Collaborate Disseminate
For those of us who hack old cameras, the 3D printer has undoubtedly been a boon. High precision, or at least consistent precision, lightproof enclosures can be easily made and …read more Continue reading Every 3D Printable Film Camera, In One Place
We’ve seen our fair share of audiophile tomfoolery here at Hackaday, and we’ve even poked fun at a few of them over the years. Perhaps one of the most outrageously …read more Continue reading Mercury Audio Cables, So Nobody Else Has To Do It
The humble NE555 has been around for over five decades now, and while during that time we’ve seen a succession of better and faster versions of the original, the circuits …read more Continue reading A Novel 555 Circuit In 2026
It’s likely that Hackaday has a readership with the highest percentage of oscilloscope ownership among any in the world, and we’re guessing that most of you who fit in that …read more Continue reading An Oscilloscope The Way They Used To Be
Digital clock projects have been with us since the 1970s, when affordable LEDs and integrated circuits became available. In 2026 most of them use a microcontroller, but for the AliExpress …read more Continue reading The Most Intricate Of Freeform Digital Clocks
The 3DFX Voodoo was not the first dedicated 3D graphics chipset by any means, but it became the favourite for gamers among the early mass-market GPUs. It would be found …read more Continue reading The 3DFX Voodoo Lives Again In An FPGA
We’re used to electronic parts of the same type staying predictably the same, sometimes over many years. An early Z80 from the mid 1970s can be exchanged with one from …read more Continue reading ESP32: When Is A P4 A P4, But Not The P4 You Thought It Was
As the sun goes down on a glorious spring evening on the western edge of Europe, Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for a look at the week in …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 362: Compression Molding, IPv4x, and Wired Headphones
You have a tiny twenty-year-old hard drive with a weird interface. How do you read it? If you’re [Will Whang], by reverse engineering, and building an interface board. In many …read more Continue reading Reading the World’s Smallest Hard Drive
Building a battery pack from 18650 cells traditionally requires patience, a spot welder, and a supply of nickel strip. But what if there was another way? [Ben] is here with …read more Continue reading Modular 18650 Packs, No Spot Welding Required