SkyRoof, a New Satellite Tracker for Hams
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/skyroof-a-new-satellite-tracker-for-hams/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/skyroof-a-new-satellite-tracker-for-hams/
Communicating with space-based ham radio satellites might sound like it’s something that takes a lot of money, but in reality it’s one of the more accessible aspects of the hobby. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/skyroof-a-new-satellite-tracker-for-hams/)
Supercon 2024: Repurposing ESP32 Based Commercial Products
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/supercon-2024-repurposing-esp32-based-commercial-products/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/supercon-2024-repurposing-esp32-based-commercial-products/
It’s easy to think of commercial products as black boxes, built with proprietary hardware that’s locked down from the factory. However, that’s not always the case. A great many companies …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/supercon-2024-repurposing-esp32-based-commercial-products/)
Generating Plasma with a Hand-Cranked Generator
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/generating-plasma-with-a-hand-cranked-generator/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/generating-plasma-with-a-hand-cranked-generator/
Everyone loves to play with electricity and plasma, and [Hyperspace Pirate] is no exception. Inspired by a couple of 40×20 N52 neodymium magnets he had kicking around, he decided to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/generating-plasma-with-a-hand-cranked-generator/)
Two Bits, Four Bits, a Twelve-bit Oscilloscope
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/two-bits-four-bits-a-twelve-bit-oscilloscope/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/two-bits-four-bits-a-twelve-bit-oscilloscope/
Until recently, hobby-grade digital oscilloscopes were mostly, at most, 8-bit sampling. However, newer devices offer 12-bit conversion. Does it matter? Depends. [Kiss Analog] shows where a 12-bit scope may outperform …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/two-bits-four-bits-a-twelve-bit-oscilloscope/)
Using a Videocard as a Computer Enclosure
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/using-a-videocard-as-a-computer-enclosure/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/using-a-videocard-as-a-computer-enclosure/
In the olden days of the 1990s and early 2000s, PCs were big and videocards were small-ish add-in boards that blended in with other ISA, PCI and AGP cards. These …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/using-a-videocard-as-a-computer-enclosure/)
What Marie Curie Left Behind
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/what-marie-curie-left-behind/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/what-marie-curie-left-behind/
It is a good bet that if most scientists and engineers were honest, they would most like to leave something behind that future generations would remember. While Marie Curie met …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/what-marie-curie-left-behind/)
Back to the Future Lunchbox Cyberdeck
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/back-to-the-future-lunchbox-cyberdeck/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/back-to-the-future-lunchbox-cyberdeck/
Our hacker [Valve Child] wrote in to let us know about his Back to the Future lunchbox cyberdeck. Great Scott! This is so awesome. We’re not sure what we should …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/back-to-the-future-lunchbox-cyberdeck/)