Collaborate Disseminate
Bringing modern connectivity to retro computers is an endearing field- with the simplicity of last-century hardware and software being a double-edged sword, often, you bring a powerful and tiny computer …read more Continue reading Pi Pico W Does PCMCIA, Gets This IBM PC110 Online
The black blobs on cheap PCBs haunt those of us with a habit of taking things apart when they fail. There’s no part number to look up, no pinout to …read more Continue reading Epoxy Blob Excised Out Of Broken Multimeter, Replaced With A QFP
Modularity is a fun topic for us. There’s something satisfying about seeing a complex system split into parts and these parts made replaceable. We often want some parts of our …read more Continue reading Future Brings CPU Modules, And The Future Is Now
Git is a wonderful tool that can multiply your project’s impact, or make your project easier to manage by an order of magnitude. Some of us hackers don’t yet know …read more Continue reading Git Intro For Hardware Hackers
Need some kind of battery for a project? You can always find a few Lithium-Ion (LiIon) batteries around! They’re in our phones, laptops, and a myriad other battery-powered things of …read more Continue reading Lithium-Ion Batteries Are Your Friends
Knowing his friend is a first-person shooter enthusiast, [Solderking] came up with a unique modified XBox controller as a gift. Tongue in cheek, you could argue that this controller is …read more Continue reading Oops! All Analog Sticks
A few days ago we covered a project that brought Ethernet connectivity to the Raspberry Pi Pico using little more than some twisted pair and a RJ-45 connector. It was …read more Continue reading An Elegant Ethernet Library For Your Next RP2040 Project
[Jason P], evidently an enjoyer of old reliable laser printing tech, spilled a drink (nitter) onto his Panasonic KX-P5400 SideWriter. After cleanup, everything worked fine — except that the PSU’s …read more Continue reading Dead EEPROM Dumped With Help Of Body Diodes
[alberto nunez] shows off his sleek build of a solar-harvesting ESP32 camera – waterproof, somewhat energy-efficient, and able to be built by more-or-less anyone. For that, he’s chosen fairly jellybean …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Solar-Harvesting ESP32 Camera Is Waterproof, Repeatable
Hoverboards have been an indispensable material for hackers building their own vehicles in the last few years. [Mahmut Demir] shows how he’s built a hoverboard-powered go-kart for his son. Unable …read more Continue reading Hoverboard Go-Kart Build Is A Delight To Watch