# Ep046: Bring Us Your Nonsense, Hack NES Clones, Grasping FPGAs, Music Hacks, & Fish Tank of Random

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2019-12-13
- Length: 1h 01m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tank-of-random

## Summary

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams review a week of hacks, including Tristan Shone's industrial-chic audio controllers, a fish tank-based random number generator, and the reverse engineering of mini arcade cabinets using NES-on-a-chip clones. They also discuss David Williams' Supercon talk on making FPGAs accessible to hobbyists and debunk a Peugeot marketing stunt involving piezoelectric energy harvesting from city noise.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan#t=1) Introduction and MQTT Home Automation
- [7:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan#t=466) Tristan Shone's DIY Music Controllers
- [12:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan#t=765) Guitar Effects from Record Players and Conductive Tape Tests
- [18:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan#t=1119) Fish Tank Random Number Generator and Entropy
- [23:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan#t=1404) David Williams' FPGA Talk at Supercon
- [32:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan#t=1978) Hacking Mini Arcade Cabinets and NES-on-a-Chip
- [36:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan#t=2218) Quick Hacks: FPGA Badge, Reflow Oven, and Synthesizer
- [42:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan#t=2559) Citizen Scientist Finds Chandrayan 2 Lander
- [49:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan#t=2992) Debunking Peugeot Piezoelectric Billboards and Space Power

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Hackaday (company)
- Tristan Shone (other)
- Author and Punisher (other)
- Raspberry Pi (chip)
- MQTT (tool)
- Wemo (product)
- Node-RED (tool)
- OpenCV (tool)
- David Williams (other)
- FPGA (chip)
- Project Ice Studio (tool)
- Wrongbod (other)
- NES (product)
- Peugeot (company)
- Piezoelectric (material)
- Chandrayan 2 (product)
- Sean Muga Subrahmanyan (other)
- Pluto (other)
- Blink Comparator (tool)
- ESP8266 (chip)

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