Collaborate Disseminate
There can be few among those of us who produce printed circuit boards, who have not at some point placed a component the wrong way round, or with the wrong …read more Continue reading Even Apple Get Their Parts Wrong Sometimes
If you were to walk into most of the world’s hackerspaces, it’s likely that the most frequent big-ticket tool you’ll find after a 3D printer is a laser cutter. A …read more Continue reading Getting Started In Laser Cutting
A common part used to create a high voltage is a CRT flyback transformer, having been a ubiquitous junk pile component. So many attempts to use them rely on brute …read more Continue reading Flyback, Done Right
There was a time when no self-respecting electronics engineer would build a big project without at least one panel meter. They may be a rare part here in 2024, but …read more Continue reading OLED Screen Mounting, Without The Pain
A conventional tube amplifier has a circuit whose fundamentals were well in place around a hundred years ago, so there are few surprises to be found in building one today. …read more Continue reading A Tube Stereo Amplifier, From Scratch
There are sadly few 1914 Dennis fire engines still on the road, so when the one owned by Imperial College in London needs a spare part, it can not be …read more Continue reading A Vintage Radiator Core, From Scratch
We’ll go out on a limb here and say that a large portion of Hackaday readers are also boat-builders. That’s a bold statement, but as the term applies to anyone …read more Continue reading All Aboard The Good Ship Benchy
The chances are if you know someone who is a former Apple employee, you’ll have heard their Steve Jobs anecdote, and that it was rather unflattering to the Apple co-founder. …read more Continue reading The Rogue Emperor, And What To Do About Them
On the bench where this is being written, there’s a Mitutoyo vernier caliper. It’s the base model with a proper vernier scale, but it’s beautifully made, and it’s enjoyable to …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: How Much Would You Stake On An Online Retailer
It was Supercon this weekend, and Hackaday staffers made their way to Pasadena for what was by all accounts an excellent event. Now they’re all on their way home on …read more Continue reading AI Not Needed For Hackaday Projects