In many ways, ICQ has always been a bit of a curiosity. It was one of the first major instant messenger clients of the 1990s. It saw broad uptake alongside …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/icq-will-shut-down-on-june-26-this-year/)

Hackaday Links: May 26, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/hackaday-links-may-26-2024/

Another day, another crop of newly minted minimal astronauts, as Blue Origin’s New Shepard made a successful suborbital flight this week. Everything seemed to go according to plan, at least …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/hackaday-links-may-26-2024/)

Hunting For Part Numbers: Analyzing The Buck Converter On Mini 560 Modules
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/hunting-for-part-numbers-analyzing-the-buck-converter-on-mini-560-modules/

Some of us may have recently stumbled over these mysterious ‘Mini 560’ synchronous buck converter modules at various e-shopping websites. These little modules claim to take in 7-20 VDC and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/hunting-for-part-numbers-analyzing-the-buck-converter-on-mini-560-modules/)

So What’s All This HaLow Long-Range WiFi About Then?
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/so-whats-all-this-halow-long-range-wifi-about-then/

We’re all used to wireless networking, but if there’s one thing the ubiquitous WiFi on 2.4 or 5 GHz lacks, it’s range. Inside buildings, it will be stopped in its …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/26/so-whats-all-this-halow-long-range-wifi-about-then/)

Reinventing Rotary Switches with Stepper Motors
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/reinventing-rotary-switches-with-stepper-motors/

When you need to make very tiny measurements, even noise in closed relays can throw you off. [Marco] was able to observe this effect and wanted to build a switch …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/reinventing-rotary-switches-with-stepper-motors/)

The Long Road Towards Reverse Engineering The ESP32 Wi-Fi Driver
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/the-long-road-towards-reverse-engineering-the-esp32-wi-fi-driver/

Although much of the software that runs on the ESP32 microcontroller is open source, the Wi-Fi driver is not. Instead, it uses a proprietary binary blob. This was no problem …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/the-long-road-towards-reverse-engineering-the-esp32-wi-fi-driver/)

Camera and Lens Repair Hack Chat
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/camera-and-lens-repair-hack-chat/

Join us on Wednesday, May 29 at noon Pacific for the Camera and Lens Repair Hack Chat with Anthony Kouttron! Unlike the normies, most of us are pretty comfortable looking …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/camera-and-lens-repair-hack-chat/)

A System Board for the 8008
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/27/a-system-board-for-the-8008/