Archive for the ‘hacks’ Category

TI MSP430 Launchpad for $4.30 – Update

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 |

TI just launched a cheap and easy to use development tool based on the MSP430 low power microcontroller. The Launchpad includes a development board, 2 programmable MSP430 micrcontrollers and a mini USB cable.

Power Supply Connector Paper Clip Hack

Friday, June 11th, 2010 |

Ever come across a power supply where you had to needle in your power cables into tiny terminal holes – and all you had were IC and alligator clips? What if you wanted to power a number of boards from the same supply?
Here is a simple hack which will allow you to connect, wrap , group quite a few power cables in parallel… and all you need is a paper clip. Two paper clips to be precise to connect to the positive and negative terminals.

Microchip Explorer 16 Development Kit Hacks

Sunday, June 6th, 2010 |


The Explorer 16 is Microchip’s controller development boards for evaluating its 16 and 32-bit microcontrollers. While searching the web for reviews about the baord and its feasability, I came across [P]hillip Burgess’ website detailing some cool hacks that can be done on the board and also save you money.

The Jerker : The Ultimate Geek Desk / Workbench

Monday, December 21st, 2009 |

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The IKEA Jerker desk. I spend alot of time in this space. The setup uses two Ikea Jerker desks – combined. I just swing between them depending on what I’m working on.

Reversing a Hacker Style Brushless Motor 20-22L.

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |

Brushless_Hacker_Style_Outrunner_20-22L_Shaft_CirclipThe Hacker Style Brushless(20-22L) motor finds a very common use in Quadcopters. Unfortunately the only way to mount the motor on a frame is to reverse the shaft so that the mounting holes can be used for what they were meant for..mounting.

Surfing the Web with a 1964 300baud Acoustic Coupled Livermore modem.

Thursday, May 28th, 2009 |

This hack is so impressive that I had to put it up here. I am really surprised that a dated piece of hardware[circa 1964] can still work with today’s technology. [p]hreakMonkey got his hands on a Livermore acoustic modem and managed to get it online and download a Wikipedia page. What’s really amazing is that [...]

Controlling the Nikon D40 with gphoto2

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 |

gphoto2 is a neat little command line interface to talk to digital cameras. The Nikon D40 DSLR is also supported. I was not able to find a good guide on interfacing the D40 to gphoto, so I wrote this down for reference. Installing gphoto2 1. I have Fedora10 installed on my laptop. Running the following [...]

Digital Picture Frame Hacking Roundup

Saturday, March 7th, 2009 |

With all the nice hacks on digital picture frames scattered around the web, I decided to put them all in one place for reference. Due thanks to all the hackers out there who put their work out for everyone to see. It’s the joy in reverse engineering. For some of the hacks I’ve included a [...]

Taking Apart the ATV-360 EyePiece [Head Mounted Display]

Saturday, February 14th, 2009 |

As promised, after taking apart the ATV-360 Spy Video here, this is a follow-up on taking apart the Head Mounted Display[HUD]. The HUD has some very interesting DIY parts and ideas which you can try out. Maybe a cool wearable. The details on all the parts used are at the end of the post and [...]

Hacking the Hannah Montana Photocube – Almost!

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 |

Things with LCDs are very interesting. I found a Hannah Montana Digital Photocube on sale and decided to look what’s inside it. Good for a day of hacking :) First a description: Storage capacity: 8 M bit (Up to 70 photos) Resolution: 128×128 dpi Display: 1.5-inch color LCD Supported File Format: JPG (JPEG),BMP, GIF, PNG, [...]

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Welcome to my place on the web. I note down anything interesting most of them relating to my experiences, Tech, To-dos, How-tos and various hacks. Most of my time is spent in tinkering around with hardware, building robots and working with DSPs.More

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