Considering that the Serial Peripheral Interface bus semi-standard has been around since the early 1980s, it’s perhaps not that shocking that the controllers of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/snes-controllers-are-almost-spi-compatible/)

Pan-Tilt Head For Camera Motion Control
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/pan-tilt-head-for-camera-motion-control/

Historically, moving and pointing a camera while filming was the job of a highly-skilled individual. However, there are machines that can do that, enabling all kinds of fancy movement that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/pan-tilt-head-for-camera-motion-control/)

NASA Uses Mars Global Localization as GNSS Replacement for the Perseverance Rover
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/nasa-uses-mars-global-localization-as-gnss-replacement-for-the-perseverance-rover/

Unlike on Earth there aren’t dozens of satellites whizzing around Mars to provide satellite navigation functionality. Recently NASA’s JPL engineers tried something with the Perseverance Mars rover that can give …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/nasa-uses-mars-global-localization-as-gnss-replacement-for-the-perseverance-rover/)

C64 Gets A Modern Interactive Disassembler
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/c64-gets-a-modern-interactive-disassembler/

If you want to pull apart a program to see how it ticks, you’re going to need a disassembler. [Ricardo Quesada] has built Regenerator 2000 for just that purpose. It’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/c64-gets-a-modern-interactive-disassembler/)

Building a Dependency-Free GPT on a Custom OS
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/building-a-dependency-free-gpt-on-a-custom-os/

The construction of a large language model (LLM) depends on many things: banks of GPUs, vast reams of training data, massive amounts of power, and matrix manipulation libraries like Numpy. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/building-a-dependency-free-gpt-on-a-custom-os/)

Building a Hackerspace Entry System
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/building-a-hackerspace-entry-system/

A hackerspace is a place that generally needs to be accessed by a wide group of people, often at weird and unusual hours. Handing around keys and making sure everything …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/building-a-hackerspace-entry-system/)