Collaborate Disseminate
If you want to add humidity and temperature sensors to your home automation sensor, you can — like [Maker’s Fun Duck] did — buy some generic ones for about a …read more Continue reading Cheap Sensor Changes Personality
You might wonder why [Kevin] wanted to build digital calipers when you can buy them for very little these days. But, then again, you are reading Hackaday, so we probably …read more Continue reading DIY Digital Caliper Measures Up
We’ve noticed that adding electronic paper displays to projects is getting easier. [NerdCave] picked up a 4.2-inch E-ink panel but found its documentation a bit lacking when it came to …read more Continue reading Teaching a Pi Pico E-Ink Panel New Tricks
How can you tell if your software is doing what it’s supposed to? Write some tests and run them every time you change anything. But what if you’re making hardware? …read more Continue reading Hardware-in-the-Loop Continuous Integration
When we think of an m.2 slot in our laptop or similar, it’s usually in the context of its PCI connectivity for high-speed applications such as solid state disks. It’s …read more Continue reading M.2 Makes An Unusual Microcontroller Form Factor
Generally speaking, the Hackaday Supercon badge will always have a place for SAO (rebranded as “Supercon add-ons”), and that makes sense. We did originate them, after all. This year, though, …read more Continue reading An SAO for Hams
[Igor] has an AS5600 magnetic rotary encoder chip on a breakout board. Normally, you’d think that was an easy device to work with since it has an I2C interface. But …read more Continue reading I2C the Hard Way
Inspired by the classic game Robo Rally, [Ytec3D]’s Clockwork Derby takes tabletop gaming to the next level by combining steampunk aesthetics with automation. We recently had the chance to see …read more Continue reading Clockwork Derby: Digital Robo Rally, Steampunk Style
Self-balancing devices present a unique blend of challenge and innovation. That’s how [mircemk]’s project caught our eye. While balancing cubes isn’t a new concept — Hackaday has published several over …read more Continue reading DIY 3D-Printed Arduino Self-Balancing Cube
Ever want to build a RP2040 devboard that has everything you could ever want? Bad news, “everything” also means adding 1.8 V GPIO voltage support. The good news is that …read more Continue reading Switch Your RP2040 Between 3.3 V and 1.8 V