And finally, Erich Styger's back with another MetaClockClock - this time using 78 clock faces to display the time, animations, or text.
Or why not connect two together over RS-485? (Maybe because building 'em takes three months and costs $1,500 in parts?)
I'm very much loving how many cyberdecks/writerdecks/terminals I'm seeing that use actual honest-to-goodness CRT displays - like this one, which is built around a Samsung tube salvaged from a dead portable TV.
Y'know those little photoresistors? The ones that change resistance according to ambient light? Well... that's a camera sensor, right? A single-pixel camera sensor?
Well, here's a camera built around that idea. It works, if you're patient enough: you're looking at around eight hours for a single exposure(!)
Oh, and the image is "developed" in a spreadsheet, because why not at this point?
Another Altoids tin project, next - and this time it's a fully-functional #RaspberryPi terminal, complete with neato (if slow) electrophoretic ePaper display and internal battery.
It's a bank holiday here in the UK, so you know what that means!
Absolutely nothing, 'cos I'm freelance!
First up on #Hackster today: there are "counterfeit" #RaspberryPi 5 boards in the market, likely bought as 1GB models and upgraded to 4GB/8GB/16GB using out-of-spec and/or low-quality parts.
Raspberry Pi says buy from official resellers only, and you'll be fine.
Also! #Hackster's looking at getting me to do more video (boo), starting with one op-ed piece a month. Could be short-form portrait for the socials, could be long-form landscape - it's up to me.
If you've any ideas of things you think you could stand to watch me drone on about, I'm open to suggestions!
8086YES! is back, and this time it's a no to 8086: the BOOK II is a TTL-based Apple II clone with a whole bunch of upgrades including a Z80 SoftCard for CP/M goodness... in a netbook-like (chunky) laptop chassis.
Not going to lie, I'm kinda tempted.
Lovely twist on one of Un Kyu Lee's Micro Journal #cyberdeck designs next, and it appeals to me personally 'cos I *love* split ergo keyboard layouts.
#Technology #News #Hackster #3DPrinting #RaspberryPi #Makers
Was nearly nice and early with today's #Hackster round-up, the first of the month - then there was a power cut. I really need to get the network infra on UPS...
Anyway, first up: new App Lab for #Arduino UNO Q users, with the ability to make your own "Bricks" - think distributable Python libraries with or without a bundled Docker container.
And finally, a drop-in upgrade for old Google Home Minis which removes the cloud requirement and retools them for use with #HomeAssistant - and it's #OpenHardware, too.
Gareth Halfacree
