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ch00ftech Industries
Personal blog · ch00ftech.comhardwareprogramming
ch00ftech Industries is a personal blog at ch00ftech.com about hardware and programming. Since 2011, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Reverse engineering a Hit Clip (2013)”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link ch00ftech for hardware writing, such as the electronic component landscape for hardware startups and the Flash Synth project. One commenter notes it has had no updates since 2017.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Reverse engineering a Hit Clip (2013)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-09-26
What Hacker News says?
I wish there was more of this type of information about injection molding, that seems like more of a dark art than electronic assembly. What do you guys think of having the component manufacturer source the parts? I've seen some that purchase parts directly from Digikey, but I'm not sure if they pool together orders for discounts, or if they just handle the purchasing so you don't have to. It seems like they could g…
Comment linking /2013/04/16/making-55-of-something-without-lifting-a-soldering-iron/
on “What Every Hardware Startup Should Know About the Electronic Component Landscape”Submitted Lorentz forces and cheating at the Pinewood Derby as a story · 153 points
HN discussionIf you want to explore even more treasure troves, here is a bunch of other hardware-related blogs you'll probably enjoy: https://www.bunniestudios.com/ https://spritesmods.com/ https://dmitry.gr/ (has some insanely huge reverse engineering projects) https://n-o-d-e.net/ https://ch00ftech.com/ (no updates since 2017 though)
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on “Flash Synth (2019)”Submitted Reverse engineering a Hit Clip (2013) as a story · 105 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Laser Doodler as a story · 104 points
HN discussionSubmitted The enormity of choice at a Chinese electronics market as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Electrolytic capacitors and preserving a family heirloom as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lorentz forces and cheating at the Pinewood Derby as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Slowest $380 I'll Ever Make as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making of an iPhone stethoscope as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reverse engineering a Hit Clip (2013) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reverse engineering a Hit Clip (2013) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making a cooler business card. as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted QR clock prototype as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reverse engineering a Hit Clip (2013) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Spatially-Mapped Christmas Lights as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sound reactive Shutter Shades as a story · 1 points
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