# Ep 256: 0, 256, 400, 100, and 10000000

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2024-02-09
- Length: 41m
- Episode: 256
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-256-0-256-378-0xff-and-10000000

## Summary

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams, Al Williams, Dan Maloney, Christina Panos, and Tom Nardi discuss their personal projects, tools, and opinions in a round-table format. They cover topics ranging from Tom's salvaged 18650 battery protection circuits and Dan's Meshtastic mesh network nodes to Al's 1802 emulation on a Raspberry Pi Pico and Elliot's custom 3D-printed 'Springosaurus' keyboard. The group also debates the utility of the 555 timer versus modern microcontrollers, shares hacks that inspired them, and answers listener questions about their daily driver keyboards and favorite fictional robots.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=7) Introduction: Hackaday Podcast Round Table and News
- [2:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=135) What's That Sound: Listener Guessing Game
- [4:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=268) Current Projects: Battery Circuits, Meshtastic, and Lego CAD
- [10:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=645) Project Completion: Coffee Roasters, 1802 Emulation, and Educational Camps
- [13:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=833) Workflow: Finishing Projects vs. Starting New Ones
- [17:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=1027) Podcast Archive: CDs, Flash Drives, and Unedited Outtakes
- [20:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=1215) Daily Drivers: Keyboard Layouts, Macros, and Custom Builds
- [26:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=1569) Inspired Hacks: Z80 Computers, PDP-8, and RFID Tags
- [35:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=2149) The 555 Timer: Legacy vs. Modern Microcontrollers
- [38:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-09-ep-256-0-256-400-100-and-10000000#t=2304) Final Questions: Fictional Robots and Star Trek vs. Star Wars

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Batteries & low-power design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/batteries-and-low-power)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Hackaday (company)
- Meshtastic (other)
- Raspberry Pi Pico (chip)
- 18650 (other)
- Bricklink Studio (tool)
- ZMK (other)
- Gigatron (other)
- Zyomi (product)
- Universal Radio Hacker (tool)
- 555 timer (chip)
- ATtiny (chip)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [PITA Package](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2020-05-17-pita-package) (The Amp Hour)
- [Timing is Everything](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-08-31-timing-is-everything) (The Amp Hour)
- [181: Work on It for Ten Years](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2016-12-30-181-work-on-it-for-ten-years) (Embedded.fm)
- [The Electromaker Show Returns! Pico W, Budget Arduino Gamepad, and more!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2022-07-15-the-electromaker-show-returns-pico-w-budget-arduino-gamepad-and-more) (The Electromaker Show)
- [405: Bacta Tank for Your Brain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-03-11-405-bacta-tank-for-your-brain) (Embedded.fm)

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