3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (664+ words) Before PCBs, wiring electronic circuits was a major challenge in electronics production. A skilled person could make beautiful wire connections between terminal strips and components with a soldering iron, but it was labor-intensive and expensive. One answer that was very…...

22+ hour, 41+ min ago   (464+ words) [Jer Schmidt] needed a way to put a lot of M8 bolts into a piece of square steel tubing, but just drilling and tapping threads into the thin steel wouldn't be strong enough. So he figured out a way to reliably…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (248+ words) Everyone knows that bearings are a consumable wear item, and that the power head of a vacuum likely contains bearings that will eventually need to be replaced. Yet when the manufacturer wants you to t... Everyone knows that bearings are a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (196+ words) Over on YouTube [Kiss Analog] reviews the New Zoyi ZT-QB9 Smart Clamp meter. If you're putting together an electronics lab from scratch you absolutely must get a multimeter to start. A typical multimeter will be able to do current measurements…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (330+ words) Hardware hackers tend to have loads of hookup wire, and that led [firstgizmo] to design a 3D printable wire and cable spool storage system. As a bonus, it's Gridfinity-compatible! There "read more Hardware hackers tend to have loads of hookup wire,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (359+ words) The project, which was recently featured in a video by [MattKC], replaces the original back-end services that the thin clients connected to via their dial-up modems, with the first revision using a proprietary protocol. The later and much more powerful…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (237+ words) Building Beautiful LED Lanterns With Black LED Acrylic'Hackaday [Geeksmithing] and [When Geeks Craft] recently came together for a glowing collaboration. They wanted to build ever more attractive lanterns for a local parade event. They recently discovered a fantastic material that…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (506+ words) [A device within a vertical rectangular frame is shown, with a control box on the front and an LCD display. Within the frame, a grid of syringes is seen held upright beneath two parallel plates.]One major reason for the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (376+ words) Al and I were talking on the podcast about the Home Assistant home automation hub software. In particular, about how devilishly well designed it is for extensibility. It's designed to "read more Al and I were talking on the podcast…...

2+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (161+ words) [Voria Labs] has created a whole bunch of artworks referred to as Lumanoi Interactive Light Sculptures. A new video explains the hardware behind these beautiful glowing pieces, as well as "read more [Voria Labs] has created a whole bunch of…...