers the implications of deep fakes, the repeal of net neutrality, and future goals involving KiCad PCB design and open-source robotics.
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