How Do You Fill The 1N34 Void?
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/how-do-you-fill-the-1n34-void/

The germanium point contact diode, and almost every semiconductor device using germanium, is now obsolete. There was a time when almost every television or radio would have contained one or …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/how-do-you-fill-the-1n34-void/)

ICQ Will Shut Down On June 26 This Year
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/icq-will-shut-down-on-june-26-this-year/

In many ways, ICQ has always been a bit of a curiosity. It was one of the first major instant messenger clients of the 1990s. It saw broad uptake alongside …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/icq-will-shut-down-on-june-26-this-year/)

Hackaday Links: May 26, 2024
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Another day, another crop of newly minted minimal astronauts, as Blue Origin’s New Shepard made a successful suborbital flight this week. Everything seemed to go according to plan, at least …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/hackaday-links-may-26-2024/)

Hunting For Part Numbers: Analyzing The Buck Converter On Mini 560 Modules
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/hunting-for-part-numbers-analyzing-the-buck-converter-on-mini-560-modules/

Some of us may have recently stumbled over these mysterious ‘Mini 560’ synchronous buck converter modules at various e-shopping websites. These little modules claim to take in 7-20 VDC and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/hunting-for-part-numbers-analyzing-the-buck-converter-on-mini-560-modules/)

So What’s All This HaLow Long-Range WiFi About Then?
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/so-whats-all-this-halow-long-range-wifi-about-then/

We’re all used to wireless networking, but if there’s one thing the ubiquitous WiFi on 2.4 or 5 GHz lacks, it’s range. Inside buildings, it will be stopped in its …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/so-whats-all-this-halow-long-range-wifi-about-then/)

Reinventing Rotary Switches with Stepper Motors
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/reinventing-rotary-switches-with-stepper-motors/

When you need to make very tiny measurements, even noise in closed relays can throw you off. [Marco] was able to observe this effect and wanted to build a switch …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/reinventing-rotary-switches-with-stepper-motors/)

The Long Road Towards Reverse Engineering The ESP32 Wi-Fi Driver
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/the-long-road-towards-reverse-engineering-the-esp32-wi-fi-driver/

Although much of the software that runs on the ESP32 microcontroller is open source, the Wi-Fi driver is not. Instead, it uses a proprietary binary blob. This was no problem …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/the-long-road-towards-reverse-engineering-the-esp32-wi-fi-driver/)