Cameron Coward

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(he/him) Freelance technical writer taking on new clients. Maker and hacker. Author of Idiot's Guides: 3D Printing and A Beginner's Guide to 3D Modeling

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This Compact Cyberdeck Features a LattePanda Mu

5 days ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

Ben Makes Everything built this awesome cyberdeck based on the LattePanda Mu. Raspberry Pi’s Compute Module line has long been underrated. Each Compute Module is a single-board computer, but it lacks all of the ports (USB, Ethernet, CSI, etc.) found on the normal full-size Raspberry Pi models. The advantage is in the “card” form factor with an edge connector, which you can slot into a custom carrier board, resulting in a very slim final product.
The Maker’s Toolbox: eufyMake UV Printer E1 Review

1 week ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

I hadn’t been so excited to get my hands on a new device in years, but did the eufyMake UV Printer E1 live up to my hopes or leave me disappointed? Read on to learn all about this unique machine and my feelings about it. I’ll admit that those were the first questions I had when eufyMake reached out and asked if I wanted to review their new UV printer.
This Data-Logging Battery Tester Recycles Its Power

1 week ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

Tired of wasting energy when testing large battery packs, Eric Tischer built this data-logging battery tester that recycles power. The only way to truly test a battery’s functionality is to run it through charge and discharge cycles. You want to look at the voltage at full charge, that the voltage during charging and discharging looks as expected for the supplied current, and more.
This Open Source Trigger Makes Capturing 3D Printing Timelapse Videos Easy

1 week ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

If you want to make awesome 3D printing timelapse videos like all the cool kids on social media, LayerLapse can help. 27 seconds ago • 3D Printing / Photos & VideoIf you’ve ever scrolled through your social media feed and come across one of those 3D printing videos that looks like the plastic is growing out of the build plate, you’ve seen a timelapse video.
Love Elevators? You Can Simulate an Elevator Control System with a Raspberry Pi

1 week ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

With a Raspberry Pi 4 SBC and Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W dev boards, BorisDigital replicated a typical elevator setup. When elevators first became available, they were controlled manually. They required operators, just like trains and other vehicles, to control direction and speed. But, of course, it wasn’t too long before everyone realized that manual operation wasn’t necessary, as elevator movement is very constrained and predictable.
Your Duty as a Citizen Is to Do Science

1 week ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

For a wonderful, but brief, period from the 18th to the 20th century, there was an idea in the public consciousness that anyone with intelligence and a modest beaker budget could become a scientist. There were, after all, significant scientific breakthroughs occurring a prodigious rate and many of those were achieved by individuals lacking what we today would consider proper training and education.
Controlling an RC Car Like a Racing Simulator

2 weeks ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

Inspired by VBR Playground, a “teleoperated racing system,” bitsbits connected his racing sim rig to an FPV RC car. 13 seconds ago • Gaming / Games / AutomotiveBack in 2020, Nintendo released a very interesting product called Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. It was, in essence, a Mario Kart game played in the real world with RC cars and miniature obstacles, plus virtual augmented reality objects thrown into the mix.
Learn These Lessons to Turn Your Junk Into a Junkbot

2 weeks ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

Lonesoulsurfer built this Junkbot looks a bit like a mechanical four-legged spider and it is a great source of inspiration. Have you ever driven through a small town and passed a junkyard with some kind of artistic creation out front welded together from a bunch of scrap, then wished you could make something like that yourself? I’m not sure why I’m even asking, because of course you have. But sadly, most people lack the equipment, space, and surplus of old car parts to craft such things.
Guy Dupont Wins “Best Dad” Award for Building This Unique Colorful Light Solution for His Daughter

2 weeks ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

User interaction design is a field of study and profession with a lot of depth, resulting in wildly different interfaces and control schemes depending on the desired user behavior. That can even be nefarious, with intentionally frustrating designs implemented to steer users away from certain actions (try canceling a subscription, for example). Classic user interaction design, however, is all about user friendliness and that hinges on intuitive control.
Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K Resin 3D Printer Review [The Maker's Toolbox]

2 weeks ago | hackster.io | Cameron Coward

Is the Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K a good entry into resin 3D printing or worth the upgrade from an earlier model? MSLA (masked stereolithography) resin 3D printing technology matured rapidly in recent years and the Elegoo’s newest entry into the market, the Saturn 4 Ultra 16K, is proof of that. But is this printer a good entry into resin printing or worth the upgrade from an earlier model? To find out, I tested the new Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K resin 3D printer.