2013

Hacked Gadgets Easter Egg Hunt

  We have received more than enough correct entries, the contest is now closed. Winners will be announced soon. Thanks for participating!   Let the hunt begin. The image above has been inserted into a post from 2011, be one of the first 10 to find it and send it in and you will win a breadboard power supply. This contest will run until 10 correct entries have been received.

DIY Ethernet Temperature and Humidity Logger

  Kerry Wong just finished his latest project, it is an Ethernet Temperature and Humidity Logger. “I used an ENC28J60 Ethernet module along with an ATmega328p microcontroller to log the temperature and humidity readings and then process the data on my web server for display. To plot the data points, I used Google Annotated Timeline so that you can easily zoom into the desired date/time range. “  

Cheap High Speed Automatic Pick and Place Machine Overview

  Remember the cheap automatic pick and place machine we told you about in December of last year? Ian from Dangerous Prototypes has purchased one and has been doing some testing on it. Looks like is a great little machine. For the low price it doesn’t come with a vision system, is a bit noisy, has limited reel locations and has what looks to be a hard to use interface

DeltaMaker - A Delta Robot 3D Printer

    If you are looking to get into 3D printing have a look at this DeltaMaker – A Delta Robot 3D Printer. Their Kickstarter was successful so it will just be a matter of time until these units are rolling off the production floor! Via: Make  “Product Hightlights: Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) using 1.75 mm filament – PLA and ABS 100 micron layer resolution capability  10″ diameter x 11″

Name the Thing Contest – 226

    The prize this week is a breadboard power supply. This contest will run for one week (March 23 – Mar 29, 2013). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject, and

PCB Milled Board

  Check out this milled PCB that Per from  Zapro.dk Blog has made. If you think those are small traces and fine work for a milled PCB you are right. Not to mention the vias are plated through. This board is for a 5X5X5 LED cube that you can see in action here. This was done using a Protomat and a Minicontac II. You can see a Protomat in action here.

Custom Milled iPad Stand

  CruddCNC shows us how he took a piece of billet aluminum and turned it into a Custom Milled iPad Stand. The CNC machining makes me jealous since my V90 CNC could make this out of wood but there isn’t a hope for it to make it out of aluminum. The result is a great looking heavy duty stand. Not exactly practice though since I would hate to know what