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Ep 206: Busted Crypto Killed the Queen, Kicad's New Clothes, Peer Inside the Sol 20

Hackaday Podcast · 17 Feb 2023 · 1h 00m · Episode 206

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney review the week's hacks, highlighting KiCad 7.0's new features like semi-auto routing and custom fonts, and a teardown of the Saul 20 computer. They discuss an open-source FPGA audio front-end for modular synthesizers and a Visicam-based system for training custom object detection neural networks. The episode concludes with a deep dive into the cryptography that led to Mary, Queen of Scots' execution and a look at methane pyrolysis for green hydrogen production.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
RCA
Products
Saul 20, Visicam
Chips
FPGA, Raspberry Pi, FUSB 302
Tools
KiCad, VCV Rack

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