HACKADAY LINKS: FEBRUARY 28TH, 2013

Xbox 360 manage for a toy heli

[Jason] leveraged the IR manage libraries for Arduino to utilize an Xbox 360 controller to fly his Syma S107G helicopter.

Windows 7 running on Raspberry Pi

Why, oh god why? Well, the men at Shackspace got their hands on a laser cutter that can only be driven with a Windows program. Their service was to run Win7 on RPi as a online machine.

Twin-servos for your third hand

After growing exhausted of continuously flipping over the substrate being held with a third hand [Nidal] came up with a much better way. He mounted his third hand on two servo motors to ensure that it can be positioned with a joystick.

Depopulating SMD resistors

If you’ve ever tried to eliminate little surface install resistors or capacitors with an iron you understand it can be tricky. Take a look at the method that [Scott] utilizes to eliminate the components.

Photographing the die of MSP430, Z80, PIC, as well as a number of other chips

Here’s the most recent work from [Michail] on photographing the die of different chips. You may keep in mind reading his previous publish on decapping chips with boiling sulfuric acid.

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