# Ep 335: Beer, Toast, and Pi

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2025-08-29
- Length: 56m
- Episode: 335
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi
- Listen: https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/hackaday-podcast-episode-335-beer-toast-and-pi/

## Summary

Hosts Elliot Williams and Al Williams review Hackaday community projects, including Fieldman’s automated homebrewing system that hacks an IKEA induction cooktop, and Vin the Wrench’s Zeus Filter for lightning protection using gas discharge tubes. They also discuss Badar’s reverse engineering of Ryobi 18V lithium-ion battery packs to bypass firmware lockups, and Nathan Matthias’s efforts to keep Juice Box EV chargers operational after the shutdown of the JuiceNet cloud service. The episode concludes with commentary on Google’s new restrictions on Android sideloading and a deep dive into measuring liquid levels in microgravity environments for space applications.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=1) Introduction: Neutrino Detectors and One Hertz Contest
- [3:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=204) Fieldman’s Automated Homebrewing and IKEA Cooktop Hack
- [10:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=622) Vin the Wrench’s Zeus Lightning Protection Filter
- [16:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=1014) Badar’s Reverse Engineering of Ryobi Battery Firmware Lockups
- [22:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=1333) Thomas’s Muirhead K570 Wire Photo Fax Machine
- [26:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=1571) Nathan Matthias’s Juice Box and JuiceNet Rescue
- [33:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=2017) Quick Hacks: Tire Pressure Monitoring and USB Testers
- [39:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=2377) Esoteric Picks: PICK OS, Shader Academy, and Deadbug Construction
- [43:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=2588) Google’s Android Sideloading Crackdown and Open Source Impact
- [52:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-08-29-ep-335-beer-toast-and-pi#t=3132) Measuring Liquid Levels in Space and Microgravity

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Fieldman (other)
- IKEA (company)
- Vin the Wrench (other)
- Zeus Filter (product)
- Badar (other)
- Ryobi (company)
- Thomas (other)
- Muirhead (company)
- Nathan Matthias (other)
- Juice Box (product)
- JuiceNet (product)
- NLX (company)
- RP2040 (chip)
- Google (company)
- Android (other)
- Dan Maloney (other)

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- [Space Difficulties and Lost Heroes - Wanzing Workshop Whemmle](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-11-06-space-difficulties-and-lost-heroes-wanzing-workshop-whemmle) (The Amp Hour)
- [73: That's a Waste of Bits](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-10-22-73-thats-a-waste-of-bits) (Embedded.fm)
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- [065 - Multitalented Grinch](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2023-07-30-065-multitalented-grinch) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)

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