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Ep113: Python Switching to Match, a Magnetic Dyno, a Flying Dino, and a Spinning Sequencer

Hackaday Podcast · 9 Apr 2021 · 52m · Episode 113

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss a week of hardware hacks, including Leo Fernekes’s custom magnetic dynamometer for measuring Sterling engine power, a rubber-band powered pterodactyl ornithopter, and a spinning tape-head sequencer. They also cover an open-source audio streaming device that replaces Chromecast Audio, a Raspberry Pi-based hack to spoof a ceiling fan's wireless remote using an RTL-SDR, and an open-source electric vehicle charging controller. The episode concludes with a discussion on Python 3.10's new match statement, contrasting its pattern-matching capabilities with traditional switch-case logic, and a review of IBM's Project Debater AI.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Products
Chromecast Audio, Raspberry Pi, IBM Watson, Project Debater
Chips
Allwinner S3
Tools
RTL-SDR, Universal Radio Hacker
Also
Python

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