Collaborate Disseminate
We’ve been following the open, royalty-free RISC-V ISA for a while. At first we read the specs, and then we saw RISC-V cores in microcontrollers, but now there’s a new …read more Continue reading The Future of RISC-V and the VisionFive 2 Single Board Computer
We’ve been following the open, royalty-free RISC-V ISA for a while. At first we read the specs, and then we saw RISC-V cores in microcontrollers, but now there’s a new …read more Continue reading The Future of RISC-V and the VisionFive 2 Single Board Computer
It may be a foreign concept to anyone who has never paid a dime for a phone call over and above the monthly service charge, but phone calls were once …read more Continue reading How Hard Could It Be to Get Millions of Phone Bills Right?
Every year, on the first weekend of February, a certain Brussels university campus livens up. There, you will find enthusiasts of open-source software and hardware alike, arriving from different corners …read more Continue reading FOSDEM 2023: An Open-Source Conference, Literally
When looking at the specifications of smartphones that have been released over the past years, it’s remarkable to see how aspects like CPU cores, clockspeeds and GPU performance have improved …read more Continue reading Repurposing Old Smartphones: When Reusing Makes More Sense Than Recycling
Hooray, the system works! [Sasha K.] wrote to let me know about their Thumbs Up! keyboard, which is the culmination of a long journey down the DIY rabbit hole to …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: the One Where Shift (Really) Happens
Last time, we configured the FUSB302 to receive USB PD messages, and successfully received a “capability advertisement” message from a USB-C PSU. Now we crack the PD specification open, parse …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: Replying Low-Level PD
We live in a time when having an oscilloscope is only a minor luxury. But for many decades, a good scope was a major expense, and almost no hobbyist had …read more Continue reading Retro Gadgets: Make Your Scope Dual Channel
Glass! It’s a finicky thing. Strong as hell, yet chip it and glance at it the wrong way, and you’re left with a bunch of sharp rubbish. It’s at once …read more Continue reading Drilling Glass With Femtosecond Lasers Just Got Even Better
Jenny did an Ask Hackaday article earlier this month, all about the quest for a cheap computer-based audio mixer. The first attempt didn’t go so well, with a problem that …read more Continue reading How To Build Jenny’s Budget Mixing Desk