2025-06-20 23:43:17
This week, Hackaday's Elliot Williams and Al Williams caught up after a week-long hiatus. There was a lot to talk about, including clocks, DIY USB cables, and more.
In Hackaday news, <a href="https://hackaday.io/contest/202866-2025-pet-hacks-challenge">the 2025 Pet Hacks Contest</a> is a wrap. Winners will be announced soon, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, how'd you like a free ticket to attend Supercon? Well, free if you <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/22/hackaday-supercon-2025-call-for-participation-we-want-you/">submit a talk</a> and get accepted. November is right around the corner, so get those talks ready.
Hackaday is a big fan of the <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/06/12/end-of-an-era-noaas-polar-sats-wind-down-operations/">NOAA Polar sats</a>, and it looks like they are on their last figurative legs. The agency has left them up for now, but won't be keeping them in shape, and if they misbehave, they may be neutralized for safety.
Since Elliot was off, Al supplied the sound, and in a bout of karma, Elliot had to do the guessing this week. How'd he do? Not bad, but there's room to do better. If you do better, there could be a coveted Hackaday Podcast T-shirt in your future.
Moving on the hacks, the guys were interested in magnets, clocks, cables, 3D printed machine tools, and even old moonbase proposals. For the can't miss articles, Al took the bifecta, since Elliot picked a piece on the machine that generated laugh tracks in the latter part of the 20th century and Al shamelessly picked his own article about the role of British ham radio operators during WWII.
Miss anything? Check out the links and catch up. As always, drop a comment and tell us what you think about the week in Hackaday.
2025-06-11 12:14:04
This talk discusses flashing custom software onto existing commercial ESP32-based products, development, and debugging using open-source Tigard JTAG hardware with VisualGDB in Visual Studio. It will also cover implementing more secure cryptographic functions with commercial-grade wolfSSL examples.
2025-06-07 11:36:15
This week, Hackaday's Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos joined forces to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous week.
In Hackaday news, the 2025 Pet Hacks Contest rolls on, but only for a short time longer. You have until Tuesday, June 10th to show us what you've got, so head over to Hackaday.IO and get started now! In other news, check out what adaptive optics can do when it comes to capturing pictures of the Sun. In other, other news, there won't be a Podcast next week as Elliot is on vacation.
On What's That Sound, Kristina failed once again, but four of you guessed correctly. Congratulations to [ToyoKogyo12aTurbo] who fared better and wins a limited edition Hackaday Podcast t-shirt!
After that, it's on to the hacks and such, beginning with a largely-printed 6-DOF robot arm. We take a look at a bunch of awesome 3D prints like guitars and skateboards, take a look at some pet hacks, and discuss brick layers in orcaslicer. Finally, we talk a lot about keyboards, especially the quickly-evaporating Blackberry keyboards and why they're disappearing.
Check out the links below if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!
2025-06-06 01:00:57
This talk explores the journey of going from an electronics prototyper to a complete systems prototyper as part of a project that includes putting an airbag into a basketball shoe. Find out how the project came to be and how it’s progressing!
Read more over at Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2025/06/05/supercon-2024-from-consultant-to-prototyper-on-a-shoestring-budget/
2025-06-04 01:00:06
This talk provides a comprehensive guide to identifying and locating radio transmitters. Learn about practical techniques, common tools, and methodologies from decades of combined experience finding, squashing, and mitigating against radio frequency interference.
Read all about it over on Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2025/06/03/supercon-2024-how-to-track-down-radio-transmissions/
2025-05-29 01:00:41
This talk explores the DSP magic that allows lock-in amplifiers to detect signals hidden below the noise floor. Learn how to use your oscilloscope as a lock-in amplifier, enabling a low-cost entry point to these niche instruments.
Check out all the details over at Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/28/supercon-2024-using-an-oscilloscope-to-peek-below-the-noise-floor/
