Hamster hacks mini helicopter control into FPGA
Hamster bought a cheap Infrared toy helicopter with the intention of hacking the protocol and he successfully built an FPGA interface for it. He started with Capturing the commands using a IR receiver...
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8-Channel Homebrew GPS Receiver On FPGA
Andrew Holme has created a totally made-from-scratch GPS receiver that can track up to eight satellites, all powered by FPGA. Andrew’s creation has been in the cooker since early 2011, and he has been...
View ArticleMaster’s Projects From Cornell: Gaze Tracking & FPGA Face Tracking
Happy Friday! We’ve got some fresh Master’s projects from Cornell University’s electronics school to share with you today. We’ll get right into it: This first project is by Master’s students Anil Ram...
View ArticleUsing A MIDI Controller Keyboard And A Hack To Type…Words
Hackaday’s got an interesting article up about using a MIDI controller keyboard as a typing input device. This is a very different way to type called ASETNIOP which is a newer system of chorded...
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Hacker Challenge #1: Win A $40 Gift Card To GF Store!
Hackers, are you ready for the first Gadget Factory Hacker Challenge? Do you want to win a $40.00 gift card to spend on anything your heart desires at the GF Store? Here’s the deal: YOU design and...
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VGA Out Hacked Into Virtual Boy Console Using FPGA
Here’s a new one. Retro game console enthusiast and hardware hacker Furrtek created a great hack with his Nintendo Virtual Boy 3D console. He knew the Virtual Boy didn’t have a stock video output so...
View ArticleMake Your Own Metal Solder Stencils – Here’s How
Felix Rusu’s home-made solder paste stencils are so good you’d be forgiven for thinking they were laser-cut. He’s actually using a sheet of aluminum cut from a Dr. Pepper can and cleaning it with...
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Salvaging Li-Ion Batteries To Power Your Projects
We found a cool article about salvaging lithium-ion batteries that you thought were totally dead, and how to reuse them for your embedded projects. The idea comes to us by way of Embedds.com, and in...
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Getting An Old Digital O-Scope To Output To A Computer Monitor
Michael over at AcidBourbon recently got his mitts on an older (circa 1990) digital oscilloscope and wanted to see if he could hack a way to plot the screen from the ‘scope on his computer. The unit...
View ArticleHacked, MIDI-Enabled Dot Matrix Printer Plays “Eye Of The Tiger”
Woah, this is nuts. I remember my dot matrix printer from back in the day. I remember that it simply made a lot of racket, and what a pain it was to have to tear the feeder strips off of each side of...
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