Hardware Podcasts

Ep 323: Impossible CRT Surgery, Fuel Cells, Stream Gages, and a Love Letter to Microcontrollers

Hackaday Podcast · 30 May 2025 · 58m · Episode 323

What this episode covers

Hosts Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney review a wide array of hardware hacks, including V Hunter Adams' lecture on embedded systems at Cornell, Color Vac's internal CRT surgery, and the Luminophone musical instrument. They also discuss Arrow's backyard observatory, Kalesh Sitaram's Stamp modular breakout boards, and Grumman's electromagnetic forming process. The episode concludes with coverage of stream gauges and fuel cell technology.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Grumman Corporation, US Geological Survey
Products
Luminophone, Stamp, F-14, Flipper Zero, Commodore 64
Also
Cornell, V Hunter Adams, Bruce Land, Color Vac, Arrow, Kalesh Sitaram, Al Williams

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