October 2024 Update

It's spooky time - and the news letter is one day late! Sorry!

Welcome to the October 2024 Update

One day late! We will have words with the editor…

Welcome to the October 2024 Update - we’ve got a lot of entertainment for you this month including some spooky halloween action with an “Anti Social Pumpkin”.

Hope you enjoy this issue - and please do share it with your friends and fellow makers.

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Things to Watch

You can’t have too many LEDs

How many LEDs do you need? According to the The Electronic Engineer, lots and lots!

But does it run DOOM?

It’s the age old question, and atomic14 has the answer. He’s working on his ZX Spectrum emulator and just couldn’t resist it.

My First PCBA Product

Becky Stern takes us through her first fully assembled PCB product.

Old School Tech

We’re going old school with David Watts as he creates a PWM lamp.

Not very Mellow Pumpkin

Mellow Labs gets into the spirit of things with a DIY smart Pumpkin.

Bitluni is being odd

Some oddly satisfying LED magnet tiles from bitluni.

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Things to Read

Reverse-engineering a three-axis attitude indicator from the F-4 fighter plane

Always a popular blog with the newsletter - there’s more reverse engineering fun to read about here.

I made a rubbish clock

This will resonate with a lot of people who live in Europe - which bins am I supposed to put out today?

Reverse Engineering and Dismantling Kekz Headphones

More reverse engineering fun. What’s inside some Kekz headphones?

Popular Science

This is great! Every edition of Popular Science going all the way back to 1870!

RFHunter V4.0

Worried about spy cameras and other nefarious devices? This signal scanner could be for you.

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Thanks for Reading!

As always, thanks for taking the time to stop by and read the newsletter - I hope you’ve found this issue as interesting as all the previous ones.

Please do share the newsletter with your friends. And if you have any comments and suggestions, please leave us a message.