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hackaday, 3 days ago to random

Mark your calendars -- Hackaday Supercon 2024 will be held November 1st through the 3rd in Pasadena!

We're taking proposals for talks and workshops, so if you've got something interesting you'd like to share with the community, let us know.

#supercon2024

https://hackaday.com/2024/05/15/hackaday-supercon-2024-call-for-participation-we-want-you/

hackaday, 8 days ago to random

Game Boy emulation has come a very long way, but there's still a bit more work to be done before the community can truly call it perfect.

https://hackaday.com/2024/05/10/reflecting-on-the-state-of-game-boy-emulation-in-2024/

hackaday, 11 days ago to random

Forget boring paper -- for our latest contest, we want to see your electronic business cards in all their too-expensive-to-actually-hand-out glory.

https://hackaday.com/2024/05/07/the-2024-business-card-challenge-starts-now/

hackaday, 12 days ago to random

A look inside the electronics that make humanity's most distant explorer tick.

https://hackaday.com/2024/05/06/the-computers-of-voyager/

hackaday, 18 days ago to random

Kevin Bates, creator of the Arduboy, has recently shown off an ESP32 development platform with integrated display and keyboard.

What would you build with it?

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/singleboard-alpha-is-a-very-stylish-computer-on-a-single-pcb/

hackaday, 23 days ago to random

Granted it doesn't have the shiny delta, but reviving these old WiFi hospital badges might be the closest we can get to Trek's combadge for the time being.

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/25/combadge-project-wants-to-bring-trek-tech-to-life/

hackaday, 24 days ago to random

Check out the fantastic talk @alexlynd gave during the 2023 Hackaday Supercon about using cheap microcontrollers for security research and penetration testing.

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/24/supercon-2023-alex-lynd-explores-mcus-in-infosec/

hackaday, 29 days ago to random

After nearly 50 years of production, looks like it's the end of the line for the Z80.

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/end-of-life-for-z80-cpu-and-peripherals-announced/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

Last weekend's Vintage Computer Festival East in Wall, NJ was another incredible success.

#vcfeast

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/vcf-east-2024-was-bigger-and-better-than-ever/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

The Raspberry Pi Recovery Kit, largely responsible for the "Pi-in-a-Pelican" craze we've seen over the last few years, has been redesigned to make it easier to replicate by others.

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/the-next-evolution-of-the-raspberry-pi-recovery-kit/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

Capturing data with a logic analyzer is only half the battle -- you've still got to know how to decode it.

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/logic-analyzers-decoding-and-monitoring/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

If you couldn't make it to Berlin, don't worry. We've got a Hackaday Europe 2024 livestream for your viewing pleasure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XV9PSsmMkk

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

On the latest FLOSS Weekly, @JP_Bennett talks with the legendary @foosel about OctoPrint -- easily one of the most impactful open source projects the maker community has ever seen.

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/floss-weekly-episode-778-octoprint-people-are-amazing-at-breaking-things/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

You don't need an 8-core CPU and 16 gigabytes of RAM just to jot down some notes. An ESP32 and a handwired keyboard will work quite nicely.

You know...in case you don't have a pen.

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/esp32-provides-distraction-free-writing-experience/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

In the latest installment of our community PCB design review we take a look at the TinySparrow, a CAN bus interface with plenty of potential.

https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/pcb-design-review-tinysparrow-a-module-for-can-hacking-needs/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

SMD components are nearly unavoidable for the modern electronics hobbyist -- is your soldering technique up to the task?

https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/smd-soldering-without-the-blobs/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

The recently discovered backdoor in the Linux xz package shows a remarkable level of sophistication. While the number of known compromised systems is relatively low right now, this may only be the tip of the iceberg.

https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/security-alert-potential-ssh-backdoor-via-liblzma/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

On the latest episode of FLOSS Weekly, @JP_Bennett is talking with Simon Kelley about the past, present, and future of Dnsmasq.

https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/floss-weekly-episode-776-dnsmasq-making-the-internet-work-since-1999/

hackaday, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Your local Radio Shack might be gone, but that doesn't mean their classic electronic kits can't live on in a new form.

https://hackaday.com/2024/03/25/a-65-in-1-the-2024-way/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

The move from black & white TV to color was a lot trickier than many of us realize today.

https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/the-long-strange-trip-to-us-color-tv/

hackaday, 1 month ago to random

If elevated CO2 levels have you worried, this friendly face might be just what you need.

https://hackaday.com/2024/03/19/cute-co2-gauge-tells-you-when-to-crack-a-window/

hackaday, 2 months ago to random

Some promising signs of life from Voyager -- the situation is by no means resolved, but this is the first good news we've heard in awhile.

https://hackaday.com/2024/03/16/nasa-engineers-poke-voyager-1-and-receive-memory-dump/

hackaday, 2 months ago to random

By improving your KiCad to Git workflow, you can not only make the documentation for your open hardware project easier to maintain, but more visually appealing at the same time.

https://hackaday.com/2024/03/11/share-your-projects-kicad-automations-and-pretty-renders/

hackaday, 2 months ago to random

We're paying more for streaming services than ever before, but look on the bright side -- at least there's not a coin slot on your TV like they had in the 1960s.

https://hackaday.com/2024/03/08/retro-gadgets-pay-tv-in-the-1960s/

freakazoid, 2 months ago to random

I just realized @hackaday has their own instance!