Sometimes you wanna test a piece of USB hardware, but you don’t just want to plug it into a random old phone charger. [KS-Elektronikdesign] has whipped up a useful tool …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/powering-usb-devices-with-a-bench-supply-adapter-board/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 362: Compression Molding, IPv4x, and Wired Headphones
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/hackaday-podcast-episode-362-compression-molding-ipv4x-and-wired-headphones/

As the sun goes down on a glorious spring evening on the western edge of Europe, Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for a look at the week in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/hackaday-podcast-episode-362-compression-molding-ipv4x-and-wired-headphones/)

User Repair of a Not User-Repairable Victron CCGX Issue
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/user-repair-of-a-not-user-repairable-victron-ccgx-issue/

Power banks come in many sizes, and those that target construction sites are probably among the largest. The massive four ton unit based around lead-acid batteries which the [Buy it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/user-repair-of-a-not-user-repairable-victron-ccgx-issue/)

How Long Can a Quadcopter Drone Fly on Just Solar?
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/how-long-can-a-quadcopter-drone-fly-on-just-solar/

The dream of fully powering everything from aircraft to cars on just the power generated from solar panels attached to the machine remains a tempting one, but always seems to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/how-long-can-a-quadcopter-drone-fly-on-just-solar/)

Conway’s Game of Life With Physical Buttons
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/conways-game-of-life-with-physical-buttons/

Conway’s Game of Life excels in its simplicity, creating a cellular automaton on a 2D grid where each cell obeys a set of very simple rules that determine whether a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/conways-game-of-life-with-physical-buttons/)

Slug Algorithm for On-GPU Rendering of Fonts with Bézier Curves now in Public Domain
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/slug-algorithm-for-on-gpu-rendering-of-fonts-with-bezier-curves-now-in-public-domain/

The Slug Algorithm has been around for a decade now, mostly quietly rendering fonts and later entire GUIs using Bézier curves directly on the GPU for games and other types …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/slug-algorithm-for-on-gpu-rendering-of-fonts-with-bezier-curves-now-in-public-domain/)

Portable CRT TV Becomes Retro Cyberdeck
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/portable-crt-tv-becomes-retro-cyberdeck/

These days, it’s pretty easy to slap together a single-board computer and a cheap LCD screen to whip up a cool cyberdeck fast. But what if you wanna go more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/portable-crt-tv-becomes-retro-cyberdeck/)

3D Printed Clock Just Taps It In
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/21/3d-printed-clock-just-taps-it-in/