Make Flickr Pool member kc7fys shares some pics of his homegrown morse code paddles constructed of copper board, an eyeglass screwdriver, rubber bumpons, and loving care. Nice build! –Link Related: HOW TO – Make an Altoids tin morse code oscillator –Link
I posted this over at the OLPC News Forums, and decided to share it with Hackszine readers as well. Most of the time, the 256MB in the XO Laptop is sufficient. But I use yum to install software, and it can be very memory hungry. I often run out of RAM when installing more than […]
Mikes writes in – Since Make is all about great hardware projects, I figured I’d let you know about a project that aims to develop a fully VGA compliant video card in true open source fashion. Kerneltrap now has an interview online about the motivations behind the project, when the card will be available and […]
MIT has posted all the materials from their Playstation 3 programming course, if you’re interesting in learn how to program one or the cell processor click on through… Students will spend several weeks learning about new multicore architectures and parallel programming patterns, and will design and implement projects to run directly on the new PLAYSTATION®3 […]
Here’s a massive page on Molex connections and how to do terminal pin crimping, worth a read and a bookmark – Link.
George has a great page of DC motor tips, he writes – A small DC motor generates torque by creating an interaction between a fixed and rotating magnet field. The fixed field is supplied by high energy permanent magnets. The rotating field is created by passing a DC current through several different windings on the […]
Jason @ Hackzine writes – In 1985, Wim van Eck published a paper which described how the state of a CRT monitor could be reproduced remotely based on the device’s electromagnetic radiation. Van Eck or TEMPEST devices, whatever you prefer to call them, aren’t just the secret sauce in your favorite science fiction, though for […]
