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mossmann's blog
Personal blog · ossmann.blogspot.comhardwaresystems
mossmann's blog is a personal blog at ossmann.blogspot.com about hardware and systems. Since 2010, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “A pink $16 pocket spectrum analyzer”. The last post was in 2014, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Michael Ossmann's blog covers hobbyist hardware projects: a business card that doubles as a PCB LAN tap, and a $16 pocket spectrum analyzer built on the IM-Me toy.
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.
I am a terrible blogger
Most-linked posts?
- A pink $16 pocket spectrum analyzer3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-12-13
- Throwing Star LAN Tap2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-02-21
What Hacker News says?
This is cool, but I like Michael Ossmann's better. http://ossmann.blogspot.com/2011/02/throwing-star-lan-tap.ht... PCB board for a LAN tap. Definitely one of the coolest business cards I've received- particularly at a hacker con.
Comment linking /2011/02/throwing-star-lan-tap.html
on “An engineer's emergency kit business card”Submitted A pink $16 pocket spectrum analyzer as a story · 115 points
HN discussionSpeaking of hacked together RF toys, I picked up an IM-Me toy a few years ago just so I could play around with Michael Ossmann's "$16 spectrum analyzer". I was able to see (poorly) the transmissions from my wireless weather station with it. http://ossmann.blogspot.com/2010/03/16-pocket-spectrum-analy... There is also a five part series on Youtube talking about what else you can do with the IM-Me. It is pretty amazin…
Comment linking /2010/03/16-pocket-spectrum-analyzer.html
on “DIY Spectrum Analyzer 0 to 1750MHz (1999)”Submitted Throwing Star LAN Tap as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted A $16 pocket spectrum analyzer (2010) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted HackRF: low cost, software-defined radio project as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted HackRF Jawbreaker as a story · 1 points
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