Collaborate Disseminate
The story of Commodore computers is one of some truly great machines for their time, and of the truly woeful marketing that arguably spelled their doom. But there’s another Commodore …read more Continue reading Another Commodore Portable We Never (Quite) Received
A British journalistic trope involves the phrase “The pound in your pocket”, a derisory reference to the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s use of it to try to persuade the …read more Continue reading The Pound ( or Euro, Or Dollar ) Can Still Be In Your Pocket
Back in the summer our eye was caught by [Jazzy Jane]’s new signal generator, or perhaps we should say her new-to-her signal generator. It’s an Advance E1 from around 1950, …read more Continue reading BNCs For An Old Instrument
An unlikely theatre for an act in the right-to-repair saga came last year in the form of McDonalds restaurants, whose McFlurry ice cream machines are prone to breakdown. The manufacturer …read more Continue reading McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Gain A DMCA Exemption
Scanning the firehose of new electronic kits and modules coming from the usual Chinese suppliers can be a rewarding experience, as sometimes among the endless breakout boards comes an item …read more Continue reading A New Chinese Radio Breaks Cover, is it Worth it?
It’s a staple of spy thriller movies, that the protagonist has some kind of electronic scanner with which he theatrically searches his hotel room to reveal the bad guys’ attempt …read more Continue reading RF Detector Chip Helps Find Hidden Cameras and Bugs
When making a birthday cake a bit more personal, one can create a novelty themed confection appropriate for the lucky recipient. In the case of [Spencer Owen], who you may …read more Continue reading A Birthday Cake for a Retrocomputer Designer
It’s likely that many Hackaday readers will have had their interest in electronics as a child honed by exposure to an electronics kit. The type of toy that featured a …read more Continue reading 75-In-One Music
Anyone who works with radio transmitters will know all about matching and impedance, and also about the importance of selecting the best co-axial cable connecting transistor and antenna. But here’s …read more Continue reading Save A Packet, Use Cheap Co-Ax!
One of the hacker toys to own over the last year has been the Flipper Zero, a universal wireless hacking tool which even caused a misplaced moral panic about car …read more Continue reading Forget Flipper, How About Capybara?