Hardware Hacks

Various hardware hacking ideas, generally related to microcontrollers (or other interesting electronic bits) and occasionally how one might use them in physics labs.

February 15, 2015

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What this country needs is some serious competition in the Internet Service Provider market. Really! In most developed countries one can get...
October 7, 2014

Laser-cut boxes

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I frequently build new physics equipment ---as I say, 2nd-best job in the world--- and if the new equipment is something that's going to...
June 3, 2014

Programmable Servo Controller

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This is an update on my earlier Remote key-switch operation post. These things have become rather useful around the lab! In addition to the...
September 19, 2013

The "BAD DOG! NO!" alarm

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We have a dog. He's a good dog, and very sweet, although a 70-pound golden retriever who thinks he's a lapdog can be a challenge. ...
August 30, 2013

Why should the army have all the good drones?

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This hack is long overdue. It's been at least two years since I started thinking about how (and whether) to do it, and it's final...
August 4, 2013

3D printing for lab parts...

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I reached a fascinating technological milestone this weekend. I needed some small plastic brackets to hold a sensor for a new experimental...
June 1, 2013

Radioactive isotope decay simulation

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My students need to learn LabVIEW —I know, it's proprietary software, and expensive, but until a viable open-source equivalent comes a...
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