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A couple of years ago we were excited to read news of an entirely 3D printed camera, right down to the shutter. We wrote it up back then but sadly …read more Continue reading A 3D printed Camera You Can Now Download, Shutter and All
One of the most popular evergreen toys is also one of the simplest, wooden track with push-along trains. We all know the brand name, and savvy parents know to pick …read more Continue reading Push Your Toy Train No More, With This Locomotive!
The ESP32 family are the microcontrollers which just keep on giving, as new versions keep them up-to-date and plenty of hackers come up with new things for them. A popular …read more Continue reading A Tiny Computer With a 3D Printed QWERTY Keyboard
The Tiny Tapeout custom ASIC project has been around for a while now, and has passed through several iterations of its production. On each Tiny Tapeout chip are multiple designs, …read more Continue reading A Tiny Tapeout SDR
The BASIC language may be considered old-hat here in 2025, and the days when a computer came as a matter of course with a BASIC interpreter are far behind us, …read more Continue reading Basically, It’s BASIC
The Camp Snap is a simple fixed-focus digital camera with only an optical viewfinder and a shot counter, which has become a surprise hit among photography enthusiasts for its similarity …read more Continue reading A Twin-Lens Reflex Camera That’s Not Quite What It Seems
A significant event in the world of high-power electrical engineering is under way this weekend, as the three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, disconnect their common power grid from …read more Continue reading Moving Power Grids In A Weekend, The Baltic States Make The Switch
The many YouTube workshop channels make for compelling viewing. even if their hackiness from a Hackaday viewpoint is sometimes variable. But from time to time up pops something that merits …read more Continue reading All You Need To Make A Go-Kart, From Harbor Freight
Those little ESP32-CAM boards which mate the WiFi-enabled microcontroller with a small parallel-interface camera module have been with us for years, and while they are undeniably cool to play with, …read more Continue reading RC Cars With First Person Video, All With An ESP32
A PCB ruler is a common promotional item, or design exercise. Usually they have some sample outlines and holes as an aid to PCB design, but sometimes they also incorporate …read more Continue reading This Thermometer Rules!