Hardware Podcasts

Ep065: Game Boy Hacks Galore, Cable Robo Elbow, Pi Cam Solargraphy, the Deepest Sub is Crushing It

Hackaday Podcast · 30 Apr 2020 · 1h 03m

What this episode covers

Mike Stish and Elliot Williams discuss a cable-driven robotic elbow joint designed by Scientific, which achieves a 20:1 mechanical advantage using pulleys and a reducer, and Lauren Braumman's hack to dump protected ROM from Nordic nRF52832 chips using a Python script and Pi SWD. They also cover Volzo's Pi Cam solargraphy project, which uses a Raspberry Pi Zero and smartphone lens to create digital long-exposure sun trails, and Joel and Melania Veloschoff's RC F-35B model featuring a turbine with thrust vectoring. Finally, they highlight Victor Vescovo's reusable deep-sea submersible, the Limiting Factor, built by Triton to explore the five deepest points in the world's oceans.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

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Mentioned

Companies
Triton
Products
Limiting Factor
Chips
nRF52832
Tools
Pi SWD
Also
Scientific, Raspberry Pi Zero, Python

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