Collaborate Disseminate
Many readers will be familiar with Douglas Englebart’s 1968 so-called “Mother of All Demos”, in which he described many of the devices and technologies we would be using two or …read more Continue reading Where Did Your Mouse Come From?
In the open source world we are used to software being compiled from source for our particular distro, so while in a few cases an ancient release may still be …read more Continue reading The Oldest Windows App To Still Run On WIndows 11
There are some devices which achieve electronic immortality, it’s likely that you have used a few of them yourself. The 555 timer of course, or the 741 op-amp. [ElectronicsNotes] is …read more Continue reading In Praise Of A Legendary Power Transistor
If you’re a collector of older TVs, you’re probably facing the problem in some form of having no transmissions to tune in to. With many sets you can use a …read more Continue reading An Analog TV Station For Anyone
With the ESP32 series of microcontrollers having had hidden software-defined radio (SDR) facility revealed, we’re now moving on from the announcement into projects making use of the finding. [Twotoz] has …read more Continue reading 5 GHz Drone Video, With An ESP32
There’s a tendency among cherished brands to licence their name and logo onto all sorts of novelty items in order to make a quick buck. Joining this trend is the …read more Continue reading Making One Fender From Another
On the face of it, making an event badge should be an easy process. After all, most of us can hand-assemble a microcontroller, some buttons, a battery, and a screen. …read more Continue reading The Trials And Tribulations Of Your First Badge
The news of the past couple of weeks has seen the ESP32 turned into an software-defined radio (SDR) thanks to a hidden baseband mode, an exciting development by anyone’s standards. …read more Continue reading Another Wireless Chip has a Hidden SDR Revealed
In the 8-bit home computer boom of the early 1980s, Sir Clive Sinclair’s machines were always among the cheapest on the market, often packing a surprising level of sophistication in …read more Continue reading 45 Years Later, The Sinclair ULA Design Documents Surface
Perhaps the most exciting news of the past few weeks in the world of hardware hacking has been the unlocking of hidden SDR functionality in the Wi-Fi radios found on …read more Continue reading So You Want To Make Your SDR Work On Other Frequencies