The Connector Zoo: I2C Ecosystems
I2C is a wonderful interface. With four wires and only two GPIOs, you can connect a whole lot of sensors and devices – in parallel, at that! You will see …read more Continue reading The Connector Zoo: I2C Ecosystems
Category Archives: Interest
Ask Hackaday: Repair Café Or Not?
A huge part of the work our community does, aside from making things and doing a lot of talking about the things we’d like to make, involves repair. We have …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: Repair Café Or Not?
Vintage Computer Festival East Raises the Bar Again
When I arrived at the InfoAge Science and History Museum for this year’s Vintage Computer Festival East, I fully expected it to be a reduced event compared to last year. …read more Continue reading Vintage Computer Festival East Raises the Bar Again
EV Charging Connectors Come In Many Shapes and Sizes
Electric vehicles are now commonplace on our roads, and charging infrastructure is being built out across the world to serve them. It’s the electric equivalent of the gas station, and …read more Continue reading EV Charging Connectors Come In Many Shapes and Sizes
The State of Play In Solid State Batteries
Electric vehicles are slowly but surely snatching market share from their combustion-engined forbearers. However, range and charging speed remain major sticking points for customers, and are a prime selling point …read more Continue reading The State of Play In Solid State Batteries
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Turns 40
It’s an auspicious moment for retrocomputing fans, as it’s now four decades since the launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This budget British microcomputer was never the best of the …read more Continue reading The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Turns 40
Scientists Are Now Declaring New Species Via Photos and Video
Identifying new species is key to the work of zoologists around the world. It’s an exciting part of research into the natural world, and being the first to discover a …read more Continue reading Scientists Are Now Declaring New Species Via Photos and Video
Mothballing Rosalind: How to Put a Space Mission in Storage
In planetary exploration circles, Mars has quite a bad reputation. The Red Planet has a habit of eating spacecraft sent there to explore it, to the degree that nearly half …read more Continue reading Mothballing Rosalind: How to Put a Space Mission in Storage
Just What On Earth Is A Therm?
With the news here in Europe full of the effect of the war in Ukraine on gas supplies and consequently, prices, there it was on the radio news: a unit …read more Continue reading Just What On Earth Is A Therm?
A Power Button for Raspberry Pi, Courtesy of Device Tree Overlays
As a standard feature of the Linux kernel, device tree overlays (DTOs) allow for easy enabling and configuration of features and drivers, such as those contained within the standard firmware …read more Continue reading A Power Button for Raspberry Pi, Courtesy of Device Tree Overlays