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Ep053: 1-Bit Computer a Family Affair, Display is Actually Fabulous, and Hoverboard is a Drill Press

Hackaday Podcast · 7 Feb 2020 · 55m

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss several hardware projects, including Eckart Singh Kalsi’s sequin display, which uses a CNC mechanism to flip sequins on fabric, and Jens Christian Røstved’s WDR-1, a 1-bit computer based on Motorola 14500 chips. They also cover a hoverboard motor repurposed as a magnetic drill press by DIY King, a low-power design talk by Dave Young, and a teardown of a Soviet Soyuz clock by Ken Sheriff. The episode concludes with quick hacks involving FTDI-based debuggers and a smartwatch hack using Nordic Semiconductor chips.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
FTDI, Nordic Semiconductor, Zebra
Products
WDR-1, Shukran, CJMCU FT232H, Blue Pill
Chips
FE1.108S
Also
Eckart Singh Kalsi, DIY King, Dave Young, Ken Sheriff, Curious Mark

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