PickVidsBest Embedded systems & DIY electronics Videos
The 92 Embedded systems & DIY electronics videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 9 introductory, 38 intermediate, 35 for a general viewer, and 10 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a demo. What they share is that you see the result first and only then decide whether to follow the detail. Channels you will keep seeing include Ben Eater, Applied Science, bigclivedotcom.
How I Almost Ruined MrBeast Squid Game
William Osman describes helping build parts of the MrBeast Squid Game event, including hacking together hundreds of wifi-controlled blood packs in about three weeks.
Open Source 8.5 Digit Voltmeter from CERN: Build and Test
Marco Reps builds and tests an open-source 8.5 digit voltmeter based on CERN's high-precision ADC design.
28c3: Print Me If You Dare
Ang Cui and Jonathan Voris present firmware modification attacks on networked printers at 28c3, showing how HP printers can be compromised and used as footholds for malware inside sensitive networks.
Big Ideas: Don't get any -- by James Houston
James Houston's entry to Radiohead's Nude remix contest, performing the 6/8, 63bpm song on obsolete hardware such as hard drives, a dot matrix printer, a scanner and a ZX Spectrum.
Real Life Emoji Keyboard!
Tom Scott shows a full-size real-life emoji keyboard built from 14 keyboards and over 1,000 hand-placed stickers, covering all of Unicode 8.
Modos Paper Monitor Typing Demo
A short demo of typing on the Modos Paper Monitor, an open e-ink monitor, using 4-level grayscale to show low latency.
So how does a PS/2 keyboard interface work?
Ben Eater explains how the PS/2 keyboard interface works, covering its clocked serial protocol and scancodes.
TRON Smart House
A short video of the first TRON Smart House, built in 1989 as a demonstration of ubiquitous and ambient computing in the home.
Black Hat 2013 - Exploiting Network Surveillance Cameras Like a Hollywood Hacker
Craig Heffner's Black Hat 2013 talk on exploiting network surveillance cameras, covering how insecure their firmware is.
35C3 - Modchips of the State
A 35C3 talk presenting a proof-of-concept SPI bus hardware implant with capabilities like those alleged in the Bloomberg Supermicro story, plus countermeasures for detecting such modchips.
The most deadly project on the Internet
BigClive explains why microwave oven transformer projects are extremely dangerous, since the high voltage and high current can kill.
Color Maximite 2 - ARM CPU that runs BASIC!
The 8-Bit Guy reviews the Color Maximite 2, a modern ARM-based computer that boots straight into BASIC.
Build a DIY full-frame CCD camera
A hobbyist builds a prototype full-frame CCD camera from scratch, with open-source design files and a custom PCB.
Converting devices to USB Type-C
DIY Perks shows how to modify devices that use older USB connectors so they charge and connect over USB Type-C.
High Res Wifi Signal Mapping
CNLohr maps Wi-Fi signal strength at high resolution by moving an ESP8266 on a CNC mill, then visualizes the 3D data in WebGL.
Peter Munch-Ellingsen: Why I wrote my own keyboard firmware in Nim (NimConf 2021)
Peter Munch-Ellingsen explains at NimConf 2021 why he wrote his own keyboard firmware in Nim instead of using QMK or Arduino.
How far can I broadcast LoRa packets WITHOUT a radio? - LoLRa
CNLohr explains how he made an ESP32 produce valid LoRa packets without a LoRa radio, using aliasing and clever signal tricks.
How a Character LCD works Part 1
The 8-Bit Guy explains how character LCD screens work and how to control them directly, first part of a series.
OpenSesame - hacking garages in seconds using a Mattel toy
Samy Kamkar demonstrates OpenSesame, a device that opens many fixed-code garage doors in seconds by exploiting a newly found attack, built around a Mattel toy.
Testing LCBs (Lithium Ceramic Batteries) || The Future of Battery Technology?
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BadUSB - On Accessories that Turn Evil by Karsten Nohl + Jakob Lell
Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell present BadUSB at Black Hat 2014, showing that USB controller firmware can be reprogrammed to impersonate other device types.
This ESP32 Antenna Array Can See WiFi
The creator of ESPARGOS, an ESP32-based antenna array from the University of Stuttgart, explains how it senses phase and amplitude of WiFi signals to localize devices and build a WiFi camera.
Measure the mass of an eyelash with a DIY microbalance
Ben Krasnow of Applied Science builds a DIY microbalance from an analog panel meter with an optical servo loop.
Ben Heck's Nintendo-Playstation Prototype Pt 1 Teardown
A Ben Heck Show episode tearing down the Nintendo PlayStation prototype, one of the rarest consoles ever, with its owners Terry and Dan Diebold.