Hardware Podcasts

Ep 235: Licorice for Lasers, Manual Motors, and Reading Resistors

Hackaday Podcast · 8 Sept 2023 · 1h 06m · Episode 235

What this episode covers

Hosts Elliot Williams and Al Williams review Hackaday news, highlighting Michael Rechton's 3D-printed quadcopter that exploded due to a battery drill, and Les Wright's use of anise extract (anethole) to create a fast optical laser switch. They also discuss DIY semiconductor fabrication using a home-built tube furnace, 3D-printed thermoforming molds, and an Arduino-powered mouse trap. The episode concludes with a semi-annual debate on Vim versus Emacs editors and a look at logic analyzers for debugging serial protocols.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Chips
Raspberry Pi
Tools
Saleae
Materials
anethole, nitrobenzene
Also
Michael Rechton, Les Wright, Vim, Emacs

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