This unit is capable of indicating the water level of a tank using ultrasonic sensor readings. Levels are indicated by color changing WS2812 LEDs and critical levels and errors are further indicated by beeper alarms.
Month: August 2020
How Cartridges worked on the Nintendo Game Boy | MVG
A closer look at how Cartridge’s work on the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color
You can now play an ultra-rare Quake arcade cabinet at home
Since its 1996 PC release, id’s seminal shooter Quake has been ported to everything from flip phones and smartphones to game consoles and Web browsers. But even many serious fans of the series don’t know about Quake Arcade Tournament Edition (Quake ATE), an officially licensed version of the game that ran on custom arcade cabinets.
Even among those who know about it, few ever got a chance to play it during the brief time it was in arcades, and hardware-based DRM built into the cabinet meant the game wasn’t playable on home emulators. That state of affairs now seems set to change thanks to the recent release of a Windows executable that can decrypt the data dumped from those aging arcade hard drives for play on a modern home computer.
TinyPilot: Build a KVM Over IP for Under $100
TinyPilot is my inexpensive, open-source device for controlling computers remotely. It works even before the operating system boots, so I use TinyPilot to install new OSes and debug boot failures on my bare metal homelab servers.
This post details my experience creating TinyPilot and shows how you can build your own for under $100 using a Raspberry Pi.
S42B closed loop stepper motors – No more layer shifts!
If you’ve ever had a failed print from a layer shift, you know how frustrating it can be. Traditionally 3D printers use open loop stepper motors, which means if they lose steps, the printer doesn’t know and can’t compensate. The Bigtreetech S42B is a closed loop stepper motor, which means it monitors the position of the stepper and will compensate for errors. This means no more layer shift failures.
Netflix is testing a ‘Shuffle’ button, because you’re tired of picking what to watch
Does your Netflix home screen — you know, the one with your user profiles — now have a “Shuffle Play” button?
That’s because Netflix is actually planning to bring a shuffle feature to its collection of streaming movies and TV shows, letting you avoid yet another argument with your spouse/housemate/partner/etc about what you’ll be watching this evening. The company tells us it’s actually been running this test since July.
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The Ultimate Storage Monster: 32 SATA Ports On A Single Motherboard
Onda has two very peculiar motherboards in the company’s arsenal. The B250 D32-D3 and B250 D32-D3 IPFS motherboards both sport up to 32 SATA ports each.
Chinese motherboard vendors are widely known for creating unorthodox products. For example, Soyo put out an H310C motherboard that supports up to four generations of Intel processors, or Huananzhi, which slapped DDR3 and DDR4 slots on an X99 motherboard. The list of unconventional motherboards continues to expand with Onda’s B250 D32-D3 motherboard.
Can you fit a whole game into a QR code?
In my headcanon, Hannah Montana was a brilliant x86 assembly programmer on the down low. Hey you never know, leading double lives was her specialty right?
3D QR Code Generator, So You Can 3D Print Custom QR Codes
Want to have your WiFi as a QR Code sign in your home for quests? Looking to display a massage or provide information via a clean “modern” application?
Check out the 3D QR Code generator that can export to STL!
Meet the Miller Lite Cantroller, a Gamepad that’s Also a Full Can of Beer
It’s a beer can, it’s a game controller, it’s a very strange piece of promotional material.