Ep107: FTDI Plays Music, LED Dimming Ain't Easy, Measuring Poop Calories, and Sketchy Laser Cutters
Hackaday Podcast
English - February 26, 2021 16:30 - 53 minutes - 60.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsTechnology 3dprinting robotics computers electronics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams gab about all of the geeky things. We had a delightful time watching NASA bring Perseverance down to the Red planet. In Kristina's words, we pour one out for Fry's Electronics. And then we jump into a parade of excellent hacks with a magnetic bearing for crooked ball screws, a science-based poop-burning experiment, and the music hack only microcontroller enthusiasts could love as an FTDI cable is plugged directly into a speaker. Smart circuit design is used to hack a dimmer into non-dimmable LED fixtures, and an octet of living clams are the early warning sensors for water pollution.