Hardware Podcasts

Ep087: Sound-Shattering Gliders Pressing Dashcam Buttons, and Ratcheting Up Time

Hackaday Podcast · 2 Oct 2020 · 54m

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss a variety of hardware hacks, including a PIC10F322 microcontroller automating a dashcam, a multi-motor 3D printed water pump, and a bandsaw-blade-based ratcheting clock. They also cover an electrostatic tire wear capture concept, a 3D printed camera arm, and high-speed dynamic soaring RC gliders reaching 500 mph. The episode highlights creative engineering solutions ranging from low-pin-count embedded systems to complex mechanical designs and materials science applications.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Products
GoPro, Bunnies Be Trusted
Chips
PIC10F322
Tools
Fusion 360, FreeCAD
Also
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, DuckDuckGo, Queso Fuego, Ultra Embedded

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