In this video, I walk you through putting together the all-new Experimental Pi Pi Boy DMG Kit. It’s actually really easy to put it all together and get it up and running NO SOLDER required! If you’ve been looking for a Pi4 Powered Handheld this might be a choice for you.
Month: September 2020
Building an invisible PC… part 2
This shelf isn’t just any shelf… it also has a monitor inside!
FreeDeck – Open Source Stream Deck Alternative – HID, Arduino
In this video I build, flash and program the FreeDeck an Arduino based Stream Deck alternative.
The Magnetic Tape Viewer – see the sound on a tape
An intriguing piece of retro gadgetry that lets you view the magnetic patterns recorded on tape.
This Black Box Reads RFID Cards in Your Pocket
This Black Box Reads RFID Cards in Your Pocket
We finally have our hands on the NVIDIA RTX 3080!
We got our hands on the NVIDIA RTX 3080 and it’s BEAUTIFUL! Let’s talk about what you need to know before buying one…
108 Rare and Bizarre Media Types
Follow along as we review 108 Rare and Bizarre Media Types!
Soldering basics and choosing a cheap soldering iron.
The soldering equipment on eBay is actually very usable. I test a cheap generic 936 soldering station in this video, including a look inside the unit and at the PCB, and exploration of the actual iron.
One of the nicest things about these soldering stations is the ready availability of cheap parts from the internal PCBs to the complete irons and a wide selection of tips/bits.
RTX 3070 vs RTX 2080 TI Benchmark | Tested in 5 Games [4K Ultra Settings with i9 10900K]
RTX 3070 vs RTX 2080 TI 4K Ultra Benchmark comparison paired with i9 10900K. All games were run at the ultra setting with 4K resolution. Ray tracing was off. I will be uploading a separate video after performing that test.
Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM”
Last week, the fine Redditors of /r/DataHoarder got upset with Western Digital again—this time, for misrepresenting the rotational speed of their WD Red Network Attached Storage hard drives. (Although the linked post brings things to a head, members of the German-language forum hardwareluxx.de began investigating the issue more than year ago.)
Western Digital gets sued for sneaking SMR disks into its NAS channelWe found this controversy reminiscent of earlier complaints that Western Digital was not properly disclosing use of Shingled Magnetic Recording technology in their NAS drives. But the new complaint is that Western Digital calls 7200RPM drives “5400 RPM Class”—and the drives’ own firmware report 5400 RPM via the SMART interface.
