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Glen Akins
Personal blog · bikerglen.com/bloghardwaresystems
Glen Akins writes Photons, Electrons, and Dirt, a personal blog at bikerglen.com about hardware and systems. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “The Scramblepad Hardware and Protocol”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked post is a how-to on adding USB to a red industrial emergency button. The comment only describes that article's content and does not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The Scramblepad Hardware and Protocol2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-08-30
What Hacker News says?
This article shows how to modify a red industrial button to add USB. https://bikerglen.com/blog/usb-big-red-button/
Comment linking /blog/usb-big-red-button/
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HN discussionSubmitted PoE-Powered VFD Tube Clock as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cracking Open and Controlling a 747 Fuel Gauge as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Converting a WW2-Era Engine Cowl Flaps Indicator into a USB Peripheral as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Interesting Multiplexing Scheme of the Grass Valley Series 300 Crosspoint S as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Build an Army of PIC12F1612-Based Blinking LED Traffic Barrels as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Scramblepad Hardware and Protocol as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Kollsman Electric Tachometer Indicator as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Positioning a Synchro Receiver’s Shaft from a Terminal Window as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Resolving a Synchro Shaft Angle Using Modern Hardware as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Converting a WW2-Era Landing Gear and Flaps Indicator into a USB Peripheral as a story · 1 points
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