It’s actually superb the vary of fascinating talks we have now lined up for this 12 months’s Supercon. From artwork robots that burp and belch to gliders getting back from near-space, from hardcore DSP to DIY PCBs, and sketching with machines, Hackaday’s Supercon is like nothing else on the market.
And in case you’re already coming, you don’t have a chat slot reserved, however you’ve nonetheless received one thing that you just need to say, please sign yourself up for a Lightning Talk! Within the spirit of the Lightning, we’ll be taking submissions as much as absolutely the final minute, and we’ll slot in as many brief talks as doable, however when it does replenish, we’ll be giving precedence to those that received in first.
We’ve received another speaker announce developing, and naturally our keynote speaker and the badge reveal. Supercon will promote out so get your tickets now earlier than it’s too late. So with out additional ado, right here is our subsequent spherical of stellar audio system!
Katherine Connell
Sprite Lights: LED Physique Artwork
Sprite Lights are 1.5 mm thick LED physique artwork, suppose a light-weight up momentary tattoo. Be a part of Katherine “Smalls” Connell to listen to concerning the 6-year journey to create the inconceivable as a self taught maker. From a whole lot of speedy prototypes, and smelting metallic in her driveway to reflowing handmade versatile circuits on a griddle, Sprite Lights is a testomony that if you’re prepared to attempt something, you’ll be able to create every little thing.
James Rowley
Utilizing an Oscilloscope to Peek Under the Noise Flooring
On this discuss, we’ll discover the DSP magic that permits lock-in amplifiers to detect alerts hidden under the noise flooring. By making a change to the measurement setup, these units can isolate and measure faint alerts amidst noise 100 dB larger. Lock-in amplifiers are utilized in varied purposes, from delicate photonics analysis to next-generation battery analysis and quantum computing.
We’ll additionally present you methods to use your oscilloscope as a lock-in amplifier, enabling a low-cost entry level to those area of interest devices.
Nanik Adnani
A Hacker’s Information to Analog Design in a Digital World
When somebody says analog design – what do you consider? If I needed to guess I might say you don’t affiliate it with trendy expertise. And but – analog circuits and the designers that construct them play a vital position in each trendy digital gadget, particularly the digital ones. On this discuss I’ll present an summary of the unbelievable analog circuits in our pockets, and sometimes already in our initiatives. When you’re satisfied – I’ll present that analog design isn’t as onerous as you suppose and the way a couple of easy ideas can considerably enhance your subsequent venture, whereas offering examples with a few of mine.
Justin McAllister and Nick Foster
Discovering Beamo – from interference to numbers stations, methods to observe down radio transmissions
In a world more and more reliant on wi-fi communication, the flexibility to trace down and perceive the sources of radio transmissions has by no means been extra vital. From figuring out interference in city environments to the enigmatic world of numbers stations, “Discovering Beamo” will take the viewers on a journey by way of the fascinating and sometimes mysterious world of finding radio transmissions.
Randy Glenn
Sure, you CAN use the Controller Space Community outdoors of automobiles
The Controller Space Community (CAN) is utilized in automobiles, trains, buses, planes, and spacecraft – nevertheless it’s helpful for all types of circumstances the place methods want to speak. I’ll speak about how you should utilize this expertise to switch information between microcontrollers and bigger computer systems, and can current an instance utility that you should utilize as a place to begin.
Yohan Hadji
Ultralight Glider Returns Dwelling from the Stratosphere
This discuss gives you an summary of all of the technical challenges to unravel to get a sub-250g UAV to autonomously return to house after releasing from a stratospheric balloon at 100,000 ft altitude.
Zach Fredin
The Circuit Graver
All of us should attempt to reduce iteration time. Designing and testing an thought in a single sitting spawns nice issues! It’s why we go to fab labs and love laser cutters and push the 3D printers within the corners of our residences to absolutely the restrict. However circuit instruments haven’t stored up; when you’re performed mashing collectively breakout boards, your decisions of milling, conductive-pasting, or house etching all go away a bit to be desired; they’re usually messy, delicate, and lack the precision to achieve the funnest components within the catalog. Ugh, I must go smaller than SOICs, and I don’t need to wait every week for industrial boards!
Right here, I current and freely share important progress on a novel methodology I’ve been poking at over the previous few years which demonstrates the feasibility of fabricating 4/4 PCBs at house!
Priyanka Makin
Tech to Hack Embodiment
Tech continuously takes us out of the current second and beckons us into the web wormhole, however can we use expertise to discover our feelings and root us within the now and even our bodily our bodies? At supercon, I might love to speak about my Physique of Work sequence and the way I used expertise to interrogate my very own embodiment.
My Physique of Work is a sequence of tech-powered physique half sculptures that relate to my very own relationship with my physique and are available collectively to make an unconventional self-portrait. I’d like to start out my discuss with a little bit of my analysis on the origins of synthetic life, what embodiment is, and why acknowledging our our bodies is essential.
Blair Subbaraman
Sketching with Machines
Artists, craftspeople, and scientists are extremely expert makers. But, software program for making bodily issues usually overlooks current ability units, forcing practitioners to work towards built-in assumptions to perform their objectives. Utilizing examples from digital artwork, ceramics, and plant biology, this discuss will take into account how artistic practices can information the event of digital fabrication methods and communities.
Eduardo Contreras
“Cats Turned Plumbers: Embedded Linux Adventures”
A little bit of our journey deploying embedded Linux methods, and integrating drivers on the Linux kernels, from the {hardware}, to the kernel.
[If you read this far, you probably want tickets. Just sayin’.]
