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Ep 153:A 555 Teardown to Die For, Tetrabyte is Not a Typo, DIY Injection Molding, and Using All the Parts of the Trash Printer

Hackaday Podcast · 28 Jan 2022 · 55m · Episode 153

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss a variety of hardware hacks, including a DIY injection molding machine by Action Box, a 4-byte USB drive by Glenn Atkins, and a teardown of the 555 timer by Ken Shirriff. They also cover a K40 laser cutter Z-axis upgrade by Timo, a repurposed printer front panel by NYC Resistor, and the Gabuino web-based IDE for microcontrollers. The episode concludes with commentary on floating solar farms and esoteric programming languages.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Action Box, NYC Resistor, Silicon Labs
Products
K40, Arduino, Atari punk console, Raspberry Pi
Chips
555 timer, EFM32
Tools
Gabuino
Also
Glenn Atkins, Ken Shirriff, Timo, Linux, Lezex, E. Soderberg, Dave Rountree, Lewin Day, Al Williams, Dylan Beatty

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