Mastodawn

Just when I was wondering if there was a cheap small touch screen display with decent CPU, SD card reader, Bluetooth, WiFi - that I wouldn’t have to build myself, that seems readily available, I read a PW article featuring exactly that: the Cheap Yellow Display https://hackaday.com/2023/10/28/cheap-yellow-display-builds-community-through-hardware/ - about £10.

I have a Cunning Plan (one in a series of Cunning Plans).

“Cheap Yellow Display” Builds Community Through Hardware

For the most part, Hackaday is all about hardware hacking projects. Sometimes, though, the real hack in a project isn’t building hardware, but rather building a community around the hardware.…

Hackaday

Robin Davies Mar 11

Søren Kjærsgaard Mar 11

Driving a LED at sub-nA currents, allows me to measure single photons, thereby proving that light acts like small energy bunches 👌🏼😎😎

See my previous video if you want to know more about the setup and the PMT (Photo Multiplier Tube)

#stem #physics #testandmeasurement #quantumphysics

Robin Davies Mar 7

It so infuriates me that Amazon downgraded the (paid for!) Prime service to now have to suffer so many damn adverts…watching Young Sherlock and the ads are almost every 10 minutes😭. Money grabbing twats…

Robin Davies Feb 28

Tekniquelly correct Feb 12

Reddit post:

My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"

I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.

Robin Davies Feb 20

feliks✨Feb 19

Robin Davies Feb 11

My wife loves making boxes, using more bookbinding techniques than cartonnage. She bought a hefty amount of brass bar to use as clamps & weights…which really helps anchor the box construction as the glue sets

Robin Davies Feb 10

Portable power for QMX/QMX+ transceivers sorted👍

Robin Davies Jan 29

VE6LK Jan 29

What's in my new-to-me KX2 kit? This short video shows it all https://youtu.be/CLMbwgz8kDY

What is in my new QRP field kit? You may be surprised!

YouTube

Robin Davies Jan 23

Whisky, haggis and black pudding acquired for a slap up Burn’s Night feast. Just need some neeps and tatties now

Robin Davies Jan 18

The Cardputer ADV board arrived today for portable ft8 work. It’s absolutely tiny at < 10cmx7cm. Looking forward to building mini-ft8 for this setup
https://github.com/wcheng95/Mini-FT8