Have you heard the saying “the problem is the solution”? It seems to originate in the permaculture movement, but it can apply equally well to electronics. Take the problem [shiura] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/an-rpn-calculator-and-a-bonus-vfd-clock-from-casio-revival/)

GitHub Disables Rockchip’s Linux MPP Repository After DMCA Request
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/github-disables-rockchips-linux-mpp-repository-after-dmca-request/

Recently GitHub disabled the Rockchip Linux MPP repository, following a DMCA takedown request from the FFmpeg team. As of writing the affected repository remains unavailable. At the core of this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/github-disables-rockchips-linux-mpp-repository-after-dmca-request/)

2025: As The Hardware World Turns
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/2025-as-the-hardware-world-turns/

If you’re reading this, that means you’ve successfully made it through 2025! Allow us to be the first to congratulate you — that’s another twelve months of skills learned, projects …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/2025-as-the-hardware-world-turns/)

Popular Science Experiments in Sound During the 19th-Century
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/popular-science-experiments-in-sound-during-the-19th-century/

Check one, two; check one, two; is this thing on? Over on The Public Domain Review [Lucas Thompson] takes us for a spin through sound, as it was in Britain …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/popular-science-experiments-in-sound-during-the-19th-century/)

Hands On WIth The Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/hands-on-with-the-raspberry-pi-compute-module-zero/

We are all familiar enough by now with the succession of boards that have come from Raspberry Pi in Cambridge over the years, and when a new one comes out …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/hands-on-with-the-raspberry-pi-compute-module-zero/)

Commodore Disk Drive Becomes General Purpose Computer
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/commodore-disk-drive-becomes-general-purpose-computer/

The Commodore 1541 was built to do one job—to save and load data from 5.25″ diskettes. [Commodore History] decided to see whether the drive could be put to other purposes, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/commodore-disk-drive-becomes-general-purpose-computer/)

Putting the M in a UNI-T MSO
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/putting-the-m-in-a-uni-t-mso/

[Kerry Wong] points out that the Uni-T MSO oscilloscopes have a logic analyzer built in — that’s the MSO, or Mixed Signal Oscilloscope, part — but you have to add …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/putting-the-m-in-a-uni-t-mso/)

Tying up Loose Ends on a Rope-based Robot Actuator
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/tying-up-loose-ends-on-a-rope-based-robot-actuator/