Hackaday Podcast · 12 Sept 2019 · 58m
Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams review the 2019 Hackaday Prize finalists, highlighting projects like the Axiom 100kW motor controller and the Power One breadboard power supply. They discuss Ben Krasnow’s cryogenic drill bit treatment, non-planar 3D printing techniques, and an ESP8266-based water meter reader. The episode also covers Padauk microcontrollers, massive LED cubes, radiation monitoring projects, and a deep dive into the Ada programming language.
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Ben Hencke, founder of ElectroMage, discusses his Pixelblaze WiFi LED controller, which is based on the ESP8266 microcontroller and drives DotStar (APA102) LEDs. He explains how he reduced the iteration cycle for LED programming by using a web-based expression parser that compiles math into a stack machine executed on the chip. Hencke details the transition from hobbyist projects like a Wi-Fi hat and the Synthia synthesizer to selling hardware on Tindie, covering challenges in sourcing components, international shipping, and pricing. He also describes his nightlight project using laser-cut acrylic and 3D printed brackets, highlighting the benefits of APA102 global brightness for subtle lighting effects.
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