A Network Adapter Thinks it’s a CD-ROM. Restore its True Calling!
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/a-network-adapter-thinks-its-a-cd-rom-restore-its-true-calling/
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/a-network-adapter-thinks-its-a-cd-rom-restore-its-true-calling/
A mildly annoying trend over recent years has been for USB hardware devices to expose a CD-ROM drive containing their drivers for Windows users. Of course there’s no real CD …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/a-network-adapter-thinks-its-a-cd-rom-restore-its-true-calling/)
Homebrew TEM Cell Lets You EMC Test Your Own Devices
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/homebrew-tem-cell-lets-you-emc-test-your-own-devices/
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/homebrew-tem-cell-lets-you-emc-test-your-own-devices/
Submitting a new device for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing seems a little like showing up for the final exam after skipping all the lectures. You might get lucky and pass, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/homebrew-tem-cell-lets-you-emc-test-your-own-devices/)
The Best-Sounding Walnut You’ll Hear Today
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/the-best-sounding-walnut-youll-hear-today/
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/the-best-sounding-walnut-youll-hear-today/
Do you ever find yourself eating walnuts and think, this would make a great enclosure for something like a Bluetooth speaker? That seems to be exactly what happened to [Penguin …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/the-best-sounding-walnut-youll-hear-today/)
2000-Year Old Charred Manuscripts Reveal Their Secrets
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/2000-year-old-charred-manuscripts-reveal-their-secrets/
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/2000-year-old-charred-manuscripts-reveal-their-secrets/
Imagine trying to read a 2000-year old scroll from an ancient civilization. Now imagine that scroll is rolled up, and in a delicate, charred, carbonized form, having been engulfed by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/2000-year-old-charred-manuscripts-reveal-their-secrets/)
Pocketable Yagi Antenna Really Shoots for Distance
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/pocketable-yagi-antenna-really-shoots-for-distance/
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/pocketable-yagi-antenna-really-shoots-for-distance/
For amateur radio operators, the quest for the perfect antenna never seems to end. Perhaps that’s because our requirements are always changing. We never quite seem to get to one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/pocketable-yagi-antenna-really-shoots-for-distance/)
Random Number Generator is a Blast from the Past
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/random-number-generator-is-a-blast-from-the-past/
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/random-number-generator-is-a-blast-from-the-past/
Hackers love random numbers, or more accurately, the pursuit of them. It turns out that computers are so good at following our exacting instructions that they are largely incapable of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/random-number-generator-is-a-blast-from-the-past/)
The Avon Computer Goth Challenge
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/the-avon-computer-goth-challenge/
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/the-avon-computer-goth-challenge/