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Ep 144: Jigs Jigs Jigs, Faberge Mic, Paranomal Electronics, and a 60-Tube Nixie Clock

Hackaday Podcast · 12 Nov 2021 · 51m · Episode 144

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams review a week of hardware hacks, highlighting a high-fidelity DIY microphone built with brass and an Audio 1512 amplifier, and a monumental 60-tube Nixie clock driven by an FPGA and ESP32. They also discuss a 16x16x16 RGB LED cube requiring extensive jig-based assembly, a cardboard pulp molding process, and a detailed teardown of a 'radionic analyzer' scam device. The episode concludes with an analysis of the physics behind electronic miniaturization and the recent PS5 root key dump.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Products
PS5, Raspberry Pi 400
Chips
Audio 1512, ESP32, FPGA, WS2812, PL9823, FRAM
Tools
OpenSCAD, KiCad
Also
Fail Overflow, Hackaday Remoticon

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