Hackaday Podcast 197: Decoding VHS, Engineering the TV Guardian, and Gitting Code Into Your ESP32s

Hackaday Podcast 197: Decoding VHS, Engineering the TV Guardian, and Gitting Code Into Your ESP32s

This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Assignments Editor Kristina Panos delighted in the aural qualities of Kristina’s brand new, real (read: XLR) microphone before embarking on creating a podcast highlighting the best of the previous week’s hacks.

This week in the news, NASA returned to the Moon with Artemis I, and this time, there are CubeSats involved. After that, it’s on to the What’s That Sound results show, marred by Kristina’s cheating scandal (listening ahead of time) and Elliot’s reading the filename aloud before we started recording. Finally, we move on to the hacks — they start with a trip to the 90s both sonically and visually, and end with a really nice alarm clock that’s decidedly 70s, and definitely Hackaday.

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Episode 197 Show Notes:

News:

NASA Aces Artemis I, But The Journey Has Just Begun

Unpacking The Stowaway Science Aboard Artemis I

What’s that Sound?

The sound was a moped in an industrial crusher/shredder, and the winner is [Borksniffer]!

Interesting Hacks of the Week:

VHS-Decode Project Could Help Archival Efforts

Retrotechtacular: Home Video Recording

Recreating The Sounds Of The ’90s With A YM3812 Synthesizer
ESP32 Projects From Northwestern University’s Embedded Electronics Class
Osprey Keyboard Lets The NRF52840 Spread Its Wings
Push ESP32 Over The Air Updates From GitHub

GitHub – turfptax/ugit: Micropython OTA update from github

There’s Nothing Square About This Rectangular Guitar

Quick Hacks:

Elliot’s Picks:

HUD-Like Clock Is A Transparent Time Display
Resurrecting PONG, One Jumper Wire At A Time
A VM In An AI

Kristina’s Picks:

Nostalgic 30-in-ONE Electronics Badge For DEF CON 30
Clean Slate Is A Vintage Amplifier-Inspired PC
Retro Alarm Clock With Nixies Is Thoroughly Modern Inside

Can’t-Miss Articles:

The Story Behind The TVGuardian Curse Catcher

History Of Closed Captions: The Analog Era
History Of Closed Captions: Entering The Digital Era

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