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Ep 155: Dual Integrating Spheres, More Magnetic Switches, PlottyBot, Red Hair in Your Wafers

Hackaday Podcast · 11 Feb 2022 · 1h 03m · Episode 155

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss a variety of hardware projects, including a 3D-printed model of the James Webb Space Telescope's mirror actuators by Zachary Tong, which features flexures for fine and coarse adjustment. They also cover PlottyBot, a refined drawbot by Ben that uses a Raspberry Pi and Python for handwriting capture, and two different approaches to magnetic keyboard switches: Riskables' void switch and Famicu's resin-printed design. The episode concludes with a discussion on DIY integrating spheres using barium sulfate for laser calibration and flashlight testing, and a story about an operator's beard hair causing wafer prober failures.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Products
James Webb Space Telescope, PlottyBot, Cry 2001, PDP-8, Q2, Ford Maverick
Materials
barium sulfate
Also
Zachary Tong, Ben, Riskables, Famicu, Joe Wingbermuller, MSI, Dave Rountree, Maya Posh

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