Collaborate Disseminate
Every time one of us flashes an Arduino’s internal memory, a nagging thought in the backs of our minds reminds us that, although everything in life is impermanent, nonvolatile re-writable …read more Continue reading Stress-Testing An Arduino’s EEPROM
Last month Kia Motors announced a large recall due to possibly defective airbag controller units (ACU). The recall spans many models and model years — in the United States alone …read more Continue reading Kia Recalls Cars Over Airbag Controller Assembly Issue
If you’ve ever worked on a system that loads its software from a ROM or EPROM, you know how much of a hassle it can be to make frequent changes …read more Continue reading Pi Pico Emulates ROM for Speedy Retro Hacking
Has it really come to this? Are we really at the point that dishwashers have proprietary detergent cartridges that you’re locked into buying at inflated prices? Apparently so, at least …read more Continue reading Detergent DRM Defeated on Diminutive Dishwasher
If you really think hard about it, a CPU is just a very general-purpose state machine. Well, most CPUs are, anyway. The MC14500 is a one-bit computer that has only …read more Continue reading One Bit CPU Runs at a Blistering 60Hz
When learning a new programming language, it’s best to have a goal in mind and work towards it. [Timo] thought it was about time to learn python, and he also …read more Continue reading Removing Supervisor Passwords and Learning Python
Game cartridges are perhaps the hardiest of all common storage schemes. Short of blunt traumatic force or application of electrical surges to the cartridge’s edge connectors, damaging a game cartridge is hard to do by accident. The same is also true for the data on them, whether one talks about …read more
Continue reading Game Cartridges And The Technology To Make Data Last Forever
Here at Hackaday we cast a wary eye at tips that come in with superlative claims. Generally, if we post something that claims to be the fastest or the smallest of all time, we immediately get slapped down in the comments by someone who has done it faster or smaller. …read more
Continue reading Super-Simple VGA Adapter Sports Low-Res Output with Only Four TTL Chips
Everyone who builds embedded systems wants tools to help build and debug systems faster, so it isn’t uncommon to see boards outfitted with various tools like serial port sniffers. We’ve seen a few incarnations and the latest is Glasgow. The small board uses an FPGA and claims to do the …read more
Continue reading Glasgow Uses an FPGA as an Embedded Systems Multitool
[Starhawk] is a man with a problem. More accurately, he’s a man whose mother has a problem, but ultimately that ends up being the same thing. Her wide-format Canon printer recently stopped working after better than a decade of reliable service, and he wants to know why. Rather than spend …read more