Hardware Podcasts

Ep013: Naked Components, Shocking Power Supplies, Eye-Popping Clock, And The Hackaday Prize

Hackaday Podcast · 5 Apr 2019 · 46m

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss the 2019 Hackaday Prize, focusing on product development and manufacturing readiness. They review several hacks, including a transformerless power supply build, automating a Nintendo Switch with a Raspberry Pi, and a complex servo-driven word clock. The episode concludes with an interview with Andy, a chip broker in the Huaqiangbei electronics market in Shenzhen.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Microchip, Mouser, DigiKey
Products
Nintendo Switch, Joy-Con
Chips
Raspberry Pi, MCP 4725, DG333A, WS2812
Also
Hackaday Prize, Great Scott, Huaqiangbei, Seg Building

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