[Zoltan] was developing a workshop on Matter for DEF CON, and wanted to whip up a fun IoT project to go with it. His idea was simple—take a simple toy …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/toy-train-joins-the-internet-of-things/)

Porting a Fortran Flight Simulator to Unity3D
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/porting-a-fortran-flight-simulator-to-unity3d/

There’s an old saying (paraphrasing a quote attributed to Hoare): “I don’t know what language scientists will use in the future, but I know it will be called Fortran.” The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/porting-a-fortran-flight-simulator-to-unity3d/)

An FPGA-Based Mechanical Keyboard
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/an-fpga-based-mechanical-keyboard/

You can buy all kinds of keyboards these days, from basic big-brand stuff to obscure mechanical delicacies from small-time builders. Or, you can go the maker route, and build your …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/an-fpga-based-mechanical-keyboard/)

The Hottest Spark Plugs Were Actually Radioactive
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/the-hottest-spark-plugs-were-actually-radioactive/

In the middle of the 20th century, the atom was all the rage. Radiation was the shiny new solution to everything while being similarly poorly understood by the general public …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/the-hottest-spark-plugs-were-actually-radioactive/)

Building An Open Source Point of Sale System
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/building-an-open-source-point-of-sale-system/

[Mukesh Sankhla] has been tinkering in the world of Point of Sale systems of late. His latest creation is a simple, straightforward kiosk system, and he’s open sourced the design. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/building-an-open-source-point-of-sale-system/)

Lost Techniques: Bond-out CPUs and In Circuit Emulation
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/lost-techniques-cpu-in-circuit-emulation/

These days, we take it for granted that you can connect a cheap piece of hardware to a microcontroller and have an amazing debugging experience. Stop the program. Examine memory …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/lost-techniques-cpu-in-circuit-emulation/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 849: Veilid: Be a Brick
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/floss-weekly-episode-849-veilid-be-a-brick/

This week Jonathan talks with Brandon and TC about Veilid, the peer-to-peer networking framework that takes inspiration from Tor, and VeilidChat, the encrypted messenger built on top of it. What …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/floss-weekly-episode-849-veilid-be-a-brick/)

Segger’s Awkward USB-C Issue With the J-Link Compact Debugger
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/seggers-awkward-usb-c-issue-with-the-j-link-compact-debugger/