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August 18, 2023 Bryan Cockfield 7 Views doorbell, ESP32, home automation, phot, privacy, SnapShot, usb

Smart Doorbell Focuses on Privacy

As handy as having a smart doorbell is, with its ability to remotely see who’s at the front door from anywhere with an Internet connection, the off-the-shelf units are not

Modular Keyboard and Custom Game Controller

Games HW & SW

June 20, 2023 Bryan Cockfield 26 Views controller, customizable, flight simulator, gamepad, gaming, hid, keyboard, modular, raspberry pi, usb

Modular Keyboard and Custom Game Controller

Most video games, whether on console or PC, have standardized around either a keyboard and mouse or an analog controller of some sort, with very little differences between various offerings

Headset’s Poor Range Fixed By Replacing Antenna

Hacks Wireless Hacks

May 27, 2023 Donald Papp 42 Views 2.4 ghz, 3d printed, antenna, corsair, enclosure, headset, range boost, usb, wireless

Headset’s Poor Range Fixed By Replacing Antenna

[rafii6312]’s Corsair HS80 wireless headset had a big problem: short range. The sound quality was great, but the wireless range wasn’t winning any friends. Fortunately, the solution was just to

MIDI Interface for NeXTcube Plugs Into The Past

Hacks Musical Hacks

May 16, 2023 Donald Papp 39 Views midi, NeXT, nextcube, Teensy, usb, vintage

MIDI Interface for NeXTcube Plugs Into The Past

[Joren] recently did some work as part of an electronic music heritage project, and restored an 80s-era NeXTcube workstation complete with vintage sound card, setting it up with a copy

Hacks Repair Hacks

May 1, 2023 Jenny List 61 Views cable plug, usb, USB cable

Recreating a Non-Standard USB Cable

USB is a well-defined standard for which there are a reasonable array of connectors for product designers to use in whatever their application is. Which of course means that so

USB Borescope Lets Doctors Hone Intubation Skills on the Cheap

Hacks Medical Hacks

April 30, 2023 Dan Maloney 64 Views borescope, endotracheal, intubation, laryngoscope, medical, usb

USB Borescope Lets Doctors Hone Intubation Skills on the Cheap

One of the most critical skills in emergency medicine is airway management. Without a patent airway, a patient has about four minutes to live, so doctors and paramedics put a

HW & SW Parts

March 3, 2023 Arya Voronova 123 Views CH552, CH554, Native USB, PDI, UPDI, usb, usb host, USB host mode

All The USB You Can Do With A CH552

Recently, you might have noticed a flurry of CH552 projects on Hackaday.io – all of them with professionally taken photos of neatly assembled PCBs, typically with a USB connector or

Hacks Peripherals Hacks

February 15, 2023 Al Williams 115 Views HID keyboard, knob, usb

Hobnobbing with the Knob

The scroll wheel might be the best thing that happened to the computer mouse since, well, the computer mouse. But sometimes you want something a little more tangible. For example,

Hacks Peripherals Hacks

January 25, 2023 Bryan Cockfield 131 Views 3d printed, display, editing, keyboard, macro, magnetic rotary encoder, pad, stm32, usb, video, wood, woodworking

DIY Macro Keyboard Wood Be Nice

Editing video tends to involve a lot of keyboard shortcuts, and while this might be fine for the occasional edit, those who regularly deal with video often reach for a

The Ease of Wireless Charging, Without the Wait

Arduino Hacks Hacks Phone Hacks

September 2, 2022 Bryan Cockfield 215 Views arduino, automation, charger, charging, phone, port, usb, wired, wireless

The Ease of Wireless Charging, Without the Wait

Historically, there have been a few cases of useful wireless power transmission over great distances, like a team at MIT that was able to light up a 60 W bulb