Breadboards are great, but as the world moves more and more to having SMD as a standard, prototyping straight PCBs is becoming more common. If you’re mailing off to China …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/02/is-this-the-last-pcb-youll-ever-buy/)

Repurposing Dodgy Android TV Boxes As Linux Boxes
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/repurposing-dodgy-android-tv-boxes-as-linux-boxes/

Marketplaces and e-waste recycling centers are practically overflowing with the things: ARM-based streaming TV boxes that run some — usually very outdated and compromised — version of Android. While you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/repurposing-dodgy-android-tv-boxes-as-linux-boxes/)

Folding Lamp Becomes A Tasty Reverb Tank
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/folding-lamp-becomes-a-tasty-reverb-tank/

If you’re a musician and you want a reverb effect, there are lots of ways to go about it. You can use software plugins, all kinds of rack-mount effects, or …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/folding-lamp-becomes-a-tasty-reverb-tank/)

MCE Blaster Translates TTL For Modern(ish) Monitors
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/mce-blaster-translates-ttl-for-modernish-monitors/

VGA isn’t much used anymore, but it’s not hard to get a hold of monitors with that input. How about the older standards like EGA, CGA, or MDA? Well, it’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/mce-blaster-translates-ttl-for-modernish-monitors/)

Dual-Arm Mobile Bot Built on IKEA Cart Costs Hundreds, Not Thousands
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/dual-arm-mobile-bot-built-on-ikea-cart-costs-hundreds-not-thousands/

There are many incredible open-source robotic arm projects out there, but there’s a dearth of affordable, stable, and mobile robotic platforms with arms. That’s where XLeRobot comes in. It builds …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/dual-arm-mobile-bot-built-on-ikea-cart-costs-hundreds-not-thousands/)

Print-and-Clamp: Rubber Band PCB Stand Slides into Duty
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/print-and-clamp-rubber-band-pcb-stand-slides-into-duty/

When it comes to soldering on a PCB it almost always helps to have some way to hold the board off your workbench, allowing leads to pass though with out …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/print-and-clamp-rubber-band-pcb-stand-slides-into-duty/)

Regular Old Diodes Can Be More Photosensitive Than You Think
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/regular-old-diodes-can-be-more-photosensitive-than-you-think/

[Dhananjay Gadre] happened across a useful little trick the other day. Take any old 1N4148 or 1N914 glass-package signal diode and wire it up right, and you’ve got yourself a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/03/regular-old-diodes-can-be-more-photosensitive-than-you-think/)