Collaborate Disseminate
Often, we need to power a 5V-craving project of ours on the go. So did [Burgduino], and, unhappy with solutions available, designed their own 5V UPS! It takes a cheap …read more Continue reading Open Hardware 5V UPS Improves On Cheap Powerbank Design
Do you ever have to ensure that an exact amount of time passes between two tasks in your microcontroller code? Do you know what’s the difference between precision and accuracy? …read more Continue reading Time And Accuracy in Las ATMegas
Bending various proprietary devices to our will is a hacker’s rite of passage. When it comes to proprietary wall sockets, we’d often reverse-engineer and emulate their protocol – but you …read more Continue reading Reusing Proprietary Wireless Sockets Without Wireless Hacking
The acoustic properties of a room have a surprising impact when you want to use a microphone. [RayP24]’s son was trying to make his bedroom into a better recording studio, …read more Continue reading DIY Acoustic Panels Or Modern Artwork? Can’t Tell
We might be amidst a chip shortage, but if you enjoy reverse-engineering, there’s never a shortage of intriguing old chips to dig into – and the 2513N 5×7 character ROM …read more Continue reading Factory Defect IC Revived With Sandpaper And Microsoldering
We’re all used to swapping RAM in our desktops and laptops. What about a GPU, though? [dosdude1] teaches us that soldered-on RAM is merely a frontier to be conquered. Of …read more Continue reading GPU RAM Upgrades Are Closer Than You Think
We don’t often get a Tips line submission where the “Subject” line auto-translates as “Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi”, linking to a short video by [Yasunari Industries] (embedded below). For many, it …read more Continue reading Relay-Driven Nixie Clock Gets You To Stop Scrolling
Browsing through the recent projects on Hackaday.io, we’ve found this entry by [NanoCodeBug]: a single-PCB low-power trinket reviving the “pocket pet” concept while having some fun in the process! Some …read more Continue reading Reject Modernity; Return To Tamagotchi
This is no ordinary heart-shaped PCB pendant project! To us, it’s also symbol representing the striking amount of love that [SaltyPaws] has put into its design and documentation. He tells …read more Continue reading Heart-Shaped Heartwarming Valentine’s Day Pendant
Our own [Dave Rowntree] started running into bottlenecks when doing paid work involving simulations of undisclosed kind, and resolved to get a separate computer for that. Looking for budget-friendly high-performance …read more Continue reading Domesticating Old Server Hardware In The Age Of Shortages