# Ep 150: Blackberry Runs Out of Juice, NODE has your pinouts, Rats learn DOOM, and 2021 is Done

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2022-01-07
- Length: 1h 02m
- Episode: 150
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-2021-is-done

## Summary

Hackaday Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Managing Editor Tom Nardi review the year's top hardware hacks, including NODE's open-source pinouts book and a research project by Victor Toth that trains rats to play DOOM in a VR arena. They discuss practical engineering projects such as David's modular ping-pong ball LED display using laser-cut wire stripping, and Ben Lim's use of a 3-cent PicoW microcontroller to drive salvaged inkjet printer motors. The episode concludes with a retrospective on 2021 trends, highlighting the rise of the Raspberry Pi Pico, the cyberdeck movement, and the pushback against manufacturer control over owned devices.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20#t=0) Introduction: Blackberry Shutdown and Podcast Welcome
- [3:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20#t=190) What's That Sound? and David's Ping-Pong LED Display
- [11:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20#t=700) NODE's The Pinouts Book and Open Source Resources
- [15:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20#t=937) Victor Toth's VR Arena: Training Rats to Play DOOM
- [22:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20#t=1372) lasercut.scad and Ben Lim's 3-Cent Motor Controller
- [32:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20#t=1960) Reverse Engineering a Water Cooler with Ghidra
- [36:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20#t=2206) Quick Hacks: 3D Printing, AI Label Maker, and Brain Lab
- [42:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20#t=2573) 2021 Retrospective: Raspberry Pi Pico and Cyberdecks
- [55:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20#t=3339) Restoring Lost Paintings with Computed Laminography

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Blackberry (product)
- NODE (company)
- The Pinouts Book (product)
- Victor Toth (other)
- DOOM (other)
- David (other)
- WS2812 (chip)
- lasercut.scad (other)
- OpenSCAD (other)
- Ben Lim (other)
- PicoW (chip)
- Ghidra (tool)
- Raspberry Pi Pico (chip)
- RP2040 (chip)
- Maya (other)

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- [Barilla Embraces Open Source, Tinycircuits Kickstarter, Pi Pico Iron Man, and more!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2022-10-28-barilla-embraces-open-source-tinycircuits-kickstarter-pi-pico-iron-man-and-more) (The Electromaker Show)
- [Raspberry Pi Pico DAQ, Pine64 Audio Board, Vintage Computer Fest, and More!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2022-04-21-raspberry-pi-pico-daq-pine64-audio-board-vintage-computer-fest-and-more) (The Electromaker Show)
- [PI Day, DOOM on the RP2040, Pockit Modular Computer, and more!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2022-03-17-pi-day-doom-on-the-rp2040-pockit-modular-computer-and-more) (The Electromaker Show)

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