DMX512 (Digital Multiplex) is a standard for digital communication networks that are commonly used to control stage lighting and effects. It was originally intended as a standardized method for controlling light dimmers up to 512 dimming channels. The first standard version was created in 1986, with subsequent revisions in 1990 leading to USITT DMX512/1990, ANSI →
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When Life Gives You Lemons, Make A Rube Goldberg Machine is a more innovative approach to this task. Here is an entertaining video of a house converted into the set of a 9-minute long Rube Goldberg machine to make lemonade. Enjoy! PS. The Sprice Machines have been →
Uusiteknologia.fi is a Finnish language electronics and technology professionals magazine. In the newest issue have written articles on many high tech topics (text in Finnish with short introduction in English). The new number has been published as an electronic magazine that looks like a regular printed magazine. I have written to two articles to this →
Here is a tear-down of a very cheap DMX-512 controlled LED light from Wish.com. It promised four colors (R, G, B and white) with 15W power and DMX-52 controlling. It has some reliability issues so I decided to take a look inside. Here are some pics of the product first. What is inside? Opening few →
http://www.indieretronews.com/2019/10/internet-archive-adds-over-2500-dos.html?m=1 “The Archive” has had for years a massive game list from the 1970′s through to the 1990′s from systems such as the CPC, NES, MSX. They are all emulated in JSMAME in web browser. The list contains hundreds of games. Well they’ve just gone one big step further by listing over 2,500 DOS games. →
There has been questions like those on 2600 magazine Facebook group: How do you prevent your phone from being used as a bug so malicious individuals can spy on you? What’s the best way to temporarily block/disable the microphones in an iPhone. Does anyone know of a phone case with a built-in shutter? The idea →
I got a very cheap wired/wireless mic from Wish.com. I plan was to have a cheap “disposable” microphone for uses where I don’t want risking the more expensive microphone. Basically the product looks OK. The construction is plastic, but till feels acceptable for the price (less than 10 Euros on sale). If I get this →
https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/09/creators-of-modern-rechargeable-batteries-share-nobel-prize/ Nice that the Nobel prize created by inventor who made dynamite is now given to inventors who invented technology that has put small potential explosives to pocket of almost everybody in developed countries. →
Hackaday article Europeans Now Have The Right To Repair – And That Means The Rest Of Us Probably Will Too talks about an important topic: right to repair. The right to repair what we own has been a hot topic for many years. Many modern devices seem to be surprisingly difficult to fix. In many →
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-amd-hedt-pancakes,6366.html So some testers took Intel and AMD’s HEDT processors to find out, which of the two company’s high-end chips makes a better pancake? Do not try this at home. →