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Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts) Mon Mar 4, 2013, 09:44 PM Mar 2013

what about a HARDWARE group?

DU has (paraphrasing) 'help & support', 'mac users', 'lib tech' and 'codemonkey' groups.. but no 'hardware hackers' group? whazzupwiTHAT? every decent software hacker i know has had occasion to degauss their self. before poking their fingers around in the guts of someone's precious. usually their own.

how many of you have 'touched' a power supply or some other grounded object in the last, say, week? show of hands?

how many own a grounding strap?

a soldering iron?

an fpga or the like?

how many saw a rack today?

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what about a HARDWARE group? (Original Post) Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 OP

Last week I built a DVD burner with a pencil, a beer can, a piece of flint and a dirty sock. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #1

man if you did that then you win. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #3

I saw a couple racks today. Scuba Mar 2013 #2

and i saw one so there's 3 in as many minutes. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #4

I got a pic of one set ... Scuba Mar 2013 #5

bazinga! you got me. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #6

NYC_SKP

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1. Last week I built a DVD burner with a pencil, a beer can, a piece of flint and a dirty sock.

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 09:48 PM

Mar 2013

Does that count?

I support the idea for a hardware enthusiast and hacker group.

Phillip McCleod

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3. man if you did that then you win.

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 09:54 PM

Mar 2013

i don't know what you win, but i hope it's good, mcgeiver.

last week i was reading on DU the op with the fishtank and the cameras you can control on the web? i tried it and it is awesome. i have a s.i. nexys2 next to me and it just got me thinking.. i bet there's a lot of other hw nuts here.

besides..

robots, man.

ro-effin-bots.