Hardware Podcasts

Ep057: Dismantled LCD Panels, Unexpected Dynamometer, a Flappy POV, and Dastardly Encryption

Hackaday Podcast · 6 Mar 2020 · 58m

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss several hardware hacks, including Elliot's Belgrade FPGA workshop shield which uses a novel analog mixing technique for digital signals, and a Tetris clone on an Arduino Nano that generates analog video and audio without a DAC. They also cover an iMac teardown where the backlight was removed to create a transparent display art piece, and a complex DIY dynamometer built from a motor and kitchen scale to measure torque. The episode concludes with a discussion on the Crypto AG espionage saga and the utility of modern scientific calculators like the HP Prime.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Crypto AG, NSA, CIA
Products
Belgrade workshop shields, Arduino Nano, iMac, HP Prime
Chips
FPGA
Tools
units
Also
Jan Razik, Carl Buegga, Jeremy Fielding

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