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Month: January 2020
Small Form Factor Gaming/ Emulation Build – Low Profile GTX 1650 + RYZEN 5 3600
This is Part 1 in a 2 part series In this video I put together a very small form factor Gaming / Emulation PC using an awesome HTPC case I found on Amazon known as the Goodisory A02 and it supports a low profile Dedicated GPU so a picked up as MSI GTX 1650 low profile Graphics Card and paired it up with the Ryzen 5 3600 and the results are way better then I expected! This build does an amazing job at 1080P gaming and it handles emulators like CEMU and RPCS3!
144 7-segment displays make up this delightful digital clock
Using 7-segment displays to make a clock is nothing new, but what if you combined 144 of them together to create an epic LED timepiece? That’s exactly how this project was made, allowing it to show surprisingly smooth mega-numbers and a colon set at an angle.
The build itself is controlled by an Arduino Nano, along with an RTC module for timekeeping and 18 MAX7219 drivers to activate over a thousand (1,008) individual segments.
SBC Video Editing: Raspberry Pi 4 vs Odroid N2 & Jetson Nano
Kdenlive video editing on Raspberry Pi 4, Jetson Nano and Odroid N2 low-cost ARM SBCs. Includes tips for best video editing performance on a single board computer, and a comparative render speed test — with surprising results!
How to remove buzzing/noise from a cheap Bluetooth Music Receiver? (Experiment)
In this video I will be having a look at the buzzing/noise problem that cheap bluetooth music receiver can create. I faced this problem in a previous video of mine but used an easy fix to get around it. But this time we will find out why a buzzing problem can occur and how we can fix it. Let’s get started!
Raspberry Pi C64
Mike from The Geek Pub hosts the 8 Bit Guy! In this video we put a Raspberry Pi into a Commodore 64!
Raspberry Pi 4B vs Jetson Nano
Raspberry Pi 4 vs NVIDIA Jetson Nano comparison, also including benchmarks of the Raspberry Pi 3B and Raspberry Pi 3B+. Video covers hardware specifications, Octane browser benchmark, USB and micro SD card speed tests, YouTube and local video playback, and Kdenlive performance and render test.
NAMM 2020: MEGAfm packs two Sega Genesis sound chips into a “beautifully dirty” hardware synth
The Sega Mega Drive is definitely having a moment. In the past year, its sound has been brought to the Nintendo Switch version of Korg’s Gadget and recreated in a desktop plugin, while Look Mum No Computer used the console as the basis for a custom FM synth.
Raspberry Pi 4 CRT-based VR Headset
What would virtual reality be like if flat panel display technology were never invented? In this project, Andy uses a pair of CRTs and the Raspberry Pi 4 to build a VR headset with stereoscopic 3D, 3DOF head tracking, and custom, browser-based software. It may not be practical but it’s definitely unique and guaranteed to have no screen door effect.