2025-05-07 01:00:10
This talk provides an overview of the analog circuits found in everyday devices and in many maker projects. Learn why analog design isn’t as hard as you think, and how a few simple concepts could drastically improve your next project.
Check out all the details over at Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/06/supercon-2024-a-hackers-guide-to-analog-design-in-a-digital-world/
2025-05-03 01:01:05
This talk discusses the journey one maker took through the world of haptics, starting with their first-ever Supercon in 2019. Find out how one talk led to numerous other projects, papers, and large scale digital media exhibitions.
Read more about it on Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/02/supercon-2024-turning-talk-into-action/
2025-05-03 00:27:39
It's the podcast so nice we recorded it twice! Despite some technical difficulties (note to self: press the record button significantly before recording the outro), Elliot and Dan were able to soldier through our rundown of the week's top hacks.
We kicked things off with a roundup of virtual keyboards for the alternate reality crowd, which begged the question of why you'd even need such a thing. We also looked at a couple of cool demoscene-adjacent projects, such as the ultimate in oscilloscope music and a hybrid knob/jack for eurorack synth modules.
We also dialed the Wayback Machine into antiquity to take a look at Clickspring's take on the origins of precision machining; spoiler alert -- you can make gas-tight concentric brass tubing using a bow-driven lathe.
There's a squishy pneumatic robot gripper, an MQTT-enabled random number generator, a feline-friendly digital stethoscope, and a typewriter that'll make you Dymo label maker jealous. We'll also mourn the demise of electronics magazines and ponder how your favorite website fills that gap, and learn why it's really hard to keep open-source software lean and clean. Short answer: because it's made by people.
2025-05-01 14:14:19
This talk discusses Wayne's adventures in ocean technology, from a single Arduino-based drifting buoy to deploying hundreds of ocean sensors around the world. Discover the hardware and software, lessons-learned, and the network of collaborators necessary to turn a hobby into an ocean technology side-hustle.
2025-05-01 14:14:09
This talk discusses Controller Area Networks (CAN) used in cars, trains, buses, planes, and spacecraft, but are also useful for all sorts of cases where systems need to communicate. Discover how you can use this technology to transfer data between microcontrollers and larger computers.
2025-05-01 01:00:17
This talk discusses the intricacies of smart glasses and the gamut of hardware options for displaying light, getting the photonics right, and building a head-mounted display. If you don't know why AR is not VR, this is the talk for you!
Check out all the details over at Hackday: https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/supercon-2024-photonics-optical-stack-for-smart-glasses/
