# Ep 280: TV Tubes as Amplifiers, Smart Tech in Sportsballs, and Adrian Gives Us the Fingie

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2024-07-19
- Length: 55m
- Episode: 280
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-07-19-ep-280-tv-tubes-as-amplifiers-smart-tech-in-sportsballs-and-adrian-gives-us-the
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-280-tv-tubes-as-amplifiers-smart-tech-in-sportsballs-and-adrian-gives-us-the-fingie

## Summary

Hosts Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney review a diverse range of hardware hacks, including PCB repair techniques by Mr. Solderfix, the reverse engineering of a Chinese IP camera's firmware by Alex Porto, and the use of a CRT as an audio amplifier. They also discuss Adrian Perez's 'Fingy' 3D-printed robotic finger, the historical scaling of the Bell System, and the integration of smart sensors into sports balls for the Euros.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-07-19-ep-280-tv-tubes-as-amplifiers-smart-tech-in-sportsballs-and-adrian-gives-us-the#t=1) Introduction and Contest News
- [8:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-07-19-ep-280-tv-tubes-as-amplifiers-smart-tech-in-sportsballs-and-adrian-gives-us-the#t=493) PCB Repair and Hydroelectric Dam
- [18:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-07-19-ep-280-tv-tubes-as-amplifiers-smart-tech-in-sportsballs-and-adrian-gives-us-the#t=1089) IP Camera Firmware Reverse Engineering
- [24:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-07-19-ep-280-tv-tubes-as-amplifiers-smart-tech-in-sportsballs-and-adrian-gives-us-the#t=1483) CRT Audio Amplifier and Robotic Fingers
- [34:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-07-19-ep-280-tv-tubes-as-amplifiers-smart-tech-in-sportsballs-and-adrian-gives-us-the#t=2055) Bell System History and Quick Hacks
- [42:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-07-19-ep-280-tv-tubes-as-amplifiers-smart-tech-in-sportsballs-and-adrian-gives-us-the#t=2554) MicroPython and Smart Sports Balls

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Alex Porto (other)
- Adrian Perez (other)
- Fingy (product)
- Micro Python (other)
- Circuit Python (other)
- VL53L5CX (chip)
- LM386 (chip)
- AT&T (company)
- LIGO (company)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [When the TV watches you](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2017-02-10-when-the-tv-watches-you) (The Amp Hour)
- [Rubber Ducking](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-09-30-rubber-ducking) (The Amp Hour)
- [197: Smell the Transistor](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-04-26-197-smell-the-transistor) (Embedded.fm)
- [85: Stalked by Hoopers and Engineers](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2015-01-21-85-stalked-by-hoopers-and-engineers) (Embedded.fm)
- [Look at nature and meet nerds](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2017-03-13-look-at-nature-and-meet-nerds) (The Amp Hour)

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