Heroic Efforts Give Smallest ARM MCU a Breakout, Open Debugger

The BGA chip in question flipped onto a piecce of breadboard, all its pins broken out with magnet wire.

In today’s episode of Diminutive Device Technology Overview, [Sprite_TM] is at it again – this time conquering the HC32L110. A few weeks ago, we have highlighted the small ARM Cortex …read more Continue reading Heroic Efforts Give Smallest ARM MCU a Breakout, Open Debugger

Celebrating The Infinity Of Pi Day With Thermochromic Foil

Thermal printer with a loop of thermochromic foil inserted in it, printing digits of Pi on the loop.The digits gradually disappear from the foil as it exits the printer.

It might take you some time to understand what’s happening in the video that Hackaday alum [Moritz Sivers] shared with us. This is {Moritz]’s contribution for this year’s Pi Day …read more Continue reading Celebrating The Infinity Of Pi Day With Thermochromic Foil

Hacker Challenges MemoryStick To A Fight And Wins

An assortment of MemoryStick cards and devices, some of them, arguably cursed, like a MemoryStick-slot-connected camera.

It’s amazing when a skilled hacker reverse-engineers a proprietary format and shares the nitty-gritty with everyone. Today is a day when we get one such write-up – about MemoryStick. It …read more Continue reading Hacker Challenges MemoryStick To A Fight And Wins

World’s Smallest Hair Straightener For Fixing Old LCD Ribbons

The hairclip-embedded tool being used on a Tiger 99x game console, clipped onto a spot where the plastic ribbon meets the LCD panel itself, heating it up

[Stephen] writes to us about an LCD repair tool he has created. We’ve all seen old devices with monochrome LCDs connected by thin film, where connections between the PCB and …read more Continue reading World’s Smallest Hair Straightener For Fixing Old LCD Ribbons