Collaborate Disseminate
Many SMD components, including some USB C ports, have their terminals under the component. When installed, the pins are totally hidden. So, how do you solder or unsolder them? That’s …read more Continue reading Soldering the Elusive USB C Port
Back in the 1970s, Rockwell had an ad that proudly proclaimed: “The best electronic brains are still human.” They weren’t wrong. Computers are great and amazing, but — for now …read more Continue reading In a Twist, Humans Take Jobs from AI
If you’ve ever worked on a large project — your own or a group effort — you know it can be difficult to find exactly where you want to be …read more Continue reading Query Your C Code
Usually when we are restoring something with a keyboard, it is some kind of old computer or terminal. But [Make it Kozi] wanted an old-fashioned typewriter. The problem is, as …read more Continue reading Royal Typewriter Gets a Second (or Third) Life
When you hear about a switching power supply, you think of a system that uses an inductor and a switch to redistribute energy from the input to the output. But …read more Continue reading 1950s Switching Power Supply Does it Mechanically
There was a time when the simplest and cheapest kitchen appliance you could think of was a toaster. Some nichrome wire, a spring, and a mechanical thermostat were all you …read more Continue reading Fixing an Expensive Smart Toaster is Worth the Time
[Lee] has a Hakko FR301 desoldering gun and a Duratool knockoff. He freely admits that the Hakko is probably better, but he wonders if it’s good enough to justify being …read more Continue reading Comparing Desoldering Tools
Conceptually, radar is pretty simple: send out a radio wave and time how long it takes to get back via an echo. However, in practice, there are a number of …read more Continue reading DIY 6 GHZ Pulse Compression Radar
In the beginning, there was the BIOS, and it was good. A PC’s BIOS knows how to set up the different hardware devices, grab a fixed part of a hard …read more Continue reading IRC Client on Bare Metal
If you want to start an argument at a Hackaday meeting, you have only to ask something like “How much does this weigh?” or “What time is it?” But if …read more Continue reading Linear Feedback Shift Registers for FPGAs