# Ep 310: Cyanotypes, Cyberdecks, and the Compass CNC

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2025-02-28
- Length: 41m
- Episode: 310
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc

## Summary

Hosts Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos review a diverse range of hardware hacks, including Cam Cheney’s handheld compass CNC, Gabe’s UV-cured cyanotype prints using a resin printer, and Gabriel Guerrero’s verifiable open-source random number generator. They also discuss Toast’s 3D-printed instant camera with a custom roller mechanism, Jay’s high-voltage water harvesting device, and Nicholas LeBonte’s Raspberry Pi 5 cyberdeck. The episode concludes with a debate on replacing Doom as the standard embedded port and a showcase of unique keyboard designs.

## Chapters

- [0:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=5) News: Hackaday Europe 2025, KiCad 9, and Hiring
- [2:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=152) Mystery Sound: Failing Transformer
- [6:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=365) Handheld Compass CNC by Cam Cheney
- [10:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=645) Cyanotypes on Resin Printer by Gabe
- [14:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=840) Open Source Random Number Generator by Gabriel Guerrero
- [17:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=1035) 3D Printed Instant Camera by Toast
- [19:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=1185) High Voltage Water Harvesting by Jay
- [24:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=1447) Raspberry Pi 5 Cyberdeck by Nicholas LeBonte
- [27:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=1677) Quick Hacks: Pi Pico, Graphics Editor, and QR Codes
- [33:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-02-28-ep-310-cyanotypes-cyberdecks-and-the-compass-cnc#t=2013) Long Form: Replacing Doom and Keyboard Showcase

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- KiCad (tool)
- Teensy (chip)
- Cam Cheney (other)
- Shapeoko (product)
- Gabe (other)
- Gabriel Guerrero (other)
- Toast (other)
- Fuji Instax (product)
- Jay (other)
- Nicholas LeBonte (other)
- Raspberry Pi 5 (chip)
- RTL SDR (chip)
- Pi Pico (chip)
- RP2040 (chip)
- ESP32-C3 (chip)
- ESP32 S3 (chip)
- Doom (product)
- Quake (product)
- Half-Life (product)
- Portal 2 (product)

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