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DIY TENS Machine is a Pain-Relief PCB

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Tyler August

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is one of those things that sounds like it must be woo when you first hear of it. “A trickle of current that can deal …read more Continue reading DIY TENS Machine is a Pain-Relief PCB→

Posted in atmega32u4, Medical hacks, TENS

Wiring Up The Railway, All The Live-Long Day

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Tyler August

For those of you who haven’t spent time in North America around this time of year, you may be unaware of two things: one, the obligatory non-stop loop of “All …read more Continue reading Wiring Up The Railway, All The Live-Long Day→

Posted in model railway, toy hacks, wiring harness

Commodore’s Most Popular Computer gets DOOM-style Shooter

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Tyler August

When people talk about the lack of a DOOM being the doom Commodore home computers, they aren’t talking about the C64, which was deep into obsolescence when demon-slaying suddenly became …read more Continue reading Commodore’s Most Popular Computer gets DOOM-style Shooter→

Posted in commodore 64, doom, first person shooter, games, raycasting, retrocomputing

Wear this RISC V, RPN Calculator Watch for Maximum Nerd Cred

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Tyler August

Once upon a time, owning a calculator watch was the epitome of cool. Well, for a very specific subset of the population with our own definition of “cool” anyway. The …read more Continue reading Wear this RISC V, RPN Calculator Watch for Maximum Nerd Cred→

Posted in calculator watch, CH32, Microcontrollers, reverse polish notation | Tagged OLED

Diskette Game Floppy Flopper is Certainly no Flop

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Tyler August

There’s a tactile joy to the humble 3.5″ floppy that no USB stick will ever match. It’s not just the way they thunk into place in a well-made drive, the …read more Continue reading Diskette Game Floppy Flopper is Certainly no Flop→

Posted in 3.5" floppy disk, games, retrocomputing

Amiga? Arduino? AMeagerBall Gets the Uno Bouncing

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Tyler August

When the iconic “Boing Ball” first debuted 40 years ago, it was a wonder to behold. There was nothing like it in the home compuing world upto that time, and …read more Continue reading Amiga? Arduino? AMeagerBall Gets the Uno Bouncing→

Posted in Arduino Uno, boing ball, demoscene, Microcontrollers

Possibly-Smallest ESP32 Board Uses Smallest-Footprint Parts

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Tyler August

Whenever there’s a superlative involved, you know that degree of optimization has to leave something else on the table. In the case of [PegorK]’s f32, the smallest ESP32 dev board …read more Continue reading Possibly-Smallest ESP32 Board Uses Smallest-Footprint Parts→

Posted in dev board, esp32c3, Microcontrollers, miniaturized, smallest

Charge NiMH Batteries with Style, Panache and an RP2040

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Tyler August

The increasing dominance of lithium cells in the market place leave our trusty NiMH cells in a rough spot. Sure, you can still get a chargers for the AAs in …read more Continue reading Charge NiMH Batteries with Style, Panache and an RP2040→

Posted in Battery Hacks, nimh battery, rp2040 | Tagged Battery Charger

Charge NiMH Batteries with Style, Panache and an RP2040

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Tyler August

The increasing dominance of lithium cells in the market place leave our trusty NiMH cells in a rough spot. Sure, you can still get a chargers for the AAs in …read more Continue reading Charge NiMH Batteries with Style, Panache and an RP2040→

Posted in Battery Hacks, nimh battery, rp2040 | Tagged Battery Charger

In Praise of Plasma TVs

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Tyler August

I’m sitting in front of an old Sayno Plasma TV as I write this on my media PC. It’s not a productivity machine, by any means, but the screen has …read more Continue reading In Praise of Plasma TVs→

Posted in Featured, history, plasma display, rants, retrocomputing, television

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