In the shift away from fossil fuel energy sources, there has been a huge expansion in solar power. We’ve seen solar thermal plants in the desert and photovoltaic panel farms …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/if-you-cant-see-a-solar-panel-that-doesnt-mean-its-not-there/)

Want To Play With FPGAs? Use Your Pico!
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/want-to-play-with-fpgas-use-your-pico/

Ever want to play with an FPGA, but don’t have the hardware? Now, if you have one of those ever-abundant Pi Picos, you can start playing with Verilog without getting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/want-to-play-with-fpgas-use-your-pico/)

In Praise of “Just Because” Hacks
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/in-praise-of-just-because-hacks/

Sometimes you pick a project because the world needs it to be done. Or maybe you or a friend need it. Or maybe you don’t really need it, but it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/in-praise-of-just-because-hacks/)

Battery-Powered ESP8266 Sensor? Never Been Simpler
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/battery-powered-esp8266-sensor-never-been-simpler/

Say, you’re starting your electronics journey with a few projects in mind. You have an ESP8266 board like the Wemos D1, a LiIon battery, you want to build a small …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/battery-powered-esp8266-sensor-never-been-simpler/)

KiCad 2022 End-of-Year Recap and 7.0 Preview
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/kicad-2022-end-of-year-recap-and-7-0-preview/

[Chris Gammell] moderated the KiCad 2022 End-of-Year Recap with several KiCad developers and librarians. They reviewed what’s been bubbling up in the nightly KiCad 6 builds, what we can expect …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/kicad-2022-end-of-year-recap-and-7-0-preview/)

Get To Know Touch With This Dev Board
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/get-to-know-touch-with-this-dev-board/

In the catalogue of the Chinese parts supplier LCSC can be found many parts not available from American or European suppliers, and thus anyone who wants to evaluate them can …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/get-to-know-touch-with-this-dev-board/)

Dirty USB-C Tricks: One Port For The Price Of Two
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/dirty-usb-c-tricks-one-port-for-the-price-of-two/

[RichardG] has noticed a weird discrepancy – his Ryzen mainboard ought to have had fourteen USB3 ports, but somehow, only exposed thirteen of them. Unlike other mainboards in this lineup, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/31/dirty-usb-c-tricks-one-port-for-the-price-of-two/)