Collaborate Disseminate
[CNLohr] has been tinkering with some fun parts of late. He’d found out that ordinary LCD screens could be used as simple touch sensors, and he had to try it …read more Continue reading An LCD, Touch Sensor, USB-C, And A Microcontroller for a Buck
Your project needs a cable, and since USB-C cables are omnipresent now, it’s only natural to want to reuse them for your evil schemes. Ever seen USB 3.0 cables used …read more Continue reading USB-C For Hackers: Reusing Cables
As we all know, when developing software for any platform or simply hacking a bit of code to probe how something works, the ability to deploy code rapidly is a …read more Continue reading PicoROM, A DIP-32 8-Bit ROM Emulator
Touchpads, or trackpads, have been around since the 1980s. Today, you can often find them in laptops and notebook computers as pointing devices. With no moving parts, a trackpad are …read more Continue reading Open-Source, 3D Printed Trackpad
While the death of Apple’s Lightning Connector can’t come soon enough, swapping the ports on their products as “category-defining innovations” seems a bit of a stretch. [Ken Pillonel] has designed …read more Continue reading Add USB-C to Your AirPods the Easy Way
Like many people who solder regularly, I decided years ago to upgrade from a basic iron and invest in a soldering station. My RadioShack digital station has served me well …read more Continue reading Review: iFixit’s FixHub May Be The Last Soldering Iron You Ever Buy
When Apple started rolling out its Retina displays, it multiplied the amount of pixels compared to their standard, non-Retina displays by four. This increased pixel density while keeping the standard …read more Continue reading Rescuing High-Res Displays from Older Macs
One of the most troubling trends of almost every modern consumer product that uses electricity is that the software that controls the product is likely to be proprietary and closed-source, …read more Continue reading Universal Power Bank Customized To Your Liking
Once upon a time, it was deemed mostly silly to try and schlep power from a computer’s ports. Then it was kind of amusing to do so with USB, and …read more Continue reading USB-C Powered Hotplate Is Not For Food
How do you talk USB Power Delivery (PD)? Grab a PHY? Use a MCU with one built-in? Well, if you’re hardcore enough, you can do it with just a few …read more Continue reading USB PD On CH32V003 Teaches You Everything