Custom Microcode Compiler, Made in Google Sheets: When homebrewing a CPU, one has to deal with microcode. Microcode is the low-level nuts and bolts of how, precisely, a CPU executes instructions (like opcodes) and performs functions such …read… https://t.co/YxfqRgx9ac #hadtips https://t.co/1512l3n1Is — 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Aug 13, 2024 from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisors via IFTTT
British Trains To (Maybe) Make Way For Steam Once More: There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few… https://t.co/hDaYs2rN1b #hadtips https://t.co/9mSBODWG4G — 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Aug 13, 2024 from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisors via IFTTT
2024 Business Card Challenge: a Battery Tester with Blinkenlights: Readers of a certain vintage will no doubt remember that for a brief time, some alkaline batteries came with a built-in battery tester. Basically, you just pushed really hard… https://t.co/PKIqEPGUl0 #hadtips https://t.co/2zwJMSF4fc — 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Aug 13, 2024 from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisors via IFTTT
Arduino PLC Keeps the Beat: For most of our prototype, hobby, or one-off electronics projects it’s perfectly fine to use a development platform like an Arduino Uno or something to that effect. They’re both easy …read more https://t.co/3G1iY8qxiD #hadtips https://t.co/z1z3SvOsHj — 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Aug 12, 2024 from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisors via IFTTT
Halfway Between Inspiration and Engineering: We see a lot of hacks where the path to success is pretty obvious, if maybe strewn with all sorts of complications, land-mines, and time-sinks. Then we get other hacks …read more https://t.co/U8WOsUXXOU #hadtips https://t.co/DjWgQRcuBP — 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Aug 12, 2024 from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisors via IFTTT