We are absurdly spoiled these days by our microcontrollers. Take the CH32V00X family– they’ve been immortalized by meme as “the ten cent micro” but with a clock speed of 48MHz …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/29/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-tracker-music/)

Hello World in C Without Linking in Libraries
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/29/hello-world-in-c-without-linking-in-libraries/

If there’s one constant with software developers, it is that sometimes they get bored. At these times, they tend to think dangerous thoughts, usually starting with ‘What if…’. Next you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/29/hello-world-in-c-without-linking-in-libraries/)

Making RAM for a TMS9900 Homebrew Computer
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/29/making-ram-for-a-tms9900-homebrew-computer/

Over on YouTube [Usagi Electric] shows us how to make RAM for the TMS9900. He starts by remarking that the TI-99/4A computer is an excellent place to start if you’re …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/29/making-ram-for-a-tms9900-homebrew-computer/)

How Simple Can A Superhet Be
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/how-simple-can-a-superhet-be/

If you cultivate an interest in building radios it’s likely that you’ll at some point make a simple receiver. Perhaps a regenerative receiver, or maybe a direct conversion design, it’ll …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/how-simple-can-a-superhet-be/)

Why Sodium-Ion Batteries are Terrible for Solar Storage
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-sodium-ion-batteries-are-terrible-for-solar-storage/

These days just about any battery storage solution connected to PV solar or similar uses LiFePO4 (LFP) batteries. The reason for this is obvious: they got a very practical charge …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-sodium-ion-batteries-are-terrible-for-solar-storage/)

Self-Driving Cars and the Fight Over the Necessity of Lidar
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/self-driving-cars-and-the-fight-over-the-necessity-of-lidar/

If you haven’t lived underneath a rock for the past decade or so, you will have seen a lot of arguing in the media by prominent figures and their respective …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/self-driving-cars-and-the-fight-over-the-necessity-of-lidar/)

Why You Shouldn’t Trade Walter Cronkite for an LLM
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-you-shouldnt-trade-walter-cronkite-for-an-llm/

Has anyone noticed that news stories have gotten shorter and pithier over the past few decades, sometimes seeming like summaries of what you used to peruse? In spite of that, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-you-shouldnt-trade-walter-cronkite-for-an-llm/)

The Time Of Year For Things That Go Bump In The Night
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/the-time-of-year-for-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night/