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HackSpace magazine #39

“Introducing Raspberry Pi Pico, the brand new microcontroller from Raspberry Pi. It’s got two cores running at up to 130MHz, a flexible I/O system and it only costs $4 (plus local taxes and shipping). Take a look in …

How to Add a Laser Engraver to Your 3D Printer

“I wanted to laser engrave a clock face for a magnetic clock I am building, but didn’t want to invest in a laser engraver without knowing how much I would use it. Also the clock face is larger than …

How to Keep Drones Flying When a Motor Fails

“Robotics researchers at the University of Zurich show how onboard cameras can be used to keep damaged quadcopters in the air and flying stably – even without GPS. As anxious passengers are often reassured, commercial aircrafts can easily continue to fly …

Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety

“Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries …

Integrated Impedance-Matching and Protection IC from STMicroelectronics Simplifies Portable GNSS Receivers

“STMicroelectronics’ BPF8089-01SC6 RF front-end for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers simplifies design and saves real-estate by integrating the impedance-matching and electrostatic-discharge (ESD) protection circuitry typically implemented using discrete components. The BPF8089-01SC6 provides a 50Ω matched interface between …

Lazy 7 / Quick Build Edition

“Yes. Another one. I’ll copy/paste the infos I’ve put up on Thingiverse here, this documentation is only really needed for the led strip routing. Recently I published the 7 Segment Clock - Small Printers Edition, the first 7 …

LED Fading Effect / LED Strobe using 555

“In general, generating an LED fade effect requires a microcontroller or another expensive circuit. We have built this low-cost LED fading board using an inexpensive 555 Timer. The 555 timer is used as an astable multivibrator, which generates low-frequency pulses …

Light-up wheels: Unique organic light-emitting molecular emitters

“Researchers at Osaka University design and synthesize highly efficient carbon-based 3rd-generation OLED molecular emitters by linking the donor and acceptor modules into a ring A team including researchers from Osaka University has produced a new molecular emitter for organic light-emitting …

LoRa Controlled Garage Door

“This project replaces the WiFi Garage Door control base on an ESP2866 with a radio/LoRa version for greater range and includes a push button long range radio/LoRa remote for use from the car. Originally this project attempted to …

Magic MQTT Button for HomeKit (Homebridge)

“The purpose of this project is to use the low-cost ESP8266 module to create a “Magic Switch” that can integrate with various home automation solutions such as Node-red, Home Assistant, Apple HomeKit (using Homebridge), and many more. I decided to …