HackSpace

Make, Build, Hack, Create.

Welcome to HackSpace magazine

HackSpace

Enigma display

BCD Watch (binary to decimal)

Solar robot

Welding helmet

Loopie lamp

Magna Doodle Clock

Objet 3d’art • 3D-printed artwork to bring more beauty into your life

Meet The Maker: Ryan Downes • Zen and the art of building wheels

Letters

Mixtile Blade 3 • The Arm processor board that likes to play with friends

LENS HACK MAKE BUILD CREATE

CREATE A PRODUCT • Thinking about turning your electronics project into an actual product? It’s not easy, but you’ll be creating something unique and learning a lot along the way, as Phil King discovers

PARTS & DESIGN • Designing a product for others to use requires careful consideration, and you’ll need to source reliable components

THE PRODUCTION PROCESS • Getting a product ready for large-scale production involves prototyping, thorough testing, and quality control

DOCUMENTATION & SHIPPING • Once you’ve got your product made, you’ll need to ship it to customers and provide detailed documentation to help them use it

CASE STUDY: PIUNORA • How one maker turned his project idea into a successful product

SUBSCRIBE TODAY FOR JUST £10 • Get three issues plus a FREE Raspberry Pi Pico delivered to your door

HOW I MADE MAKE A 3D-PRINTED GAME WITH PYTHON • Write a Python program to design play pieces, and then create compelling gameplay with them

Alex Glow • Hackster’s Lead Hardware Nerd shows how not to create a load of e-waste

Improviser’s TOOLBOX CONCRETE • If you want to make something that lasts, build it from sand and cement. Rosie Hattersley suggests making concrete plans

LEAF-CAST CONCRETE LAMP

CONCRETE FIREPIT

CONCRETE CHESS

OUTDOOR AQUARIUM

IN THE WORKSHOP: Sublimation printing • Transfer prints onto mugs and PCBs

FORGE HACK MAKE BUILD CREATE

CircuitPython sequences and adding brightness to NeoPixels • Learn to use Python’s dunder methods to add new features to your classes

LED firefly • Learn MicroPython and create your own electronic pet

Part 02 CDP Studio: Sense HAT • Use the low-code, block-based environment of CDP Studio to read sensors on a Sense HAT

Polyhedra • Maths doesn’t have to involve solving equations, as Mike Bedford proves by showing you how to make polyhedra using card and glue

Moving beyond the K40 • Blowing smoke

EXO-S: developing a swing-wing rocket glider • Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a rocket?

DON’T MISS THE BRAND NEW ISSUE!

FIELD TEST HACK MAKE BUILD CREATE

Our favourite music-making accessories for your Raspberry Pi • Products to help you make and play music

Space Shuttle Discovery Soldering Kit • An electronics project that’s out of this world

Prusa SL1S SPEED • Convert goo into plastic parts as fast as possible

RASPBERRY PI PICO • GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR MICROCONTROLLER