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At its core, the ESP32 chip is not much more than an integrated circuit, a huge mass of transistors sealed inside an epoxy resin package with some leads. Of course, …read more Continue reading How Small Can the ESP32 Get?
The real world is analog, and the op-amp is the indispensable building block of many analog circuits. We wanted to give you analog fanatics out there a chance to shine …read more Continue reading Congratulations to Our Op-Amp Challenge Winners!
We thought it was time to give the analog side of Hackaday their chance to shine, and what’s the quintessential analog IC? The op amp! Whether you’re doing tricky signal …read more Continue reading Analog Anoraks: The Op Amp Contest Starts Now!
How low can you go? The 2023 Hackaday.io Low-Power Challenge is about doing the most with the least juice – bang for the power-budget buck, if you get our drift. …read more Continue reading Hackaday.io Low-Power Challenge Begins Today
[0xricksanchez] participated in a software reverse-engineering challenge and recently wrote up the solution, and in so doing also documented the process used to discover it. The challenge was called Devil’s Swapper, and consisted of a small binary blob that …read more
Continue reading Software Challenge’s Solution Shows Reverse Engineering in Action
Overview Each week on Friday, we post a social media challenge known as “Detective Nevil Mystery Challenge”. On November 13th of 2020, we released a challenge that contained a payload and it was only solved by one person on twitter. That challenge is… Continue reading Solving the November 13th Detective Nevil Mystery Challenge
Skills challenges have become a fun way to facilitate friendly competition amongst anyone who appreciates a fine solder joint. If you’ve seen any Supercon / Remoticon coverage there’s surely been a mention of the infamous soldering skills challenge, where competitors test their mettle against surface mount components sized to be …read more
Continue reading SMD Challenge Extreme Edition Gets Our Flux Flowing
The internet is full of self-proclaimed challenges, ranging from some absolutely pointless fads to well-intended tasks with an actual purpose. In times of TikTok, the latter is of course becoming rarer, as a quick, effortless jump on the bandwagon is just easier for raising your internet points. Cyclists on the …read more
Continue reading Climbing Everest One Hill At A Time – And Keeping Track Of It
Join us on Wednesday, May 27 at noon Pacific for the 2020 Hackaday Prize Hack Chat with Majenta Strongheart!
It hardly seems possible, but the Hackaday Prize, the world’s greatest hardware design contest, is once more at hand. But the world of 2020 is vastly different than it was last …read more
Continue reading 2020 Hackaday Prize Hack Chat with Majenta Strongheart
A year ago, we wrote about the discovery of treasure trove of original documentation from the development of the MOS 6502 by Jennifer Holdt-Winograd, daughter of the late Terry Holdt, the original program manager on the project. Now, Ms. Winograd has created a website to celebrate the 6502 and the …read more