Collaborate Disseminate
The Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a powerful tool that is becoming more common across all kinds of different projects. They are effectively programmable hardware devices, capable of creating specific …read more Continue reading A Cycle-Accurate Sega Genesis with FPGA
When the Antikythera Mechanism was first discovered, it wasn’t viewed as the wonder that we know it today. Originally the divers who found the device and the first scientists to …read more Continue reading An Open-Source Antikythera Mechanism
Why scour the internet for a rare-as-hen’s-teeth new in box ZX Spectrum computer when you can instead order up some parts, assemble a basically all new ZX Spectrum along with …read more Continue reading Recreating the ZX Spectrum Unboxing Experience By Manufacturing a New Boxed One
Around these parts, we most often associate [Drygol] with his incredible ability to bring damaged or even destroyed vintage computers back to life with a seemingly endless bag of repair …read more Continue reading Scratch Built Amiga 2000 Stacks up the Mods
The unique look of early desktop computer systems remains popular with a certain segment of geekdom, so it’s no great surprise when we occasionally see a modern hacker or maker …read more Continue reading Retro Computer Enclosure Without the Sacrifice
In a recent episode of [The Retro Shack], a new Commodore VIC-20 is built, using a ‘Vicky Twenty’ replacement PCB by [Bob’s Bits] as the base and as many new …read more Continue reading New Commodore VIC-20 Build
One of the core features of the scientific community is the concept of “peer review” where any claims made by a scientist are open to be analyzed and reproduced by …read more Continue reading Peer-Reviewed Continuity Tester
When Portal came out in 2007, developers Valve chose not to release the groundbreaking title on an obsolete Nintendo console long out of production. Nobody cared at the time, of …read more Continue reading One Coder is Porting Portal To the Nintendo 64
Over at Tiny Transistor labs, [Robo] took it upon himself to reproduce the classic 555 timer in discrete transistor form. For bonus points, he also managed to put it in …read more Continue reading Smallest Discrete Transistor 555 Timer
The times they are a-changin’. It used to be that no household was complete without a drawer filled with an assortment of different sizes and types of batteries, but today more and more of our gadgets are using integrated rechargeable cells. Whether or not that’s necessarily an improvement is probably …read more