Over on YouTube @elewizard shows us how to make a capacitive sensor for the water level for a pot plant. He also shows us how to use a 555 timer and an MCU to measure small capacitances by the frequencies they generate.
Today I added capacitive, and capacitances to my spellcheck!
Our mate Piers over on @piers_rocks has added USB-C connections to One ROM. The video shows how he did it.
Water has the unusual property of expanding when it freezes. If it didn’t work like this, we wouldn’t be here!
In this video checkout someone reverse engineering a complex PCB.
As explained by Wikipedia a Symbiote is a fictional species of extraterrestrial parasitic life forms appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with Spider-Man. This inspired the fun build below.
Today I bumped into the shorts video below. It’s from @get-nlab who have an early access form for their nLab project over here: https://getnlab.com/early-access. From their pre-order page:
Get ready to learn real electronics, build real projects, and join a community of future innovators. The nLab Kit is a complete hands-on learning system featuring an oscilloscope, power supply, function generator, and 12+ guided projects designed for beginners, students, and makers.
Regular price: $199 | Pre-order price: $159
Via Slashdot, Microsoft Adds Sysmon To Windows we hear from The Register that, Microsoft actually does something useful, adds Sysmon to Windows. I don’t use Windows much these days but this seems like a sensible decision to me.
I have a new post on Hackaday: [Yang-Hui He] Presents To The Royal Institution About AI And Mathematics.
Today I added the recursive base case for n=0 to the Factorial article on Wikipedia.