# Ep027: Confusingly USB-C, Glowey Displays, Logically VGA, Hackers that Changed Gaming

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2019-07-19
- Length: 48m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gaming

## Summary

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss several hardware hacks, including Jan Enning’s art installation with failing ultrasonic sensors, Ben Eater’s VGA display built from logic chips, and Win Fong Doi’s computer-vision-enabled prosthetic hand. They also analyze the USB-C power delivery failure on the Raspberry Pi 4 caused by mismatched resistor dividers and electronically marked cables, and reflect on the history of Counter-Strike as a mod of Half-Life.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin#t=3) Intro: Galileo GPS Failure and Alan Turing on the £50 Note
- [5:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin#t=316) Jan Enning’s Art Installation and Ultrasonic Sensor Failures
- [10:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin#t=646) Ben Eater’s Logic-Chip VGA Display and EEPROM Timing
- [16:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin#t=987) Photochromic Clock and Glow-in-the-Dark Physics
- [19:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin#t=1193) Portable Soldering Power Bank and PCB Jigsaw Motor
- [22:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin#t=1356) Win Fong Doi’s Computer Vision Prosthetic Hand
- [29:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin#t=1778) Quick Hacks: Audio Steganography and Smart Bulb Hacking
- [34:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin#t=2083) Counter-Strike’s History as a Half-Life Mod
- [40:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-07-19-ep027-confusingly-usb-c-glowey-displays-logically-vga-hackers-that-changed-gamin#t=2417) Raspberry Pi 4 USB-C Power Delivery Failure Analysis

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Raspberry Pi 4 (product)
- Counter-Strike (product)
- Half-Life (product)
- Galileo (other)
- ESP8266 (chip)
- Lineage OS (product)
- Amazon Fire Tablet (product)
- Nexus 5 (product)
- Teensy (product)
- Sonoff (product)
- HomeKit (product)
- Doom (product)
- Wolfenstein (product)
- Valve (company)
- UCSD (company)
- ETH Zurich (company)
- 18650 (chip)
- TS 80 (product)
- Ben Eater (other)
- Jan Enning (other)

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