from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsVoice Control for a Vintage Heathkit Radio: Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know many people who use it often. When a transmitter is in VOX mode, it starts …read more https://t.co/O65h1hgtjV #hadtips https://t.co/6oVSNylcbi
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 22, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsPorting Modern Windows Applications to Windows 95: Windows 95 was an amazing operating system that would forever transform the world of home computing, setting the standard for user interaction on a desktop and quite possibly was the …read more https://t.co/eEKZirI46g #hadtips https://t.co/DpZrAESi2R
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 21, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsDanish Vintage LRC Meter Reveals Inside: Modern test equipment is great, but there’s something about a big meter with a swinging needle and a mirror for parallax correction that makes a device look like real gear. …read more https://t.co/PKOqiM0nNh #hadtips https://t.co/dfg7hu9eim
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 21, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsThe BBC Micro, Lovingly Simulated in VR: The BBC Micro was many peoples’ first exposure to home computing, and thanks to [Dominic Pajak], you can fire up this beloved hardware in WebXR. Is it an emulator? Yes, …read more https://t.co/5MiJo5ao48 #hadtips https://t.co/wWp70lClwR
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 21, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsM17 Digital Communications Go From Strength To Strength: The world of amateur radio is like many other fields in that there has been a move underway from analogue to digital modes. In fact, amateur radio has often led …read more https://t.co/z3gf4wObwx #hadtips https://t.co/SmVL22A9pJ
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 21, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsWho’s Afraid Of A CRT?: Older consumer electronic devices follow a desirability curve in which after they fall from favour they can’t be given away. But as they become rarer, they reach a point at …read more https://t.co/RnEiVQsh5h #hadtips https://t.co/KNEAXJxsKI
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 20, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsDelays and Timers in LTSpice (no 555): If you need a precise time, you could use a microcontroller. Of course, then all your friends will say “Could have done that with a 555!” But the 555 isn’t …read more https://t.co/1M7cuhxqIC #hadtips https://t.co/84Me8iHEuE
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 20, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsA Bend Sensor Developed With 3D Printer Filament: PhD students spend their time pursuing whatever general paths their supervisor has given them, and if they are lucky, it yields enough solid data to finally write a thesis without …read more https://t.co/KjB0V4Ob20 #hadtips https://t.co/CLrTc8DhNK
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 20, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsGit Good, By Playing a Gamified Version of Git: What better way to learn to use Git than a gamified interface that visualizes every change? That’s the idea behind Oh My Git! which aims to teach players all about …read more https://t.co/GIAawqYltc #hadtips https://t.co/wCWh5YV3s5
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 20, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsHDMI DDC Keypad Controls Monitor From Rack: Sometime last year, [Jon Petter Skagmo] bought a Dell U3421WE monitor. It’s really quite cool, with a KVM switch and picture-by-picture support for two inputs at the same time. The …read more https://t.co/peiKl87u6j #hadtips https://t.co/Aj1ZgnAb0M
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) May 19, 2024