December Roundup
It's hard to believe that the year is almost over, but here we are at our final edition for 2022. We've got a lot of great content for you to enjoy - read on - and Happy Holidays!
this edition was edited by: @atomic14
Things To Watch
Becky Stern has Made It!
Our very own Becky Stern has made it. She’s in the Maker’s Christmas present circle. Watch her video to see her recreate the Whee-Lo!
Solar Power - In Scotland? In Winter?
atomic14 attempts to change the laws of physics and run his Christmas lights off solar power
A Man Cave Makeover
Turning his garage into a home manufacturing powerhouse - where’s he going to put the car?
Lasercutting Generative Snowflakes
If you’re doing anything tedious or difficult - replace yourself with a script!
Upgrading an Old Drone
Got an old drone gathering dust? Why not upgrade it?
Save the Bees!
There’s a real “buzz” about this video. Clem has decided to try beekeeping and has been learning all about it.
Everything you need to know about Chinese diesel heaters
It’s getting pretty chilly - maybe a nice heater is in order.
Things To Read
Goodbye Mars InSight Lander
NASA's InSight lander may be approaching the end of its mission as dust thickens on its solar panels and power generation declines. Farewell to a brave computer on a distant planet.
How the 8086 processor's microcode engine works
Introduced in 1978, the Intel 8086 was a groundbreaking processor and formed the foundation of the x86 architecture. Read on to learn how its microcode was implemented.
Automated Arduino Weaving Machine
It feels like we’ve gone full circle here - weren’t punch card driven weaving machines a precursor to the modern computer?
Hijacking infrared to make a dumb device smart
Want to make a dumb device smart? Hijack the infrared control lines.
Physical playing cards which can change!
I do love an ePaper project and these programmable cards are really cool. I can see a whole host of possible applications here.
68030 prototype at 1 MHz - 18 boards of TTL
Eighteen 24”x24” wirewrap breadboards! - I did some wire wrapping back at university and I can’t imagine building something as complex as this.
Watch an ARM Running in Your Browser
We seem to have a lot of posts about CPUs in this edition - this cool website lets you see an ARM1 running in your browser!
AI Music
I’m sure you’ve all seen AI-generated images by now. This takes it a step further and generates spectrograms to create music.
Ethernet Transceiver from Discrete Components!
There are only a couple of things missing from this guy’s discrete computer - sound and networking. In this article, he starts to tackle getting connected to the world.
Closing Thoughts
This is the last edition for the year. We started off back in July, so we’ve now been going for six months! There seems to be no shortage of interesting things to read and videos to watch, so I think we’ll be able to continue for a long time.
Here’s wishing you all seasonal greetings, and best wishes for the coming year.
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